Whaling

Edward Zwick takes one step closer to my hate list with the news he is setting out to direct a film called 'Heart of the Ocean' about how the little old lady in Titanic unwittingly wakes up a preserved and frozen Jack by throwing her necklace overboard.
Just kidding.
The film is about a whaling ship apparently "stalked" and sunk by a sperm whale in 1820. The Nantucket whaling ship the Essex was sunk, and its crew marooned at sea for over 90 days. They resorted to cannibalism to survive; only eight of them made it back. This is the inspiration for the book 'Moby Dick' and it is not going to do a whole lot for the plight of whales. (remember 'Jaws' and now sharks are endangered!).

One would think that in this day an age, with the natural world on the brink of being destroyed, there would be some sensitivity coming from Hollywood to perhaps think things through. Sure the whale got it revenge on the people trying to kill him, but you know Zwick.....he loves his slushy survival tales.

I for one will be rooting for the whale.