The Sea Beast (2022) (Movie)

format_quote Jacob Holland: What do you think you're doing?
Maisie: I'm afraid anything I say will upset you.

format_quote Old Nick: Do you dishonor me, boy? As you dishonor all them hunters what come before. All them what died heroes.
Jacob Holland: Aye, they were heroes. But you can be a hero and still be wrong.
Old Nick: (growls)

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Maisie: (reading to the children) There was a time when children dreaded the night, for the sleeping hours brought visions of horror. The dark times, when those terrible sea beasts would ravage our shores, and no ship was safe on the sea.
Maisie: But thanks to the hunters, those days are over. Today, these valiant warriors battle the beasts far beyond the horizon, risking their lives to rid the seas of those nightmare creatures. And the greatest of the hunting ships is the Inevitable...
Boyb: (jumping up with his sword) And the greatest of the hunters is Captain Crow! Yar!

stars  One of the only animated films to feature the navigational needs of a ship in the age of sail. Throughout the film, the Inevitable is seen being navigated using accurate sailing commands and seamanship (with much artistic liberty). A sailing master is present (Mrs. Merino) who directs the movements of the ship under Captain Crow's commands, and consideration is given in the dialogue and animation to real-world actions of masts, sails, rigging, and wind direction.

stars  In an early scene, Jacob describes a fellow shipmate as a 'merchant sailor on his first voyage.' This is one of the many references to Moby Dick. Ishmael, the protagonist of the book, is a former merchant sailor on his first whaling voyage.