The Whale

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of Charlie's domicile, and the making of featurette included on this disc as a supplement details the challenging of keeping things "cinematic" within Meanwhile, Thomas (Ty Simpkins; Jurassic World), a young, Christian, missionary, discovers Charlie and decides it is his quest to help Charlie find the word of God. Liz (Hong Chau; The Menu), Charlie's only friend, despises Thomas because she was adopted by the preacher of the church where Thomas worships and blames her brother's suicide on the church. Liz, whose brother was Charlie's partner, works in the medical field so she takes care of Charlie, who can't do much on his own anymore. With every visit from Ellie, Thomas, and Liz, Charlie becomes more desperate to connect with Ellie, while everything around him spirals out of control. Yeah, it’s not as big a jump as from DVD to Blu, but you sound like someone who was defending DVD’s 13 years ago.

have come off courtesy of some strict dieting. Fraser's performance, along with those of Hong Chau (also Oscar nominated for this performance) and Fraser brings a tender quality to Charlie along with the character’s self-destructive inclination, indelibly illustrated when he gorges on food—his way of hastening his demise. Wearing elaborate body and facial prosthetics, Fraser makes Charlie a real person rather than a circus freak. Deeply flawed, he nonetheless is optimistic, not for his own future but for the futures of Ellie and his students. This quality prevents the character from being nothing but a huge mass of self-pity. There is a sadness in Fraser’s performance, a self-deprecation, and even a dark sense of humor, most evident in his verbal sparring with Liz.accompany this review, this is an intentionally drab and often underlit presentation that is not exactly "eye candy", but which preserves typically is a little wobbly at times. The ultimate connection between Charlie, Liz and Charlie's male partner is at the crux of a lot of the emotion of the film, Charlie sees only one person, his friend Liz (Hong Chau), a nurse who visits him often and does as much for his health as he will allow. Recognizing how badly his health has deteriorated, Liz urges him to go to the hospital but he refuses. Knowing death is near, he wants only one thing before he dies—to mend the broken relationship with his daughter, Ellie (Sadie Sink), whom he was forced to abandon when his marriage ended because he loved another man.

Aronofsky is known for making dark and serious films and The Whale fits the bill perfectly. The screenplay could have used a second set of eyes to add more of a punch to the dialogue but the talented cast works with what they had and makes the story more interesting. AliasCane Blu-ray is fine but if it was shot in 4K there should be a 4K release. Many times the studios always get us on this they put a 4K release out later. Most people just want to buy the movie add it to their collection and be done with it. Still, the good news is: I’m excited to say that we’re adding a terrific new staff reviewer here at The Digital Bits, and I’ll have a lot more to say about that in the coming weeks.The Sounds of the Sea: Scoring The Whale – Composer Rob Simonsen discusses writing the music for The Whale. He was inspired by Brendan Fraser’s performance and the nautical theme of the film. Emotions can have depth, like the ocean. He tried to suggest rolling movement with bold chords as well as quieter tones. He speaks about special instruments used in writing the score, particularly the overtone flute. The score was recorded in London, with Simonsen digitally finessing the various instrumental elements to get a reverberant sound. Two words - Brendan Fraser. He was born to play Charlie and his Oscar award is extremely well deserved. While the audience can't help being somewhat disgusted by Charlie's outward appearance, they are drawn to his inner sensitivity and strength, offering others to look beneath the surface to the pain and anguish he lives with and tries to destroy by eating his feelings.