Chimney is on fire

Herman Melville wants to hear a story so he can utilize it building his next novel Moby Dick, thence an elderly seaman (Brendan Gleeson) tells a story of whalers. There were lots of - seemingly beautiful - scenes in the open sea, altho I reckon they were all generated in the safety of indoors studios. Looks terribly flat and stupid, kills away all the entertainment and adventure.