Movie #154 "The Cove" is a wow documentary, and I don't say that very often. If you have read some of my blog, you might have picked up that documentary is not one of my favorite genres, but this one was amazing. It's "riveting" as the synopsis in netflix says. Because everyone who tries to film the "cove" area in Japan gets arrested, the major advocate of the dolphins (who ironically does it because he feels guilty for starting the whole ball rolling, since he was the first trainer for the t.v. show "Flipper") gathers together a group of people who are in the tops of their fields to film the atrocities being committed. As a result, the structure of the film becomes an Ocean's 11, with them devising these ways to film without the bad guys finding out. With pure gutsiness, the viewer wonders: will they be able to shoot this? And when we see the actual footage, finally, it's ohmygod moment in film that will be hard to ever forget. The movie makes you want to get up and do something, and that's what I think film is all about. So please take time to see this one. It's a must see!
Average rating: 4.098
I gave it 5
The Cove
The Rising
(2009) PG-13
This riveting, Oscar-nominated documentary follows a group of animal activists to a scenic cove in Taijii, Japan, where they use surveillance equipment to capture footage of a secretive and heavily guarded operation run by the world's largest supplier of dolphins. As the daring group risks their lives to expose the horrifying truths behind the capture of dolphins for the lucrative tourist industry, they also uncover an environmental catastrophe.
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