Movies | August 17, 2009 | 11 comments

Is the New Film 'The Cove' a Worthy Documentary or a Commercial You Have to Pay For?

source: http://www.thefilmtalk.com/2009/08/16/the-cove-review-podcast/

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Click the link above for a 20-minute podcast discussion of the new, beautifully shot 'stop the killing of dolphins' documentary The Cove.

Does it deserve all the awards it's been winning at festivals, or is it just a commercial you have to pay for?, (that also displays a strange blind spot concerning the lives of the Japanese fishermen it's destroying?)
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11 comments // Is the New Film 'The Cove' a Worthy Documentary or a Commercial You Have to Pay For?

  • Francesca_Bell
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      Francesca_Bell  

    • of course its worthy! gees some people are so stupid, you have to pay for every movie, they aren't just going to let the cinema out for nothing, plus they needed money for the cameras and stuff! what do you think they are, millionaires...? and at least they use it for a worthy cause to help Dolphins(who should not be killed under any circumstances). think!

    • 2 years ago
  • Pam_Strayer
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      Pam_Strayer  

    • False dichotomy here, dudes. It's a Must See movie and the sooner more people see it, the better. Why would anyone go around killing poisonous fish and selling it to people to eat? Aside from the holocaust of the dolphins angle. There's nothing about this film's subject matter that you won't find amazing, irritating, or intriguing, if not completely boffo. It's a very well-made movie, too. Extremely. Kinda like Ocean's 11 only way better because it's REALITY.

    • 2 years ago
  • DanPersons
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  • TheOuroborus
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    • DanPersons:

      Very interesting. Nice one and extremely relevant. What's most illuminating is the pitch against eating dolphin meat on the basis of it's high mercury levels, not the out-of-place savagery (for modern Japan) of the killings. That a government agency would condone and encourage pregnant mothers to eat dolphin goes back to their tradition-superstition based feudal era and ties perfectly in with the archaic slaughter is telling.

    • 2 years ago
  • TheOuroborus
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      TheOuroborus  

    • ..."a strange blind spot concerning the lives of the Japanese fishermen..."

      Really? That's like saying we needed to think about the guards at Auschwitz before we closed the camp.

      Dolphins are one of the few creatures on this planet that even come close to self-aware sentience and these people herd them into a secret cove (they used to do it in much more open grand style, but modern public outrage forced them into the shadows) and brutally murder them for traditions sake. I think humans just dropped off that short list.

    • 2 years ago
  • thefilmtalk
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    • TheOuroborus:

      'godwin' hyperbole aside, did you listen to the critique, the actual podcast - as it goes into more detail regarding this point -

      what if an 'elite team' of Japanese millionaires who spend their life playing, (professional surfer, guy who organises rock concerts, gentlemen who builds miniature helicopters, a man who climbs tall buildings, etc.), flew into some farm in the U.S. and set up surveillance cameras where they taped, (video and audio), cattle folks going about their business; while at the same time mocking outright and repeatedly someone who obviously has mental challenges, (the 'private space' character in the film); what would the response to the film be?

    • 2 years ago
  • TheOuroborus
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    • TheOuroborus:

      I was commenting on the tone of the description. And no, a cattle farm in the middle of the United States isn't the same as the dolphin butchers of Japan. Your question is irrelevant.

      While the film instead is most likely exploitative to their own point, it should in no way take away from the mortal gravity of the situation.

    • 2 years ago
  • TheOuroborus
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    • TheOuroborus:

      So, as a direct response to the film and link above... it's about as interesting as a Michael Moore film. Watch it, be outraged or think it's crap, then go get your own facts. But the truth of the matter is, any film like this is a good thing. Does it deserve awards? Yes, if it calls attention to the subject good or bad.

      Wake up my fine friend, ALL films are trying to sell you something.

    • 2 years ago
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