The Cove [Blu-ray]

if this does not stir you to take - at the minimum - "arm chair action", and click upon the various petitions circulating upon 'change.org' or 'move-on.org' or any of the other protection platforms of our age - you have not yet taken your place as a caring compassionate being with a voice and should definitely rouse yourself and make a difference - quicklyhere these activists have taken a unique stance to be the, 'mission-impossible' agents of protection and changealerting us all of the tragedy occurring every 6 months to the dolphin and small whales traveling their migratory path during their breeding seasons and with their new young - who are mercilessly slaughtered for no-good-reason as usual with the humans vs life on this planet - to the tune of 30 thousand a season dead - is to rouse us to unanimously condemn such inhumanity - all the beings that travel this route will become extinct as has happened in a neighboring cove in japan that did in fact create the extinction of all the species of cetaceans that migrated upon it's path of slaughter years earlierthe film educates us that at the current rate of fishing (mainly by Asia) and exploitation the earth's oceans will be completely 'fished-out' within 40 years - do you realise the impact of this is something we must work to correct immediatelythis will lead to a devastation of our main oceanic Eco-systems, barely understood by science, weather systems, and could conceivably crash our bio-sphere as we wipe-out the oceanic life in the great chain of biodiversity in our oceanic Eco-systemi am not an alarmist, but as a smart person the effects of such a global disaster in real time is worse than any Hollywood disaster film could ever construea wonderful film which had everyone is our house-hold including the intellectual rationalists moving and acting to do something about this senseless slaughter and taking actions to insuring protections of our earth's oceanic lifelucky for us there are many groups dedicated and in place to make international pleas for such protections and changes in how the international communities interact with our earth's oceans and oceanic life - but your voice is needed - it is still all too old-fashioned and not yet working to effect a quick and timely changeplease watch this film and get your friends and families involved - you will be glad you did <3there is a reason these people have won just about every award given to cinemait is good film-making and also will get you moving to make a difference in these intelligent being lives

Most reviews here has pretty much explained what this film is about. I was so excited when my copy came in the mail yesterday. I've wanted to see this film for a long time after hearing so much about it. I watched it practically right away. All I can say is it left me heartbroken for these animals of which I have grown to love-even before this film was made. I am very saddened to know this truth. I will never attend any marine park which puts these loving, peaceful animals into the no-choice position of our entertainment or pleasure for money. The money that comes out of our own pockets. This is a mental torture for these animals. Dolphins in general are very sensitive to sound-especially loud noise. You can imagine what they go through in thise shows. Thousands of people screaming in a stadium is unthinkable for them. Many of them die shortly after being held captive in these tanks due to the noise-they are suffering. The have been ripped away from not only their ocean environment but also their own families and pods. The animals become depressed, they may stop eating and as Rick O Barry explains in the film how the actor Dolphin named, "Cathy" committed a suicide in his arms. He tells us that dolphins are unlike humans in this way that us humans automatically breath for air. But dolphins and whales literally have to make a concious effort to breath.In this film it is also explained how overfishing is effecting this entire planet. Most of our fish comes from Japan. The Japanese are fishing too much, and estimated in 40 years we may see a collapse in the fishery departments. Not just overfishing, but almost every fish in this world right now, salt water or fresh water, contains high toxins of murcury. This murcury is extremely high in Dolphin and Whale. In Taiji, Japan they are killing 23,000 dolphins per year (whales included)from September until March. This is what I call, Red Season. Killing them for food. I call it "Red Season" because of the color of the bay due to all the killings.I think Rick O Barry is doing a great job at what he beleives in-and what I believe in. He is making up for his past and I praise and respect him for that. I honor him and those who help him.If you have a heart, You really should see this film. You'll be glad you did. You will never go to "SeaWorld" again, you may think twice about eating Sushi or your Tuna/Swordfish steak, and will see the world quite differently.Thank you for taking the time to read my review.

This is an excellent documentary. This documentary won an Oscar in 2011. This still goes on to this very day. September 1 to March 1!Richard O'Barry And Louie Psihoyos are dear friends of mine. If you don’t understand about captivity on dolphins, this would be an excellent documentary to start out with! I do highly recommend this documentary! For yourself, a gift for a friend.

The sad reality of dolphin hunting.

Good but disgusting

Se requiere valor para ver este gran documental, vale cada centavo que pagues por apoyar su creación y su causa.He comprado el DVD como 4 veces pues siempre lo termino regalando y prestando a medio mundo, espero que el bluray me dure más.

Heute kam pünktlich meine BluRay Version von The Cove. Amazon liefert einfach perfekt.Ich hatte SHARKWATER und Whale Wars schon gesehen, und kam so auf THE COVE - Die Bucht. Die Bilder sind schockierend und machen einen sehr nachdenklich.Was ich überhaupt nicht verstehe, warum essen die überhaupt Walfleisch und Fleisch von Delfinen. Können die nicht was anderes essen, wie andere Menschen auch? Das Fleisch ist mit Quecksilber verseucht. Untersucht das keiner, gibt es da keine Lebensmittelkontrollen? Ein so technisch fortgeschrittenes Land bekommt nichtmal hin, dass verseuchtes Nahrungsmittel nicht mehr verkauft wird.Hoffentlich sehen viele Japaner und andere Menschen diesen Film, um zu erkennen, dass es so nicht weiter gehen kann.Sollte Jeder den Film ansehen. Eine Bitte: Kauft euch den Film, genau dieser Film (und auch viele andere Filme), sind das Geld wert.

This Is at one one extremely tummy churning viewing and “A SEAT OF YOUR PANTS ” Bond-style THRILLER” extremely professionally presented with a very daring and scary secret civilian mission to expose and stop annual dolphin slaughter in secret isolated cove in Japan. The man presenting, Ric O’Barry trained the 5 dolphins we all knew as Flipper and he actually is being a quite introspective yet thinking proactively about the numbers of dolphins that have been captured for human entertainment, (the dvd box blurb elaborates) that Ric O’Barry had ‘One fateful day when heartbroken he came to realise that these deeply sensitive, highly intelligent creatures must never be subjected to human captivity again.The rest is a shocking must see eye opener, involving intelligence, bravery, guile and the very best crack team who travel to Japan to THE COVE Shallow water, deep secrets. There are some frames of footage that are so heart rending that they defy description and require tissues nearby.I saw this on BT tv years ago and I had to dig deep to remember enough about it to find it on dvd and so pleased I found it.Oh Gosh! For what it is, it really is a must have documentary, you just will not believe what you are seeing and it certainly leaves a stain on the psyche. Not for the kids before bed.This film is borderline on what can be described as entertainment but it is a documentary of derringer-do rather like the canon of Twin Towers dvds, I think one has to more sit down, be quiet and immerse yourself in the material. Again to call it ‘Great’ which it absolutely is, is hard to equate with the subject matter but if your curiosity is piqued, get this dvd and you will be watching an important film that otherwise may have escaped you. Thoroughly recommended.