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The Islands and the Whales
The whale hunters of the Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but, when a local professor makes a grim discovery about the effects of marine pollution, environmental changes threaten their way of life forever.
| Release : | 2016 |
| Rating : | 7.3 |
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| Crew : | Director, |
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| Genre : | Documentary |
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As Good As It Gets
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
Some reviews online seem determined to depict this film as some kind of 'justification' of whale hunting. It is nothing of the sort; on the contrary, it is a strongly environmental film. It objectively, and without judgement, portrays the whale hunt, and - as background - the battles with Sea Shepherd, etc., but the true story is really about a far more insidious, and greater, threat to the island community's existence: oceanic pollution. This is a subtle, beautiful, and deeply moving portrayal of a dying community - threatened by outside forces, but not in the way you at first imagine. Documentary filmmaking at its best, this draws the viewer in, weaves a narrative, and lets him/her reach own conclusions. One of the best documentaries I've ever seen.
This movie appears to be nothing more than an expensive press release for the 'grind', which is a bloody massacre of thousands of sentient whales - many of which never get eaten anyway. None of us made it through the screening, which was so tasteless in its showing of blood and gore. It is a disturbing movie to say the least, and it constantly contradicts its logic without having the slightest idea it is doing so. It is all emotionally based, and the entire film seems to be some act of revenge against the Sea Shepherd. It tries to make out the Sea Shepherd as the villains and the Faroe people as saints who are being put upon by these clueless invaders who want to stop their 'culture'. They try to make some environmental points, but these points have been made elsewhere and better. The only good thing I can say about this movie is that the cinematography is decent.
