Can you let them go?

Toni 2022-04-19 09:02:23

I almost cried watching the whole movie. Documentaries have never been seen much, and choosing to watch this type of film is probably choosing to try to understand a seemingly real life. When I was younger, I guess I didn't have the patience to watch it. It is only when we get older that we realize that perhaps the world that the documentary shows us is more moving. In other words, the world is too big and we know too little.


It's just that when I first started watching this movie, I never thought it would cause such a big reaction to myself. In fact, the film itself cannot be said to be perfect, but the real power is indeed very powerful. The film documents the fact that dolphins were slaughtered in a fishing village in Japan. The film itself revolves around the introduction of dolphins and how those who want to save dolphins do their best to protect them. It sounds bland and may not catch your eye at all. In today's information age, everyone is fighting for survival and desperately climbing up for a better life. But they often don't think about what is sacrificed behind some of the benefits? How can we become at odds with nature? Why do thousands of dolphins bloody shallow bays?

For dolphins, my knowledge is limited to their performances in dolphinariums or marine parks. The sound waves they emit are soothing. They are a species that is loved by people, but also enjoys being close to humans. It is almost unbelievable that they will be hunted in large numbers. Because of their unusual sensitivity to sound, they are under negative pressure in captivity. When they are overwhelmed by stress, they choose to stop breathing and end their lives. What's even more unimaginable for me is that when they can't become show dolphins, they are massacred. The slaughter was even given a layer of sacredness, a kind of cultural display. The slaughtered dolphin meat is sold. You can even get it at your local aquarium. When those customers eat dolphin meat, what kind of mood does it feel to watch the dolphins perform with a seemingly smiling smile? The thought of this makes me shudder.

Perhaps what resonates with us is the panic of such a state of mind that destroys nature alive and takes pride in it. Although human beings claim to be the masters of this land, don't forget that we are also an animal. We live with other creatures, and we should be in awe of life. Even if we eat the bodies of other creatures on a daily basis, we should still be grateful. Grateful for these lives that feed us. If you can't do this, at least, don't kill innocent people indiscriminately.

The reality is that people, because of the violence they enjoy, become unscrupulous. A certain part of people, for nature, for other life. Basically unaware. Just like a child without taboos, when he sees a tadpole in the pond, he wants to grab it and play with it. Don't care about your own death. This is also murder! Children are so ignorant because of ignorance, so what are these adults because of?

In the second half of the film, when we see the people who organized themselves to save the dolphins, they finally risked their lives to film the slaughter of the dolphins. What are you going to say? You will be dumbfounded by the naked crime; you will be ashamed that they are your own kind; you will stare in disbelief, only to see the red blood , It was so painful that I covered my eyes, I couldn't bear to watch it any longer! The moment I saw the sea of ​​blood, I finally couldn't help but vomit.

Perhaps it is because of this that so many people are determined to stand up and defend these animals' rights to life and freedom! Because we want them to know, or just to tell ourselves, that not all humans are executioners! If you are also a person who is kind to all things, or you just want to know a little more about the world and have more compassion for life, then please watch this movie, its name is "Dolphin Bay" .

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Extended Reading

The Cove quotes

  • Hardy Jones: Every cetacean known to man is endangered just by going anywhere near Japan.

  • Richard O'Barry: A dolphin in the right spot can make a million dollars a year. There's a lot of money in it. If you get in their way - and I get in their way - it can be very, very dangerous.