The scenes such as "Sea of Blood" are indeed shocking, and I feel sorry for the dead dolphin, but as a documentary, I personally think it is a failure - the argument is not rigorous, it is not objective and fair, and it is suspected of deliberately misleading the audience. My expectation for the documentary is that it can objectively reflect the facts and provide real and powerful evidence, rather than relying on sensationalism to agitate the audience like this drama, and only unilaterally fabricate evidence for the party that I think is right.
The dying dolphins in Taidi Bay are indeed shocking, but the pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, ducks and geese in the slaughterhouse are not pitiful? Dolphins shouldn't be eaten, should common poultry and livestock be eaten? What are the criteria for whether animals should be eaten? Some people think that an animal is smart and human, so they can justly and awe-inspiringly forbid others to eat it? Are Indians going to turn their backs on people from other countries eating beef, and Muslims going to make a documentary to clarify the disgust of pork and want everyone to agree?
There are two main reasons why dolphins should not be eaten in "Dolphin Bay": dolphins are human and have self-awareness; dolphin meat has high mercury content and is poisonous. The first point is that there are different opinions and cannot be used as a rigid standard. Almost every animal can find fans. The second point is that the discussion in the documentary is obviously not rigorous. The mercury content of dolphin meat is high. Are other foods not high in mercury? The mercury in the human body may not only come from dolphins, but also from rice.
I don't understand why "Dolphin Cove" won the Oscar for Best Documentary, probably because of the shock of the massacre scene. In my opinion, it hardly counts as a "documentary". This film is too "American", just like the usual tune in American TV shows, a hero of justice and awe to save suffering lives. In fact, it is just a few wealthy and leisurely Americans who wishful thinking that they are the most righteous and bloody people in the whole universe, and made a film to prove it.
In the film, Japanese officials and fishermen in Taidi are portrayed as ugly, and the black brothers bought by Japan during the International Fisheries Conference are also exposed. But this is the way people live. Just like farmers who have cultivated the land for generations, you must say that this land was a virgin forest five hundred years ago. It is the responsibility of everyone to protect the earth, and it must be returned to the forest. How does the family live?
The first man said that he had advised Taidi fishermen to stop catching and killing, and that he should compensate for the economic losses (ho, this is a local tyrant, no wonder they should change to a new porsche every year), but the local residents did not agree, because they enjoyed slaughtering dolphins. It's ridiculous, isn't it? Other fishermen also have self-respect, and just give up their self-reliance and sit at home waiting for food to eat with your words?
I don't doubt the American's intentions to save the dolphins, but his arrogance is hard to ignore. The most powerful argument for legislation to ban dolphin capture is undoubtedly that the species is endangered, and there is never a similar narrative in the film. The only thing that touches on this point is that a few years ago there were many dolphins in a county near Taidi, but now they are few and cannot be self-sufficient, so they need to go to Taidi to buy them. Dolphins do not grow in the inner lake, if they are caught, they will disappear in the lake. A certain county and Taidi face a sea, but there are fewer dolphins there. The reason is more like the unwillingness of dolphins to patronize the water, rather than the decline of the population.
I don't want dolphins to be eaten, I don't want all poultry and livestock to be eaten, and if possible, I even want to put fruits and vegetables, but my "don't want" and "unwillingness" cannot be used as evidence for asking others to "no". The few enthusiasts (or good people) in "Dolphin Bay" are not much different from the hot-blooded young people who intercept the dog truck on the highway. All hunting is bloody and cruel, not just dolphins. The common manor hunting scene in European and American films, is the picture harmonious with a group of people riding a dog and chasing a fox? Foxes have souls!
I think the most reasonable thing in the whole film is to ask the fishermen to release the dolphins they didn't take away. Why are the dolphins not taken away killed, just because of cruelty? What is the explanation of the Japanese fishermen?
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