Wonderful character development!

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

The acting in this movie is really good.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

So many people have heard of this film, much due to it has been shown on many national television-companies in many countries, but a lot of the ones I've spoke to or heard of has not been able to see it to the end.This movie is made to shock, let's get that clear before anything else. Even if you are used to the most gory horror-flicks, this is in many ways worse, because it is real (yes, it is still going on, despite some people will tell you different), and it concerns animals, which are helpless against us humans, and in this case, very intelligent animals too, making it all the worse.It tends to divide people into groups, for ex "should we eat meat at all?" and "which animals is OK to eat?" or "this isn't worse than in a normal large scale slaughter house anywhere!".Well, regardless what people's opinions on this matters are, animal cruelty is despicable, and we being the ones with the highest intelligence, capabilities and also being the most capable of showing empathy towards other beings, should do all we can to stop cruelty towards animals. Inhumane ways of killing animals for food/clothing must be avoided, but also hunting of endangered species, for trophies and parts with "supposed" and fake (or any!) medical capacities. That kind of hunting is of course not defendable. Animals which are used for food/clothing has to be treated with respect.What this movie shows is an industry so perverted it almost physically hurts an animal friend to watch it! So, it is to be taken as a warning bell for our generation and the ones growing up to protect the animals and treat them with love and respect, protect endangered species enough before it is too late, and in the situations animals are used for food it should be done in a sustainable way, using the most compassionate methods of catching them possible.Technically it is very well made, a quality work, and it can match up against any fictional thriller out there, only this is the real deal, something people actually do for a living.If animals are important/loved in your life, or Dolphins in particular, be warned though, maybe these pictures are not the ones you'll want imprinted on your retinas for a long time to come...

in a few words said ,to see this documentary exposes the killing of 23.000 dolphins a year sustained by the Japanese government in a village called Taiji using the sea cove there .Often selling the dolphin meat as named whale meat .Only few singled out and capt alive to sell to companies like sea world (exposed in the movie documentary" Blackfish 2013")The Japanese government secretly calls this slaughter pest control .In this documentary exposes also the reason why the Japanese government is actively involved in the killing of whales and dolphins . Simply put,dolphins and whales eat fish and killing this intelligent sea creatures leaves more fish for the Japanese economy ,domestic and export ,its economics by savagesFormer dolphin trainer Richard O'Barry(TV series Flipper 1968)experiences the intelligence and personality of this sea creatures early on and ever since fought for their humane treatment around the world For this documentary he teamed up with filmmaker 'Louie Psihoyos basically got people around to group up and thats how this movie came about hard to watch sometimes but good to know

I've had a day to think about it. There were just so many emotions that were stirred up after watching that movie, I couldn't possibly put it into a coherent statement. First let me say that The Cove is a lot more than a movie about mean old Japanese people killing cute, innocent dolphins. Don't get me wrong, it's the part of the film that will tug at your heartstrings the most. The Cove is about government cover-ups, greed, and the future of our ecosystem. What many people don't know is that a lot of the dolphins are killed for their meat. The Japanese government says it's for food (just like we eat cows) yet the people they talked to in Japan didn't even know about that dolphins are being killed and eaten. The other thing is that dolphin meat has high traces of mercury in it and can pose very serious health risks. The Japanese government is also trying to get a law that prohibits them for fishing for whales overturned. To do this they need a certain amount of votes. In order to get those votes, they go to poverty stricken countries (mainly in the Caribbean) and give them money for their vote. It's disgusting. I've been on a lot of cruises and everywhere we go you see "swim with the dolphin" excursions. Although I've never been on one, my friend has. They are a huge business and I will never look at them the same. By the way, an average dolphin excursion can cost up to $175. I think the heart of the film is Richard Barry, the one time dolphin trainer from the hit TV show Flipper, who has now become an activist. Barry carries a personal sense of guilt and responsibility that can literally be seen on every line of his face. The other cool thing about the film is that it almost unfolds like a spy/heist film. In order to film inside the cove, they need to secretly get cameras inside there. In order to do this, Barry assembles a team of the best people in the business. I'm not quite sure why you shouldn't watch this film. It made me want to become an activist. I feel like I should be doing more and it really bugs me.

Let's face it Americans are in no position to start preaching on animal welfare and the environment, after killing pretty much every living thing in their own region. You can already imagine this film without even watching it - the usual Michael Moore type of affair, starting with stacks of emotive footage about dolphins and their intelligence and so on and how these American activist world saviours are going to save them and how the Japanese are all supposedly poisoning themselves with mercury buy eating dolphin meat and so on and so on, whilst completely missing the cultural complexity surrounding the hunting of dolphins and its tradition.The film has few redeeming qualities. The bloodbath footage at the end is just shocking, emotive and leaves us with no answers. To tackle this problem is to understand clearly its cultural basis in places like Japan and the Faroe Islands and this film makes zero effort to do that.It's understanding of the situation is not unlike a bunch of Jewish people going to a pig farm in America to film pig slaughter.