The Cove: Cry of the Dolphins

Upcoming Hollywood Movies are the flavour of the season and especially when there are a couple of them lined up for release. Hollywood movies are always a rage and thrill especially among youth. The Movie Cove is the best example of the same. The movie starts with a utter curiosity and thrill.

First there comes a noise: then a systematic banging of metal poles underneath water, then a wall of sound that frightens away the dolphins and sends scaring them scurrying all over in the opposite direction. Then there comes the capture drama: Japanese fisherman drive away these dolphins into decided hidden cove, trapping them in their nets before deciding that which should be sold to marine parks and which would go to for slaughtering for their meat. Last is the the kill: They throw spear at the creatures, haul them forcibly into their boats and steamer and take off, motoring through with the bloody water spilling all over, leaving behind a trail of punchbowl of death& destruction. This whole process is shown and depicted in a gruesome way in "The Cove," a documentary that mingles advocacy journalism with a spine chilling thrill.

The Director Louie Psihoyos,a former dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry and a bunch full team of divers and tech experts went into this heavily guarded cove in the coastal area of Japanese town of Taiji. Their main aim was to flash the secret workings of a business in which dolphins which are caught for entertainment and other purposes can go for up for $150,000. The irony of all this drama of course, is that O'Barry made his name in capturing and of course training the dolphins who mainly starred in the 1960s top TV series named "Flipper"; now, after he has developed a long emotional bond tied up with these creatures which he believes Kathy, the original Flipper who committed suicide in his arms so he's a vocal force behind urging that these Dolphins be released back to the ocean their homes and it should not be their hunting ground..


Psihoyos' film is mostly disturbing as he mixes horrifying incidences with beautiful real life footages. But mostly the last 10 minutes of the movie a bit doozy as difficult to watch mostly for their graphic violence and frustrating in the sense of the helplessness that these creatures are facing Director Psihoyos does offer some respite in form of hope in the epilogue as to what can be done by us to save these beautiful and amazing creatures. As for best we would think twice before goingto a marine park to see dolphins perform tricks.