What if every year, I told you that more than 23,000 dolphins were killed in Taiji, Japan. You would probably tell me: but why, nobody eat dolphins? Nobody, no. Without knowing (thinking it is whale meat), yes! Mostly everyone in Japan don’t know about this other then the ones in the city of Taiji and their well guarded secret.
While the dolphins are on their migratory passage in the month of September, the fishermen capture the dolphins and keep them captive in a cove with fishnets. In the morning, some dolphin trainers come to identified the best ones to be sold all over the world to oceanic museums and water parks. The rest of the dolphins, including young ones, are killed for their meat by local fishermen in a secret cove. When I say killed, you should read slaughtered.
The thing about the dolphin meat is that it is very dangerous for the human health because of its high dose of mercury. It contains 2000 ppm, while the safe ratio by the Japanese standard is 0.4 ppm. So it is considered very dangerous to eat dolphin meat. Note: all this is also because of us - by burning fuel, our industrial world has released all that mercury in the air and ocean, than by consequence, in all the food chain.
So there is no reason for this dolphins slaughter to continue.
And you can help:
- First by watching the documentary. It is sad that the only model today to finance a film and propagate its message is by theater projection, DVD rental and purchase. I would suggest that every documentaries of value should be available free to be seen on the Internet where people can give what they want in donation after seeing it and then buy the DVD.
- By signing the petition on Facebook
- By educating yourself even more about the issue
- And by talking to everyone you know about this documentary, inviting them to see it.
You have no reason to stay blindfold. And please remember: all social changes come from the passion and involvement of individuals, not government.
This documentary is a must see.
Rating: 4.5/5
Official site of The Cove (including trailer)
Information about the movie The Cove
The Cove on Wikipedia
The Cove Review on YouToube
The King of Kong is a documentary that follows Steve Wiebe as he tries to take the world high score for the arcade game Donkey Kong from reigning champion Billy Mitchell.
This documentary is better than alot of movies you will see this year, and I strongly recommend you to rent it to your favorite DVD rental store. It scores an amazing 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and its been nominated as the best documentary by many film critics associations including the Broadcast Film Critics Association and Chicago Film Critics Association.
From Wikipedia:
Billy Mitchell is widely recognized as a celebrity in the videogame community for holding world records in the arcade classics Donkey Kong and Centipede in the 1980s, and for performing a perfect game of Pac-Man in July 1999. Mitchell is also noted for his cocky, self-promoting attitude; he is the self-proclaimed “most seasoned person in the hot-sauce/chicken wing industry” and owner of “Rickey’s Hot Sauce” in Hollywood, Florida. Additionally, he was also made one of the chief “referees” for the videogame record trackers at Twin Galaxies in the 1990s.
On the other side of the country, in Redmond, Washington, Boeing employee Steve Wiebe has been laid off. Wiebe is described by his wife Nicole and by his friends as a closet talent; a baseball player, artist, and musician who never quite succeeded on a high level in any of these areas. After losing his job, Wiebe returns to college to be certified as a teacher and begins playing the game Donkey Kong in his garage as a pastime. After reading of Mitchell’s world record of 874,300 on the internet, Wiebe sends a videotape of himself to Twin Galaxies on which he reaches 1,006,600 points, besting Mitchell’s record.
Billy Mitchell really looks like the kind of guy with a competivite mind who cannot stand competition in this documentary. And even if on July 26, 2007, right around the time of the film’s theatrical release, Mitchell played in public and retook the Donkey Kong record with a score of 1,050,200 it’s difficult to give him back the credit as he had plenty of time to study Steve Wiebe high score tapes to master his technique.
Looking at the Official site welcome video by Steve Wiebe and upcoming project by Director Seth Gordon, the director of the documentary, who has plan for a sequel, I know it’s not the end of the story.
My Rating: 4.5/5
The King of Kong Official Site
The King of Kong Trailer on YouTube
J’ai lu récemment que le film de Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11 était le meilleur film et également le pire que les américains ont vus. Comme quoi la population est complètement divisée sur la question.
Si vous n’avez pas encore vu ce film, ne vous faites pas un honneur de d’aller voir, faites vous plutôt un devoir d’y aller. J’ai vu tous les films de Moore. Je n’ai pas toujours apprécié sa manière d’aborder les choses, mais je peux vous dire que dans ce dernier film, il mérite grandement la palm d’or, non seulement pour son travail d’artisan, mais également pour l’incroyable travail d’enquête qu’il a accompli.
En espérant que ce président mentalement instable qui prône la guerre afin d’amasser profit et pouvoir ne sera pas réélu.
Ma note : 3.5/5
Si vous doutez de certains faits dans le film, je vous invite à étudier ceux qui sont 100% prouvés. Déjà ça, c’est assez pour vous donner des sueurs dans la dot.
