AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

hannah-71256 Especially as current events unfold, the exposition of multi-million dollar companies is becoming more and more popular. Blackfish is a commentary on the abuse and corruption involved with corporations involving animals and performance. The torture of these animals is sure to captivate your heart and shake you to your core. The story of Tilikum is especially horrifying, as the film tells you the story of his life, being corralled by boats and ripped from his family, suffering abuse by other whales, and being kept captive in small pools his entire life. When you see the shows where he performs, the shouting and happy smiles in the audience's faces is almost haunting. It's the chilling reality of what these sort of companies do just for money and to make people entertained. 5 years after, and this is still accurate and an important depiction of what really goes on behind the scenes of seemingly harmless performance. The interviews with past trainers, and the editing between them is very effective in that they are often cut with videos or graphics detailing the horrific conditions and treatment they put up with. Blackfish is a raw, chilling masterpiece.

Julian R. White Never have I seen a documentary on nature and animals that has made me cry. This was the first one. It is horrifying to see how badly we as man have treated our relations who live on this planet with us. To know that young Orca whales are herded like cattle into traps and torn away from their crying, begging mothers. It is also infuriating that Sea World would use such petty arguments in the following court cases to make themselves not seem at fault. This documentary sheds some much needed light on the illegal, unethical, and sickening practices of whale catchers, and Sea World themselves. I do not feel that such enormous, agile creatures should have to live in any type of enclosure. They were born of mother Ocean, and that is where they should be free to live their lives. These Orcas will suffer physical and psychological abuse from each other, and from the management of their establishments when placed together with non-family members in such small enclosures.

sol- Released with the haunting tagline 'Never capture what you can't control', this BAFTA nominated documentary questions the merits of capturing and breeding killer whales in captivity with concerns for both human safety and distress on the aquatic animals themselves. The film was inspired by the public outcry in 2010 when one of SeaWorld's most experienced trainers was killed by a whale, leading to revelations that the whale had injured many others before. Interviews with the deceased's former colleagues prove powerful as they express dismay at SeaWorld blaming the trainer for an error of judgment when research has shown that whales can be driven to psychosis. The film effectively splices in SeaWorld television advertisements to show just how much what SeaWorld tells the public differs from the reality of whale breeding and while there is no video footage of SeaWorld when taken to court, the filmmakers strikingly use animated sequences to reenact the trials based on transcripts. If riveting to view, there is no escaping the fact that 'Blackfish' is a heavily biased affair. To a degree, this cannot be helped since SeaWorld refused to be interviewed for the film, however, with the filmmakers unable to locate a single former employee willing to tell SeaWorld's side of the story, it is hard not to wonder what the counter-arguments may be. If one leaves the film with some doubts though, its stance still lingers in the mind long afterwards. Certainly, it is understandable why SeaWorld's profits have dropped since the documentary's release.

Kay Ellen Filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite presents this heartbreaking one sided story revealing the cruelty mankind force upon yet another helpless animal, the orca. It reveals the only side that matters. The truth. Blackfish proves to me what other animal rights documentaries have countless times; that humans are the worst kind of animal. Take what they will, risk deaths of innocent lives for money and their own pleasure. Corporations and individuals included. Please remember that zoos, eating meat and animal by products, getting touristic photographs etc. are just as bad!!!!! Most people will watch this and still not change one thing in their lives, but please sit down and have a real think about this and have compassion for other living beings! Or if not watch Earthlings or Cowspiracy. It's what many people have needed to see to turn vegetarian/vegan. We can blame lack of education but even once educated with more knowledge, people will still continue to turn a blind eye. More emotional documentaries like Blackfish need to be crafted in such a wife in hope more people will be willing to make a change. to exist. And more people need to