The Islands and the Whales

April. 29,2016      
Rating:
7.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The whale hunters of the Faroe Islands believe that hunting is vital to their way of life, but, when a local professor makes a grim discovery about the effects of marine pollution, environmental changes threaten their way of life forever.

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Reviews

Odelecol
2016/04/29

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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Bergorks
2016/04/30

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

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Murphy Howard
2016/05/01

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

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Mandeep Tyson
2016/05/02

The acting in this movie is really good.

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gingashields-718-511077
2016/05/03

Some reviews online seem determined to depict this film as some kind of 'justification' of whale hunting. It is nothing of the sort; on the contrary, it is a strongly environmental film. It objectively, and without judgement, portrays the whale hunt, and - as background - the battles with Sea Shepherd, etc., but the true story is really about a far more insidious, and greater, threat to the island community's existence: oceanic pollution. This is a subtle, beautiful, and deeply moving portrayal of a dying community - threatened by outside forces, but not in the way you at first imagine. Documentary filmmaking at its best, this draws the viewer in, weaves a narrative, and lets him/her reach own conclusions. One of the best documentaries I've ever seen.

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jerrynick30
2016/05/04

This movie appears to be nothing more than an expensive press release for the 'grind', which is a bloody massacre of thousands of sentient whales - many of which never get eaten anyway. None of us made it through the screening, which was so tasteless in its showing of blood and gore. It is a disturbing movie to say the least, and it constantly contradicts its logic without having the slightest idea it is doing so. It is all emotionally based, and the entire film seems to be some act of revenge against the Sea Shepherd. It tries to make out the Sea Shepherd as the villains and the Faroe people as saints who are being put upon by these clueless invaders who want to stop their 'culture'. They try to make some environmental points, but these points have been made elsewhere and better. The only good thing I can say about this movie is that the cinematography is decent.

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