Blackfish (2013)
7/10
Are whales dangerous or sweet animals?
22 May 2020
Warning: Spoilers
In this documentary they tell about the relationship between the whales and the trainers of seaworld. They tell about the whole process of why whales suddenly behave like this and how the head of the seaworld always defence the behaviour of the whales.

When we get the assignment of our teacher i sighed a little, cause i'm not very involved in whales. I didn't know what to expect of this documentary. I thought they was going to be told when whales originating and how it was, so all the history of the whales. The questions i asked myself was: ' What is a blackfish?', 'What will it be about?', 'Why is the documentary taking so long?'.

The documentary is about the whales, how they behave while they are stuck in a small pool. The documentary is filmed in Seaworld in America and in Loro parque in Tenerife. They talk about all the secrets that the visitors do not see, so what happens behind the scenes. They showed how a whale takes a seaworld trainer underwater and how the whale treats the trainer. As they demonstrate this, they also provide additional explanations and what may be causing the whale's behavior.A lot of the trainers have a good relationship with one of the whales, but just at some point their behavior changes if you are just nonchalant and the whales take you with them.In this documentary, they also honestly show what happens during a trial and how those responsible handle the case after a trainer's dead.The visitors think that whales are sweet and they are, but whales just need a lot of room to move around. There was a lot of emotional interviews with the staff of the seaworld and also testimonials.

The most beautiful of this documentary was how it was filmed. All the pure images and videos makes the documentary better. You can't say it's fake of what they tell because they have footage of everything. Every show was filmed which makes everything much more beautiful and understandable. They also have footage of how trainers were taken by the whales. It's very sad to see but more understable then someone's tell it. You can better imagine it now how it happens.Every sound of the whales if they were happy or mad, you can hear it very well. At least the interviews, they are very helpful. The people worked there and they saw everything up close and with their own eyes. You get a better image of how it works in seaworld and how they handled everything. It's something that visitors never see, but now because of this documentary you have.

This documentary learned me that we never should normalize it so watching animals in a zoo park or something. It's like a prison for them and we think they enjoyed it and like it, but it's not.This animals don't have freedom and they are trapped in a small pool. I really recommend this documentary. It opens your eyes about something that you didn't know was going on.
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