I live in inland. I've seen many BBC-made ocean documentaries . To be honest, This movie is not as good as those. There aren't many spectacles and "once in a lifetime " moments.
But maybe because of the Chinese narration or the Chinese characters, when I finished the movie I felt the connection to the whales and the ocean.
It seems their life is not far away from me.
BTW Wouldn't it be cool to have a scar hurt by a whale!
Plot summary
Taiwan is an island country. Although it is surrounded by the sea, its people fear the sea since the politics, the history and the religious beliefs held on this island make people turn their backs to the sea. Oceanic literature author Liao Hung-chi and underwater photographer Ray Chin lead the audience out to the sea and into the water. They prompt us to understand the sea and to think about the possibility that the ocean might become our lives and the future of our country.
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I felt connection
It's just an ordinary documentary film of 2020
Pros: 1. The scenes are amazing, and nice to see the whales and dolphins are cruising freely in stead of seeing in aquariums.
2. The movie promotions are great - well designed posters and movie score, grabbing people's attention into the movie.
Cons: 1. This documentary is an overrated as the storyline isn't really about story of ocean but 3 people. Also, the stories among the three men are sluggish - very trivial stories about what projects they did or why to do etc. Unless you did some studies about these people.
2. I thought the 3 men were dedicating to environmental protection works but unfortunately no, so this film is more like a portrait/autobiography film instead of ocean documentary.
3. Their actions to the ocean in some extent is intruding wild sea animals' lives - whale/dolphins watching isn't a sea animal friendly activity - you may see cruisers are getting very close to the animals instead of keeping some space.