Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by dave c (A) on May 11, 2008 at 14:23:13

In Reply to: RE: Sharkwater: see this film take your children (spoilers left right and centre, but read it anyway) posted by dave c on May 10, 2008 at 21:55:03

I hope you all manage to see this film.I am very pleasantly surprised=- that Disney are on board for it.
The film is beautifully shot where that is possible (not for example when it's a hidden camera filming illegal fin selling).
The film is in parts upsetting especially for small kids but it is not violence-porn of the type of the average shoot-em-up or slasher flick and I did not see any really bad reactions from the children at the screening.
There was actually a school group there albeit of slightly older kids.
There are sequences as beautiful as any underwater scenes you will find anywhere. And a lot of them are shot here in Australia.
Just thought I'd drop that in.
Rob Stewart is on a promotional tour at present and is keen to make the film available to political groups, governments etc.
The film also has long chunks about Sea Shepherd who are often merely classed as activists but who are shown here in a completely different light. Very interesting.
At least somebody cares more for our planet than a quick buck, but at the same time many of the fishermen are very poor people. There is a section where a diver gets the bends and the crew from his boat... oh... too many spoilers.
Get ye off and see the film.