Chasing Coral

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My cat is my bestie s "Chasing Coral" is a film by Jeff Orlowski. It focuses on the bleaching of coral and the negative effects that it has on marine life and marine ecosystems. A group of divers and scientists are the main people shown in the film, and they go around the world to show the decline of coral reefs. Climate change and its negative effects are discussed. Also, human activities are mentioned and how they are causing the decline in coral reefs. Rising ocean temperatures, acidification, and pollution are causing the corals to bleach. That means that the corals are losing color and dying. The film discusses how quickly the coral reefs are declining, and how marine life depends on them. There are also people who depend on them for income.  I think that this movie did a pretty good job at educating the viewer on what is happening to coral reefs all over the world. The movie shows beautiful shots of the ocean's coral reefs before and after the bleaching, so it really shows the viewer how bad it has truly gotten. Not only are visuals shown of the reefs, but scientific explanations are also given to help the viewers learn more about relationships between organisms and corals. Local interviews are also done with people that depend on the coral reefs. This makes the viewer feel empathetic towards them. I really like how the film gives a call to action for the viewers and inspires them to help make change occur in our oceans to help stop the large amount of coral bleaching. This movie honestly made me sad, because it just shows the reality of the coral reefs that are dying. Fish, sea urchins, starfish, etc. rely on coral reefs for shelter and food. Knowing that their locations for these things are becoming limited is sad to see. I do know that some organisms can continue to live on the dead coral reefs, but the number of marine lives using the reefs has-and is going to greatly reduce.  Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/24 Full Review Cem Y Simply beautiful but so saddening. It is so difficult to see what we are doing to other creatures, but we need constant exposure to such productions to really understand our role in all this destruction. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/21/23 Full Review No doubt, Best coral documentary, open my mind, touching, gloomy, lovely. There is a novel "Hide girl" that wrote a story about the future mutation of coral. It can adapt to higher temperatures, and the colors are incredible, like the one brought to the end of the documentary. worth seeing Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/02/22 Full Review Audience Member I very much enjoyed the movie Chasing Coral. It was very informative, and its appeals to emotion were incredibly moving. The movie did a very good job of explaining complex things in an easily understandable way, and I greatly enjoyed learning about how coral reefs operate and how bleaching works. They also showed lots of relevant figures and had many experts give their statements, which added validity to the film. My favorite example of this was the interview with Charlie Vernon because I liked getting to see the opinion of someone who has been in this field for many years and knows what coral reefs were like before bleaching. I liked the parts where they talked about their struggles with the camera because it made the film much more relatable. It puts the researchers in perspective as real people who have problems and don't know all the answers. As I stated previously, the film's emotion was what really made it. The researchers stated how they wanted to leave emotions out, but it was impossible not to be emotional when they were watching an ecosystem die in front of them. Their emotions made their plea to care for the coral so much more significant. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Matthew B Honestly disappointed they weren't down in the ocean more Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/20/21 Full Review Audience Member The documentary, Chasing Choral, was very eye opening and enlightening. It's one thing to hear about coral bleaching but to physically see it as it was filmed, was really heart breaking. The documentary did an excellent job demonstrating how dangerously close we are to loosing coral reefs, and perhaps even a whole ecosystem. The ocean is being greatly affected by the planets change in temperature, which happened in the first place because of human infrastructure. The increase of ocean temperatures is causing the corals to die, leaving only the skeleton of the coral to remain. It's important to note that many organisms depend on the coral to survive, so if the corals are dying, they will have nowhere to go. Our planet is sending us a sign that we need to change our ways before it is too late. The future of the planet is in jeopardy and it is up to us to fix the problem as well as start caring for our environment. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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