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The Whale

  • 20112011
  • GG
  • 1h 25m
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8.1/10
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The Whale (2011)
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The true story of Luna, a young, wild killer whale who tries to befriend people on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island.The true story of Luna, a young, wild killer whale who tries to befriend people on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island.The true story of Luna, a young, wild killer whale who tries to befriend people on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island.
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    • Suzanne Chisholm
    • Michael Parfit
    • Michael Parfit
  • Stars
    • Ryan Reynolds(voice)
    • Luna(archive footage)
    • Michael Parfit
    • Suzanne Chisholm
    • Michael Parfit
    • Michael Parfit
  • Stars
    • Ryan Reynolds(voice)
    • Luna(archive footage)
    • Michael Parfit
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    The True Tale of the Whale
    I am submitting this review for the reader to ponder for themselves the deeper riddle at work within this most worthy viewing. You have a whale who has taken it upon himself to make contact with humans and he does so effectively and efficiently and without effort too. He is no fair weather friend either as he comes and goes and staying faithful to his new found social skills and interactions. The humans involved do the same. Here is where I get a glimpse of what it may have been like before Adam & Eve fell from grace (and order) and from their training to be stewards of all the earth and how animals may have interacted with man quite naturally too before the fall. Ancient DNA is triggered within the viewer to recall how all things would have answered to man and willingly gravitate toward him because of the natural order of things and how we would respond. Today, we have the opposite in effect testifying to the fall of man where animals wisely avoid us. Even so, we make hell for them a reality seeking them out. This was definitely not our true calling but the fallen one of which we pursue without conscience or common sense. The stewards of the earth have gone missing and instead, we have a predator prey dynamic in its place. Now watch this special and consider what I have said. It will become self-evident. Good discussion and reflection here and food for the soul if choose to believe it
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    • May 29, 2015

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      • September 9, 2011 (United States)
      • Canada
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      • Gold River, British Columbia, Canada
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      • Mountainside Films
      • Téléfilm Canada
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    • 1 hour 25 minutes
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