Thursday, October 2, 2014

Dolphin Tales 2

Matthew Craft
Per.5
9/25/14

Dolphin Tales 2

      On a Friday night, desperate to do anything remotely fun, I somehow wound up going to see the movie Dolphin Tales 2. I was initially concerned that because I didn't watch Dolphin Tales 1, I would be completely missing out. However I recently watched the first one, and it is the exact same thing. I could make a post summarizing the whole story, in one sentence: Dolphin is hurt on shore, mating problems ensue, then dolphin love is made.

    The movie is as corny as it could possibly get. We start off with a young boy who gets the opportunity to go on a boat trip studying aquatic life. Its an amazing opportunity only offered to the gifted so this is  a big deal for him. However he has the ultimatum of picking this trip or rehabilitating a dolphin. Oh yeah, and he might also like this girl that is helping with the dolphin. Blahblahblah, he obviously picks to stay. The dolphin is saved and can mate with other dolphins and he also manages to go on the trip.

    IMDb rates this movie 6.6/10, and let me say that is very generous. It seems as though it is written by a 5 year old with a book of cliches. There is no beauty to this movie or some complex over arching meaning. It simply is trash and that's all. I have no idea how someone could even rate this 5/10 because I wanted to walk out the second I walked in.