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Chasing Coral should be an eye opener for everybody, but that would only work if everybody watched it, especially influent people that have to take big decisions. For people that continue to deny global warming is going on. Unfortunately those influent people, like are so-called 'world leaders', could not care less about all this, because greed, destruction and world domination is their only goal in life. The documentary starts slow, with some good footage but also some blurry archive footage. It's all interesting to watch though. But the best part, if I can say best in this case, is the ending, and i's not that colorful anymore. We, the humans, the so-called smartest specie on earth, are in fact the parasites of our planet, destroying everything at high speed. If the coral reefs are bleaching it's all our fault, and if this eco system dies in the next decades it will be our fault as well. The end of the documentary wants to give us a bit of hope, but honestly I don't believe in it. We are doomed to go from bad to worse, as greed and selfishness are the only goals of us humans. So Chasing Coral is a good documentary, but a sad and emotional one. It should be mandatory in schools or for everybody to see, so that maybe we would change our attitude, but that's just wishful thinking. The future generations will pay the price for our neglect and destruction of our once lovely planet.

Whether you have spent vacation time snorkeling, watched the National Geographic channel, or even paid a bit of attention during high school science class, you likely have some level of understanding of what a vital ecosystem coral reefs are to Ocean life. Director Jeff Orlowski has a track record of important environmental documentaries with his 2012 Chasing Ice. Both of these movies have been well received at Sundance and other film festivals, as well as by scientific experts.

Mr. Orlowski was contacted by underwater photographer Richard Vevers once the Vevers team recognized the accelerated breakdown of corals as the ocean water temperature rose slightly. The film takes us to such places as The Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Florida Keys, American Somoa, Hawaii, Bermuda and the Bahamas. The obvious message is that concern exists around the globe, not just in one particular locale.

The film does an excellent job of defining and explaining the importance of coral, and once Zach Rago is introduced, the energy and passion jump significantly. A charming, self-described "coral nerd", he is also an extremely knowledgeable and committed scientist dedicated to saving this ecosystem that he worships, and he understands the important role it plays to all life.

Little doubt exists that those involved fully believe carbon emissions are to blame for the warming waters resulting in coral bleaching and finally coral death. They also believe that by reducing said emissions, there is still time to prevent the total global coral destruction predicted for the next quarter century.

If the film has any misguided moments, it would be related to the screen time spent on the challenges and frustrations associated with underwater time-lapse photography, especially from a hardware standpoint. As viewers, we are far more interested in the coral endangerment and the photography shots that do exist … especially some of the stunning before/after looks as coral reefs are quickly destroyed.

A trip to the Coral Convention provides us a glimpse at how research and information is shared by those who are working on this and other environmental issues. With limited resources, it's crucial that access to information is available to those who need it. Finally, the film leaves us with a reminder that forests, reefs, and other ecosystems are all vital to our lives; and while the current path is quite saddening, there is optimism that we have time to stop the damage if we act now.

Incredible how our ocean its changed :( we are still in time to save our planet!!!

This is my first review on IMDb. I got a chance to see this film at Sundance London and it was so incredibly inspiring that I felt this film must be seen by people. Sadly this screening coincided with Trump pulling out of the Paris climate change deal, which makes this film even more important.

The director Jeff Orlowski and his crew embark on a quest to document and show the audience how quick and devastating the effects of global warming are on the coral reefs around the world.

The documentary has funny laugh-out-loud moments, takes us on an emotional journey where we see how deeply the filmmakers care for this subject, but most importantly it brings the message home - that things are changing and something needs to be done. A fantastic, motivating and hopeful film that is 100% relevant to the issues we face today, not to mention the stunning cinematography 10/10

This important documentary serves as a wake up call to deniers of man made climate change and also to those who just don't see the need for concern. It takes the time to teach us about basic coral anatomy, their reliance on zooplankton, and then chronicles the surging ocean temperatures and the direct correlation with the death of entire swaths of reef. This film will make you cry as it makes you come to grips with the reality of climate change. Watch it, and then share it with others too, to help educate those too distracted to understand the calamity we're witnessing.

While it doesn't go into ocean acidification, that is where I'd challenge the viewer to explore next. It's not a counter theory, but rather the two are interrelated.

I saw this film recently at the Waimea Ocean Film Festival. It was the documentary I most wanted to see. The Big Island of Hawaii has coral reefs that have suffered from bleaching. If things do not change, we will lose our coral reefs and many fish will disappear. That will affect our fisherman and tourism. I fervently hope people will WAKE UP!

If you had this pending, go watch it now! It is everything a documentary must be. The production is awesome, same as the put together, facts and striking footage. If you love nature in any form, I warn you this could leave you crying hard and wanting to make everyone around you WAKE UP!! I can't even start imagining how all those places are right now, after more than a year of all this. We're killing our planet and corals are showing it in a breathtaking speed. Watch this and share it with everyone you can share it with.

This film is mainly concerned about the health of coral reefs around the world and the danger that they face. While the film-makers' main goal is to capture the rapid degradation of reefs, they also attempt to explain how climate change is causing such destruction, primarily through coral bleaching. In addition, the film-makers interview experts and researchers who explain the role that reefs play in marine environments. Since they support biodiversity and shelter countless different species, the researchers claim that about 25% of all marine life relies on coral reefs.

Overall, the film provides poignant imagery of dead coral reefs, useful information, and shocking statistics; however, much of its run-time is occupied by dialogue and footage that is not essential. During interviews, we often learn about the film's cast-members and their reasons for studying for reefs. While this helps make the documentary feel more personal, it also makes the film longer and more unfocused than it should be. The film should have been centered around the reefs themselves, not how and why the team got its footage. Still, it is obvious that the film-makers care dearly about preserving coral reefs, and they argue that humans are not giving reefs the amount of attention they deserve. Some of the interviewees forecast that, if we do not slow the rate of coral bleaching quickly, then corals could be wiped out within 30 years. If this happens, they argue that many marine ecosystems will vanish completely, which will result in global economic consequences and resource scarcity.

Destruction of Corals due to climate change is breathtakingly presented in this painstakingly told TV show. This is one of a kind reality show which moves any sane human being. Accidentally found this on Netflix. My best TV show (90 minutes) till date!

Well-made and informative, but there's a catch......while this documentary attempts to finger man-made global warming as the culprit, these same people are using equipment completely made by industry: synthetic cameras, flippers, gas engines on both boats and planes, etc.

If you truly believe who the "bad guy" is, why not sail out to your research spots? Or use ALL equipment that isnt mass-produced by your supposed "bad guys". Use equipment that was made, perhaps, 150 years ago....before all of the "bad" industry arrived.

come on, people.

What a strange documentary.

On the good side it presents quite well the problem and its causes. Industrialization brought a rise in global temperature. Temperature rising leads to warmer seas and coral reefs deaths. It's informative and didactic. I did learn many things about corals. Images are amazing and truly impressive. Specially the before/after scenes.

The problem lies in the conclusion at the end. It takes literally the last 2 minutes of the movie and actually shocked me. It goes like this: "Yes, all the corals are dying, but there's no need to worry! The world is going through changes. There's an environmentalist movement that's *inevitable* and that will fix everything! Look, these forty or so countries have committed to be powered by clean energy. And so did these fifty or so US cities. We just need to show this material to children and they'll save us all in the future!"

There's zero call to action. Zip. Nada. Basically we should just keep enjoying our awesome industrialized lives, lie back and wait for the "inevitable" solution. I've never seen so much naivete in an environmentalist documentary. It's Pollyanna at childish levels.

The movie also spends way too much time documenting it's own production, telling how hard it was to take those shots, to reach the places, to place and operate the cameras. It's in great part a documentary about it's own making.

The beautiful cinematography captures your imagination and draws you in, only to wrench it away as you watch the death of our world in real time. These kinds of documentary is the only way we can get the message out to affect mass change. Share Chasing Coral with everyone you know. We are witnessing a global extinction event and the masses have not even noticed. Worse, those in power continue to deny it - due to money, greed and 'progress'. What will we tell our children and grandchildren ... how will we look them in the eye and tell them we failed. That in less than 200 years we destroyed a planet that had thrived for millions before it. We need to do more. Chasing Coral should be the start of a movement. It's life or death. We need to keep talking about it. We need to keep that movement marching forward.

A documentary that MUST be watched by the younger generation especially !

You'd experience a roller coaster of emotions as you navigate through the scenes.

At first, you're wonderstruck by the alluring beauty of the corals. Fast-forward, when you're shown their current reality - you can't help but feel heartbroken and deeply sad.

By the time the credits roll, you'd have gained a sense of attachment and responsibility towards nature, and a renewed motivation to do your part, in protecting it.

Another sad but true reality. Can you explain to your grand children what you do when the coral still exist in this world?

Eye-opening only scratches the surface. It turns into a wake-up call. Well made and very informative. If you aren't moved by this documentary, you might as well kill yourself, because you obviously have no concern for your life, let alone the lives of any flora or fauna on Earth...making you part of the problem.

The passion, humility, and skill of the film-makers are very apparent and appreciated. I'm glad there are people out there helping to show us about what's happening to our world. Educational and entertaining at the same time, this documentary is also beautiful to watch. And it is very depressing and sad also, to know that so much has already been lost and are still being lost. Highly recommended: It is definitely better than talking about toilet rolls.

A very striking demonstration of how climate change affects every living organism on Earth. Thank you great and dedicated team for raising awareness to such an important yet neglected matter.

This is just the most touching documetary i've ever seen. It has made a big alarm for what we're doing now that effects seriously to the oceans and the corals. Also, in the end it creats hope that we can all take action and do something to make our beloved planet better

Beautiful underwater footage (10/10); Anti human rhetoric and propaganda message (0/10)

Not as good as chasing ice as too much content is about life of photographers.

Hope as many people as possible waych this beautufil, clear and powerful movie to save our planet before too late. It's no joke, I never thought this would happen all over the earth when I was child.