That's the trick and the magic of this movie that Jim and WETA Digital had to push themselves to get to the point where we forget we are watching big,blue people and we start just rooting for the person inside them."

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

And statistics gathered by national parks officials, commercial fisherman and local whale watching companies point to a steady rise in numbers over the last few years, which is in turn attracting larger numbers of tourists.

BBC: Australia��s humpback highway

We've reached the point where watching a slightly doughy man in the movies is hilarious because it's so absurd like seeing a burrito in a tuxedo.

WSJ: Hollywood's New Arms Race: Actors With Muscles

Professor RAMEZ MALUF (Lebanese American University): You know, I make a point of watching a large number of these stations--al-Arabiya, Al-Jazeera, al-Hurrah, Abu Dhabi TV, Dubai TV, all of the stations.

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