Icie 2022-03-23 09:02:35
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Bobbie 2022-04-23 07:03:21
The heroine I watched a long time ago looks like my classmate
Abigayle 2022-04-22 07:01:41
I can't say it's good or bad, I can only say it's ok. The whole movie looks like a live-action version of a stereotyped cartoon like "Pocahontas." It is nothing more than a family legend at the beginning, and then the child wants to innovate, but is opposed by a stubborn parent. In the end, without exception, the child has completed a difficult task, touched the world, and won the support of the family. I don't know if the film wants to express feminism or innovation, but no matter what it wants to express, the whale at the end is very abrupt and has the feeling of a mechanical seance. In fact, if the girl really rides a whale and disappears into the sea, the style of the film will be improved. But it is superfluous to come up with a resurrection.
Koro: If you have the tooth of a whale, you must have the jaw of a whale to yield it.
[first lines]
Paikea: In the old days, the land felt a great emptiness. It was waiting. Waiting to be filled up. Waiting for someone to love it. Waiting for a leader.
[child birth scene]
Paikea: And he came on the back of a whale. A man to lead a new people. Our ancestor, Paikea. But now we were waiting for the firstborn of the new generation, for the descendant of the whale rider. For the boy who would be chief.
Paikea: There was no gladness when I was born. My twin brother died, and took our mother with him.
