Whale Rider movie
The choice was my wife's ... as I joked with her afterwards, it the title was Whales With Guns, Whales Strike Back or even Hungry Whales That Eat People (or something like that), I would have chosen to watch it myself. Alas, it was my wife's choice to see the movie. The movie was wonderful! Keisha Castle-Hughes, in the starring role of Pai is amazing! The young actress was eleven when filming started, and played the twelve year old Pai, a Maori girl, who is destined to become the leader of her tribe, and lead them into better days. She's a powerful actress. She played imbued her character with such emotion, that it was not possible to believe it was genuine. I was impressed. At one point of the movie, I almost has tears in my eyes. (I usually don't get emotional in movies ... easy to understand when I usually limit myself to the SciFi/Action/Comedy genres.) I won't give a summary of the movie, as you can get that from the movie's site. Just know that this was a gem of a movie that probably won't get noticed much by the public. It comes highly recommended by me ... and those who voted to give it all the awards it has been getting. Whale Rider is based on the book by New Zealand writer, Witi Ihimaera.
The choice was my wife's ... as I joked with her afterwards, it the title was Whales With Guns, Whales Strike Back or even Hungry Whales That Eat People (or something like that), I would have chosen to watch it myself. Alas, it was my wife's choice to see the movie. The movie was wonderful! Keisha Castle-Hughes, in the starring role of Pai is amazing! The young actress was eleven when filming started, and played the twelve year old Pai, a Maori girl, who is destined to become the leader of her tribe, and lead them into better days. She's a powerful actress. She played imbued her character with such emotion, that it was not possible to believe it was genuine. I was impressed. At one point of the movie, I almost has tears in my eyes. (I usually don't get emotional in movies ... easy to understand when I usually limit myself to the SciFi/Action/Comedy genres.) I won't give a summary of the movie, as you can get that from the movie's site. Just know that this was a gem of a movie that probably won't get noticed much by the public. It comes highly recommended by me ... and those who voted to give it all the awards it has been getting. Whale Rider is based on the book by New Zealand writer, Witi Ihimaera.
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