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was there anybody who didn't cry??

posted 21 years ago by Lauwer
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Was there anybody who didn't cry?? I mean i really cried my eyes out at the last half hour or so. The way she does her speech at school for her grandfather even though he's not there and she's trying soooo hard and at the end with the whales...
And I NEVER cry when watching a movie. I watched it (thank god) alone, cause i was so ashamed haha. A day later my parents also watched it and even my dad (!) had to cry and i've never seen him cry and i know him for 18 years haha ofcourse my mom also cried but she can't even hold her tears when watching Dawson's Creek.

Share your thoughts here

By the way: I really liked this movie alot!!

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[–] ladynau 19 years ago

I cried.

I love the movie.

And I'm so upset that I missed the chance on seeing it on the big screen. I remember wanting to watch it with my friends but they wanted to watch La Divorce with Naomi Watts in it...and it was kind of lame.

But anyways...Keisha was amazing.
The whole movie was just so poetic.

[–] prettyhatemachine171 19 years ago

I cried non-stop.

[–] Stangg 19 years ago

I fell asleep half way through

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[–] Dude_236 19 years ago

The only movie ive ever cried watching was Passion of the Christ

[–] o_LadyMacbeth_o 19 years ago

I cried in Ladder 49 and kinda cried in Michael Collins... I didn't really like whale rider so I kinda tuned out when we had to watch it at school... I'm not saying it's not a good movie, just that it's not my kinda movie...

[–] LillyWhite-1 19 years ago

I just saw Whale Rider and the famous crying scene.What a disappointment! Lisa Jakub did a far better work in a tv movie called "The Story Lady" and she had a scene like this.jakub did it much better yet she was never awarded nothing.

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[–] actorbyquist 19 years ago

Agree, this is a great, great film. Her speech is irresistible -- gotta lament and weep for and with her. Many lessons about life learned here for all ages, for the openminded and the closeminded grump.

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[–] Diaeresis 19 years ago

i didn't cry

I don't doubt it, although I bet your "friends" cry regularly.

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[–] Diaeresis 19 years ago

Wow... that was a bit mean... sorry 'bout that.

/still somewhat perplexed though, that you could hate such an inoffensive movie so much.

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[–] Diaeresis 19 years ago

Maybe you're basing your opinion of modern Maori culture on your own (possibly limited) experience of it? I know that where I live, in west-central Scotland, it's easy to get the impression that all Scots are knuckle-dragging morons, if you take what you see on city streets as an indicator, but it's a mistake to do so IMO. There are a lot of good people around, but unfortunately, it tends to be the worst who are seen and heard most... and from your own perspective, and from what I've read about NZ in recent times, the Maori have every right to feel disenfranchised, just as aboriginal Australians have.

BTW, I don't see Whale Rider as oscar-worthy, or anything more than what it is; a great little story, with some very competent acting.

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[–] ninetyone 19 years ago

It was more like bawling for me and sitting in a pool of used tissues (thanks to my mom for that.)

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[–] dark_kamikazer 19 years ago

this is movie is old but it really interesting

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[–] Dromanick 19 years ago

i didn't cry..btw wahat was there to cry for?...ya the girl was awesome..but i didn't like the movie..it was all crap,why would someone wish to watch a movie like this except for the people frm new-zealand..all those ritual songs and stuff was really hard to watch.....i got rather frust man..

[–] kina_boy-1 19 years ago

ritual songs???? wtf are you talking about dood, there's really only one or two so-called 'ritual songs' in the movie. the rest are just waiata.... the maori culture is beautiful and this movie shows it.

[–] Diaeresis 19 years ago

why would someone wish to watch a movie like this except for the people frm new-zealand..

I'm sorry, but that is a ridiculous comment. People watch things they aren't familiar with because they're interested in learning new things, or simply because it might be an interesting story, and I'm sure there are many more reasons besides those.

...all those ritual songs and stuff was really hard to watch.....i got rather frust man..

Then I guess it just wasn't "your kind" of movie...

[–] Dromanick 19 years ago

ya may be u r right..it surely wasn't my kind of movie..

[–] brontiustrex 19 years ago

Brontius T Rex did not cry.

Brontius T Rex does not cry.

Brontius T Rex strode from the cinema in his kilt into the cold Edinburgh air and spake thus; "I have seen a good film, and yet there were no guns or explosions, I have seen the Whale Rider."

And then I hit the pub.

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[–] liekarakrynistel 19 years ago

Loser.

[–] Diaeresis 19 years ago

Wow... great contribution. Who was it aimed at, exactly?

[–] prenz9 19 years ago

I always cry during movies...but I didn't cry during Whale Rider. It wasn't tearjerking at all for me. I literally, barely, teared at the part where she gives her speech. That's it. Just wasn't crying material to me.

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[–] Diaeresis 18 years ago

Rubbish movie.

Good to see you explain in intricate detail, the reasons you dislike this movie so much.

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[–] omoxus 18 years ago

One of the best films I have ever seen.

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