Stop trying to see everything through a western perspective. Kim's movies have nothing to do with morals. He is merely a painter, he observes but he does not judge his characters, his objects.
shareI disagree. This movie is about the principles of Buddhism - desire and lust are the origins of pain and suffering. See The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism.
I love the film and can give you the Western equivalent of what the film communicates on a macro level: when you let go of the importance of individuality you take a small step to becoming aware of and a part of something else.
shareReligion makes you stupid and love makes you homicidal.
"My name is Paikea Apirana, and I come from a long line of chiefs stretching all the way back to the Whale Rider."
Uh, we can only be spiritually revitalized after killing someone? Learning cruelty is wrong as a child doesn't work. We forget simple lessons of our childhood? I dunno. It seemed to illustrate the failure of the religion to really aid anyone.
Too much death in this to be realistic.
Not enough magic to make it a fairy tale.
Dictated, but not read.
The take away message is that people who had bad parents are likely to become bad parents themselves.
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