#whale rider

[twinsunstars]

i watched whale rider for the first time since i found out keisha castle-hughes (who plays emerie) is in it and now i can’t stop imagining a tiny emerie just wandering about curious about life, and it’s what hemlock hears every day since he took her in

[atomicseasoning]

Moana 2 and Keisha Castle-Hughes?

[darth-caillic]

Keisha Castle-Hughes as Paikea "Pai" Apirana in Whale Rider (2002)

Feel free to use these gifs in respectful ways. I needed to practice making gifs and will most likely be using them in my Mar edits. I'm not 100% on the last gif, but the others turned out pretty okay.

[adamwatchesmovies]

Whale Rider (2003)

When a film is described as “inspirational”, that can often actually mean cloying or manipulative. Take away the empowering and uplifting message in Whale Rider, and you’ve still got a great movie, largely thanks to the direction by Niki Caro and lead actress, Keisha Castle-Hughes. This is a story of powerful emotions.

In a small New Zealand village, twelve-year-old Paikea “Pai” Apirana (Castle-Hughes) dreams of becoming her tribe’s chief. Unfortunately, her grandfather, Koro (Rawiri Paratene), will not teach her to lead. Undeterred, she begins training in secret.

Though this is very much a film about the Māori people, it has universal appeal. It’s not an opioid crisis, or their land being taken away by some foreign power that’s caused the island's society’s decay. It isn’t climate change or the new world stamping out tradition that’s causing people to turn away from each other. It’s something deep within, something too deep to clearly define that's causing the edges of this normally tight circle to fray. Pai’s father left his home to pursue an art career in Germany after his wife and son (Pai’s twin brother) died. This left Pai to be trained by a grandfather who loves his family… but is stubbornly upholding traditions that prevent him from showing it. Other families too, have lost something. If someone - a new voice that can give all of these lost souls direction - doesn’t step up and take charge, the great wake (canoe) will never be completed and the damage - regardless of what caused it - done to these people will never heal.

There are two emotions at this film’s core. The first is sadness. Grandfather Koro can be so cruel that in any other movie, you would hate him. Writer/director Niki Caro takes us to a deeper level than that one emotion. We know why he is so unhappy, why he loses hope with each day. The same goes for all of the other fathers we meet. They’re not bad, just lost. It’s a thousand times more painful to see.

The second emotion is a tiny glimmer of hope. You've seen how determined Paikea is to learn even when she's forbidden to do so. You believe she will live up to her namesake, the man who led his people from Hawaiki to New Zealand on the back of a whale. If only she can learn to believe in herself as well. When she speaks up and defies her grandfather, you want her to keep at it but you know how much that's asking, particularly for a child. There’s a moment when she’s at her most vulnerable that comes in and just obliterates you like a sledgehammer hitting a glass cup. Before that scene, Keisha Castle-Hughes was so convincing in the role, that you just saw her as a person who might’ve been cast because this tale is semi-autobiographical or something. Suddenly, you realize this is something different. She’s good like you never knew a kid that age could be.

Whale Rider is the kind of movie you hold onto tightly. No matter how old you are, now is the right time to meet these characters and hear their story. The performances are spectacular and the emotions are so strong they’ll be as clear as the first time you felt them long after the credits are done. Everyone should see Whale Rider at least once. (October 1, 2021)

[shinycupcakebaker]

Comfort Movies

I was tagged by @joi-in-the-tardis Thank you friend!! Miss you!

Rules: List 7 comfort movies, and tag 7 people

Black Widow

The Eternals

The Greatest Showman

A League of their Own

Newsies

Tangled

Down with Love

Honorable Mentions:

Avatar

Pacific Rim 1 & 2

Whale Rider

Tagging: @greymichaela @spectorbarnes @skyler10fic @itsanerdlife

I really don’t know anyone else.. :/

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[apatheticlexicographer]

do you ever just rewatch a movie u love and then go online to see if anybody else Appreciates it like u and then remember that it's not very well known internationally and also ppl without cultural context have some of the most braindead and unintentionally offensive takes imaginable and there isn't even a cute little fandom to hide in bc there's no homoerotic subtext

:///

[captaincolossal]

Oh Jesus, oh my god, listening to the end of Random Horror 9 today and, like, two men who have never seen an episode of Supernatural are going to be discussing the first three episodes of Supernatural next week. When they rolled demon and first 3 episodes as the criteria, I just Knew. Like the 15 minutes of discussion was unnecessary. And just that much of listening to someone talk about it, I was just...this better not re-awaken anything because I am not prepared to revisit the actual show.

Absolutely not.

Whale Rider (2002)

Ugh, the timing of the subtitles on hoopla is always a little fucked up. This time, it's fast, so if I miss something I have to run it back. Why am I bothering, hoopla? Why are doing this to me, hoopla?

[heartbreakfeelsgoodinablog]

In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.

[apollowatchesmovies]

January 13

Movie 6

Whale Rider

[sunlit-music]

I watched Whale Rider (2002)!! It was really good!

No, you're not getting an essay from me. I just really loved the cinematography, acting, story and characters. The characters are realistic and nuanced. I like that the grandfather eventually changed his mind and accepted his granddaughter becoming a leader of the tribe. Go watch!!

[saturnniidae]

Thinking about how the dragons canonically help with fishing by kind of herding them to the nets but like imagine what that'd mean for whaling and hunting.

Like during that rob/dob era adjustment period, everyone's excited about the increase in food due to the raids ending and dragons now assisting them, but imagine one day one of them (Hookfang) just. Brings back a whole whale to try and one-up the other dragons.

But of course, they can't have that so then the others start doing it as well (some even getting confused and bringing back sharks instead). Too often, actually. Berk's store houses are, for the first time in recent history, almost overflowing with cured meats and the like. They're set for the winter, and its left to poor Hiccup to try and reign it in so the local whale, shark and seabird populations aren't completely devastated.

[tokumon]

Whale Mutant from Kamen Rider Black ep. 46

[iristial]

It's been a while since I've seen Kan-kichi!🦊🧡 Kan-kichi is the same as ever On second thought I want my parents to be here……🐮

(Source)

[lavendersartistry]

The Peacock and the Panther

Space Riders AU - @onyxonline KoiRite - @lavendersartistry

This fic is another promised fan episode for onyxonline's Space Riders AU! This is mainly centered as a moment between CraftyCorn and my OC KoiRite! Please check Onyx out, their work is super cool!

The afternoon calmed Crafty's nerves as she was on the way to meet Koi in her palace. She wasn't expecting an invitation from her of all things, especially after that one party a few weeks back. Still, she kept her head high and did her best to stay calm.

A laugh rang out as Crafty entered the courtyard, Koi watching her from afar.

"Are you trying to greet the ancestors? I hate to disappoint but, that's not how we do it."

Crafty became embarrassed and looked down, a blush coming along her cheeks.

"S-Sorry! I'm just.. well, nervous being here."

The warrior princess tilted her head as her tail flicked behind her body. With careful steps, she went closer to the unicorn.

"Is this about the party?"

Crafty sighed and lowly nodded, making Koi groan in annoyance, facepalming.

"Hey, listen. You did the right thing to stop that guy. I wasn't expecting you to start a fight like that."

Koi looked back at the unicorn and then scoffed. She should have fought him outside the vicinity of the others.

"If I knew you would be frightened of me, then I would have handled everything differently."

Crafty quietly placed a hand on Koi's shoulder, as if to try to assure her. She knew Koi's intentions were pure and knew how annoyed she could be when it came to people either not doing their job to protect others or people causing others to feel uncomfortable.

"Koi, it's alright. I wasn't frightened. You're a good person with a good heart, don't let what happened that night make you think like that."

Koi softly smiled and placed her hand over Crafty's, pulling it away from her shoulder and close to her face.

"Alright then, Peacock. I trust you."

The unicorn immediately blushed and looked away with a soft huff.

"A peacock? What are you talking about?"

The panther smirked and grabbed Crafty's chin to have her look at him.

"Peacocks are symbols of many. But for you, it's your beauty and confidence. I won't call you a diamond in a dozen but more of a rare jewel. Everything about you is interesting to me."

She suddenly leaned closer.

"Unless calling you princess is more your style?"

[bogkeep]

they found a girl at the beach

her words all washed away

still feeling waves against her legs

and whale skin at her touch

foam in her hair, salt in her veins

so

they tell her about the sea