I just realized that he tells her that the rope represents her heritage and he goes off to search for “a new one”, not recognizing that his granddaughter has it in her to knot the rope together again (piecing their broken lineage back together). This one scene represents the central conflict of the whole movie
This situation is not uncommon in our culture - its called 'whangai tamariki' - adoption is the closest word to it that english speakers/thinkers would understand, but whangai is very different from adoption. Whangai is when family members care for the child of another usually from within that etended family group. In the case of Pai and her Dad there would have been collective agreement (whether spoken or not) by the family collective that the grandparents were a more stable base for Pai than her Dad, after her mother died, her Father wanted to get away from the crushing weight of his Dad's expectations and everyuthing that represented, his tribe, his turangawaewae (spiritual ancestral homelands), also the pain of losing his wife and son. Moving away from home and going to a diffrent country allowed him to seek out the healing or at least momentary relief for himself that he needed at the time, his whanau (family) caring for and loving his daughter in those circumstances was an act of love for her and for him as their son that needed time and space to heal. Maori think collectively, not individually like Euros, a child is the concern of all of the whanau as are the members of that whanau.
At least she could get him to wake up in the end. All it took was her virtually becoming a folk hero and possibly dying, I guess if that won’t do it nothing will.
On the one hand as an adult, yeah that seems a bit dangerous like any kid might not knowing the moving parts, on the other knowing the movie, probably sexist.
I just realized that he tells her that the rope represents her heritage and he goes off to search for “a new one”, not recognizing that his granddaughter has it in her to knot the rope together again (piecing their broken lineage back together). This one scene represents the central conflict of the whole movie
Excellent!...thoroughly missed it
“I don’t want you to do that anymore, it’s dangerous”. Crystal clear foreshadowing. Excellent catch!
Doing an assignment on Whale Rider just what I needed!
same
@@kaiservoldemort4385 have to write a movie review and it’s due tomorrow
Never understood why the father wasn't raising his daughter.
Me neither
He's a deadbeat.
This situation is not uncommon in our culture - its called 'whangai tamariki' - adoption is the closest word to it that english speakers/thinkers would understand, but whangai is very different from adoption. Whangai is when family members care for the child of another usually from within that etended family group. In the case of Pai and her Dad there would have been collective agreement (whether spoken or not) by the family collective that the grandparents were a more stable base for Pai than her Dad, after her mother died, her Father wanted to get away from the crushing weight of his Dad's expectations and everyuthing that represented, his tribe, his turangawaewae (spiritual ancestral homelands), also the pain of losing his wife and son. Moving away from home and going to a diffrent country allowed him to seek out the healing or at least momentary relief for himself that he needed at the time, his whanau (family) caring for and loving his daughter in those circumstances was an act of love for her and for him as their son that needed time and space to heal. Maori think collectively, not individually like Euros, a child is the concern of all of the whanau as are the members of that whanau.
2:24 lol he’s just jealous because she fixed it and he couldn’t 😂😂😂😂
Yeah
Poor her
Her grandfather should have been nicer to his granddaughter
Grandpa is a jerk. See what pride can get you?
At least she could get him to wake up in the end. All it took was her virtually becoming a folk hero and possibly dying, I guess if that won’t do it nothing will.
2:31 poor her dad said when I first saw this movie.
Started choking when he tried that rope
damn who else doing an essay on whale rider and came here
so true
@Dope yeah
fuck yo essay!
@@amarimusa7522 Very rude
@@amarimusa7522 Not a nice thing to say
Poor her
On the one hand as an adult, yeah that seems a bit dangerous like any kid might not knowing the moving parts, on the other knowing the movie, probably sexist.
No one puts baby in the corner 🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🥂🥂🏰🏰🏰🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🏰🏰🦁🇮🇱🏰🇮🇱🦁🦁🇮🇱🏰🏰🥂👑🗻🎁🤣🌈🌈🌈🕊️
Such a sexist movie smh
@ako tairi Disgusting.
@ako tairilol
Elaborate why you think so
@@sillau9 Yes
@@kaiservoldemort4385 hey