Why does this movie only have around 550 votes?
I draw the conclusion that it probably wasn't released in the US, was it?
shareIt was definitely released in North America, I remember the TV ads clearly during it's run in the theatres. I'm guessing that the title itself was something that didn't really grab a lot of people. Most people I have encountered have never even heard of Easter Island, let alone Rapa Nui. Sure, most know the "giant stone heads" but seem to have little interest in any of the history (fact or fiction) of the island and culture that produced them. I thought the movie was top-notch in every regard and have done my best to lend my copy to as many friends as I can. Some bite, some don't. A great picture though.
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Too much nudity for USA audiences,or censorship folk,perhaps?The Americans that I saw it with,nt in USA,thought it would not be relsed there much for that reason.(and,they joked,not enough violence!).
Why would audiences not be interested in a country or cuture that they do not know? Doesn,t that make it more interesting?!
It was mainstream in New Zealand.
Pity it wasn,t released more popularly,too,what a great movie,I think,to miss out on.
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"the typical American (That means a vast majority, sad to say..) are very "nationalistic," and do not give 2 s*its about anything outside of their everyday mainstream American culture (Going to work, watching sports, hitting the bars, etc.)"
And they shouldn't have to.
It explains many things then I guess.
shareI've spent time in Hong Kong, the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany and Egypt. In every one of those places I've run into many people that were only interested in drinking, sex etc. and didn't have a clue of what was going on in the world or care about it. This isn't some American-only phenomenon. The USA just happens to get the most attention so the morons here get more press than the morons in _______ (fill in any country). What you folks are engaged in is just another attempt to make yourselves feel superior by putting down other people who don't enjoy what you enjoy. You should go hang out with factory workers, and farmers and other people who work hard every day, come home tired, and do feel like enlightening themselves with a film whose story is completely made up but remains pretty damn boring.
shareit has so few votes because the people of rapa nui don't have internet and they are the only ones who still watch it. twice a day as I recall.
If anyone out there is watching/has watched the entire top 250, please could you PM me.
I watched it many times and I do not live there, hahahahaha :-) But I want to go there and see how it was. It is a great movie and for sure deserves much higher score than imdb did, in fact i don't mind about these numbers, they are fake anyway...
This movie I recommend!
I would agree with you that making a general assumption of stupidity on behalf of an entire country, is misguided and bad in itself.
On the quality of the movie I totally disagree. It may not have been wholly historically accurate, but I found it both moving and exciting. Not least thanks to a fantastic score by Stewart Copeland, and an intense rivalry between the characters played by Jason Scott Lee and Esai Morales.
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