Once We Were Warriors

HansK

HansK

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Wow, watched this movie again last night. What a powerful movie. A complete contrast to "Whale Rider" but a similar theme in there.

I've been to New Zealand, north and south island, but I missed the industrial and run down sections. Got a small taste of it in Auckland, but nothing along the lines of that in the movie.

Still, it's an amazing country.
 
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and those Polynesian/Samoans dudes are HUGE!!!
no wonder they are some of the best rugby players in the world.
never piss them off.
 
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Yes! A very powerful movie. The acting was very good.

and those Polynesian/Samoans dudes are HUGE!!!
no wonder they are some of the best rugby players in the world.
never piss them off.
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Alot of my friends are Samoans. Yes, don't piss them off.
 
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I saw this movie a little while back. I liked it. It was pretty damn intense. I wanted to strangle Jango Fett the whole movie (of course, he would kick my ass). The mom's story was pretty touching.
 
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When I was younger, I got into a fight with a mob of Samoans. Actually, they jumped my friend and I and all we could do was try to survive. In the flurry of fists and huge bodies, I managed to grab a bat so that we could escape.

They are truly impervious to pain, and absolutely fearless.

Remember that line in Fight Club about how people avoid physical confrontations? Not Polynesians - in my experience, they look for it ;D
 
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Intense film, and Temuera Morrison had to apparently seriously bulk up for the role of Jake the Muss.

IMO, most polynesians I know personally, go out of their way to avoid confrontation but once they snap, it's on like Donkey Kong.
 
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