★ 8 / 10
I don't know about the historic accuracy, but
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I don't know about the historic accuracy, but for sure this movie is part of my history!
I don't know about the historic accuracy, but for sure this movie is part of my history!
★ 6 / 10
This is an important film because it is
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This is an important film because it is the first and only about Easter Island. In fact, Rapa Nui is Easter Island's native name. It is spectacularly filmed on…
This is an important film because it is the first and only about Easter Island. In fact, Rapa Nui is Easter Island's native name. It is spectacularly filmed on Easter Island, which again is a first. By doing so, it also emphasizes what a desolate and deforested place it is. Not exactly Hollywood fare.
As late as the 1970s, people still believed that aliens may have created the moai. The film depicts how the moai were actually carved and transported. It is a noble and brave effort that Kevin Costner and Reynolds chose embarked on uncharted territory to present the Easter Island story to film audiences for the first time.
The film is historically inaccurate, because the main plotlines in reality took place at various separate times in history. Specifically, the moai building, the civil war, deforestation and Birdman competition, all took place hundreds of years from one another. However, I agree with producers trying to tie these events into one film in order to create an exciting film to captivate audiences. Otherwise, if only one of the plots were adopted, the film would be as dreary as the island's life itself.
Despite that ambitous topic, the issue with this film is that it is bad. It looks and feels low budget, despite the stunning cinematography from Easter Island. The acting is horrible. The sound is terrible, with several of the few discourses essentially inaudible. I had to follow the plot online in order to understand what was happening. This happens occasionally with other films, and is not a positive feature of production. Esai Morales seems more latino than Polynesian to me and his European features are therefore miscast. It seems as if they tried to tie together many different events in Easter Island history to produce 2 hours of film, and thus several events, such as the deforestation, do not make an impact.
An ambitious effort. I give it 5-stars for the production, plus an extra star for the subject material and filming location. I wish it would have been a better film.
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Great movie. 10/10. thanks!