{"id":9242,"date":"2005-07-18T01:27:33","date_gmt":"2005-07-17T22:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/07\/18\/once-were-warriors\/"},"modified":"2005-07-18T01:27:33","modified_gmt":"2005-07-17T22:27:33","slug":"once-were-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/07\/18\/once-were-warriors\/","title":{"rendered":"Once Were Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><!-- IMDB tt0110729 --><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/rummovie\/tt0110729.jpg?w=660&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Once Were Warriors (1994)\" \/>I think I have a strike of movie rush once again.  Don&#8217;t worry, it will pass.  I know.  I had it before.  And for now a quick mention of &#8220;<a href =\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0110729\">Once Were Warriors<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by:<\/strong> Lee Tamahori<br \/>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong> Drama<br \/>\n<strong>Cast:<\/strong> Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga, Taungaroa Emile, Rachael Morris Jr., Joseph Kairau, Cliff Curtis, Pete Smith, George Henare, Mere Boynton, Shannon Williams, Calvin Tuteao, Ray Bishop, Ian Mune<br \/>\n<strong>IMDB raintg:<\/strong> 7.9<br \/>\n<strong>My rating:<\/strong> 4.0 [rate 4.0]<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got this film by mistake.  I wanted something else, but got this one.  I checked the rating at IMDB and was surprised to find out that it was 7.9.  That&#8217;s more than good enough to watch.  And so I did.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen a number of films on the subject of home violence.  Some touched me, others didn&#8217;t.  &#8220;Once Were Warriors&#8221; is one of those that didn&#8217;t.  I just couldn&#8217;t relate to anything in this film.   <\/p>\n<p>The story seemed well-known, predictable and unoriginal.  The storytelling was linear without any surprises.  Acting wasn&#8217;t up to the par and dialogues surely needed a lot more work.  Soundtrack sucked.  And there wasn&#8217;t enough drama at all.  And there were only a three or four weak attempts to show romance, which were not enough.  Either more screen time should have been given to the &#8220;love&#8221; part or none at all.<\/p>\n<p>On top of all of that, all characters were very simplistic.  Not much room for development, you know.<\/p>\n<p>Overall a very weak film.  There are better ones.  Skip this.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I think I have a strike of movie rush once again. Don&#8217;t worry, it will pass. I know. I had it before. And for now a quick mention of &#8220;Once Were Warriors&#8220;. Directed by: Lee Tamahori Genres: Drama Cast: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga, Taungaroa Emile, Rachael Morris Jr., Joseph Kairau, Cliff &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/07\/18\/once-were-warriors\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Once Were Warriors<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-9242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9405,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/09\/02\/miss-congeniality\/","url_meta":{"origin":9242,"position":0},"title":"Miss Congeniality","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"September 2, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I watched \"Miss Congeniality\" when it was in the movies, but I couldn't remember a thing except that it had Sandra Bullock in it. 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