Inupiaq people? Not in THIS Barrow!

Rating: 4/10 (20 October 2007)

I'm married to a native of Barrow, AK who is an Inupiaq (the native population of this town). He said that he's pretty sure that the town of Barrow is going to be in an uproar over this movie once they see it. There's no movie theater in the town so for now the only Inupiaq people who will see this movie are the ones who have moved or are visiting elsewhere.
This is the thing; if you're going to set a movie in a real town and that town happens to have a huge native population, then I think that you should show the people of the town some respect and not try to pass off Asians and Maori people as natives. I understand that the film was made in New Zealand but tossing a parka on a Maori does not an Inupiaq make! Native peoples of the world are not interchangeable and to substitute a member of one native population for another is careless and insulting.
My husband also pointed out that the vampires' language sounded insultingly close to that of the Inupiaq people, although I doubt that this was intentional (OK, I hope it wasn't intentional!) I am curious to know how this vampire language was developed.
As for the movie itself the plot was OK and I was entertained. Most of the reviews on this site cover the details quite nicely. I suppose I was looking at the film from a different point of view.
quyanaqpak, eal76