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Ocean Waves
Film
FilmR2019
Waves
Directed by Trey Edward Shults
A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy. From TMDB
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Waves is a 2019 romance drama film, directed by Trey Edward Shults, starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Taylor Russell and Renée Elise Goldsberry.
- 47 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Lemmy
- posts span Nov 17, 2019 to Nov 4, 2026
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50 of 50 · most liked firstFirst love, surfing, and grief meet in ‘In Waves,’ Phuong Mai Nguyen’s animated adaptation of AJ Dungo’s graphic memoir. Watch the new trailer ahead of its November 27 theatrical debut and December 11 Netflix release: www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
neutral · AI labelView post →Drop a film you saw on a first date. Breaking the Waves. Bloody hell. I’m cringing so hard at the memory, I probably won’t sleep tonight.
negative · AI labelView post →In Waves is a movie about surfing and grief, but it also doubles as a movie about comics. It ends with AJ making the graphic novel. Because he has to. Because art is important and rad and connects us to others even after we are gone.
neutral · AI labelView post →I got one of the first copies of AJ Dungo's In Waves when we were both at ALA Annual handing out ARCs. It made me cry, and seeing the movie adaptation at #BIFF2026 made me cry again. I'm bothering AJ with daily updates from the festival because I am always so proud of cartoonists.
neutral · AI labelView post →So I saw the synopsis for the Live Action Naruto movie they're doing and yeah it looks like they're just gonna do Land of Waves as a movie which is honestly the best thing to do for like 10 different reasons lmao
neutral · AI labelView post →The funny thing is that this is a much more boring question because the clear bottom-of-the-barrel movie is Tales From Earthsea and anyone who says otherwise probably hasn't seen it yet. Ocean Waves? Nah, it's decent. Pom Poko? Nope, it's good. The Cat Returns? No, and also never speak to me again.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today #BIFF2026 kicked off, and once again I'm reporting from on scene. It's happening literally next door to my comics studio, so I kinda have to! I'm on the comics beat, which mostly I'm excited for the film adaptation of AJ Dungo's In The Waves.
neutral · AI labelView post →Netflix is hoping that 'In Waves' will ride its current of film festival acclaim all the way to the Oscars. #InWaves #Netflix #Animation
neutral · AI labelView post →Wildwood has skyrocketed, in one viewing, from a movie I didn't think I'd like, to film of the year. Endlessly good moments. Extremely well written. Beyond jaw dropping gorgeous. Waves upon waves of cool furries. Great message. 10/10. It was so good!
positive · AI labelView post →#QueerWritersChat You can follow me on BlueSky Donate to my Ko-fi, and see updates to my short story, Drifting Waves You can follow me Letterboxd, where I’m doing a massive horror movie binge for Spooky Season See the links below #WritingCommunity
neutral · AI labelView post →IN WAVES (2026) - Official Trailer Streaming: December 11, 2026 Netflix #InWaves whentostream.com/netflix-unve...
neutral · AI labelView post →The constant hero male glaze is hurting my eyes here- im serious 💀💀💀 You have 5 CONFIRMED Women Characters already & you only ever done Yelena?¿ What is this? 🫠🙃 No Shuri, No Ava, No Sue & No Raven is crazy stupid 😶 Ik they come in Waves, but omfg- this really is not doing it for me on the movie
neutral · AI labelView post →To say that In Waves made me so emotional after seeing it for the first time during the Annecy Film Festival is the understatement of the year for me. There is a reason why this has been my most favourite animated movie of 2026 so far... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzg0...
positive · AI labelView post →This animated film In Waves looks gorgeous youtu.be/pzg0OkKku2M?...
positive · AI labelView post →I picked up Ocean Waves on discount thinking maybe the film was misunderstood. I think the movie wants to raise interesting points about relationships, growing up, and unrequited crushes... it's just not a very good movie!
negative · AI labelView post →Good morning everyone and Happy Saturday I am taking it extremely easy today with rewatching the classic Pokemon The First Movie, and getting back into Wuthering Waves again to catch up on the story. Hope you all have an amazing day. 😄💛💫 #LucyHeartfilia #FairyTail
neutral · AI labelView post →What is a live action Naruto movie even going to adapt? Do the early stuff fast, then Land of Waves? Somehow launch straight into the Chunin Exams?
neutral · AI labelView post →The 27th San Diego Asian Film Festival runs 5 to 14 November with 190 films, opening with the animated In Waves and closing with Ba's Book. There are free weekday screenings at 4pm. Image: Silex Films 📽️ #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →99% of original animated movies on Netflix are following the well-established Pixar / Dreamworks formula of a CG animal or kid having a cray-cray adventure. But that mold is about to be broken in a big way with In Waves... #InWaves #Netflix #NetflixAnimation animesuperhero.com/in-waves-a-d...
neutral · AI labelView post →#QueerWritersChat You can follow me on BlueSky. You can also donate to my Ko-Fi, and follow my Letterboxd for movie stuff. I will be looking for ARC readers soon for my short story:Drifting Waves Thank you, everyone! See links below #WritingCommunity
neutral · AI labelView post →Now that I’ve finally watched all of them, every Studio Ghibli film ranked 25: Earwig and the Witch 24: Tales From Earthsea 23: Ocean Waves 22: Only Yesterday 21: The Red Turtle 20: The Cat Returns 19: My Neighbors the Yamadas 18: Pom Poko 17: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
negative · AI labelView post →In Waves (2026, dir Phuong Mai Nguyen) [trailer]. cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/49449292 > AJ, a shy teenager, meets Kristen while in high school in Los Angeles. Kristen is passionate about surfing… and she’s the most beautiful person he’s ever met. He falls madly in love with her. As life seems to finally come together for AJ, Kristen’s life starts falling apart, shattered by illness. Together, they will fight adversity with dignity and enjoy their…
neutral · AI labelView post →My 2⭐️ revisit of SHOCK WAVES, a movie that terrified me as a tween.
negative · AI labelView post →Shock Waves gets some action as the movie that's playing on the TV in the background. There's also a Dawn of the Dead poster in a movie theater.
neutral · AI labelView post →Can hardly believe that Breaking the Waves didn’t make this list www.theguardian.com/film/2026/no...
neutral · AI labelView post →November is a PACKED month for animation, with big studio offerings (Hexed! The Cat in the Hat!) and smaller prestige projects (Tangles! In Waves!) hitting theaters. Plus, KPop Demon Hunters enters the Criterion Collection. Exciting stuff ahead! greatlinesbeautifullines.blogspot.com/2026/10/nove...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hastings/St Leonards event excursion last weekend with @dickon-edwards.bsky.social Jake Arnott & Victoria Redfern at The Waves Bookshop www.flickr.com/photos/mylif...
neutral · AI labelView post →Just looked it up Shock Waves. It was a zombie Nazi movie with no Zombies, no Nazis and one death. But it did have Peter Cushing so it wasn’t all bad
neutral · AI labelView post →It was the only Ghibli film never to get dubbed to English. Even Only Yesterday and Grave of the Fireflies were dubbed. However, Ocean Waves is somehow very popular in Taiwan, where it's one of the more popular non-Miyazaki Ghibli films.
neutral · AI labelView post →I wouldn’t say it broke me. I am more so fascinated by it. Now Ocean Waves is the film that broke me.
negative · AI labelView post →Calming, Drifting Waves. Production Library Music for Film, TV, Radio and Online Media. Audition/Download 44.1kHz Wave soundcloud.com/otsm MCPS info news.prsformusic.com/1V6T-6JEA2-F... soundcloud.com/otsm/product...
neutral · AI labelView post →2027 stuff I’m looking forward to 1) Spider-Verse 3 2) Pokemon Winds/Waves 3) God of War: Laufey 4) Digimon Time Stranger DLC 5) Sonic 4 Movie 6) The One Piece 7) God Valley Movie 8) Baahubali: The Eternal War
neutral · AI labelView post →Still cannot believe they booked THE Gecqua to be in Winds and Waves. Especially after their recent Emmy nomination for the LPS movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing it straight and adapting The Land of Waves as a first film would be fine, it stands as the prologue anyway, but after that you have to adapt all stages of the Chunin Exams and the Konoha Crush in one movie for a complete narrative. It just doesn't sound like it'd work.
neutral · AI labelView post →Waves (2019) lowkey feels like a “half the screen is TikTok, the other half Subway Surfers” type movie
negative · AI labelView post →Netflix drops the first trailer for In Waves! Based on AJ Dungo’s graphic memoir, this animated film tells the true story of AJ, a shy skateboarder, and Kristen, a passionate surfer, exploring love, surfing, and loss. - Select theaters: November 27 - #Netflix: December 11 #Animation #GeekRealmHub
neutral · AI labelView post →A favorite film in haiku - Mumbling in the smoke, A cat's lost food, a friend's lie, Waves wash him goodbye.
positive · AI labelView post →Such a good film. Incredible performances from every actor involved. Really put you in the middle of this families turmoil as it unfolded.
positive · AI labelView post →Black Power book talk, #portland https://www.powells.com/events/ashanti-o-alston-9781849356022 Bakshi's "American Pop" https://morelandtheater.com/ "In Waves" FREE https://tomorrowtheater.org/purchase/847577/ Latin Film Fest: "People's Cup" […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
neutral · AI labelView post →Love, loss, and surfing coalesce in first trailer for animated In Waves Animated Netflix film In Waves featuring Will Sharpe and Stephanie Hsu is based on the graphic novel by AJ Dungo. #media #netflix #news
neutral · AI labelView post →I also went to the beach in porthmadog, with my film camera. a young girl showed up on a horse and GALLOPED THRU THE WAVES IN FRONT OF ME!! AT NEAR SUNSET! I think I got some sick shots of it. It was pretty magical lol. Now I need to hurry up and finish the roll so I can get it developed
neutral · AI labelView post →Program Note: The narrative feature will be preceded by the short film BEYOND THE WAVES: THE BALLAD OF ALBA. ⚠️ Content Warning: This program contains discussion of sexual violence. 🎟️ Purchase Tickets: imageoutfall2026.eventive.org/Schedule/6aa...
neutral · AI labelView post →9 9 Miley (Cyrus) - Bass Persuades (3 weeks; peak #6) 10 NE SPC ECO - Warped EP (MA) 11 7 Flowers Must Die - Tystnad (2 weeks; peak #7) 12 10 Maiah Wynne - Into The Waves (2 weeks; peak #10) 13 11 Storefront Church - Blue Movie (2 weeks; peak #11)
neutral · AI labelView post →Frank Dietz returns to the podcast. He brings along the movie Shock Waves. Marty and Clif give Frank the movie Dawn of the Dead to watch. www.buzzsprout.com/2030901/epis... #shockwaves #dawnofthedead YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5U0cJhX...
neutral · AI labelView post →My 12:04 Saturday afternoon vinyl is "Moving Waves" from the Dutch band Focus. Their song "Hocus Pocus" was used in an intense shootout scene in the film "Baby Driver" which turned me onto the band.
neutral · AI labelView post →the 2019 box office is still one of the best today. and it is no secret that 2019 had some of the best theatrical releases, and i think waves is one of them. amongst many of the box office hits there was a little hidden gem called waves. a film about life, the waves it sends your way, good or bad, the ups and the down, the highs and the lows. a film that touches on every topic known to man and a film that deserves to be watched by everyone, although it is not for everyone it is a brilliant film…
positive · AI labelView post →'Waves', while certainly ambitious, is so busy trying to be a future indie classic with its camera acrobatics and needle drops that it forgets to give any impetus to care about the supposedly profound stories it's trying to tell, instead coasting on its stylistic flairs and hoping these will distract from how shallow its writing is, making the 135-minute run time incredibly laborious. By his own admission, Shults modelled his film on the two-part structure of Frank Ocean's 'Blonde', an album…
negative · AI labelView post →Bleak, but not despondent; brilliant, but not for everyone >For me, style always comes out of the character and the substance. Everything we're doing is just to bring you more inside the main character's head - the camera moves, the colours, the music. Everything's just to be honest to Ty and put you through a subjective, emotional experience with that. For me, if you make it about that and aren't just doing style for style's sake, if there's a purpose behind everything, then it's easier to…
positive · AI labelView post →I went into this blind, but as soon as it was over, I instantly knew I witnessed something special. This is gonna be hard to talk about since the movie doesn’t follow a conventional narrative. Although I believe that these type of movies will stay with you much longer, as the emotional connection you had will be remembered for years. In other words, I will try my best to keep myself collective through out. ‘Waves’ is an absolute gut punch of a movie. Incredibly unique with its film making and…
positive · AI labelView post →Best film of the year by far.
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