At the movies: Aloha
When Brian Gilcrest returns to Hawaii for work, Air Force officer Allison Ng is assigned as his liaison. There seem to be some sparks there but Gilcrest has some unresolved issues with an old love who happens to be in Hawaii as well.
The critics have panned Aloha in spite of its all-star cast, and, for once, I have to agree with them. Part of the storyline was convoluted and hard to follow and another part was just plain silly. I’m a fan of Emma Stone’s but she was woefully miscast in this film. Her character is supposed to be a quarter Chinese and a quarter Hawaiian. Seriously, why would she be cast in that role? She and Bradley Cooper had no chemistry and I didn’t buy her as an Air Force Pilot. Cooper actually had more chemistry with Rachel McAdams who played his ex-lover.
I was very disappointed with this movie. If I’d been watching it at home, I probably would have turned it off before it was over.
Kathy, when my husband and I saw the previews and cast we wanted to see it, but when I read the reviews (first week after releases) we decided we’d wait for it on TV. Sounds like it was a huge bomb.
Wow, thanks for saving me time a money!
I didn’t even know about this one! I am so out of it!
When I check out Rotten Tomatoes, I normally care more about the viewers than the critics. The critics gave it a 19%, but more significantly, I think, the viewers gave it a 36%. Both are pretty bad numbers.
I thought it would be this way!
That’s disappointing – Bradley Cooper is too hot to be in a bad movie! 😉 It really irritates me when white actors are cast as people of color. I will be skipping this one.
And the previews made it look so good! I hate when I think a movie with be really good and then it’s a flop.
My daughter saw it a couple of weeks ago and said the same thing.
Yikes!! That bad?
Kathy, thanks for your honest review of this movie.
I’m trying to remember if I’ve even heard of this movie. I don’t think so. Sounds like one best skipped.
It does sound bad. And so strange to cast Emma Stone as a character who’s a quarter Chinese and a quarter Hawaiian!
thank you for the frank review! i’ve seen a billboard advertising it but I figured I would wait for the dvd. . .now I’ll skip it and save that two hours
I’m actually glad to hear that you didn’t like this one. It sounds pretty bad. It bugs me about Stone’s character’s heritage!!
It sounds like Emma Stone was cast more due to star factor than relevance to the character, which is too bad.
I can’t believe they couldn’t find someone besides Emma Stone for that role. Ugh. And that the movie itself couldn’t make up for that? Double ugh.
I hadn’t seen anything about this, despite it’s all star cast. Too bad 😦
Thanks for the word on this movie. It looks very unbelievable. I have avoided it so far!
Ouch! I have heard horrible things about this one.
Bummer! I like the cast but was scared away by the terrible reviews. I’m glad I was!