In theory, this sounds like a really promising project. The writer and director is Academy Award winner Cameron Crowe. Lead actor is Bradley Cooper, who scored 3 Academy award nominations in a row recently. Supporting actresses are Rachel McAdams and Emma Stone who have decent talent and are both recent Oscar nominees too. Bill Murray is a personal favorite and I don't mind Alec Baldwin either. I saw the rating, but sometimes I like films that are not considered great by most others, but this 105-minute film here does not fall under this category.
Such a shame. I am not the greatest Bradley Cooper fan and I don't really see that much talent in him. This movie confirms my theory that he is one of the most overrated actors right now. Here he is stuck between a former girlfriend and a new woman who enters his life. Also this film deals with the interests of indigenous Hawaiian citizens in an attempt to be also socially relevant. Unfortunately, it fails in almost every regard. The love story feels never credible and the script reduces the talented cast to a couple terrible lines and their mannerisms aren't much better. The drama is equally forgettable. It is so by the books, nothing unpredictable (sadly nothing realistic either) and it's certainly not a good watch.
What is there left to say. If you want a truly great film about Hawaiian culture, let me recommend you Alexander Payne's "The Descendants" starring George Clooney. It also offers plots in terms of family struggles like this film here, but it's all so much more refined, better-written and better acted. "Aloha" is not a convincing watch at all and what pains me most is watching Bill Murray, an actor I usually adore, play such a stupid character. What were they thinking. The worst was when they turn him into some crazy scientist villain in the end. What the hell? That came so out of nowhere and suddenly Baldwin's character is the good guy. Yes that was unexpected, I have to correct myself, but in the worst possible way. And of course, in the end of the film, everything is fixed, all relationships, professional and personal, are perfectly fine. Cringeworthy stuff. Not recommended.
Such a shame. I am not the greatest Bradley Cooper fan and I don't really see that much talent in him. This movie confirms my theory that he is one of the most overrated actors right now. Here he is stuck between a former girlfriend and a new woman who enters his life. Also this film deals with the interests of indigenous Hawaiian citizens in an attempt to be also socially relevant. Unfortunately, it fails in almost every regard. The love story feels never credible and the script reduces the talented cast to a couple terrible lines and their mannerisms aren't much better. The drama is equally forgettable. It is so by the books, nothing unpredictable (sadly nothing realistic either) and it's certainly not a good watch.
What is there left to say. If you want a truly great film about Hawaiian culture, let me recommend you Alexander Payne's "The Descendants" starring George Clooney. It also offers plots in terms of family struggles like this film here, but it's all so much more refined, better-written and better acted. "Aloha" is not a convincing watch at all and what pains me most is watching Bill Murray, an actor I usually adore, play such a stupid character. What were they thinking. The worst was when they turn him into some crazy scientist villain in the end. What the hell? That came so out of nowhere and suddenly Baldwin's character is the good guy. Yes that was unexpected, I have to correct myself, but in the worst possible way. And of course, in the end of the film, everything is fixed, all relationships, professional and personal, are perfectly fine. Cringeworthy stuff. Not recommended.