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Aloha
A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.
Release : | 2015 |
Rating : | 5.4 |
Studio : | Scott Rudin Productions, Vinyl Films, |
Crew : | Art Department Coordinator, Art Direction, |
Cast : | Bradley Cooper Emma Stone Rachel McAdams Bill Murray John Krasinski |
Genre : | Drama Comedy Romance |
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The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
Loveable actors playing mostly unbelievable characters in an unbelievable plot that hinges on a boy's video recording. Mixed soundtrack as confusing as rest of the movie. The elements were all there for a great film but writer/director Crow didn't know in which direction to take it.
This movie had a very complex script. As many reviews have said, there was just too much going on. Rachel McAdams did a great job as a woman caught between two men with a choice that definitely tore her in two directions.Danielle Rose Russell did a great job as a daughter caught between childhood and adolescence. Her final scene was eminently touching. The only problem is, I couldn't figure out how she knew the truth. At least her "father" had some math clues to help him figure it out.I had some trouble with Emma Stone in the beginning. I really could not tell if she had genuine hero worship, or if she was laughing at Gilcrest the whole time. Later in the movie her emotions rang true.There were a couple of very sweet romantic plots in this film. The relationship between Woody and Tracy was a great story with good acting but slightly quirky elements The relationship of Gilcrest and Ng was more traditional with the sequence of - friction in the beginning, then fall in love, then have a falling out, then ... well you can guess.At least some of the subplots were necessary to advance the romantic interests, but there were just way too many subplots.
I'm not entirely sure what got this film deep-sixed but ignore everything you've read about it and watch it! It's very good....great performances and cast, good script, Hawaii, Emma Stone and "Bumpy". It never drags and the story has a tidy little twist at the end that is very satisfying. Much, much better than the nay-sayers convoluted, misguided attempts to sound smart and politically correct at the expense of what's actually on the screen.
Written and directed by Cameron Crowe, ALOHA, is actually a romantic comedy in search of something redeemable. Brian Gilcrest (Bradley Cooper) is a somewhat disgraced military defense contractor that is trying to smooth over a sensitive situation, when he represents billionaire Carlson Welch (Bill Murray), who is eager to launch a private rocket from an Hawaiian island military base.Things will get a bit complicated with issues concerning a Hawaiian leader (Dennis Kanahele); Gilcrest's former girlfriend Tracy (Rachel McAdams), who is now married with two children; and an alluring fighter pilot Capt. Allison Ng (Emma Stone), who is assigned to be his military liaison, escort and watchdog.Plenty of characters to develop; a thing Crowe does so well. Tracy's son (Jaeden Lieberher) is obsessed with Hawaiian mythology and outer space. Tracy's daughter (Danielle Rose Russell) is discovering her womanhood and doesn't know that Brian is her real father.My favorite scenes are when Stone dances with Murray at a party and when Cooper and Stone finally embrace for the first time. The story line is hindered by its choppiness, but there is a real "feel good" attitude about the movie. Also starring: Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Danny McBride and Michael Chermus. Personally, Miss Stone made the movie for me. A very full soundtrack features the likes of: Hall & Oates, Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Andy Iona and His Islanders, Tears For Fears, David Crosby, George Martin, Beck and Elvis Presley.