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Very disappointing...

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

"Jumping Jacks" director Norman Taurog's romantic musical comedy "Blue Hawaii" was Elvis's eighth movie, and the second of the nine movies that he helmed with Presley. Taurog was no stranger to comedy, and he had directed some Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis comedies. This lightweight contemporary melodrama, with race relations and class tensions simmering just beneath the surface, casts Elvis as a young man who has completed his tour of military service in the Army. Obviously, nobody can question his patriotism. Clad Gates (Elvis Presley) has been flown home to his parents in Hawaii. Chad's zany mother Sarah Lee Gates (Angela Lansbury of "The Manchurian Candidate") and his father Fred Gates (Roland Winters of "Charlie Chan" franchise) expect Elvis to take control of the business. Unfortunately, they have a laundry list of don'ts that our hero refuses to tolerate. First, his mother wants him to marry a white Anglo Saxon, while Chad has his eyes on a half-breed, part French and part Hawaiian lady named Maile Duval (Joan Blackman of "Kid Galahad"). Sarah doesn't want her son mingling with the island natives, least of all marrying one. Boy is she in for a surprise! Rather than work for his father, Chad goes to work at a travel agency where Maile works. Maile's boss Mr. Chapman (Howard McNear of "Anatomy of a Murder") hires him and then fires him after he starts a brawl in a bar with another tourist, Tucker Garvey (Steve Brodie), and winds up in jail. The rowdy free-for-all roundhouse is the only one of its kind in "Blue Hawaii." Our hero has his hand filled with girls. Not only must be contend with his girlfriend, but also he has been hired as a tour guide to a mature school teacher, Abigail Prentice (Nancy Walters) and three girls. One of the girls is rebellious, suicidal, but definitely attracted to the protagonist, and she gives our hero a hard time. Eventually, Chad brings his mother around to appreciating the natives of Hawaii and he marries Maile in a sumptuous wedding with a beautiful ceremonial barge. "Blue Hawaii" benefits from Charles Lang's gorgeous cinematography and some of the most stunning scenery. Angela Lansbury gives a stand-out performance as Elvis' mother. Altogether, "Blue Hawaii" is an average epic with the star warbling several chart-topping songs.

The spoiled rich girl gets spanked by Elvis and "Ito Eats" is the worst Elvis song ever. That being said, one of the best of Elvis' films because: 1. It really was filmed in Hawaii, and some of the scenery is gorgeous. 2. Joan Blackman, his Hawaiian girlfriend and fiancé, is also gorgeous. 3. Some of the best songs ever, including "Can't Help Falling in Love With You". Best selling soundtrack of all the Elvis pictures. 4. The restored widescreen version takes the excess "blueness" out of the color tint. 5. The beautiful "Hawaiian Wedding Song" and the wedding at The Coco Palms Resort. They had to "float" the scene twice as the actual lagoon was that short.Negatives: 1. Some really bad acting by most of the supporting actors. Angela Landsbury's accent and acting is atrocious. 2. The houseboy "Ping Pong" is an obvious Aisian stereotype. 3. Elvis'"boss", who went on to play "Floyd the Barber" on "The Andy Griffith Show", is terrible. 4. Many stupid scenes: Ito pigs out at the fishing luau. The spoiled rich girl runs into the ocean to drown herself, followed by that infamous spanking by Elvis. 5.That horrible jailhouse scene with a stupid "Pineapple in the Can" song. 6. Elvis' acting isn't' so hot either. Very wooden.I stayed at The Coca Palms in 1979, and the rooms really did look like exactly like that. The window screens were removed for the filming, but without them, the bugs would eat you alive! It still remains as one of the best Elvis films ever because of the (good) songs and scenery alone.

Its a little sad that I'm only the second person in 2011 to review this movie. I guess interest in Elvis has really waned in the last few years.Presley's 28 or so movies are pretty much evenly divided between great, good, fair and poor. This one ranks solidly in the top of the good category. Like "Fun in Acapulco" and "Viva Las Vegas," there's some great scenery, good music, and a plot that holds interest pretty much all the way through.Cinematography takes top honors. Hawaii has hardly ever looked so good.Presley interacts well with the natives and does a good job convincing us that he could be a native boy. He seems fit and comfortable with everything and everyone in the movie.The movie seems more crowded with Presley songs than usual, hardly five minutes goes by before there's another one. Fortunately, they're generally pleasant with an Hawaiian or in one case Jamaican flavor. The song "Can't Help Falling in Love with You" is one of Presley's greatest and unfortunately it is more or less a throwaway here, with Presley singing it to his girlfriend's grandmother more than her.Definitely a must see for Elvis fans and a watchable one for non-Elvis fans.I watched this on the day that the writer Hal Kantner died. He created two excellent television shows in the 1960's, "Julia" and "Valentine's Day." He was an excellent and intelligent comedy writer as this film shows.

A FUN PRESLEY FLICK From the opening title scene of one of the Hawaiian Islands to the end of this movie was just a nice relaxing fun film. Elvis Presley, playing Chad Gates, was a little wooden with his acting but I heard from a friend that the director just wanted Presley to play himself. Joan Blackman, playing Maile Duval, was just a lot of fun and a good actress. The scene where the motorcycle cop catches up to her on a highway in Hawaii and starts to bawl her out for speeding, like a number of times before, and then changes his mind when, his friend, Maile, tells him that her boyfriend is coming home from the Army, is charming. The motorcycle cop gives Maile an escort (including siren) to the airport to pick up Chad Gates. And when Chad Gates tries to make Maile jealous when Chad is getting off the plane, by kissing the stewardess, that was funny and charming. Another charming moment is when Chad and Maile are making out on the beach and a little Hawaiian boy comes up to them and asks them if he can play the game and when Chad tells the little boy he's too young, the little boy is persistent and asks Chad if he can play if he can get a little girl to play the game with him. My girlfriend especially likes the "music box" scene where Chad Gates, played by Elvis Presley, sings "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You" to Maile's grandmother. We own the DVD of Blue Hawaii and I use the scene selection to get to that scene and my girlfriend and I watch that chapter over and over again. Angela Landsbury, playing Chad Gate's mother is enjoyable and she's a good actress. Jennie Maxwell, playing Ellie Corbett was a thoroughly enjoyable over-sexed brat. My girlfriend always says, "What a brat!" when she sees Jennie Maxwell in this film. When Chad Gates gives Ellie Corbett a spanking on the beach at night, it's both funny and a little sexy, as far as I'm concerned. The spanking straightens Ellie out and she's more manageable the rest of the film. The scene where the teenage girls invade Chad Gate's room at night and drive him nuts and then, when the school teacher comes in and tries to get romantic with him, are hilarious! Since we purchased this DVD, my girlfriend and I have watched it a number of times and will watch it a lot more. We even took this DVD to the local hospital to let my girlfriend's mother watch it. My girlfriends mother just had major heart surgery and she has been to, and loves Hawaii and she's been to Graceland (Elvis' home). My girlfriend's mother, who is 82, was entranced by this movie and I'm sure it helped her recover from her operation. I'd rate this movie high because it's so enjoyable.