Aloha (2015)

Powerful

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

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.

This movie is a waste of time and money, honestly. The story was so poorly written, you will have no idea what is going on the entire time you're watching the movie. Things happening at random points of the film and made no sense at all. No back story and random people just appears in the movie without any leading up story. The entire movie just seemed "empty". No story telling, no moral value to take from it whatsoever. The disastrous acting skill from the actors/actresses only made it worse. It didn't seem like they enjoy shooting the film, and only did it for the money. They were definitely not into their characters when the filming was taking place.

I don't understand the bad rating for this movie, at all! Great movie man. Wonderful cast, and the movie has greats moments and some powerful messages. Shaking my head at the 5 rating on IMDb. 10/10. All i can say after watching the movie, and speaking about the low ratings it gets is that the movie targets exactly the why of the low rating it has. People's lack of understanding, care and..well, love. I advise you to watch this. Just for sake of having to add the necessary 10 lines of text for the IMDb review - which i don't understand; when the world communicates at 140 characters at a time - again, i would watch the movie, if you haven't already.