Hottoceame The Age of Commercialism

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

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

novagirl11 Great cast, but unfortunate movie to be hired for. plot was difficult to follow and character development weak. at times comical when it wasn't supposed to be. oh well...at least I watched it while in Hawaii which made it slightly more interesting...better luck next time for these actors!

Desertman84 Cameron Crowe's Aloha was definitely a disappointment considering we all know how talented the director was in movies like Jerry Maguire and Vanilla Sky.But this was definitely not as compelling as the movies I previously mentioned despite having great talent in its cast from Bradley Cooper,Emma Stone,Rachel McAdams,Bill Murray,John Krasinski,Danny McBride and Alec Baldwin.Aloha tells the story of Brian Gilchrist,a defense contractor who returns to Hawaii for a project that involves a satellite being launched in space.He reconnects with an ex-girlfriend who has issues with her present husband who happens to be extremely silent.Also,he also meets Allison,a fighter pilot.No question that the screenplay written was definitely lacking and insubstantial as it was a predictable and clichéd love story from beginning to end.Also,we are faced with a lot of one-dimensional characters despite the fact that they are presented to be far from being one.Added to that,we also get a film that lacks realism and charm as a love story.Crowe should have worked more on the script because he has the talent to make a movie that is a lot better than this.

latinfineart Not sure why so many are complaining about this film. I watched it, and was quite charmed by it. Watched it again, after recommending it to a few friends. Half of them got it, the other half complained. I found the writing to be bordering on magical. A bit surreal at times. It is becoming so hard to find a well written film, coming out of Hollywood these days, so it is refreshing when one finds something like this. The scenes with Bradley Cooper and Rachel McAdams (both were outstanding) were totally believable, and there was real chemistry there. His character was well conceived, and Alec Baldwin was funny. But, the top scenes in the film were with the Maestro Bill Murray. Oh my God. They must have been written with him in mind. There were some plot contrivances that were a bit much. But, they are forgivable, when the rest of the film is this good. Virtually the entire scene in the bar for the Christmas party was pure magic. I will not give anything away here, but pay attention to the dialogue. It is gorgeous. That scene alone is worth watching this movie for. Many screenwriters and directors could take a cue from this film. It is very well put together, and a delightful film to watch.

Wesley 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.