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Movie Review:
As Aloha flits from romance to intrigue to Hawaiian politics to outer space, it risks incoherence. Pre-release controversy has focused on the film’s apparent white-washing of Hawaii, but leaving aside the dubious casting of Stone as a woman of Eurasian heritage, Aloha tries to engage with the tricky issue of Hawaiian identity by spending a lot of time with Kanahele and the Nation Of Hawai’i, which advocates for Hawaiian independence and treats the presence of the U.S. as an occupation. (Kanahele wears a T-shirt reading “Hawaiian by birth. American by force.”)
http://thedissolve.com/reviews/1618-aloha/
First eight minutes of the movie:
http://thedissolve.com/news/5821-aloha-w...oha-right/
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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
Hey everyone!
Maybe you haven't heard about it, but there is a web site called IMDB.com that lists almost every movie ever made. I started reading through it today (alphabetically) and have yet to find a single film that is accurate, factual, and true to the people and cultures portrayed. Can you believe that? This Hollywood conspiracy runs much deeper than we ever imagined...
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You think? ROTFL... Well no more book reports based on the movie.
Don't be an sesquipedalian, Eschew Obfuscation.....
Sometimes, when I see the neighborhood children make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.
With apologies to Dr. Seuss
Don't be an sesquipedalian, Eschew Obfuscation.....
Sometimes, when I see the neighborhood children make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.
With apologies to Dr. Seuss
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No Aloha for the movie 'Aloha' from locals
"It could not have come at a worst time in the Hawaiian community for somebody to nationally use one of our most cherished words for money making," says Hawaiian activist Walter Ritte.
"It is synonymous to the scientists coming to our most sacred mountain and using it for science without any concern about the sacredness of that mountain."
The Hawaii Film Office says the producers did pump millions of dollars into the state's economy. More than 400 local people were hired to help with filming. (unlike Walter Ritte who clearly has no concern for money making, but prefers the opposite approach by putting 120 people out of work at Molokai Ranch, the island's largest private employer.)
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/articl...60433.html
"It's very patronizing when you don't include Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders in the movie in any kind of meaningful way," says Guy Aoki of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans.
Aoki was from Hilo but now lives in California.
(Hawaii Grown then Flown to California, but still entitled to his opinion as a local for this news story) (I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not)
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/29184...rom-locals
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is the mountain sacred, or people's relationship with it? iow, if there were no people, would it be sacred? is anything really sacred?
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Much ado about nothing, with the being "offended". For the love of God, Mr. Ritte, you have enough to deal with (rolling my eyes).
At least the movie brings to the forefront Hawai'i, with the marketing benefits, if anything.
Geeze, it's kind of amazing such a brewhaha (sp?) with this movie given the other important issues we all face (ie. has anyone taken a look at the latest volcano activity map, hurricane season upon us, freaking earthquakes, and the like...)
Going to go cook spaghetti with "Sunday sauce".
Hope this movie is a smashing success! [  ]
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If people want to get their cultural panties all knotted up, how about this...
I REALLY dislike all the English/Spanish signage we deal with. Why not English/Hawaiian? Or Hawaiian/English? We all live here in Hawaii, NOT Spain or Mexico. I have no desire to learn Spanish of any flavor. I do enjoy exposure to Hawaiian. To be honest, this has bothered me ever since I came here and started seeing the non Hawaiian signage.
So where are all the activists for this in your face cultural travesty? Immediately, any locally managed business can remedy by modifying and displaying the appropriate signs. Doesn't take a law or a study, or external permission - just do it. Additionally, proper action should be taken to ensure County, State, and Federal regulations mandate proper Hawaiian signage. Public support should be encouraged by all media.
I believe this might also provide a good business opportunity. Someone could come up with an affordable fix for the English / Non Hawaiian signs.
This is a constant, everyday exposure. All residents, all visitors would be properly exposed
Anyone else agree? If not, why not?
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EO! DavidM.
Reminds me of the Polynesian Cultural Center back in the early 70's, when they started the shows in Japanese first, then English. All bus and hotel briefings were in Japanese first, then English. Shocking. Tourism at it's best.
With the Spanish, God only knows WTH that's about (with respect to all of Spanish/Mexican decent). However, might be the "big box stores", and the like, that have it within the electronic system or something.
Hawaiian is an official State language, good point. Thank you.
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Yes. Start with all the "renamed" beaches such as "Magic Sands" (La'Aloa) and the others . Put back the original plaque, with pronunciation guides for visitors, and transplants to do their best to use proper Hawaiian language, or at least keeping the original name so it does not turn into So California West. Too many landmarks are disappearing before our eyes due to a "pretty English name". As the t shirt says-- "adapt or get slapped".
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Aloha was a decent movie. I cringed whenever the actors spoke Hawaiian words, tried to act local, or overacted on the romantic scenes. However, the story was somewhat interesting, they tried to engage the Hawaiian culture by adding a subplot involving Hawaiian sovereignty and Dennis 'Bumpy' Kanahele. The background scenery was always awesome.
http://hawaii-nation.org/aloha-movie-deserves-name.html
The long, tall pavilion with a peaked roof could have been a canoe hale if it weren't sitting high up in a mountain valley like an ark left by a receding flood. It had been left behind, actually, by the Hollywood production company that created it as a set for a luau in the Cameron Crowe film "Aloha," which opens Friday.
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Thanks, Aaron, for your opinion of this movie. Yes, continued attempts to say Hawaiian words properly fail all the time for some people; worse is the attempt at "Pidgin"...lol. Kind of like PELE, some peeps say, "PAY LAY". OMG, nails on a chalkboard. [xx(]
Further, who would have ever thought Bumpy Kanahele as a "token Hawaiian" in a movie! Gotta love it. Times have surely changed!
JMO.
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