Character Flaws

Aloha

When I was on facebook, most of my Asian fbf panned Aloha.  Think about that how you would feel if a black person went through a movie saying, I’m one-fifth ____.

Halle Berry has done a few movies where she mentioned her race.

But here Emma Stone makes it a point to say she is ¼ Hawaiian.

There is a point to that.

Act 1

Ms. Stone tells us she is a top gun pilot and ¼ Hawaiian

Bradley Cooper tells us he is an injured pilot soldier etc.

Premise can he convince the Native Hawaiians to conduct a ceremony so that a satellite can be launched.

Secondary mission, see his old girlfriend and find out about her child.

Act 2

The character arch flies off the handle.  Emma Stone doesn’t want to be Cooper’s latest conquest.

1. Laptops.

2 Eavesdropping on conversations etc.

Act 3

Is it really a satellite?

Is it really his child?

Can anyone be trusted?

How it failed.  Well, despite the casting choices for the 1/4Asian character, there is no conflict.

The characters have to have something to do then run from place to place (hotel, Air Force base, ex-girl friend’s house etc)

Who messed up?  Well nobody, it’s a movie, worth a rental if the ¼ Asian thing does not offend you.

While I had issues with it, I also know that in the history of film at least she wasn’t like the film within a film in Bruce Lee Dragon that he took offense to and caused him to want to walk out of the movie when everyone was laughing.