There is absolutely nothing wrong with romance for anyone.
Last romance to get decent reviews?
Well there's Her, Before Midnight, Age of Adeline, Silver Linings Playbook, and The Fault in Our Stars that all got great reviews.
I'm a dude, and I like ALL kinds of movies from Marvel, to art house, to romances.
This was NOT a GOOD romance film.
I'm also a HUGE Cameron Crowe fan, he started his career with hits like the teen drama Rom Com Say Anything… (which is a classic), Jerry Maguire, and Almost Famous (My fav of his). Ever since Vanilla Sky he went downhill.
In terms of the film it started out pretty good, but the plot was wears thin quick, and Emma Stone was completely miscast. Not even in terms of not being 1/4 Hawaiian, or 1/4 Chinese, but she did not come off as air force watchdog. She just looked so silly.
People who are saying, "Oh she's only a quarter of those things so its not suppose to be noticeable" have probably truly never looked at people. Emma Stone is pure European!!! People may not notice they have certain other features in their blood, until THEY POINT IT OUT. Nothing about Emma Stone screams Hawaiian and Chinese. Today, there would be no chance Natalie Wood would be cast as Maria in West Side Story today cuz that would be looked at strange for obvious reason.
I mean no offense but in films like 50 First Dates, the only truly Hawaiian people in the movie are the people pouring drinks…people may say "Oh thats Hollywood has always been." but that is exactly the problem and why Hollywood needs to change.
It also bothers me that people are comparing this to Michael B. Jordan as the Human Torch. Michael B. Jordan is not a black man playing a white character. He is playing this character as black man, while Emma Stone was in fact playing an Asian and Hawaiian.
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Naughty-God
9 years ago
Nice analysis.
It's funny how this Zansa idiot is calling anyone a racist because they comment on Emma Stone being miscast.
I also think Crowe has lost his touch, and I think Jerry Maguire was his last classic RomCom movie while Almost Famous, while I really liked it upon my first viewing when it came out, really comes across as schmaltzy and contrived after subsequently seeing it 10 years later.
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Noufa (378)
5 years ago
Her Asian heritage was irrelevant. It was her Polynesian roots that were central to the plot. Lot of Asian activists pounced on this movie to usurp a Polynesian role. Very craven power grab. Not a good look.
And I wonder if the more sincere critics even watched the movie. Becuase her character was constantly fighting the perception that she didn't belong with the locals. Even the king was leery, suspecting superficial flattery. None of this would have been apparent if she was played by an obviously hapa actress. So...no, she was definitely not miscast.
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