Movie Reviews for Hawaii

Hawaii

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Movie Reviews of Hawaii

Movie Review: Excellent Entertainment Even With The Unnecessary Cuts!
Summary: 5 Stars

I wasn't aware that this movie had been heavily edited from an original longer version until I read other reviews on Amazon and I was disappointed to discover this. I'm sure the film is better in its entirety but what has been released on DVD is still a fine epic story. Julie Andrews is excellent in a non musical (minus one short song she sings back in New England near the beginning) role as the warm, beautiful, almost saintly Jerusha who endures many hardships but keeps her grace and love for humankind intact. Max Von Sydow is very good in his part as her husband, Abner Hale, the stiff Calvinist missionary you love to hate but who by the end of the film does exhibit some change for the better. Richard Harris is certainly handsome in his tight white trousers as Rafer the whaling captain and Jerusha's first love but his acting seems at times unbearably smug and is one of the few shortcomings of the movie. The relatively unknown Polynesian actors all do excellent jobs in believably and sympathetically playing their roles. Gene Hackman and Carroll O'Connor are in the cast and both quite good in supporting parts.

The scenery and music of HAWAII are breathtaking. The plot is exciting and the 19th century historical setting is fascinating and seemingly reasonably accurate. And the theme and conflicts of Christian missionaries "converting heathens from pagan religions" of their ancestors whether its good for them or not resonates today. Most importantly, though, HAWAII is a very entertaining film that tells a story that appeals to a wide audience.

Movie Review: Big disappointment
Summary: 3 Stars

Finally,MGM brings out Hawaii on dvd and fumbles big time! The sound in MONO? What the fu...? This is just as bad as universal making Jesus Christ Superstar in its lousy 2.0 DD. Both films should be in 5.1. Get with the program Movie studios!

Movie Review: Don't want a chopped version
Summary: 1 Stars

I'm also glad to have read the reviews because I was also getting ready to order this DVD. I have the full VHS version of the movie and was going to get the DVD version until I read the reviews. I do not want a chopped up version of any movie, especially not this one. It is a disgrace that anyone would do that on a DVD for purchase. When we buy movies, some at a huge expense, we expect the movies to be UNCUT... not hacked up to alter the tone of the movie.... I can only imagine the purpose of trying to make the missionaries appear to be less harsh by deleting the suffering of Julie Andrew's character... which is what the entire movie is centered around.... and the devastating impact of the missionaries upon the island inhabitants.
Next they will be editing Roots to make it look like the slaves bought passage on the boats which held them prisoner or creating a movie to make Gitmo look like a south seas resort. I wonder if Murdoch and FOX had anything to do with the chopping of this movie? Sounds like their handiwork.
I would boycott any attempts to rewrite history or edit movies to change their content. If they don't come up with an uncut version of Hawaii, then I can always make a DVD.
There is no excuse for butchering a movie sold on DVD. We expect to see the entire movie and any extra scenes which were made when we dole out the big dollars for all of these DVD's. I have 6000 movies in my collection... 2000 of which are on DVD's.... all store bought copies.
If you have a VHS, get the VHS version of this movie... but make sure they did not butcher it as well. The set I have is the full version... but with the current atmosphere of wordsmithing and politics and history rewriting that has been going on... you should probably double check before buying the VHS version.

Movie Review: How to get
Summary: 5 Stars

I did some research and called Eric Doctorow's office ... and let his associate know that a lot of consumers are looking for this movie to be rereleased without all the editing. Eric Doctorow is in charge of marketing of home video at Fox. His associate told me that he would pass my request on to marketing. The more people that call and air their request to them, the better the chances of getting what we want. I also mentioned that the 50th anniversary of Hawaii's statehood is coming up and that it might be an idea to re-issue this movie.