Rating: 
Summary: Pure Presley formula '66
Review: The man's-man/ladies' man who possesses great technical abilities and a way with kids IN HAWAII! What more could an Elvis fan want? Great songs? Funny dialogue? Well, he/she gets none of that - what is presented is fabulous scenery and one or two pleasant tunes (The 1930's-type blues "A Dog's Life", performed with pooches aboard a helicopter is a fun production number; the medium rocker "House of Sand" has a great middle-eight). It seems that presumed slumping box office returns dictated a return to "Blue Hawaii"-land and although the storyline is actually cooler than the '61 flick, the whole affair runs at a very slow clip and Elvis looks and sounds tired throughout. This is precisely the kind of product that served to turn off casual fans and to reinforce potential fan's disinterest in his movies and current records. A good cast is obviously not even halfway utilized. It was a long way to the Comeback Special. (Interesting note: the excluded children's song "Sand Castles" is by far the BEST song on the soundtrack album!). Embarrassment Factor of 5.
Rating: 
Summary: Paradise? Get "Blue Hawaii" instead
Review: This is a very feeble remake of "Blue Hawaii".In this picture, Elvis' third for 1965, he plays Rick Richards (what a name!) who keeps on getting in trouble by messing around with women (wow..that's never happened in an Elvis picture before!). Anyway, Rick tries to create a helicopter taxi service. Got that? Because that's the movie's main plot! The songs are quite bad in this one. Do we think Elvis enjoyed singing "Datin'", "A Dog's Life" or "Queenie Wahine's Papaya"? I doubt it very much. Even Elvis isn't in the top of his form for this picture. He is noticeably a little pudgier than usual, and a lot of the dialogue is quite embarrassing to hear (much like TICKLE ME). The only saving grace to this picture is the beautiful scenery. The best sequence, the final one, is probably the film's finest moment. Not much else to recommend from this excuse for a movie. A definite waste of time.
Rating:
Summary: Paradise? Get "Blue Hawaii" instead
Review: This is a very feeble remake of "Blue Hawaii". In this picture, Elvis' third for 1965, he plays Rick Richards (what a name!) who keeps on getting in trouble by messing around with women (wow..that's never happened in an Elvis picture before!). Anyway, Rick tries to create a helicopter taxi service. Got that? Because that's the movie's main plot! The songs are quite bad in this one. Do we think Elvis enjoyed singing "Datin'", "A Dog's Life" or "Queenie Wahine's Papaya"? I doubt it very much. Even Elvis isn't in the top of his form for this picture. He is noticeably a little pudgier than usual, and a lot of the dialogue is quite embarrassing to hear (much like TICKLE ME). The only saving grace to this picture is the beautiful scenery. The best sequence, the final one, is probably the film's finest moment. Not much else to recommend from this excuse for a movie. A definite waste of time.
Rating:
Summary: Dude, where's my career?
Review: What on earth is this stupid film about? It's complete garbage. Elvis plays a pilot (what a shocker) who goes to Hawaii and, well, that's it. No story, rubbish songs, singing brats, creepy semi naked women. It's terrible. Elvis looks terrible, bloated and bored. If this is as good as it got, no wonder he was spaced out. How could anyone, thinking they are a professional in the movie game, come up with this mess. The other actors in it are nobodies or hasbeens and that says it all. No laughs, no good tunes and definitely no good acting. No star rating please. Pure, unadulterated nonsense.
Rating:
Summary: Dude, where's my career?
Review: What on earth is this stupid film about? It's complete garbage. Elvis plays a pilot (what a shocker) who goes to Hawaii and, well, that's it. No story, rubbish songs, singing brats, creepy semi naked women. It's terrible. Elvis looks terrible, bloated and bored. If this is as good as it got, no wonder he was spaced out. How could anyone, thinking they are a professional in the movie game, come up with this mess. The other actors in it are nobodies or hasbeens and that says it all. No laughs, no good tunes and definitely no good acting. No star rating please. Pure, unadulterated nonsense.
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