Haha, okay...
First, the positives.
The cinematography was beautiful, and I like how the cast wasn’t 100% white. But that’s literally it.
Haha, I understand that this is a kids movie, but alot of other kids movies aren’t as cringey and despair-inducing as this, the brother, I forgot his name, Is really awful, and his interactions with the lady friend are usually really uncomfortable and off-putting. The majority of the characters are also so stereotypical and one sided, the protagonist is free spirited and adventurous, the kid with glasses is the smart one, and the lady friend is the serious one with one rational fear that so happens to be one of the obstacles, and as I’ve seen in other reviews, people who live in Hawaii don’t talk like that, and the brother is so absolutely annoying and the dialogue seems so forced in so many scenes, speaking of which, the writing is laughable as heck, and there are so many plotholes, at least the Goonies was a fun movie, speaking of which, this movie was just a straight copy of the Goonies, “But wait!” I hear the mothers say, “They gave the movie a strong, and young female heroine!” And that’s where I say... no. No, not at all, she’s just the stereotypical “I like to walk around and be reckless” kind of girl. I’m sorry, but I really don’t like this movie. I wish they could’ve come up with something more original instead of some “Girl power” version of the Goonies, and I know that the whole “Girl power” thing is good, heck, I’m a teenage girl, so I understand, but thats where I have another problem; The dialogue.
The dialogue... Oh no...
Okay, so I write books on this site called Wattpad, and I know I’m not a professional writer or anything like that... Oh gosh, nobody talks like that. Nobody ACTS like that, if you speak English, speak in English, If you speak Hawaiian, speak Hawaiian! You don’t speak both at the same time if you know them both! The acting was... eh, I’m mixed on it, it’s good, it’s bad... it’s like Disney Channel high school musical kind of thing. Okay I’m done, I’ve watched something so darn childish and disappointing, I gotta watch 進撃の巨人 instead, which IS a good series, thank you, and goodnight google!