They misspelled Blue....

Rating: 4/10 (17 August 2002)

Should be blew, because that's pretty much my interpretation of this movie. The visuals are indeed stunning, the landscape and the ocean beautiful. But that was the only thing that kept me going through this movie.
There's really nothing here in the way of the essentials of film (plot, characters, dialogue) Certain shots ( I won't say which, because that would destroy the movie, and unless you're looking for it, you probably won't even notice) should have been redone, as they look horribly processed on a blue-screen.
plot = ***/***** could have been more tightly compacted, or a new angle in the surfing competition (like a female arch-rival)
characters = **/***** gah! the characters don't really go anywhere. there's no character arc.
dialogue = **/***** the lines are unremarkable, unimpressionable. There's nothing in this film by way of dialogue that will become a new teen catchprase.
But Hawaii is stunning, it's spectacular glory is captured perfectly in scenes that allow a wider camera angle to see the shore, the water, the landscape of the island. Some surfing scenes are great. But it's overdone, even in a film that has to be surfing. There should have been more comedic antics, (although a tie-in with a football game in Hawaii in February provides this in one respect)
cinematography = ****/*****
I could be the wrong person to comment on this film, and I'm sure there are many people who will enjoy it. I found that it dragged on for an unrelenting hour and forty-five minutes, about 20-30 minutes too much.

Go see it if: You're female, you're into surfing, You enjoy water.
enjoyablilty = **/*****