Saturday, June 09, 2018

Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)

A pilot who has just lost his job as an airline pilot returns to his homeland and invites his long-time friend to be his partner in a new venture, namely, a helicopter charter company. However, his womanizing tendencies jeopardize the future of their business.

It is a mere trifle, but the dialogue has some wit to it, and the landscapes are gorgeous. It is mostly a sex comedy (and musical), with the sex confined mostly in the suggestive dialogue and in the semi-clad women, in order to secure a G rating. The central idea of the plot seems to be that entrepreneurship demands a low aversion to risk, and a certain amount of irresponsibility. Thus, there is a paradox in capitalism by which the very thing that makes it possible is the one that makes it doomed. But I am not Karl Marx, so I will stop right here.

Rating: 31

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