Comments on: Movie Review: The Descendants http://reeldealblog.com/2011/11/movie-review-the-descendants/ Your source for movies and more! Sun, 26 Jan 2020 03:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: RosieP http://reeldealblog.com/2011/11/movie-review-the-descendants/#comment-189 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:40:59 +0000 http://reeldealblog.com/?p=277#comment-189 ” Despite it taking place in Hawaii, George Clooney’s Matt King makes it clear from the very beginning that just because they live in paradise, Hawaiians are not “immune to life.” This is not the sequel to “50 First Dates.”

Why do people go out of their way to describe places like Hawaii and Southern California as “paradise”? There is no such place on this earth. And when people discover that these places are not “paradise”, they make such a big deal about it?

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