Chief of War

Not sure why so many are upset about the native language being spoken or why it "ruins" it for them. It's pretty neat to listen to the language spoken as it would have been during the time, then again I have a penchant for being able to learn languages fairly quickly (not that I expect to do that from watching a television miniseries). So far it is very credible, from what I know of the history of the Hawaiian Islands and its gritty while still being beautiful. I give it high marks and expect it to be an awesome series to the finish!

Finally a series worth watching. Rare gem in a sea of dumbed down tv entertainment. Great story telling, powerful scenes and amazing delivery by a great cast starring Jason Momoa.

This is the type of show that starts in a way that you just know it's going to be a great ride and it didn't disappoint.

So far so good very relatable to vikings season 1 just faster paced.

Momoa shines as the main man the action is good so far but could do with more gore and brutality. The characters are well established within the first episode and you can see the evil in temeura.

Reminding me of shogun and apocalypto I'm very excited to see where this show leads 8/10 so far.

Chief of war is everything that you want and more with great performances, and with a great Hawaiian setting, amazing atmosphere that pairs with the cinematography, which is also another feat of the series so far, with how memorable some of the shots really are. Action sequences that are very unique and unexpected, the introduction to this series could not have been any better. 9/10 so far so good.

I have been waiting forever for a good series about the early Hawaiian kingdom being united. I only watched the first one, and I'm sold so far. I hope they keep close to the historical events (even with Hollywood artistic interpretation or embellishments). The first inaccuracy is that the women did not cover up their upper bodies until the missionaries came and made them cover up...but you can't have all the women topless in this series...ha. Many scenes with actors are not filmed in Hawaii, but I guess it's hard to get known Mauna and the backgrounds of scenes without CGI or getting rid of all the current buildings and architecture. You can also tell that many extras and background people are New Zealanders and such. I wished they had used more extras with real Hawaiian bloodlines (the scene where they embarked on O'ahu's beach for battle was obvious). I don't know why they couldn't use more Hawaiian "locals" for parts. It was funny to see "Aquaman" and his dad, Tom Curry, share leadership scenes together in this series....

I was born on Maui, went to high school on Kauai, but unfortunately missed my junior year of Hawaiian history. Hopefully this will be on spot and a good for all to understand da early days of the islands...before England and settlers took over, of course. Strap in...I feel this is going to be a good series.

Cinemography/editing is decent but typical without creative angles. Music is decent, but it would be awesome if they used more light chants in the background to intensify action or dramatic scenes (Kahiko, Auana, Hapa Haole, etc.). Acting is decent for the main characters. Overall, I am excited to see what this brings. Will it be as good as what "Shogun" did in telling Japan's samurai ancient history?