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Summary: The "Titanic" of the Second World War.
Review: If you enjoyed "Titanic" you'll going to love "Pearl Harbor." There's the love triangle, the great looking young leads, sailors falling off sinking ships, even bodies floating in the water. Only the names were changed to protect the innocent.Seriously, this is a fast paced love story set against the backdrop of Pearl Harbor and December 7, 1941. It is not an accurate account of that day in history any more than the movie "Titanic" was totally accurate. It is a fun three hours that makes you want to keep going to the movies. The effects are fantastic and I can't wait for it to come out on DVD.
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Summary: Pearl Harbor -- THE MOVIE
Review: It distress me to see all the negative reviews of Pearl Harbor...knocking it for it's lack of "historical value." Fact is, it's a MOVIE. No one would go and pay 8 to 10 dollars to see a documentary - that's what the history channel is for. The fact is, a love story like that works in a war movie. It may be cliche, but come on! It's PG-13 and there's only so much they can do. Finally, I've recently graduated from high school in a excellent school system near Washington, DC. I've also taken several history classes in college and all I've learned was: Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, the U.S. entered the war which we won. This a day in age where the WWII veterns are dying and their experience is dying with them. I appluad the cast and crew for making me watch "hunderds of US boys dying." It happened, it's important and the love story enables us to sit through a history lesson that needs to be taught.
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Summary: Wow!!!
Review: Pearl Harbor completely astounded me. I was not expecting it to be as good as it was -- it was excellent! The story and plot behind this movie is fairly simple: Soldiers going off to war, two men falling in love with the same woman, the suspense as you know an attack is coming... But Pearl Harbor somehow managed to be different from most other movies, creating an epic that is sure (what movie isn't?) to be picked on by critics, but loved by many. Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, and Josh Hartnett all had terrific, very believable, heart wrenching performances, that are very award worthy. The love triangle those three had was complex and bittersweet - the boys both loved the girl, she loved them both but didn't want to hurt them - but the boys also had strong brotherly love for each other, which made the story realistic. The attack at Pearl Harbor was breathtaking, as terrible as I'm sure it was, without over- or under- doing it. This was an excellent, bittersweet movie that I would definitely recommend seeing at least once, to help understand and make real "the day that will live in infamy."
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Summary: Where Was The Script?
Review: I've been waiting to see this movie ever since I heard about it in the Fall of 2000. I saw it Memorial Weekend and was deeply hurt by what the film did. The main problem I had with 'Pearl Harbor' was the script. Not only did it limit Kate Beckinsale's ability to show her acting muscles, it also ruined the ending. Seriously, the conclusion so predictable, it berates screenwriter Randall Wallace's (Braveheart) talent. The cliques and the cheesiness were just endless. Not all of it can be blamed for by the script. It seems like the lead actor, Ben Affleck didn't have chemistry with any other cast member besides Alec Baldwin's Col. Dolitle. As one critic say, "Ben Affleck was playing a movie star playing a war pilot." I was extremely impressed with Josh Hartnett (Danny) and Kate Becksinale (Everlyn)'s performance. They literally got me through the last hour of the movie. Hartnett showed signs of charisma and talent, finally pulling away from tenn projects like 'H20' and 'The Faculty'. I applaud him for that. Beckinsale and Hartnett garnered onscreen chemistry and it showed in the "They Don't Need To Go (Where Danny asks Everlyn to ride on the plane)" scene. The visual effects of this movie were FANTASTIC! The continuous 45 minutes bombing effects kept me in awe. I smell an Oscar for this. But don't judge the movie based on my words if you haven't seen it, go see it yourself!
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Summary: I liked it in spite of myself
Review: I liked this movie because of the special effects. I can turn a blind eye to the smalts and some of the historical inacuracies, but when Kate Beckinsale says to an Intelligence officer "you've got to tell me about this secret Doolittle raid" it really ruins what could have been a good film.
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Summary: Excellent Movie!
Review: I am not usually in to watching war movies. But my husband loves history and really wanted to see it. We went and I was amazed on how well the the movie played out. The characters and the Japanese attacking at Pearl Harbor and all the special effects that you know went on. Having a love story in the mist of all of this, just made the movie so much better. I love this movie and I know when it comes out on video, I will purchase it and watch it over and over. It is now our all time favorite movie.
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Summary: A Great Love Story
Review: I thought this was a very good movie. It was a great love story and the fighting was very good. It made me think about what all these men went through for our feedom. This is the summer movie that everyone should see.
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Summary: Unfourtunate Melodrama
Review: The visual effects for the actual attack were rather impressive. Unfourtunately, we had to endure a sappy melodrama involving the three characters. If you can get by this you should enjoy the movie.
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Summary: Pearl of a Movie
Review: This was a Titanic formula with a different time setting. The formula; Take a war movie or other disaster to attract the males, add a romance to attract the females and you have a blockbuster of a movie. The romance was very well done and believable, the disaster was one very close to the hearts of every American. The special effects were spectacular. A very good movie, and well worth watching.
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Summary: Who is teaching history in America ?
Review: This is one of the best and worst movies I have ever seen. Best from the point of view that the effects are superb, and worst because the blatant ignorance of the film makers about the events that took place. Instead of making this film nearly 3.5 hours long with wooden characters with dreamt up versions of history, why not base this on the actual events. I don't mind a great story based on real life situations but this was just bad, and again, manipulated to make America the country that saved the world. A lesson for all is that we should read and understand history not just accept it from Hollywood Directors and Producers.
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