Pearl Harbor (Vista Series Director's Cut)

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Summary: a new sappy live story ruins a solemn event
Review: It can be said best the way Ebert put it - this movie is war porn, a movie that revels in the carnage but makes it signify nothing.
There were lots of problems with this movie. It was a love story set in Pearl Harbor, first of all. They name the movie after an event where thousands were murdered ... and then make it a love story that has nothing to do with pearl harbor. The fighting itself was toned down to the point of being a joke. There is very little blood, no true to life horror, what is this supposed to make us believe about war??? It belittled the Japanese ... I can promise you the Japanese didn't come up with the idea of attacking by plane because of children flying kites ... and their strategic maps weren't little floating boats in a garden pond. They planned it for months. This movie is filled with sappy romantic and patrotic gesture which can't be applied to such a horrible event ... and I don't believe the movie even suggests the nuclear bombing of two major cities in retaliation, although it does go deeply into "military retaliation." I give this movie two stars because I respect them for trying.

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Summary: A must see
Review: Going into the movie I didn't have high expectations, I thought it wsa going to be one of those movies that showed all the good parts in the commercial trailers. Was I ever wrong. It was filled with action mixed with romance that is not blown way out of proportion, and is actually more realistic than the pictures of what romance is supposed to be from James Camron's Titanic. I went to go see it again two more times, and I can't wait till it's release date on December 4th, 2001. Totally deserves five stars plus one for one of the best movies I've seen all year.

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Summary: Got to Love this show!!!
Review: I have seen this movie 3 times and loved it more and more with every viewing. This is a spectacualar movie about life, love, and war. It has elements in it for everyone. Comedy, romance, and action. It is also a MAJOR tear jerker! I think that this movie was very well casted and made. I felt like i knew the characters by the end. I felt their emotions...anger, pain, and happiness. I was drawn into the movie and loved all three hours of it. I could have gone longer. My advice to you would be SEE THIS MOVIE. Don't jsut listen to others....see for yourselves. It is part of our history and especially now in our time of war, it is important to remember our past. And i think that this movie gives u a good sence of history as well.
Plus!!!! Hotties Hotties Hotties!!!! Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett in uniform! Even if u don't like the show, these two are worth every minute!

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Summary: They need to remake this again
Review: I was thinking this would be the next "Titanic" but I walked out very disappointed. The story was SO STUPID that it made me sick. This movie had the potential to be great but it turned out to be trash. I'll just say this; whenever the girl in this movie falls in love with a guy...that guy dies. If she's lucky he comes back to life. Her only problem is she's already in love with her dead lover's best friend. This would be a good movie if the story wasn't SUPPOSED to be about Pearl Harbor. It ended up being a Ben Affleck love story.

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Summary: BEST MOVIE THIS SUMMER!
Review: Pearl Harbor was the best movie i saw all summer long. I loved it. It had a great story line and great actors.i dont see how anybody can not like this movie. it cant be compared to movies like Titanic because they were completely different. i gave this movie 5 stars and would give it more if i could.

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Summary: Josh is HOT!!
Review: I dont know why everyone is saying that it is so bad cuz i thought that it was a really good movie! all i gotta say is josh hartnett is really hot!! and hes from minnesota like me! i thought it had enuf about that war that was basicly all that it was about so i dont know why people are saying that it had too much of the love story part and not enuf about the war... but it was a really sad movie too at first when ben dies... and then the end was the saddest part ever when josh dies!! but it was the best movie so i think that everyone should go out and see it or rent it if you havent see it yet... i dont know why you havent?

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Summary: The Best Movie Around
Review: Pearl Harbor-
What could I say about this movie except it was fantasticly put together. There are many wonderful parts. The Movie made you care about the charaters. Josh Hartnett was a wonderful portral of Danny Walker. Ben Afleck also did a wonderful job of being Rafe Macauly*. Kate Beckensale was a wonderful Navy nurse(Evelyn Johnson). I have read the book and it could not compare to the spectacular movie. It was breath takeing at times. Other times it was sad or happy. It did a great deal of explaining about the ww2 era or at leat the begining of it. It showed how horrible the day was of Pearl Harbor of course....

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Summary: Loud, brilliant effects- mediocre writing
Review: The womens auxuliary re-enactment of the attack of Pearl Harbor (as done by Monty Python) is as accurate and was more entertaining. If Hollywood was smart they would realize that the history of the events and the people who lived it, were alot more interesting than their contrived characters who have little more style than substance.

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Summary: what i think of pearl harbour.
Review: I went and saw this film twice in a period of a month because i thaught it was so brilliant. It has a great plot but to find out what it is you will have to go see it for your self. I really liked the content of the film,it was great but i would say that because i like war films. I perticually liked the lines which are used when Evelyn(Kate Bekinsdale)is talking to Rafe(Ben Affleck)it read "I COULDN'T LET YOU GO WITHOUT YOU KNOWING THAT I LOVE YOU AND I ALWAYS WILL AND I WILL NEVER PICK OUT ANOTHER SUN SET WITHOUT THINKING OF YOU.(BEN TURNS AWAY). RAFE I'M PREGNAT BUT I DON'T WANT DANNY(JOSH HARTNETT) TO FIND OUT.(BEN STARTS TO CRY). Rafe tells Evelyn DO YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING THAT WHEN MY PLANE WAS GOING DOWN ALL I COULD DO WAS THINK OF YOU AND I MADE THIS DEAL WITH GOD AND IF HE WOULD LET ME SEE YOUR FACE JUST ONE MORE TIME I WOULD NEVER ASK HIM FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
It is a great film and i could watch it over and over again but i can say that i vertually cried when i saw it both times.
This is for all you Ben Affleck or Josh Hartnett fans out there reading this i can tell you that they look gorgious and they look great in a uniform. So i would rekimend that you go see or buy this film.

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Summary: If I could give it less I would
Review: Let me think here...pearl harbor...japanese attack on our land...WWII...millions lost in that war....Normandy....Nagaski...Heroshima...love story?? um..no
the only good part was when the movie ended...Cuba Gooding Jr. as a ship's mate going up to a 15mm gun and shooting a zero down??sex in the parachute hanger?? being shot down in a spitefire over the english channel by the Luftwaffe and jumping out into german encrusted waters with U-boats and the navy everywhere and living while your wounded?? in a nutshell, its was a great idea, as great an idea as taking Monty Python seriously..Jerry Brockheimer has made some terrific movies and disney has made some terrifically bad movies, put them together and the PC structured, don't say that, don't show that methods of disney show thru the creative and often dramatic essence of Brockheimer...This has as much potential as a good movie as a baby with a pork chop tied around its neck has a chance to excape for a pack of hungry wild wolves..