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Summary: This is the kind of movie you don't want to end!!!
Review: When I first heard they were going to make another three hour movie, I didn't think it could ever top "Titanic". I was wrong! From the beginning to the very end, all of my "movie needs" were satisfied. There was an extrememly passionate and tremdously sad love story (with NO weak characters!). Also, the action and special effects were in a word, amazing! The beginning and ending were... perfect. The beginning made you think about what was going on and you had to follow every word and name. And the ending, oh the ending! I was literally sobbing, because I had become so attached to Josh Hartnett and his personality as being such a loyal friend. But, I was also crying because the movie was over. Throughout the credits I just sat there and had to remind myself that it was only a movie and they weren't real people. Something about the plot and characters made it seem so real. Not only did I cry at the ending, but the attack on the Hawaiian islands was incredible. I didn't know too much about the history of the attack of Pearl Harbor, but from the point of view of a friend of mine, he seemed to think that it was historically accurate and he, having known veterans of WW2, was sincerely touched by this movie. The special effects of the bombing were spectacular and so real, it really made you wonder how awful that must have been. Imagine waking up Sunday morning and looking out into the harbor and seeing sailors, maybe friends, being brutally killed. Then, even when the Japanese pilots had left, seeing all the men trapped inside the ships was heartbreaking. Back at the airport were Hartnett and Affleck. Two amazing pilots who touch your heart as they, for the moment, forget all hard-feelings and emotions, and fly out into a huge mass of "Japs" and, while wearing hula shirts, do all they can to save the lives of their American comrades. Not only was the film action-packed, the love-triangle was one like no other. Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale started it all off with Beckinsale passing Affleck on his eye sight test, even though he couldn't read. But when Affleck "ships out" to England before the U.S. entered the war, Beckinsale never recovers when news comes of Afflecks death. Neither does Afflecks best friend Josh Hartnett. However as the months roll by Hartnett and Beckinsale start an intamate relationship which falls completely apart when Affleck turns up, not dead, but very much alive and very much having a feeling of betrayal. But not much time is given to sort the whole mess out when, the very next day was December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy...". The retaliation of Pearl Harbor was an outstanding ending to a truely wonderful movie, not to mention a real tear-jerker. Both of Beckinsale's men went on that secret mission, only one came back. See it for yourself, I guarantee you will enjoy it. I would recomend this movie to anyone from the age of sixteen to sixty. Even if you have no upfront knowledge of the attack of Pearl Harbor, this movie will leave you speech-less and I guarantee one viewing won't be enough!
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Summary: Review of the movie "Pearl Harbor"
Review: This is a wonderful movie,, it depicts so vividly what happened on that terrible day. I was 6 years old and can barely remember but my uncles were in the war after that and i remember very well their stories.. The scenery was breathtaking, the special effects were the best, the love story was very touching and so typical of actual events during the war. I rate it among the very best movies i have ever seen; right up there with "Gone With the Wind", "Dirty Dozen", "Bridge Over the River Kwai", and "On Golden Pond"...
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Summary: EXCITING! POWERFUL! LAVISHLY PRODUCED!
Review: Thyis is by far the best film that the year 2001 has delivered. The three hour film takes you on an exciting roller coaster ride through some of the most tragic and heroic events of World War II. There's the Dolittle Raid of April, 1942. There's also the events of the Battle of Britain in early 1941. And, of course, the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7th, 1941. The title sequence of the film is a master stroke: mixing fact and fiction to create a forty-minute sequence that, as the creators of the film had hoped, takes you back to that tragic time in history. Every member of the cast and production team gave their all to create this $140 Million film. But I can't believe it actually cost that much. Upon seeing it, I woulda have told you that this movie cost somwhere between $200 Million and $250 Million. Anyone interested in World War II, or romance films, will enjoy this film. You'll laugh, cheer, cry, and gasp. I guarantee it! Grade: A+
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Summary: Like trying to stuff 10 pounds of story into a 5-pound sack.
Review: While this movie was certainly a highly-anticipated release in the genre of recent successful WW2-era movies (Saving Private Ryan, Thin Red Line, Enemy at the Gates) this movie was also the most disappointing. Although the Pearl Harbor scene had some excellently choreographed sequences, most of the movie is wasted on the inane and predictable love story. For those of you who are interested in a more historically accurate and interesting depiction of the Pearl Harbor attack, go rent "Tora! Tora! Tora!" - a movie which focuses on the actual events surrounding the attack, rather than showcasing the minimal acting talents of two handsome actors. I would have given the movie 1 star, but I give it extra credit for a wonderful depiction of FDR, plus some incredible battle scenes. On the whole, however, this movie was for me, a huge disappointment. As a war film buff, I am still awaiting a war movie the caliber of "Saving Private Ryan." The deaths in Pearl Harbor were of the Old Western-esque clutch-your-stomach-and-keel-over-slowly variety, rather than the more realistic depictions in SPR. I was also disappointed with its oh-so-typical Disney happy ending. (How can a bunch of bomber pilots, dazed by a crash, manage to defeat a patrol of heavily-armed Japanese infantrymen? The Americans would, in reality, have been slaughtered.) Also, the film was about an hour too long (some might say it's about 3 hours too long!) because it really wasn't necessary to depict the Doolittle raid. Oh well, I guess this is a film that caters to the constant trend of dumbing-down history for the uninformed masses.
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Summary: The Best Movie Ever!!!
Review: People who say this movie is horrible don't know what they're talking about!! Well, maybe it just takes a certain kind of person to appreciate this movie. The actors (and actresses) are all superb and the special effects are awesome! The love triangle and action keep u on the edge of your seat the whole time, and the music is beautiful! It was very acurate to history, right down to having Cuba Gooding, Jr. play a cook who shot down a number of planes. All in all, a spectacular movie!
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Summary: Wow, never seen bull**** like this before....
Review: Actually, I'm not American and I think that's why Iwas really laughing about that movie. The best part was, when they told us "KAMIKAZE" was invented by Americans <lol>. I saw documentations and real pictures and the Japanese bombed Pearl Habour out of the frame, there was no time to start two airplanes and kill all the Japanese. Well, the love story, if there was any, was that sort of unbelievable und cheap that I really felt ashamed for the director. In my country this movie was in cinema for about 4 weeks and during this time nobody went to watch it.
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Summary: The Best Movie Ever !!!
Review: I think that Pearl Harbor is the best movie I have ever seen. I think that the actors did a very good job playing there parts. ....
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Summary: The Best movie of the Summer!!!!!!
Review: I can easily say that Pearl Harbor is one of the best movies I've seen in along time. It starts out great,with Ben Affleck's and Josh Hartnetts characters as boys growing up in Tennessee, perfectly showing how innocent America was. Then it cuts to 1941,between getting in trouble in the Air Corps and romancing nurse Kate Beckinsale,Affleck goes to fight with the Brits against the Germans.After thinking he's dead( a great plot twist)Hartnett and Beckinsale fall in love.Director Michael Bay does a great job of intercutting this main story and showing how the Japanese were planning the attack,and Jon Voight (who gives his greatest performance) as president FDR, wanting to help the British, but keep America neutral. Bay also does a good job of showing what life was like Hawaii, before the attack, that reminded me of From Here to Eternity. The attack is masterfully recreated, unfortunetly its PG-13,so it couldn't be really graphic,there were some heartbreaking moments though, like the sailors who trapped in the ship, and when a bomb drops and blows up a soldier. The bombing raid at the end is excellently filmed and the ending is a bit sad. Overall Bay has created a film that I think is powerfull, and should not be forgotten like Thin Red Line.
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Summary: BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR!!
Review: told to story of Pearl Harbor really well and gave me a somewhat good look at what it was like....JOSH HARTNETT did a great job in the movie and he is hot.
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Summary: Oh Lord!!!
Review: Pearl Harbor. I've seen the reviews and ratings. I've seen the movie. What can I say? "Pearl Harbor is an excllent and beautiful movie! Sure, the screenplay is easy to memorize, but that doesn't mean it's not good. The special effects were wonderful. The acting was great, too. The directing? Wonderful. There's nothing else to say about "Pear Harbor". Just get off that sofa and go see it before it stops playing in theaters now!!!
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