Pearl Harbor (Vista Series Director's Cut)

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Summary: Bay did great
Review: The film is awesome. An emotional roller coaster. People that don't like it all want more blood and guts and not a real story with characters that one could actually care about.

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Summary: Okay...worth seeing
Review: I have seen better and I have seen worse. At least the producer had the sense to drop the love story when the bombing was taking place (unlike Titanic ) I have read reviews that say this is too melodramitic. Look at awarding winning Titanic....I have to say that took a lot away from Titanic. We are talking about Pearl Harbor. Yes, the love story was silly....but at least it was tolerable. And it did not in any way interfare with the seriousness of the bombs being dropped. And it had a lot of very interesting facets. It showed the Japanese and the President. I think that this was good. Not the best but good. I don't think the critics should scare you away from seeing this movie. See it and think for yourself.

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Summary: Good, but could of been better
Review: .... Its a love story more any anything. Personally, i just went for Josh Harnett and Ben Affleck. Some of the details were kind of off, but the director and cast werent alive for the war so you cant taltally blame them. and saying its was a waste of money, thats was totallty wrong to say. If you did just go for the bombing, there were bombs, so there ya go. I think it was a good movie. I didnt go for bombing, so it was good to me. After it was over everyone had cried at least once. Basiclly by me, it was a good movie, low on factual detail, but a good love story.

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Summary: LOVE STORY
Review: This is an excellent movie to all the love saps! This trulyromantic and somnetimes very dramatic movie is a must see for all love story maniacs! It does not focus on the ladies and Gentlemen of Pearl Harbor even though that scene is over an hour and a half long.The movie is about to best friends who are seperated when one chooses to go fight in Europe while his friend and his lover are sent to pearl harbor! Later the friend and and lover are told he has died and fall in love with each other than he comes back! So if you're a sap and got that this is the movie for you if you wanna see it for history don't count n liking all three hours and a half!

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Summary: Tora Tora Tora
Review: Historial Content Vs Hollywood..... The association of the two puts me in two minds..i mean sure, war buffs like to see directors and writers take that extra little step in being as accurate as possible...especially when recreating an event such as Pearl Harbor...but as far as im concerned, you cant criticize a 'film' for not being historically accurate...if so, we'd all be watching documentary's on the history channel instead of enjoying a night at the movies...Perhaps the love side of the story was a little over powering...as was the normal Ben Affleck type ending but you cant criticize either of those two points as there was 'love' in war ..and there was also 'life after war'..look at the classic 'Midway' for instance, although it wasnt on the same level as Pearl Harbor, there was still a sensitive side to the script..which i feel you need to achieve in order to preserve the true atmosphere of war..after all, the fighting man did little more than fantasize about his girl for as long as he could stay alive....hollywood just feels the need to push too much of it through the screen at times.... I saw the movie twice, which is something i do with the movies i enjoy...i must say that Pearl Harbor failed to touch me in a way that 'Saving Private Ryan' did ..perhaps that's due to the fact that D-Day to me, was a far more moving episode of war than Pearl Harbor itself. All comparisons aside, there were some brilliant scenes in the film ..none better than the Spitfire - ME dogfights over Dover...talk about goose bumps...Almost as good were the B25's taking off from the 'Hornet' and the Japanese Flak batteries during the 'doolittle' run over Japan.. For those scences alone i was contempt with the content...The attack on Pearl Harbor itself didnt do much for me ...some of the special effects were a little too 'special' ..if you know what i mean...However, any movie made in the honour of those who took part in the actual battles wins my approval ..perhaps in the future, we will see a movie which boasts both the stunning visual and sound affects and which contains all the necessary factual historical content...keep the war films rolling hollywood..

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Summary: Not to mention...
Review: This movie was SPECTACULAR!!!! My absolute favorite, there is nothing else to say but that! Well, not to mention the drop dead gorgeous, Josh Hartnett!

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Summary: On the Top of my List!
Review: I have seen many many many movies, and I have many many many favorite ones! But Pearl Harbor is definatly my absolute favorite! It's got something for everyone, love, war, passion, excitment. I certaintly reccomend this movie to everyon because this one is my FAVORITE!!

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Summary: Two movies in one....too long!
Review: Pearl Harbor is a good movie, but I had some problems with it. First, the movie was too long. They tried to weave a love story into the movie and this takes up the first hour of the film. Second there are some historical inaccuracies; American army pilots NEVER fought with the English before America officially entered the war (but this didn't stop Ben Affleck!). Third, in order to retain the pg-13 rating the producers decided to cut out the blood. So you have a war movie without blood, I can understand toning down the gore, but NO blood? Fourth, The movie drags on and on and on...by the time they characters move to Hawaii you are rooting for the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor just to end the movie. However not all is doom and gloom for this movie, there are some spectacular dogfight scenes. The special effects are great and the 45 minute long attack scene on Pearl Harbor was spectacular. The movie did infuse some historical accurate details such as: the American radar operators detecting the Japanese planes on their way to Hawaii only to blow them off as American planes, The U.S. Navy detecting a Japanese mini-sub BEFORE the attack and fail to put the base on alert, Cuba Gooding Jr. plays as a navy cook that during the attack takes up arms against the Japanese Zeros by firing one of the deck guns (That did happen and the U.S. Navy named a ship after the cook!) All in all this is a good movie, but a little long. I can only describe it as Titanic meets Saving Private Ryan (without the blood and guts). This is a good date movie for the guys; the girls will like the love story.

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Summary: Good Battle Scenes...Bad Everything Else!
Review: My friend couldn't shut up about PEARL HARBOR, so when he took me to see it (his 2nd time), I had to inform him of how bad this movie really was. In fact, the movie is not about the attack on Pearl Harbor, but instead it's a 3-hour story of a high school love triangle that overshadows the entire film. With the exception of Josh Harnett, the other two (Ben & Kate) can't act their way out of a paper bag. Then after the brief attack, the movie delves another 30+ minutes into the U.S. raid over Tokyo --which has no bearing on the movie whatsoever. In addition, the movie barely tells the story of the Japanese Imperial Navy's side to the attack, and only concentrates on the Americans. Another thing is that there is not one Hawaiian civilian in the film, as many Hawaiian familes were affected by the attack on Pearl Harbor as well. Avoid this garbage, and if you ever want to see a true film on the subject, see TORA TORA TORA!

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Summary: AMAZING
Review: I thought this film was one of the most amazing i've ever seen. It really makes you think about what happened to pearl harbor in a way that you're actually feeling the pain that all those people went through on that day. It also gracefully doesn't make the Japanese look bad. Micheal Bay is a great director and i'm very happy about how this movie turned out. From the actors, Ben Affleck, he portrayed the character so nicely. And Josh Hartnett, how he was able to achieve that level was amazing, even though he isn't one of the well-known actors in Hollywood, he made the film more incredible by his baffling performance. This may lead him to something like what Titanic did to Leonardo Dicaprio. Kate Beckinsale was also very good at playing the part of Evelyn. If you haven't seen this movie yet I strongly recommend you go see it today. But before you go, make sure you use the bathroom, unfortunately, I made the mistake of not going to the bathroom and my bladder nearly exploded. And also, it'd be good to take tissues, cuz you're bound to have a good cry at this flick.