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Summary: Oscar Award winner!
Review: This movie illistrates what happened to everyday people when pearl harbor was bombed. kate and Ben have excellent chemistry and they are a match made in heaven. This movie is a mix of a love story and a war story so it is a good movie for all people. i have seen this movie twice and i want to buy the DVD (in other words I loved it) This movie is a blockbuster hit. P.S. BEN AFFLEK IS A HOTTIE!!!!!!!!
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Summary: another over-hyped action movie with lame acting and script
Review: The movie Pearl Harbor had the potential to be a sweeping wartime epic with deep, well-developed characters. Instead it is another crass attempt by Hollywood producers to cash in on American patriotic sentimentality. With the possible exception of the portrayal of the heroic nurses that tended to the wounded and dying, the movie is void of any significant character development. A fabricated love triangle, between two pilots and a nurse is as deep as it goes and that is not very deep at all. War is glorified and sensationalized. Missing is the true homage to the men and women who perished. Also missing is any kind of in-depth treatment of the major historical figures involved. FDR enters the picture only to proclaim "the day that shall live in infamy" then to order his commanders to seek vengence against the evil Japanese. The Japanese are portrayed as overly aloof and simplistic villains. Bruckheimer, by not allowing us to really get to know any of the characters, attempts to cleanse the event of its humanity and thus deny the reality of the catastrophic loss it was in lives and resources.The fatal flaw of this film is a dreadful lack of character development in the script compounded by generally terrible acting all the way around. If you enjoy watching airplanes explode and sweeping scenes of naval carnage- you will find it here, but that is about all you will find. For a more accurate and better acted version of Pearl Harbor I would recommend the film Tora! Tora! Tora!
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Summary: ....
Review: I really disliked this film. Why? For several reasons. In the first place, this movie contained some of the worst dialog I have ever heard uttered on screen. I am in the military, and if I ever said anything remotely resembling a line from this movie, I'd be laughed at. The dialog between Beckinsale, Hartnett and Affleck (the legs of the love triangle) is unbelievably sappy. They speak like no one I've ever met, and I refuse to believe that people in 1941 spoke that much differently than we do today, so that excuse is invalid. It's hard to believe that Randall Wallace, the screenwriter, also penned the script of "Braveheart". .... Second, the makers of the film obviously felt that we are all incompetent ...who don't know a lick about the history of that period, and/or simply can't grasp the complexities of the time. Examples, you ask? Okay, how about the newspaper with the headline, "Germany Advances All Fronts"? .... ...how else to make it clear that Germany at in 1941 was sitting on top of much of the civilized world (except for America)? ....According to this film, the only reason Japan decided to attack us was that we cut off their oil. ....They never bothered to explain that we cut off Japan's oil and scrap metal supply as a last resort protest to a blatant pattern of Japanese military expansion in China and Indochina. For those of you who aren't aware, this expansion included the slaughter of at least 300,000 Chinese civilians and POWs at Nanking in the '30s. I realize that this would have been difficult to include in the film, but at the end, the filmmakers did show Japanese troops in China and never bothered to explain how or why they got there. .... Lastly, and most importantly, it irks me to no end that Disney decided to modify this film for foreign audiences. I mean, the American version already soft-pedals the truth about the causes of the attack. Are they going to add footage to show the Japanese leaders as heros for planning the attack? ...the Japanese, unlike the Germans, have never fully acknowledged their role in the war or many of the things that their troops did in it. Japanese visit Pearl Harbor all the time and many say they've never been told about the attack. In effect, Disney is altering the truth of a critical historical event for the sake of profit. American filmgoers, and more importantly, veterans of Pearl Harbor deserve much better. This film gets its two stars (only one given by me) because the battle scenes looked technically proficient.
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Summary: Pearl Harbor
Review: I have seen Pearl Harbor three times. I think that it is one of the best war movies that I have seen in a long time. I recomend this movie to anyone whos likes romance and action all rolled into one.
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Summary: See for yourself
Review: I agree with all of the reviews that advise you not to listen to the critics. Personally I never do. If I see a movie that looks interesting I am going to go see it, regardless of what some moldy old critic says. This is exactly what I did with the movie, "Pearl Harbor," and I am extremely glad I did because it was an excellent film. I have a friend who always listen's to the critics opinions and has missed out on a lot of really good films and, likewise, has seen a lot of bad ones. I convinced her to go to, "Pearl Harbor," and needless to say I doubt she will put much faith into critics opinions again!
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Summary: "Pearl Harbor is a great movie"
Review: The film is great. It is filled with action, romance, history, and drama that make this a possible Academy Award contender and a fun action movie. The film is about World War II when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, like you already know. Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett are buddies since they were 8. They always dreamed of being pilots and they did. One Day Ben Affleck met a girl (Kate Beckinsale) and fell in love, and then one day he has to leave her and Josh Hartnett to join the war.Co-stars Cuba Gooding Jr. (Instict),Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan),Jon Voight (Anaconda), William Lee Scott (Gone in 60 Seconds) and Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting).This is a must see film. -...
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Summary: "Pearl Harbor" - A Review for a Great Movie
Review: When I first saw the preview for "Pearl Harbor," I could tell it was going to be one of those three hour movies, and I just had to see it!!! I finally did, and I was not disappointed, this movie is the best movie I have seen in a long time, even better than "Titanic." This movie made me want to get a DVD player to go with my VCR, and hopefully get the DVD of "Pearl Harbor" in widescreen format. I plan to see it at least once more while it is still in theaters.
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Summary: brill pearl harbor
Review: I seen Pearl Harbor twice now and maybe going to see it again soon when i first saw i didn't know what to expect because i heard people saying it's rubbish and some people saying it exelent so i went to see it and it was a really good film. if your a person that likes to cry cry at films then Pearl Harbor is a definate for you and if your not i'm gauranted you will cry nearer the end of the film. Josh Hartnett played a brilliant part as a stunning young pilot Danny Walker, Ben Affleck was very good to but as i like Josh Hartnett more i'm going to say he was better. you may also think thatit's all about the war but thats where your wrong this film is more of a heart warming love story then a war film. there is just over an hour and a half of the war side of the film and about the same for love story part.i would advise this film for anyone even if your not into war films. i wouldn't compare this film to titanic at all this film is much better so don't think it's just like titanic.
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Summary: a rollar coaster of love and death...
Review: I was ready to pan this film with one star and much of the same as that seen in earier reviews. Then I thought, what the h...this is 3 hours of 150 million bucks-worth emotional rollar-coaster ride for only nine dollars. Can't be that bad then, can it? Actually, I really really enjoyed the film. My father was a Battle of Britain bomber pilot and met my mother in hospital (a teenage Wren nurse), after crashing his burning plane on his home runway. So I think the romantic story in PH is entirely justified - and actually real enough to be true. Unfortunately it just gets little cliched and repetitive after the first hour -maybe that's because we are looking forward to what's coming next! But this drawn-out romantic prelude is needed to place the following human tragedy, death and carnage of Pearl Harbour into its true perspective. Because, as we view the explosions, we keep remembering that people live for love, and love always endures beyond death. And so, in my mind, Pearl Harbour is not meant to be a war story but a love story set at an extraordinary time, and it works all the better for that. And to all those who say it is a war story spoiled by romance, may a suggest you return to your DVD of Saving Private Ryan. I loved this film because it gave me the goosebumps. I have no idea if the effects looked or felt real because, thankfully, I have never been in a war - but the spectacle was both tremendous and horrendous. And I suppose it had to be! War is a terrible tragedy. But love, always love, conquers all and lets us get on to live and hope and dream for a brighter future. We need more films like this - to bring the real adventure of romance back into the cinema. All I can say is, well done Michael Bay and all of your talented team. WE NEED MORE FILMS OF THIS QUALITY AND SCOPE.
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Summary: They were wrong again!
Review: I went to see this movie not expecting it to be good at all. Yet again, the critics were terribly wrong! This was a wonderful film that portrayed the devistating losses experienced by the United States as they were attacked by the Japanese. Also, it showed how well the Japanese studied Pearl Harbor as they planned for this attack and how important its success was to their empire. Despite the bad reviews, this was a wonderful movie that was truly enjoyable.
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