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Summary: "I fear all I have done is awoken a slumbering Giant..."
Review: I went in hoping this wasn't going to be "Armageddon 2" and I was very pleased when I walked out. From what I've heard and read the events that take place are not 100% accurate (mainly with how the Japanese approach the attack), but they are pretty darn close which is to be commendable. The action and sound are fantastic, the acting is great and their sorrow is believable. I liked it a lot better than "Saving Private Ryan" mostly because after the storming of the beach in Normandy, the movie was kinda slow for me. I really liked Alec Baldwin as Doolittle. He was just how I pictured him in the History Books. Aggressive and looking for revenge as by the example of putting the peace metals on the bombs as well as writing messages on them before the bombing of Tokyo. I really liked this film. I saw it opening night and sat behind a row of WW2 war veterans, most who sobbed during the bombing of Pearl. (Which was really hard to see) I have the utmost respect for war veterans and I figure if the accuracy of the bombing of Pearl Harbor was good enough for them, it was good enough for me. I'll be buying this on DVD when it comes out. Thank you veterans for all the hard work and sacrifice that you have given us to keep us a free country.
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Summary: I wish I was there!!!
Review: It was perfect timing for the movie to come out. I did a research paper on "Pearl Harbor" and the movie did have a lot of good facts. In a way I wish I was there in 1941 in the Pacific Fleet. I'm in a program they call an Explorer Program which the current one I'm in is with the Sheriff's Department. Now from what I hear the military has an Explorer program and after researching and watching Pearl Harbor I would like to either join The Navy or The Marines. Watch the movie...It is best on the big screen i will see it a second time on the screen and will buy the video.
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Summary: Pearl Harbor - Not An Epic, Just Longggg
Review: Pearl Harbor has everything: a trite romance, tokenism, a soulless battle with no emotional connection to the suffering, and a three-hour running time. Pearl Harbor isn't a good love story, isn't a good war story, isn't good at anything but playing off cheap sentiment and the lives lost there. If you want a good war story, go spend the money you would have blown on tickets to this garbage on a bottle of wine for a Vietnam vet under a bridge.
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Summary: Pearl Harbor
Review: I thought Pearl Harbor was a really good movie. The action scenes were really cool and it was an overall good movie.
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Summary: over rated
Review: This movie was one of the most anticipated of the year, and therefore has alot to live up to. Needless to say, I found it moderately entertaining at best. The love story, though not extremely far-fetched, was slightly unbelievable and definitely long-winded. The majority of the movie was a very cheesy attempt at a good movie. There is one scene where President Roosevelt stands, some found it moving, but I found it extremely cheesy. All in all, the movie was not worth the three hours of my life I wasted on it, I wish they had a place where you could just view the hour just before, through, and just after the battle. On a positive note: I thought Cuba Gooding Jr. did a very good job with his role and I thought that the battle was convincing. Overall I would give it 3 stars only because of the battleand Mr. Gooding.
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Summary: An Incredable Movie
Review: I have to give it a 10 rating. The romance sequences soften the brutalties of war of which this film captures the moment, as vividly as "Saving Private Ryan". If you want to feel how flying a WW II Fighter would be this is the film for you. As far as the romance is concerned I'm a USMC vet and I shed a few tears at the end. If you want a picture with more realism your gonna have to start your own war.....
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Summary: "Let no man say it CANNOT be done...
Review: ...it MUST be done!" Franklin Roosevelt, 1942 Pearl Harbor, the movie, is on the surface about America's entry into World War II. But underneath the surface, the film is about characters over-coming barriers. Franklin Roosevelt overcame polio to lift a crippled nation from its knees, both during the Great Depression and World War II. Dorie Miller overcame racism to become the first African-American to be awarded the Navy Cross, albeit posthumously. Rafe McCawley overcomes dyslexia to fulfill his dream and become a fighter pilot. Danny Walker overcomes his own terror during the attack and launches his plane to shoot down the Japanese planes. Evelyn Johnson overcomes her horror during the raid and saves lives. This movie may be chock full of "Hollywood cliches," but that doesn't make the story any less valid. The reason these have become cliches in the first place is because they are classic dramatic themes which, when executed as skillfully as they are here, enable an audience to suspend its disbelief. Think of it this way: if World War II had never happenned, would you believe a story about a nation led by a crippled President, its military devastated in a surprise attack, overcoming the odds and winning ultimate victory? Fact is stranger than fiction.
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Summary: Not bad, not bad...but could have been better
Review: Pearl Harbor was an alright movie. Some of the romance parts were way too long and took us away from the real story of the movie. It didn't have the same impact that Titanic or Cast Away had, but a good try. The movie was very predictable and the action took too long too happen. I recommend this movie to people who are patient enough to wait an hour and a half for action to occur,because I was getting restless.
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Summary: Pearl Harbor
Review: Pearl Harbor was a very good movie. It had Romance and Drama which were combined very well. You may hear reviews that say the movie is not good but it was great. The great thing was that it gave many view points of the bombing the Nurses, Pilots, Generals, Japanese, and the Presidents view. The graphics and sound made it fell that you were right their in the cockpit and inside the boats as they were bombed. I am looking forward to going to see it again in theaters and when it comes out on DVD.
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Summary: A Bomb? Well, yes and no......
Review: Pearl Harbor turned out to be the movie I was expecting. Almost no historical accuracy (then again, if you want accuracy--go read a book on it), and a schlocky love triangle/subplot which went horribly bad. One of the saving factors of this film was the outstanding performance of Jon Voight as President Franklin D. Roosevelt. I have seen Mr. Voight in a number of films but, this has to be his most defining role to date, he was utterly convincing in this role! The bombing of Pearl Harbor sequence was excellent, even though you could thoroughly tell it was about 95% computer generated. I would have to give the sound fx a thorough 5 stars, however. The explosions, planes flying all around, and the bullets zipping and zapping everywhere rivaled Private Ryan. Alec Baldwin was his usual stoic self in the role of CDR. Doolittle. However, he also gave a lot of realism to the part, and brought a real war hero back to life. The major stars are what ruined it for me. It was a "let's see how cute our lead actors can be", rather than a Speilberg film that is a "lets get great actors who look the part, rather than flashy cardboard cutouts". Afleck sure as heck wasnt convincing with that so-called accent (by the way, what kind of accent was he trying to attain anyway?). All-in-all, it was an ok film with really good fx. Like I said earlier the sound is excellent (especially in Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, which the theater I saw it in had). But other than that, it falls flat and is really predictable.
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