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Summary: Not Historically Correct
Review: I believe that a film of this caliber requires something Pearl Harbor does not have. The events of that day mean so much to so many people that the film makers owed it to themselves to make a movie based solely on facts, like Black Hawk Down, and not Hollywood fluff. The main attack outline is good, but the love triangle developed in this film did not happen, it was only added so that this film would offer something for both men and women. Making the leading men of this movie seem like heroes that day was a joke. We were never able to mount an air attack and our pilots did not shoot down 7 Jap planes. If not for the special effects, this movie would be unbearable. The acting is not spectacular and Ben Affleck needs to go back to acting school. If you own this DVD, don't waste your money on the new expanded set, it will only bring more disappointment to a film that could have been so much more.
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Summary: the best war move made
Review: pearl harbor, the best movie ever. this DVD is amazing. this has to be in your DVD collection or you will regret it. Ben affleck is great and josh hartnett is two. I call them the best on screen duo.
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Summary: A bomb, as in abomination.
Review: This bit of Hollywood schlock is an insult to history as well as all WWII veterans and their families. The film was made to reach one audience; love-sick pre-fifteen year olds raised on video games, period. If you have any interest at all in learning about the attack on Pearl Harbor, see Tora, Tora, Tora and forget this one.
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Summary: Bad Director, Heel! Sit!
Review: Many others have detailed the awesome badness of this film, so I won't list all the numerous problems Michael Bay has brought to the screen, however, two things trouble me after watching this disaster last night.1. The same Japanese actors played the same roles in 1970's Tora! Tora! Tora! You'd think somebody'd promoted them by now. But maybe the Japanese Imperial Fleet is a slow-promoting organization. 2. As a father, I can definately tell you that somebody with Kate Beckinsale's figure who has conceived in December would not be wearing a tight dress in April. Nor would she still be in the Navy in 1942. Armmegdon was so much fun. What happened here? I suppose messing with the future is easier than messing with the past. I blame Michael Bay. This movie is so bad for so long. A Director's cut? What did he leave out? Guadalcanal? Tarawa? Monte Casino? Why not show Hiroshima where we showed the world what happens when you disrupt our back nine on Sunday morning?
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Summary: An Awesome Movie!
Review: I have always been intrested in the whole story about Pearl Harbor. Then, to my amazement, the movie comes out on film. I ran to go buy it. This movie is fantastic, and has great special effects. Not only is this movie entertainin, it's educational also.
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Summary: Very emotional and dramatic movie
Review: I love this movie. It is a really good war movie. The story is about 2 young boys who grew up together and how they went to war together. It is a romantic, dramatic, and thrilling movie all at once. The actors were great, and the end was very emotionally moving. I cried when "Danny" died. It is a must, 10x better than Titanic.
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Summary: Titanic in the skies
Review: Pearl Harbor is just like Titanic. Both movies tell the story of a terrible true-life events. To make it interesting, they throw it a love triangle that is destined to end in tragedy. For somereason, everyone loved Titanic while Pearl Harbor was loathed by critics. I liked Pearl Harbor better, but not by much. The action and special effects are great and Pearl Harbor has nothing to be ashamed of in this regard. I do believe the movie needed a human interest story to make us care more about the characters. But that is where this movie fails. They try to hard to create conflict between Afleck and Hartnett, when there is already enough conflict around. There should have been one man and one woman, with the coflict revolving around whether or not he survives. This is a good movie but not one I would want to see again. Still it is better than the overrated Titanic.
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Summary: Director's Cut?
Review: I actually enjoyed this movie, so I won't bother with the negative reviews of it from critics and viewers. In the VISTA version, I wanted to see what the director's cut would include, plus the extras that come with the higher price. I was largely, but not entirely, satisfied. Unlike that of the 60th Anniversary Edition that came out in December 2001, the packaging of the VISTA version was clumsy and less durable. The storage section for the four DVDs was not very convenient to open and close. The booklet that came with my copy was already falling apart. Apparently, the glue holding it together dried up or something. Some of the extras were welcomed, like the four postcards. But others make one think if the extra money you ponied up to get this version was worth what you got in return. Inside the front cover, there is a copy of the speech President Roosevelt gave in declaring war on Japan. Holding together the four postcards is what appears to be part of a belt buckle. Are these the best that Touchstone can manage for the higher price? I would have preferred that the movie itself fit on one disc, and include a significant amount of never-before-seen footage. But the only new stuff were the slightly more vulgar language and additional gore. One would expect more from a director's cut. Nonetheless, the extra features inside the DVDs largely make up for the VISTA version's shortcomings and the extra money spent.
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Summary: An assault on history.
Review: This movie plays too fast and loose with history. It's a farce trying to pretend it's a drama. Why do we see Navy nurses doing routine nursing tasks for Army pilots? The Army had its own nurses. Where were they at the beginning of the movie? Are we to actually believe that Army fighter pilots re-trained to fly B-25's off a carrier deck in the brief interval between December 1941 and April 1942? How convenient to lay hands on that well-made coffin for Ben Affleck to bring back from Doolittle's raid. And the availability of real-time communications for the folks back home to monitor? Get serious. This movie is a joke.
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Summary: Titanic-Wannabee
Review: This movie was terrible. They tried to imitate Titanic, but there was some vital things missing:
1) No chemistry between the actors. I honestly cannot believe that Affleck and Beckinsale are in love. Nowhere compares to Rose and Leo.
2) Terrible acting
3) Overdramatic- slow motion should be outlawed
4) A SLLLOOW beginning
5) Cannot relate to characters
The ONLY reason I gave it 2 stars is for the special effects; they are actually quite good. But that's it. Don't waste your money.
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