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Summary: I liked it only for its action sequences
Review: Historically, this may be better than Titanic, but not by much. While I am pleased to see some of the stories of some of the things about World War II get introduced to a new couple of generations, I know that most of the things involving the lead characters is falsely portrayed and Hollywoodesque. I did give my students a recommendation to see the movie so that I could use what they saw as a guideline, but I found myself often wishing that I hadn't due to the misperceptions and inaccuracies I saw historically.As entertainment, it may be, but I could not divorce myself from my feelings of annoyance knowing what I saw was not always the true story.
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Summary: split the rental
Review: Save your money on buying this and rent it instead, unless you are in teen angst. The only thing that this had going for it was certain perspectives of photography (i.e. backend of a Japanese torpedo) - (Japanese zeros used breakaway wooden fins on their torpedos for the shallow Pearl's water and stability guidance) and some niceties of Japanese and American diplomatic/military historical commemtaries. But also this photography - with all it's tech - gives the overall picture too livid and vivid scenario for the 1940's 'feel'. The battle sequences are the only real overall worth, but only by perspective (sailors hanging on to a battleship at near rollover).The love triangle is dated, but it maybe the way of it for young servicemen then. Mild chuckles here.This critique applies to only the movie and not 'Unsung Heroes' - which has better real value.
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Summary: Once again..another movie with great SE but the content ..
Review: ..leaves much to be desired. It is me, or did it feel like you could completely cut out the beginning of the movie with all that romance stuff which bogged the movie down. It was just way, way too long in the set up of the characters. Then the fact that the main female character loves one guy, then his friend, and then back to the original guy just seems kinda tacky especially for something that was set back in the 40's. I'd definitely skip all the character development parts as it was so boring and added nothing to the movie which should've focused more on the actual Pearl Harbor event. When the movie finally gets to it, it becomes more exciting and viable to watch. The special effects during this part are great and definitely top notch. This part is when you actually "feel" for the characters and all the suffering the victims of Pearl Harbor went through. It's definitely not a must see movie if you want a completely watchable movie. Just buy it to watch the Pearl Harbor seen and nothing else which thankfully is pretty long. The rest of the movie is forgettable like how Star Wars The Phantom Menace was only good during the Jedi fight scenes.
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Summary: Great Special Effects, but Lousy Movie
Review: The actual bombing of Pearl Harbor as shown here was incredible. But I wonder why (yes, our intelligence did make mistakes in not picking up on the attack until too late) that most of the U.S. service men are made out to be complete incompetents? There are bombs exploding everywhere, and most of the sailors run around screaming! Were we that badly trained, or did we need Josh Hartnett and Ben Affleck there to help save the day? The love story is completely boring and predictable. Factual inaccuracies abound. For an expensive movie, they sure cut on fact-checkers and script writers! Rent the movie, fast-forward to the attack scenes, and don't waste your time on the rest of this drivel!
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Summary: Pearl Harborable!!!(...)
Review: Thsi movie is around 3 hours long and 2 and a half hours revolves around a sappy pitiful love story. These directors should be asahmed of themselves. This was suppose to explore the most patriotic day of all time. How can this movie envolve such a hidous plot. The action scenes are vivid and great but the rest is absoltely horrible. I think this movie puts our country to shame.
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Summary: Great Movie, Great Cast!
Review: What made this movie even better was the superb casting. Of course everyone knows the setting and plot, but the "story within the story" is very engrossing. It's hard to mix romance and action without one or the other suffering, but here the director did a superb job. The attack sequence at Pearl Harbor was done extremely well and with great attention to detail. You will see camera stunts that are incredible! One of the best parts of the movie is the portrayal of FDR by Jon Voight, and Jimmy Doolittle by Alec Baldwin. The only problem with the movie is that I would have liked to see the dynamic between the main protagonists played out a little more, especially at the end. Otherwise, quite entertaining and well worth the time and money.
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Summary: Hawaii was better!!!
Review: I went to the World Premiere of this movie onboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. I covered the arrival of the survivors and stars of the movie on the red carpet. When I got up to the flightdeck, where the movie was shown. I lasted about 10 minutes before I decided that Hawaii was more interesting, so I left.
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Summary: what garbage!!!!!!
Review: I really can not believe this movie was made, let alone released. I mean this was the worst waste of 3 hours in my life. I have seen some bad movies, but come on. First off the scipt is so weak. It felt like I was watching a junior high school play, written by a 13 year old. The war scenes lacked any kind of excitement, all the typical cliches were here. WHAT A WASTE MONEY.!!!!!!! for all you dvd geeks, the dvd is acutally top quality, great picture, and sound is tight.
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Summary: THE BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME
Review: This is the best movie, and even that's an understatement. It had everything...It made me laugh, cry, and I learned stuff along the way that I didn't before. The cast is amazing and the story line is perfect. I really loved this movie and I think everyone else will too. Plus, it had Josh Hartnett and Ben Affleck, two major hotties, so it can't be all that bad, right?
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Summary: You have to know the movie to love the movie
Review: It was criticized for being "too Hollywood" with a made-for-movies love story around fictional action heroes on what was supposed to be a historical film. Okay, yeah, it has that. But what a lot of people don't understand is that those fictional characters are the mixture of several true Pearl Harbor stories taken directly from the veterans themselves. In fact, nearly everything that happens in the movie has some truth to it. While the characters may have actually been several people in real life, the essence is what the crew was trying to get across. You learn all about this and the veterans in this well put together DVD that should find a little spot in any movie collector's den. This movie is good, especially when you understand there is significance in everything. Even the little dog.
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