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Summary: ABSOLUTE RUBBISH!!
Review: This is possibly the worst film that i've ever seen,in that it's long,boring,sentimental,disgustingly cheesy and expensive. Yet it failed to move,impress or inform me! If in my country they were to make a film like this about the Battle of Britain they would be crucified, yet audiences put up with this 3 hour "epic" of utter rubbish and wasted money!
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Summary: Don't pay attention to the critics!
Review: To all those people who have said this movie is full of cliches, I have to ask - have any of you actually opened a history book, or better yet, spoken with a World War II veteran? I saw this movie with my grandfather, who was actually at Pearl Harbor, and this movie touched both of us in a way that critics obviously can't grasp. Don't they understand that those "cliches" were really how it was back then? It was life or death during that time. Couples didn't know if they'd ever see each other again. The movie "Pearl Harbor" captured that desperate feeling. I have to think that anyone who gives this movie a bad review mistakenly went to a screening of Tora! Tora! Tora! instead.
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Summary: Another Piece of Trash from of Hollywood
Review: Its been awhile since I walked out of a movie and said, "My God, that was horrible." This film had good cinematography and that was it. The love story was cheezy and extremely predictable and reminded me of Castaway and about a 100 other movies. If this is the movie of the summer I might have to stop watching movies because i was thoroughly disgusted. This movie, like so many other war movies, is extremely ahistorical. Pearl Harbor portrays the Japanese way too softly, as if they were just noble people defending their homeland, while in fact they committed atrocities in China that were worse than the Nazis. This is what Hollywood produces, and I guess its what people want, but if you have any intelligence whatsoever you'll recognize this as yet another piece of trashy, predictable, lame filmmaking.
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Summary: Pearl Harbor- not a bomb!
Review: This movie was terrific! The story and the action were exactly what I was looking for. I'm glad I could see the amazing effects of the bombing in the theatre- it gives you full feeling like you're there with the characters. The love story was one of the best since TITANIC. I loved this movie, and I can guarantee you that I will buy this movie when it comes out!
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Summary: Awesome movie!!
Review: This movie was a excellent movie yea the love story was a little slow but it was way better than the movie titanic. i dont care what the critics say they never like anything good. this was one of the best movies i have ever seen.
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Summary: Loved This Movie!!!!
Review: When I left the theater after watching Pearl Harbor I thought "What an amazing movie." I can honestly rank this as one of my favorites and I have seen many films. I thought that Ben Affleck did a great job while Josh Hartnett really is the true stand out as his sweet friend Danny. I also thought that Kate Beckinsale was a great choice for Evelyn. The movie is a bit over three hours and I enjoyed every minute. I really left the theater caring about these characters, having to remind myself that it was just a movie. The special effects were truely amazing yet the love story really made the viewer care about what was going on during the attack on Pearl Harbor. If you like great film with a lot of heart go see this movie. These actors do a fine job bringing their characters alive. Three cheers for everyone involved. I think this is a fitting tribute to the people that lost their lives that fateful day.
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Summary: Simply *SUPERB*! How else to describe this timeless gem?!
Review: In it's relatively short life, this film has established itself as one of my all-time favourite films... displacing other action/drama/romantic, blockbuster hits (including the timeless cross-generational 'Gone With the Wind', which is *not* a comparison I have ever been impertinent enough to make before now).Within 'Pearl Harbour', the acting is simply superb, (unlike most big-budget Yankee blockbusters). British Actress Kate Beckinsale, (Nurse Lieutenant Evelyn Stewart), sports a flawless American accent and shines as nurse Evelyn amid a superb cast including Ben Affleck (Captain Rafe McCawley), Josh Hartnett, (Captain Danny Walker), Jon Voight, (President Franklin Roosevelt), Alec Baldwin, (Lt. Colonel Jimmy Doolittle), and Cuba Gooding Jr, (Petty Officer Doris "Dorie" Miller). Unlike 'Titanic', there is no outrageous overacting amongst the lead characters. The 'romance', (centring upon a tried and tested recipe), a wartime love-triangle between Affleck, Hartnett and Beckinsale is suitably paced to climax as the Japanese zeros appear on the harbour horizon. Sure, some historical facts have been overlooked in the telling (as indeed, they were in 'Gone With the Wind' as far as the American Civil War was concerned), but the special effects and the aerial combat sequences blew me away... inspiring me to learn more about this pivotal event in war-time history. Basically, 'Pearl Harbour' is the American equivalent of Australia's plight at 'Gallipolli'. It has been treated with the respect I feared it would lack before viewing it. When I first heard of inaugural filming preparations for 'Pearl Harbour' around the April of 2000, (back when Gene Hackman was named as a potential leading character... presumably as Lt. Colonel Doolittle), my first comment was, 'this flick will be panned by the critics' as indeed it has been since release... since it's conception in fact. It focuses upon themes which universal audiences love yet most of the more critics detest, unashamedly nationalist patriotism included. Yet this film has proven them spectacularly wrong ('Pearl Harbour' being the second-largest opening earner after 'Jurassic Park'). Indeed, Pearl Harbour will age well, unlike 'Titanic' (I personally believe), for the story is enough to stand on it's own... take away the bombing and I would remain suitably entertained throughout. My only criticisms would include, (as a biased, patriotic Australian), the intense 'Americanisation' of W.W.II. Sure, the Eagle squadron (consisting of American volunteer pilots) was employed with success during the Battle of Britain, but the Yanks did not outshine the Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans, Indians nor even the Poles proceeding 1941. Nevertheless, Affleck establishes himself as the ace of the Battle of Britain, (although the seriousness of the dire situation in Britain at the time of Hitler's [Luftwaffe] raids is accurately portrayed). I have seen this film twice and will probably go again. I will own it on DVD eventually. I would recommend it to anyone... a *perfect* score!
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Summary: Pearl Harbor
Review: I have just seen this film in England and have to say I don't know what other people expect from a film. If I wanted a film full of facts surely this would be a documentry and I would be better served watching the history channel. I found this film very enjoyable. I also took my 12 year old daughter to see this so she could see and understand some of the history behind the War. If you do not take children to see these films they will soon forget that these things happened. If it was too factual she would have got bored. She has since been to see it again with a friend and we all cannot wait for it to come out on DVD. Excellant film and recommend you see it and make your own mind up. Read the book by Randall Wallace as this is also excellant.
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Summary: Pearl Harbor-Titanic & Saving Private Ryan in 1; not as good
Review: This movie gets 2 stars for the following reasons: The movie started out slow. The first hour is watching Affleck and Beckinsale fall in love, Affleck going away, Harnett and Beckinsale falling in love thinking Affleck is dead....a good plot thought but little too much (an hour?-that's almost another movie). Well then it gets to the action. This part of the movie was superb. The bombing itself was well put together and detailed, keeping your attention interlocked to the screen. Voight, Gooding Jr, and the rest give good performances here. It was not as graphic as Saving Private Ryan, but was portrayed etremely well. Then the last hour is more of the love triangle with an thrown in American-friendly ending with the bombing of Tokyo.. If this was 2 movies (love triangle & the bombing of Pearl Harbor) they might get better ratings, but it's not what i was expecting to see, and if the movie was actually focused on Pearl Harbor and not the triangle it would have gotten 4 stars.
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Summary: Well worth three hours...
Review: After hearing many poor reviews on Pearl Harbor, I was not excited about going to see it. After seeing the movie, I am utterly confused on how such an incredible movie can receive such terrible reviews. I think that people go into the film looking for a total war movie, similar to Saving Private Ryan or Tora Tora Tora, and do not understand that this film is supposed to set these events in a personal level. The movie is meant to help people today understand how the war affected real people living in it, not just to portray the blood and guts of battle. That has been done. I feel that Pearl Harbor had unbelievable action sequences, a touching love story and was very well acted and put together. how those bombing scenes are portrayed and recreated is unbelievable. I have seen the movie 4 times now and would gladly go again. I recommend it to anyone who has a heart and I know you will love it!
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