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Summary: People have been brainwashed by critics
Review: First of all, let me tell you this Pearl Harbor is a film by Micheal Bay, what they do is to make an at least breathtaking movie that entertains the audience, because they things for the audience!, and tell me is Pearl Harbor as bad as many people say?
No, it isn't, many people say is corny because of it's dialouge and love story, hey it tries to give us a look at the 1940's, that kind of dialouge was preety much said on those times, and the love story, hey i think that the love triangle was very effective, though it could have worked better in the Hal Hartley style, but hey at least is watchable! unlike the cheesey love story in Titanic which looked heavily sadical and looked more like a dark comedy with James Cameron's direction and James Horner's cheesey music, the special effects in Pearl Harbor are the real treat, they are more real than most movies today, the acting was really good, but i think that Cuba Gooding Jr's character deserves more screentime, but the perfomance of Jon Voight is very real.
What critics use is really obvious, when they see that a film is going to be a really big hit they trash it, they consider it as an idiocy, but then you go see the movie and you like it and then you are an idiot, the answer from them will be yes, because they consider themselves experts, they are experts on trashing things, and is a great thing they didn't trash "Harry Potter","The Lord of the Rings" and "Shrek"
Have a nice day
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Summary: Great Reenactment of History!
Review: I really enjoyed Pearl Harbor because of the special effects, but without the great plot, they wouldn't have mattered. I thought the actors and actresses chosen for the film were great. They delivered excellent performances and I actually understood what, with some exceptions, really happened on that fateful December day.
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Summary: Put Your Mind On Hold
Review: By announcing itself as absolutely, irreproachably authentic and realistic when it is obviously anything but, PEARL HARBOR doesn't so much invite invite criticism as flat-out begs for it. Both story and script are a mixture of Hollywood stereotype and bad dialogue. At one point during the attack at Pearl Harbor, a character says, "I think World War II just started!" and this is rather typical of the movie as a whole: obviously improbable, assuming the audience knows nothing, and flogging every cliché to the nth degree. Even so, the lead actors have enough appeal and some of those stereotypes and cliches are still powerful enough to keep the film watchable, and the battle sequences are visually impressive.PEARL HARBOR is a soap opera concerning a love triangle between two friends and a beautiful navy nurse. This plot line, which occupies the first third of the film, asks us to believe the proverbial six impossible things before breakfast and predictably reaches a peak just in time for the Japanese attack. The second third of the film shows the attack itself. I cannot say how accurate the film is in its details of the assault (although I did have enough sense to wonder what happened to the second wave); it is, however, excitingly filmed and it is easily the most successful portion of the film. And yet, it is here the film falls completely apart by allowing our two male leads to usurp the roles of the two real-life men who actually managed to get planes off the ground. Predictably, our heros perform all sorts of acrobatics, blow Japanese Zeros all over the sky, and survive to return to the woman they love: Hollywood unreality at its most ludicrous. The last third of the film is total nonsense. Our two pilots (who have by now been childhood friends, gone to flight school together, become pilots together, fallen in love with the same woman together, and survived Pearl Harbor together) are now asked to volunteer for the Doolittle Raid on Japan--and by this point viewers may actually begin to wonder why they are bothering with the nurse. They seem more like lovers than buddies. Ultimately, the film is affecting almost in spite of itself, but you have to put your mind on total hold to enjoy it. It isn't "THE" Pearl Harbor film--that title still properly belongs to "Tora! Tora! Tora!" The DVD contains a History Channel documentary re Pearl Harbor that is very good, a "Making Of" documentary that is disgracefully and distastefully self-congratulatory, and a number of other extras, some of which you will need a computer to access. The picture quality and sound are excellent throughout. Sadly, the movie itself is not.
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Summary: Not actually about Pearl Harbor...
Review: This film wasn't actually about Pearl Harbor but about a love story centering around flat characters that I didn't care about. Cuba Gooding Jr. didn't get much more than five minutes onscreen which was somewhat of a letdown. However, I must say that the actual attack was spectacularly well created.
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Summary: Too proud to be good.
Review: The only thing this movie is worth to watch for is battle-scenes. But there only something about 40 minutes of them. And another part is Titanic-like story of love. But worse. In every part you may predict what will be next. Too much of pathos. 3 stars with really big "minus". Only for battle scenes.
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Summary: I dont know which was worse, the actual event or this movie?
Review: I am never one to trust the advice of critics. Although everybody trashed this movie for it's misplaced love story and excessive plot building, I had to see it for myself. I am sad to say that the critics were 100% right. I am a huge bruckheimer fan, and I think it was a disservice for him to make this movie. I know that Ben Affleck needed to go to rehab. It might have been because he was in this movie...
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Summary: The best movie of all time
Review: Pearl harbor is the best movie of all time. Not only does it have hot Actors in it. See i'm the kinda person he really doesn't get History but this movie i reamber the date it took place i reamber the speach Franklen D. Rosevelt ask any of my friends i love this movie this is the best movie ever at the end i still cry. If any one was thinking abotu buying this movie you should because it has a great story behind it.This mnovie is for everyone if u like romance they have people in love in the movie but if you ant to kin on romance there is action in it too. For me i liked both it is a very sad and happy movie together. I love this movie and i would rather watch a very good movie and if u need a good cry.
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Summary: Awesome Special Effects
Review: I thought this movie was excellent. Although it was much better on the big screen, I still enjoyed the video version. The actual historical timeline was acurately followed, and the actual attack itself was by far the best part of the film. I was happy to see that when the Arizona was hit, it was done correctly with the bomb penetrating the forward magazine instead of the myth of the bomb going down the smokestack. Perhaps the best part of the movie was the capsizing of the Oklahoma. I also enjoyed the Eagle Squadron scenes from England. I didn't care too much for the romance side of the movie, but it is excellent for history and special effects buffs.
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Summary: Huge Dissappointment
Review: As a history and WWII movie buff, I was so completely dissappointed in this pathetic attempt to tell the Pearl Harbor story. The only people that will truly enjoy this movie are those that think special effects are what make a movie good. There were excellant visuals in the bombing scenes but that was only part of what this movie was supposed to be about. The character development was terrible. Cuba Gooding had no actual role in this film and it does a great injustice to the man that actually lived that role. It almost seemed an afterthought to have his character in the movie at all. Secondly, the whole love story really took away from what the movie was intended to be about, namely a tribute to the men and women that died at Pearl Harbor. There are very few facts in this story, with the important history lessons glazed over very rapidly. The director of this movie relies solely on visual effects to carry it, and then adds this horrible, and completely unbelievable love story, to bring it an audience that would normally not be interested in a typical war flick. Imagine if Charlie Sheen had fallen in love in the jungles of Vietnam during Platoon......To make the whole love story worse is that is is so completely cheesy, my wife and I had the plot and ending figured out within 15 minutes of the start of the movie. This movie was a complete sell out for money and he did a disservice to the men and women that paid a price defending this country.
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Summary: Worst movie of the year?? No way!
Review: Despite other reviews you may have read, I'm here to tell you that "Pearl Harbor" is NOT one of the worst movies of the year. It's unfathomable to even say it! Yes the movie's long, but does that make it bad? No way. Ben Affleck is in it...does that make it bad? No way. Unfortunantely those two reasons seem to be the ONLY reasons it's getting worst pic reviews. People keep compairing it to "Titanic" and I think that has a lot to do with it's bad reviews. Well, I'm going to tell you why I think it's one of the best and not the bomb most people are perceiving it to be. After reading and hearing countless bad reviews of the movie, I decided to go and rent the movie and see for myself if it was really as bad as everyone was saying. I found the acting superb and the visual effects stunning. The bombing was so vivid that I thought I was right there in the middle of it. It doesn't look at all fake and it's hard to tell whether the scenes were shot on a lot or in the actual Pearl Harbor itself. And the casting was right on the money. Aside from the lead actors, you've got a supporting cast that consists of Jon Voight (in a dead-on FDR impression), Cuba Gooding Jr., Jennifer Garner and Alec Baldwin, amoung others. I also enjoyed the love story between the characters portrayed by Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, and Josh Hartnett. It's so sad to see the emotions Kate's character, Lt. Evelyn Johnson, runs through when she thinks boyfriend, Captain Rafe McCawley (Affleck), has died. It's also very interesting to see the effects his return has on her budding relationship with best friend, Captain Danny Walker (Hartnett). The ending will surprise you, I promise. It's very touching and had me crying for about 10 minutes after the movie ended. The lifelong friendship between Rafe and Danny is so special and only adds to the movie's appeal. Aside from the movie, the special features the 2-set DVD offers is amazing. You get the following: "Journey To The Screen: The Making of Pearl Harbor", The History Channel's Documentary "Unsung Heros" (which in itself is worth the price of the DVD), and Faith Hill's soaring theme song/video "There You'll Be". After watching the documentary and the "Making Of..", I promise that you'll have a greater respect for the movie and more importantly the people who actually lived through the Pearl Harbor events. It's very moving to relive that day with survivors and to hear the stories of those who died. In short, "Pearl Harbor" is a great movie. So before you dismiss this movie, go rent it and decide for yourself like I did. I think you'll find that it's not one of the worst movies of the year, but one of the best. God Bless America! Remember December 07, 1941! Gennie Bailey-Rogers
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