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Summary: Insulting to veterans.
Review: This cartoonish 'film' was even edited in foreign markets, to increase sales. In Japan, Japanese involement in this attack was toned down in the movie! This is truly disgusting, a slap in the face to veterans and to history. FDR gets up from his wheelchair? I think he's rolling in his grave.
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Summary: I don't know..it's good and bad (if that makes any sense)...
Review: O.K...first of all, this is a review of the movie. I'm not reviewing anything for it's historical accuracy, or anything like that...just it's PURE ENTERTAINMENT VALUE. Now, on to my review : )I'll just say it, the love story HACKED me off...BAD. Maybe I am one of the few left with some morals in this world, but the whole "my-true-love-just-died, so-now-let-me-go-bone-his-best-friend" angle did not work for me at all. First off...IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 1941! By the way the characters conducted themselves, you would think it was set in the here and now. I found myself not liking them. I wasn't interested at all in that part of the movie. The whole thing was very predictable. But...the attack floored me. I realize it may not have been 100% accurate, but I never realized how horrible things must have been at Pearl Harbor that day. I cried the WHOLE time. Since we in the U.S.(and actually worldwide) have seen the WTC tragedy, things that have happened in our history have taken on more meaning & reality for me. It's sad that it took something like 9/11 to open my eyes. Ok...I'm done. In summary--the attack scenes were mind blowing, and the love story...well, it just blew. : )
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Summary: Bad & beautiful
Review: With this over-polished, commercial representation of American history, director Michael Bay and his sponsor Jerry Bruckheimer have given us an 'event' picture that is, in typical Bay and Bruckheimer fashion, a mindless, artistically arid film that runs twice as long as its material deserves. An event as important as the attack on Pearl Harbor is done an injustice when its inherent gravity and drama is stuck in the backseat in favor of a trite, cliched love triangle saturated with gloss and bloated self-importance. "Pearl Harbor" works for the 30 minute sequence in the film's middle when the Japanese attack, but is mind-numbingly bad for its other 150 minutes, when all attention is placed on the shoulders of the picture perfect, overly beautiful triangle of Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale. It is all predictable and shallow, and filled with dialogue that is as original and intelligent as a loaf of Wonder Bread. "Pearl Harbor" fails as history, falls flat as romance and drama, and lacks even a drop of intelligence or creativity. It is well photographed, and technically competent, especially in the attack sequence; but on the whole, it is a monstrous, over-inflated failure.
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Summary: A Movie Must-See
Review: Pearl Harbor is my all time favorite movie! It is an action filled love story. I dragged my husband with me, and he loved it. It is about Two character Rafe (Ben Affleck)and Danny (Josh Hartnett. Two men in the U.S. Navy. At the beginning of the story Rafe ralls in love with Evelyn, one of the nurses. It goes on, but I wouldn't want to ruin the movie. At the time I went to see it I was pregnant with my second son. My first son's name was Ben. I loved this movie so much we even name our second son Josh.We thought they could be named after Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett, who play Rafe and Danny. If you have not seen this movie, I highly recomend it.
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Summary: Pearl Harbor: one of the greatest movies of 2001
Review: I feel that Pearl Harbor is an amazing movie. I must admitt that before I saw it I felt it would be a long, dragged out, and boring movie. But once I sat down and watched it, I was very glad I had. It makes you laugh, cry, and keeps you on the edge off your seat for a couple action scences. It demonstartes what a horrible and terrible tradegy Pearl Harbor actually was. The acting in this movie is very well done. The filming in this movie is great. The special effects are wonderfully done and it makes you feel like you were right in the middle of the bombing. Teenage girls may be attracted to this movie more than others, but it is still a great movie for everyone. The war scences satisfy the hunger for action; the love triangle plot fufills any romantic's need for love. The history illustrated in this spectacular movie is one of tragedy but demonstrates te true strength of america. I suggest you watch it and make your own personal decision, but in my opinion Pearl Harbor is most definatly worht the 3 hours and 3 minutes.
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Summary: Terrible movie!!
Review: Terrible movie and an insult to the actual event!! Nuff' said!! Go America!!!!
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Summary: You People Are Nuts!
Review: Wait! A war movie that has a sub plot outside of the war itself? And THIS is what the majority of you who do not like the movie are complaining about? Pearl Harbor is a movie that can appeal to a large audience without taking away from history itself, and it has a very good reproduction/reenactment of a major event. What is so God awful about that? New Year's Eve 2001 - 2002 saw my wife and me, and our four children, settling down to watch the DVD of Pearl Harbor for the very first time. We were so engulfed in this movie that we missed the countdown to the new year! Well worth the price of purchase, and one that we will watch on December 7th for years to come!
God Bless those men who died in the actual event, as this movie brought home the fact that Pearl Harbor is more than just a date on the calendar, just as 'Saving Private Ryan' did for D-Day. And even though the events happened 60 years ago, the heroic acts of our men in uniform (and the cowardly act of the Japs way back then) are just as pertinent today (especially after September 11) as ever.
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Summary: "Pearl Harbor" is a movie that MAY live in infamy!
Review: Show-stopping special effects and production design cannot save this multi-million dollar turkey. The love story triangle is boring, sentimental and insipid (just count how many times characters sigh at each other)and some of the lines are right out of WWII propaganda films of the 1940's (Alec Baldwin's pumped up speech to Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett about "making America believe in victory" takes the cake).
Disney's Touchstone studios produced the film, which simplifies history to such an extent that the script could be read to 2nd graders. Haven't we learned more about this event over the years? I guess not, according to Hollywood. "Tora! Tora! Tora!" made in 1970 still takes the honors as the definitive Pearl Harbor film. If you want more factual data, go to a National Geographic video program. But if you want to be dumbed down to and assaulted by never-ending (albeit impressive) pyrotechnics, watch this film.
Lastly, the only scene missing was Ben Affleck taking his adopted son to Disneyland at the end of the film. That would have been the perfect touch to an very imperfect film.
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Summary: Lighten Up!
Review: For months in advance of my seeing this movie, all I heard was negative this...negative that. Well, I can tell you one thing, this movie isn't all that bad. What I find more objectionable are all the armchair critics - many of which have showered us with their "knowledge" of movie making below - who, for whatever reason, have an axe to grind against this movie. Look, get a grip! If you wanted a documentary, why are you going to the theater? That's never been Hollyweird's strength. The fact is they spin fantasy better than anything else, with occasional references to historical fact. This movie has reasonable tempo, excellent special effects and a very nicely woven story line (if loose with the facts of history). For those that think the love story is old hat, well all I can say is - if you want an original love story, write it yourself! The easiest job on the planet is that of the critic, and God knows we're replete with critics. I liked the way this movie tied together historical events, even if the portrayal of those events wasn't true to form. Hey, The Longest Day - long considered the definitive D-Day movie is hardly factually accurate. But, it's still a good movie. Saving Private Ryan is likewise loose with the facts - but generally speaking - the movie's goal was to convey the sense of what it was like to be there. It, like Pearl Harbor, ties many smaller stories that occurred on that day in history together so that the movie and it's characters have cohesion. You can't accomplish that jumping all over the place telling 3000 separate stories that occurred on a single day. You do it by funneling all of those facinating little stories into a small group of characters and you view "history" from that perspective. Anyone that expects, or thinks that Hollywood should start spinning out documentaries has a very slippery grip on reality's already frayed rope. If you want the facts, seek out and talk at length with WWII vets. Many of those that I've approached are reluctant at first, but when I express my undying gratitude for their tremendous sacrifices, they usually return the favor by sharing bits and pieces of their experience. Many vets that refused in the past to talk about the horrors of that war are now speaking out - I think to make sure people don't forget how bad things can get - before they all move on to reunite with their fallen comrades. This movie is better than most of the "critics" are telling you. If you doubt me, go see it, then come back and tell me I'm wrong!
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Summary: MORE TO Come
Review: This movie is just...wonderful. The reasons apart from the fact that it is well made, well invisioned by the director, and well performed by the actors...comes from our history, and our present day terror. This tells a young generation about the LAST time we were caught with our pants down. The feeling the viewer gets while watching the film as well as, the special features...is " overpowering "...we NOW can really FEEL the fear.
My only problem with this package is...when will it be publicly announced that a whole NEW package will be released in
May? And, why do these distrbutors keep releasing the same films, making us buy them over and over again. This NEXT version, will have even MORE Special Features. And I will buy THAT edition TOO! Even sacred ground like this is "useable" to make more money. THIS time...I'll fall for it.
But will the distributers PLEASE get their acts together. Don't use us like this...release it all the FIRST TIME...
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