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Not the worst war film ever made but not the best either
I originally had high hopes for this film. After seeing the vastly superior "Tora,Tora,Tora!" I was looking forward to seeing the attack on Pearl Harbor done with today's special effects.
Unfortunately they had to throw in one of the most ridiculous love stories ever set in a war film.
The plot has to do with two childhood friends who join the Army Air Corps. While going through a physical, Ben Afleck falls in love with Kate Winslet. He then volunteers to go help the British as a fighter pilot and is subsequently shot down and presumed dead. Josh Hartnett (Affleck's best friend) falls in love with her and after months of not hearing from Ben she falls in love with Josh. Ben returns and he and Josh have a big fight...
Anyway the attack sequence was the most exciting part of the movie, it looks and sounds great if you have a home theater and a big screen TV, but if you want to see the sequence in it's entirety I suggest you go with the Vista version it's quite a bit more graphic and would have probably earned the movie an R rating (those folks at Disney probably would have hated that!) as well as all the bonus materials they include:
An interactive timeline of the events leading up to pearl harbor.
Deleted scenes
Blooper reel
Several documentaries on making the film
A great set of post cards with the actors that look like old war posters
Production diaries
The stars at boot camp
And much more....

So if you've got almost three hours to kill and want to see a great action sequence get this set and just chapter skip to the bombing.


Not my favorite movie
I'm not sure what would have made this movie better. Maybe less about the relationships and more about the battle, I suppose. There just wasn't enough action for me. It was all at the end.

Great DVD
** This review is for the 60th Anniversary 2 disc commemorative edition**

The packadging is great, it has a leather type case, the extras are A+, including: The Making of Pearl Harbor, A History Channel Documentary, Faith Hill music Video, THX CERTIFIED, and a DVD Rom Feature.

This movie has many great stars such as: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, and Cuba Gooding, jr.

Serious DVD collectors would prefer the other edition.

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