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Terrible, Terrible Movie
This is one of the worst WWII movies I have ever seen. Very overrated. If you want to see an outstanding WWII movie, go see Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List. Intelligent movies that are very historically accurate. Don't go waste your money on this piece of crap.

Worst WWII movie ever!
This one the worst WWII movies I have ever seen in my life. If you think this movie is good then read a history book. This movie is so wretched it makes some of the WWII propaganda movies put out by both sides look good. The future is here and it's banal.

Some of the people who like this movie didn't like "Tora, Tora, Tora". What can you say to that? There are people who like Kool-aid instead of a good wine. Paris Hilton would like the movie "Pearl Harbor".

This movie makes little sense and has poor special effects. You get to watch computer generated Zero fighters dance across the screen. Yep, nothing is more convincing than a bad cartoon. The movie takes four old Perry frigates and puts them on fire. The real Pearl Harbor ships, like Arizona class battleships, look as much like a Perry class frigate as a 1920s Ford dump truck looks like a '80s era Ford Mustang. The only people who are fooled are the uninformed.

There is only one - count it one - good special effect in this movie. That is when the battleship USS Oklahoma capsizes. And a good viewer will just wish that was spliced in with "Tora, Tora, Tora".

There are many out takes in this movie that are directly ripped off from "Tora, Tora, Tora." About half of the air field attacks were taken from that movie.

Bottom line here, folks. Pearl Harbor does not just suck, it blows. Ben Afflect is a pretty boy and is not convincing as a good military officer. His best movie is "Mall Rats" and he fits that part. Josh Hartnett redeems himself with the movie "Blackhawk Down", one of the best war flicks ever made. In Pearl Harbor movie he is terrible. Perhaps his pay check didn't clear the bank, who knows? Then there is John Vought as FDR? Please. He should be on Mission Impossible.

If you like this movie then stick with your MTV. Paris Hilton will be calling to see if you want to go dancing. Kool-aid served with ice and a peanut butter sandwich is pretty good.

If you really like historal movies then get "Tora, Tora, Tora", a five star movie. If you want to find about Pearl Harbor then read "At Dawn we Slept" by Gordon Prange.

If you want to see raw hate on a movie then surf to steelnavy.com and post on the discussion board how you liked "Pearl Harbor". It would be like hitting a hornet's nest with a stick. Every time you hit "refresh" on your computer window you'll get to watch the posted hate messages multiply.

This movie would get a minus Star, if possible. It is a black hole of a movie. It takes in perfectly good ideas, actors, and turns it into a blackness. It's terrible.

The worst thing is we can expect to see more movies like this in the future.

C'mon People, Give It Some Credit !
Yes, Ben Affleck actually did appear in a few good movies, and one of them is Pearl Harbor. After reading through so many reviews posted on Amazon.com I have to say that the ratings for this film seem to be the most divided I've ever seen and I'm rather disappointed in the unfavorable ones.

Why? It's the reasons so many give for disapproving, attacking it for being too romantic instead of being a true war film and quibbling about a minor historical inaccuracy or two. My words to the jeerers is that we're sorry if it wasn't the kind of film you wanted it to be so please don't insult those of us who watched it with an open mind and enjoyed it.

Too formulatic? Perhaps, but that doesn't necessarily make for a bad movie. Not horrific enough? Well, not all of us can bear to see the gritty realism of Saving Private Ryan all over again.

Indeed, Pearl Harbor succeeds on its own merits other than just the spectacular special effects. Watch it and appreciate it for what it is (a love story in a wartime setting) and not for what you expected!

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