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Pearl Harbor Customer Reviews (4 - 6 of 144 Reviews)

Why all the bad reviews?
I saw this movie last night. A friend of mine brought it over because I had been curious about it for quite some time. Before we started it I already had a good idea of what happens. I knew that Josh Hartnett(forgive my spelling!) dies, that he got Kate Beckinsale pregnant and the whole "You're going to be a daddy..." "You are." part.

I really don't see what all the problems are about. I mean, there might be historical errors and all but I really don't give a rip. I love history, but not enough to know every detail of everything that has happened.

I thought this movie was really good. I love Ben Affleck. He was the main reason that I wanted to see the movie. The action was great. And so was the romance. Except for the whole "thinking you were dead" part. I wanted to kick Kate and Josh in the behinds for that. I was furious

All in all it is a really good movie. Maybe I have low standards but I really don't care. I love this movie and plan to buy it soon. Very soon.


An Insult to any Seaman of WWII
Dear God! but I'm glad I'd not seen this abomination earlier and wish I'd never seen it at all. The title is "Pearl Harbor"--which was a NAVY tragedy--but the plot focuses on the trifling issues of the (then) Army Air Force. Had they titled it "Dolittle's Raid", it might more accurately reflect the wretched production. My father, who was on the West Virginia that day (and was represented without name in the movie) must be spinning in his grave. History it is not, nor anything like unto. Entertaining--possibly to those of low or no standards of historical accuracy--but to pretend it reflects anything whatever about the tragedy at Pearl Harbor is a farce worthy only of Hollywood in its cups. Had I the money I would buy up every copy, including originals, and destroy them as a tribute to my father and his NAVY friends who died that day and were passed over by this movie that Sucketh Mightily.


Lean as a Romance--Quite Chilling in the Cinematography!
I think other reviewers really do miss the point--especially the Europeans. Hey, guys, this is an event that happened to America! Isn't it only natural that it be shown from an American point of view? Polish or Russian movies (and English ones!) would show their respective viewpoints, too.

That being said, the romance really is a little trite. What's worse, there's little chemistry between the principals and the girl. Because of too little character development, you really don't care much "who gets the girl." I found it more interesting to ponder the male-male bonding, however; are we viewers supposed to detect some homoeroticism?


But the real strengths of this movie are 1) the battle scenes and 2) the three-strip Technicolor. This was the last movie ever made in Technicolor; one must see the colors to believe them. Brilliant blues and greens (and yellows and oranges!) jump startingly off the screen at the viewer. The battle scenes and the exterior shots in Hawaii promenade this Technicolor most prominently; has a beach shot ever been photographed more beautifully, or a battle shot so realistically?

This movie is worth seeing for the cinematography alone. Forget the silly romance.

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