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A more patriotic director's cut , a tribute to Pearl Harbor.
It was the second worst attack in american history second only to September 11th, 2001.And like Sept, 11th no one could
have realized what would happen on that December 7th in 1941
on a cloudy but sunny day that would be forever soaked red ,
with blood and the bodies of the fallen navy sailors that
would pay the ultimate price on that day.It is these men who
the veterans that are alive would say are the real hero's it
this hulking 4 disk version that director Micheal Bey wishes
to pay tribute to them.It is the biggest DVD in history shows
everything from informative documentaries to footage on the
making of this spare no expense movie.

But it is director Micheal Bey's new cut of Pearl Harbor
his rated R version that makes this movie shine absolutely
shunned by criticts about it's sappy love story and that may
be all but true.But the attack sequence is even more realistic
given the graphic detail that has been put back into it fast
and quick footage but in any way as graphic as Saving Private
Ryan or Black Hawk Down.Now the day of infamy can be seen in
horrifying prespective as the movie should only be shown to
honor those men that sacrificed and experienced the horror's
on the sea's of the pacific.They must be remembered in any
and every way we can because they sacrificed for us for our
flag for our country we owe it to them to tell the real story
weither it be hollywood or documentary you will get a well
done fair amount of both here as it should be watch and see
and remember your world war 2 veterans always remember them
if it wasn't for them we would not be here.

Highly Underrated war film
I went into this movie expecting it to be a waste of three hours, I came out stunned. With many comparisons being made to Titanic, this film far surpasses its extremely overrated predecessor. The movie's love story is far better than the cliche ridden schlock of Titanic. The care free relationship of Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale was reminiscent of the attitude in the time preceding December 7th, and then that of Josh Hartnett and Beckinsale just added more to the Drama of Hartnett's and Affleck's friendship and than added a bit during the battle and aftermath as well.
Onto the attack scene of Pearl Harbor, quite simply put, wow. The drama and intensity rivals that of the opening scene in Saving Private Ryan. Anyone who writes it off as simple special effects is incorrect. The attack scene perfectly depicts the confusion and the horrors one would imagine happened that early morning December 7th despite minor inaccuracies.
In conclusion, the movie may not be oscar caliber, but it was certainly very well made. The attack scene is one of the most spectacularily put together war scenes in film history and the romance certainly didn't hurt the film. If you haven't seen the movie yet I highly recommend you rent it.

A Bomb? Well, yes and no......
Pearl Harbor turned out to be the movie I was expecting. Almost no historical accuracy (then again, if you want accuracy--go read a book on it), and a schlocky love triangle/subplot which went horribly bad. One of the saving factors of this film was the outstanding performance of Jon Voight as President Franklin D. Roosevelt. I have seen Mr. Voight in a number of films but, this has to be his most defining role to date, he was utterly convincing in this role! The bombing of Pearl Harbor sequence was excellent, even though you could thoroughly tell it was about 95% computer generated. I would have to give the sound fx a thorough 5 stars, however. The explosions, planes flying all around, and the bullets zipping and zapping everywhere rivaled Private Ryan. Alec Baldwin was his usual stoic self in the role of CDR. Doolittle. However, he also gave a lot of realism to the part, and brought a real war hero back to life. The major stars are what ruined it for me. It was a "let's see how cute our lead actors can be", rather than a Speilberg film that is a "lets get great actors who look the part, rather than flashy cardboard cutouts". Afleck sure as heck wasnt convincing with that so-called accent (by the way, what kind of accent was he trying to attain anyway?). All-in-all, it was an ok film with really good fx. Like I said earlier the sound is excellent (especially in Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, which the theater I saw it in had). But other than that, it falls flat and is really predictable.

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