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Worth Your Time
Pearl Harbor is enjoyable, entertaining, and overall very well done. Among the notable performances was that of the actor who portrayed President Rosevelt-marvelous job! The scenes of the actual attack are powerful and realistic. Few historical inaccuracies do not take away from the impact of the movie-it is a deep emotional reminder of the devastation, death and destruction that took place in Pearl Harbor. Thankfully, the viewer is spared the graphic and morbid scenes found in Saving Private Ryan which left nothing to the imagination.

The movie includes an obligatory love story which is very trite and predictable, however the relationship between Ben Affleck and other leading characters provides diversion in the way of romance and humor.

Cuba Gooding Jr. was a bit of a disappointment-no fault of his own, just poorly cast for a very minor supporting role. Difficult to understand why he was wandering the depths and bowels of the USS Arizona still carrying a silver tea platter and cups while planes were obviously bombing in very close proximity. Additionally hard to believe was the fact that although Honolulu was to suffer a "surprise" attack while the island was "sleeping", the entire naval fleet were still in their bunks in the wee hours of the morn yet young boys were enjoying a baseball game and mothers were accompanying their children to church. Just didn't fit....

Ben Affleck and his leading lady were believable even if corny. There was just enough chemistry to make hearts go pitter patter!

The movie is definitely worth $7.50 and could even be nominated for some academy awards!

Disney's version of Pearl Harbor
This wasn't as bad a film as some critics have said it to be. However, it's still not a great picture.

On the plus side, the attack scene on Pearl Harbor is nothing more than spectacular! Industrial Light and Magic really did a great job here. Also spectacular was Dolittle's suicide air raid mission on Tokyo. Jon Voight, playing President Franklin D. Roosevelt, I thought did an outstanding job.

On the minus side, the romance story. It' pretty lame. It tries so hard to be a romantic epic like "Titanic" and it just lacks the emotional punch that movie had. Corny dialog and tear-jerker music also help to bring this movie down.

On another issue, one of my main concerns was historical accuracy. Remember this was a major event in the 20th century. It ranked 3rd just behind man landing on the moon and the bombing of Hiroshima. I would have hated for the filmmakers to change history in order to make this more of a popcorn movie. Well, eventhough there were some minor changes, history was pretty much left in tact. The only disappointing thing for me was, I felt that they should have gone much deeper as to reasons why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor much like in "Tora Tora Tora". But again this movie was not about strategy. It was a love story. The attack just happened to interrupt it.

Overall, it was an OK movie. As mentioned earlier the film's saving grace as was the attack scene, which unfortunately doesn't take place until nearly an hour into the movie.

Powerful drama in a fantastic war story.
I was a little unsure of Pearl Harbor. I had eagerly awaited it myself, but when the bad reviews poured in from American critics, I thought maybe the NZ premiere wouldn't please. But, I was wrong. I really enjoyed this film. The battle sequences are some of the best ever filmed, the acting is top-notch, the sound is booming and vibrating and the direction is focused and careful, Pearl Harbor is easily Michael Bay's best effort. The romantic triangle is sometimes corny and predictable, and the first hour is lacking in excitement. But, that all changes in the last 2 hours, which are incredibly tense and utterly brilliant. Pearl Harbor is a movie that forces you to stay in your seat for as long as the 3 hours take, and is a powerful and unique war experience. I really liked the comedy at the start, but slowly and surely, the comic side of the film turned to dramatic atmosphere. The film was able to change its genres surprisingly and unexpectedly, giving you the odd laugh and the expected tear. If I was ever to watch this movie again, I would probably fast-forward the first hour and get to the superb action scenes, but the first hour is needed to give the film its intelligence. So, even if this film is flawed and sometimes inaccurate, it's still nothing short of a must-see.

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