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Michael Bay's worse movie to Date
Michael Bay is in my opinion a talented director. With an impressive start with both Bad Boys and The Rock he has proved that he can deliver entertainment that is both commercially and critically well received.

Pearl Harbor just plain unfortunate. To be handed a budget of approximately $135 million (negative costs only) and deliver this product represents a waste of Disney's resources. Furthermore for this to occur under the helm of veteran blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer is equally surprising.

One of Pearl Harbor's central flaws lies in its attempt to do too much. It seems like the goal here was to emulate what James Cameron had pulled off in Titanic: Drive a potent love story against the back drop of an epic event. Sadly enough this goal was unrealized.

The characters are transparent and it is hard to empathize with any of the central characters because the core of the story revolves around two best friends basically fighting for the same girl, when either one could have demonstrated nobility in backing off.

Lastly, the movie is inaccurate. The Japanese pilots destroyed almost all American planes that got of the ground, NOT the other way around.

Perhaps this large budget mishap is the reason Michael Bay has gone back to the drawing board and is taking on a lower-budget remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as his next endeavor. I am sure he realizes that proving himself again as a great storyteller instead of a budget buster will restore the studios faith in his apparent talent.

A thoroughly well-made action-drama
[...]Having watched it the first with the lowest possible expectations,I was quite surprised how much I enjoyed as much as to watch it again and again and again and again.This has got everything you could want in a movie: action, tears, romance, laughs, and unapologetic patriotic American fervor. Granted, it's not Tora Tora Tora or Saving Private Ryan(which I happen to enjoy both),it's not 100% historically accurate(but tell me which Hollywood movie about an historical event is?),and Michael Bay is no Steven Speilberg(well at least Mike didn't give us A.I.),but its still a solid,moving 1940's-style epic with great actors/actresses like Ben Affleck,Jon Voight,Josh Hartnett,Cuba Gooding Jr.,James King,and especially Kate Beckinsale who made me swoon with her talent and beauty,and made the cliched love story work somehow.The 40-minute Japanese war raid on Pearl Harbor is a terrifing scene to behold;especially when the Japs drop a bomb on the USS Arizona,crashes to the bottom of the ship,a cook is shocked and scared,and KA-BOOM,the Arizona is sunk!Other one is is where an innocent young nurse is killed by the Japs gunfire. While the movie isn't anti-war,it is not going to make people want to experience war anytime soon.[....]

Stop bashing this film!
I think a lot of people were disappointed with "Pearl Harbor" because they were expecting it to be just the attack and lots of gore and fighting--more like a documentary instead of an actual Hollywood blockbuster. But it's a MOVIE--not a DOCUMENTARY, so it doesn't have to be 100% accurate! Okay? So get over it and just enjoy "Pearl Harbor"! Like "Titanic"--people were mad because the film was based around Jack and Rose's love affair rather than the actual sinking of the ship. Well, duh...what do you expect from Hollywood?!

"Pearl Harbor" was a beautiful film. The filmmaking was excellent, some of the best cinematography I've seen since "Titanic". The battle sequences were awesome and superb. The acting by the entire cast--esepcially Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, and Cuba Gooding Jr., was truly great. The DVD for "Pearl Harbor" includes some awesome special bonus features, even the Faith Hill music video, "There You'll Be". I think "Pearl Harbor" was a very underrated film. Michael Bay did a great job with the directing. I was quite pleased with the way the film turned out, and it's a nice tribute to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Reminds us of 9/11/01. The ending is sad, and if you love war epic films, then "Pearl Harbor" is a must! Who knows--ten or twenty years from now, somebody could make a film about the attacks on 9/11/01!

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