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I Call It Love
Great special effects and hot Kate Beckinsale are not quite enough to make this movie a smash hit. Cuba Gooding Jr and Alec Baldwin once again remind us why they shouldn't play real life people. The only ones keeping it real in this let down of a movie is Dan Aykroyde and Ted Mcginley. I mean "Jon Voight" as the president, what are they thinking?

Not A Documentary-More Like Titanic meets WW2
First, let me say I've read a lot of reviews of this film and have the reviews of numerous veterans I know who liked the special effects and action, not the story. I am a historian myself. I read "A lot" about World War 2, and numerous other wars. I love history. I read history books and biographies
like other people read novels.
When I read that this movie was being filmed, and who would
be starring, I dismissed it right away. To me, "Tora,Tora, Tora"
was the best film I'd seen about Pearl Harbor. I had "no interest" in another attempt by Hollywood to recreate it....
When it was released to theatres, I didn't rush out to see it.
I read the reviews then, and figured I'd rent the movie when it was out on tape, and be "done" with it. Nope!
I got the video of the movie as a present. I watched it, and
while cringing at some of the casting...Jon Voight as President Roosevelt...Alec Baldwin as Billy Mitchell!, I enjoyed it.
Is it "entirely" factual? It is NOT. If you've watched and owned as much Hollywood versions of war, though, how many of them are? I think people in my parent's day were a little more tolerant of those films then the people I read here. This movie was never advertised as a remake of Tora, Tora, Tora or as
a documentary. The director and film company "did" seek the
consultation of numerous veterans. I don't beleive this movie disrespects them in any way.
I liked the basic plot of two lifelong buddies fighting
over a girl. I didn't like the script or the movie's length.
I have the Director's Cut on DVD,and I've watched the movie
numerous times...It's not great,but its not as bad as some here have suggested. If you want more factual films watch a documentary. Neither the director, nor the film company ever said this movie was one. It is what it is.
Atreides


They Deserve a Better Tribute
Good Points: great special effects, and truly gripping sequences of the actual attack on Pearl Harbor.

What makes this crash and burn is the lame, Titanic-esque attempt to create a fictional romance in the midst of what could've been a powerful interpretation of an important moment in history. In the shadow of the looming tragedy and war, this stupid and contrived love triangle we're forced to watch is an annoyance. I realize they wanted us to develop a relationship with people who were involved, to really pull us into the events, but they could have done a much better job.

I've yet to see Ben Affleck play a convincing hero. I didn't catch the relevance of Gooding's overacted character.

There are only so many cringe-worthy moments I can stand in a movie, and this one's account is overdrawn. This historical moment and the people who were involved deserved a better portrayal.

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