Steven Spielberg at his most insane - I love it!

Rating: 9/10 (13 April 2003)

This is a movie which has to be seen in letterbox format. Making full use of the wide screen, Spielberg does things which left me with jaws agape upon seeing it on Sydney's gigantic Cinerama screen at the Plaza Cinema, now sadly turned into a big M fast food outlet. I staggered out into the light with much the same feeling I'd experienced after '2001'. To mention '1941' and '2001' in the same sentence will no doubt horrify some of you, but both were awesome in their time. Yet both come across less than successfully on the small screen. '1941' of course reveals its flaws, namely the less-than-grand special effects towards the end, not unlike 'Superman-The Movie'.
On the plus side, you have Slim Pickens and the USO fight, two of the greatest spectacles in the history of motion pictures :). Now if I can only find the DVD release in Australia ...