A Disgrace!

Rating: 8/10 (27 May 2001)

It seems has if the Bay and Bruck are just trying to make money, without even trying to add any sense of realism or credibility to the film.
How can anyone see this film has being realistic. If you want realism, see Saving Private Ryan or Platoon, not Pearl Harbor. Bay took a fabulous premise and totally diminished all respect that should have been given to the film. A war film SHOULD NOT be fun to watch, it should terrify you, it should make you never want to be mean to another person in your life. Pearl Harbor makes it look like Top Gun. Bay is just not a mature enough film-maker to tackle this subject.
I mean its different when the subject is a big asteroid or a hostage action film, but not when its PEARL HARBOR!!! A film of this nature needs to be handled with respect and dignity. These are none of the qualities of Michael Bay.
I'll admit that I did nearly cry at the trailer, because it depicted the film has being like Saving Private Ryan or Platoon. It portrayed the film has being a human drama and being about the cruelty of what men do to one-another.
Oh, how could I forget the love story that takes up half the film. At the beginning and at the end, I cared nothing about the characters, with the exception of FDR and Akroyd's character (The only two good performances in the film). I really like Ben Affleck, Ive enjoyed his work in the New Jersey Trilogy and Bounce, but he just didnt do anything for me here, perhaps because it was the director and scripts fault.
Can you imagine how great this film would have been if Speilberg or Cameron had directed it. It could have been the best film of the year, but instead we get Bay. Nough said!
Thank you, Bay and Bruck for three hours of my life that I could have spent watching something good like SPR or Star Wars!
My 2 cents!