it's not perfect but worth seeing

Rating: Null/10 (12 October 2002)

Pearl Harbor, I think, can be called as the hottest one for last summer vocation in Shanghai. 'cause it has many great and huge scenes of the war-fighting. They were made perfect, I consider, not worse than the ones in Saving Private Ryan, even better. But what should be mentioned here is that you'd better see this film in the cinema, or I'm afraid that you would not find the feelings of how strong the scenes are for your eyes and the music are for your ears. As we all know, the synopsis is that set during the time of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, two friends (Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett) are caught up in the events that draw the United States into World War II. One of them enlists with the U.S. Army Air Corps and the other flies for the British Royal Air Force, but they both find themselves in love with the same woman (Kate Beckinsale). I've seen this flick-show for three times. I dun think of it as one of the greatest movies in the world, but I still consider that it is worth seeing. Before watching it, I thought that it would surely talk much about the war. ( I just learnt it from the name of the movie.) But I was wrong! I found it talked more about love--the relationships among Rafe, Denny and Evelyn. I guess that the director wanna use the love story as the main clue to the whole movie story. But too much has made the movie neither the kind of love nor the kind of history. In the way of love, Pearl Harbor is not as good as Titanic and in the way of war, it is also not so good as Saving Private Ryan. So I think that's the reason why Pearl Harbor is not in the tops box in the States. Well, having said a lot about the main idea of the movie, let me change to talk something about the characters in this film. I like the three chief actors. Ben Affleck who acts as Rafe is very handsome. ^^ I like him. His handsome face, tall and straight figure with the uniform makes me feel the hot heart inside his body--brave! He is really like an officer, a soldier. During the wars, he showed the very wisdom and courage of a real soldier. Besides those, the friendship between he and Denny has touched me much. Rafe always tried to protect Denny from dangers, but in the end Denny cost his life to save Rafe's. I also desire this kinda friendship. Evelyn is the woman the both love at the same time. I think she loved both of them. 'cause they are too nice! It's hard for her to make a choice. If I were her, I would get the same trouble. In addition, the music through the movie is perfect I think. The main music in it makes me feel how vast, wide, calm the sky is. And I also got a little bit sadness in the song. Anyway, Pearl Harbor is worthy of being seen. There's no doubt about my words. Trust me!