History tells a story

Rating: Null/10 (21 April 2016)

In Pearl Harbor, the movie is based on real events, but no one likes the story line. Which is understandable but the audience should look at the history as informing and exciting, rather than booing the movie as a whole. There are varieties of historical films such as history as drama, history as anti drama, history without heroes, and postmodern history. History dramas are mainly produced to tell a story, these films are produced to appeal to the audience in a way of the historical setting is intrinsic to the story line and meaning of the work. Like, how Pearl Harbor told a love story to appeal more to a certain audience. Historical films want to make the audience think that they are reality. Meaning, the technology advancement has placed bits and pieces together to represent the reality of what is being presented. Like when the Japanese were attacking the bay. There were many visual effects of bombings and aircrafts and bullets flying everywhere to seem like it was from 1941. This movie to me was a great depiction of history, and the story line was really dramatic but it still was an all around good movie.