The team of Bay, Bruckheimer, and Ben do it again!

Rating: 7/10 (28 May 2001)

Okay, first off let me say that Bay and Bruckheimer are an unstoppable duo. Together, they create some of the most memorable movies to date, and Pearl Harbor will be among those movies. The overall presentation of the movie was fantastic. With stylish camera angles and some very slick CG, the movie looked great. The acting was top-notch. Affleck, Harnett, and Beckinsdale all played the leads very well, and Voight was brilliant as Roosevelt. As far as the writing goes, the love story was a nice touch, but it seems to be a trend nowadays to attach romance to historical events, Titanic anyone? But I will say the love triangle scenario in this movie was far more interesting than Titanic's. The second act of the movie, the actual attack on Pearl Harbor, seemed rather familiar to me. Was this a remake of the 1970 classic "Tora!Tora!Tora!" ? I mean a lot of the scenes seemed like updated versions of "Tora!"...others were direct rip-offs, even some of the dialogue was taken directly from "Tora!" Aside from that little observation, the movie is very much worth watching. Whether you're a sucker for romance comedies, Greek tragedies, or all-out action flicks this movie has something for everyone. Just witnessing Affleck's color-changing face trick is worth the price of admission.