Boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 3/10 (11 May 2005)

Pearl Harbor is the so-called epic by Michael Bay following the true events that occurred on December 7th, 1941 in Hawaii. Instead of being an amazing epic film, this just fails on almost every level.
Capt. Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) and Capt. Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett) have been friends since boyhood and are both in the US Airforce. Rafe has a girl(Kate Beckinsale) and is a fine pilot. Danny is his best friend but the two are separated when Rafe is shipped off to Germany. They don't hear from Rafe but from the War Department saying he has been killed in action.
Without having any sympathy for a plot or for Kate Beckinsale, Danny moves rite in and puts the moves on her. The whole group is in Hawaii having the time of their lives when Rafe returns from Germany saying that he survived the crash. Then fights break out and somehow Danny and Rafe drive off the base and into the mountains.
Next day, bombs are blowing up everywhere and soldiers are being slaughtered on the decks of their ships. Japanese have launched their offensive and an hour-long battle occurs which just gets boring after awhile. Somehow Rafe and Danny are able to get planes off the ground and drive away the bombers alone.
From here, what little story there is goes into the Pacific but I won't waste the unbelievable story. The only excitement in this is about the first twenty minutes of Pearl Harbor. Affleck and Hartnett equally suck as their southern farm boy soldier characters. Cuba Gooding Jr. is totally wasted in a supporting actor job.
The film is way too long, extending 2 hours and 40 mins. the acting is bad and it seemed every line Alec Baldwin said was suppose to be defiant and stunning. Guess what. They weren't!
There is about an 1 1/2 hour of dialog and boring crap of Hartnett and Beckinsale making out and Affleck breaking down into tears over and over again. The visual effects are good and the Japanese actors aren't bad, but if you want to see a good Pearl Harbor film, I recommend Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Pearl Harbor. Starring: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Tom Sizemore, Alec Baldwin, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Jon Voight.
1 1/2 out of 5 Stars.