expertly paced from start to finish

Rating: 10/10 (13 June 2001)

Wow, this was a really enjoyable film. Watching the story unfold from love to war and how it changes their lives forever. The twists and aerial combat special effects were probably the best i've seen in a love/war film.
After watching it, i thought about just turning around and just seeing it again. Already have it on my list to purchase for home video. It's gonna be something to watch again and again. What i really liked about the film as well is that it has a lot of great actors and ones that most everyone around the world has heard of like baldwin, affleck, beckinsale, gooding, sizemore, aykroyd, voight, hartnett, and fichtner.
The special effects couldn't get more realistic sinking ships, explosions and smoldering etc were realistic looking and the story line followed smoothly without quickly skipping ahead to the action or tense/scary event. It's also a good history lesson.
One way or another this is something to see probably 3 times a day.
10/10