Ho Hum, pretty average flick

Rating: 5/10 (24 June 2001)

Wow, just an average summer flick with a great advertising push. Pearl Harbor never gets off the ground until the action sequences which are impressive. The attempted love story is poorly written, poorly directed, and filled with cardboard charactors. The only actors in the movie I liked were Gooding Jr, Baldwin, and Tom Sizemore as the sargent, unfortunatly none of them get to spend much time on screen. The main charactors are cliche speaking cut-outs that you almost hope will die during the attack if for no other reason than they are so uninteresting.
To really understand the attack from both sides rent Tora, Tora, Tora, if you like special effects check this out. But summer movie dollars can be spent better elsewhere.