Dude, Wheres My P-40 ?

Rating: 1/10 (14 November 2001)

... but a lot less funny and entertaining as that might suggest.
I like the era - Speilbergs "1941", FF Coppollas "TUCKER", "THE ROCKETEER" and the sequel to Chinatown "THE TWO JAKES" are some of the best looking films I know.
Unfortunately PEARL HARBOR is a lot less historically convincing than even THE ROCKETEER - which is based on a comic itself based on the saturday morning serial "King of the Rocketmen". The vintage planes look nice - the P-40 fighters especially but such stupid s**t happens in them you'll be groaning through the flying sequences.
Course it IS directed by a Brit and those who've not seen it (like me yesterday) might be tempted to think its being willfully idiotic - like a period "DUDE WHERES MY CAR?" but the seriousness given to the attack scenes undermines any comedy and on a small screen the "spectacular attack" looks like a computer game anyway. 1941's better for laughs AND action.