No Titanic, No Problem

Rating: Null/10 (29 May 2001)

It has obviously drawn a lot of comparisons to Titanic. It doesn't take Plato to see the similarities. But I hated Titanic and loved this movie. Is there a real Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker? No, but who cares. That's not say that there weren't a hundred Rafes and Dannys out there doing the same thing. And I thought the Japanese army was portrayed as the smartest people in the movie. As they saw it, there was nothing they could do to prevent war and this tactical strike was their best hope for victory. The most intelligent and best line of the movie was "A real genius would find a way to prevent war." I do not particularly like love stories, especially those that take away from the historically significant story. However, I really liked this love story because I thought it provided meat to the story, instead of just battles and statistics. Showing how war affects real lives. Admittedly, I could have lived without the love triangle, but it's not a perfect movie. It does a great job of showing the loss of innocence. Great movie and I highly recommend it.