well done, excellent, Michael bay has created another charming masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (29 March 2020)

Pearl harbor is a romantic epic world war 2 drama directed by acclaimed director Michael bay and stars ben Affleck, josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba gooding jr,
Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight, Michael Shannon, Jennifer garner and many more, the film starts with two friends Rafe MCawley and Danny walker pretending to be soldiers fighting the german empire in world war 1 and then Danny's father gets drunk and attacks the two resulting with Rafe calling him a dirty german, then the father reveals he fought against Germany himself in the first world war and tells the boys to not risk encountering the horror experience he had. years later Rafe and Danny are now lieutenants under command of military officer major jimmy Doolittle played by Alec Baldwin who informs Rafe that he has been accepted into the eagle squadron. later then the poorly written, clumsy, dumb and unnecessary love story starts out when Rafe meets the nurse Evelyn played by Kate Beckinsale they go on a date together at a nightclub and as you see their dialogue is mediocre and they have almost no chemistry many have not liked the love story and that the films screenplay is heavily flawed and misses the point in this movie even though this is a good movie or just an average film the love story is not what makes the movie so good. later Rafe who gets on a mission to intercept the Luttwaffle raid is shot down and is presumed dead in action by the english channel. then Evelyn meets Danny and this starts the silly love triangle when they get in a romance together they dont have good chemistry either. then Rafe comes and Evelyn is surprised Rafe is standing outside her door thinking Rafe had died but the rumors were wrong. Rafe then realizes their relationship and goes to a bar where he gets drunk and Rafe and Danny then get into a fight. then the next day japan starts the attack on pearl harbor and some would say that is the only thing to see in the movie but it is not this movie has alot more action and there are scenes where the pilots fight the Japanese and sometimes crash into each other. then Rafe and danny reunite and then start working together to fight off the p-40 fighter planes that are attacking as well as the other fellow pilots who also serve as the lieutenants under command of Doolittle who then tells the fighters to get to their plane stations and fight as they strike back when the imperial forces continue their surprise attacks this film shows way too much action and that is what makes it very entertaining. it isn't completely accurate and some called it completely inaccurate which it is in some ways but in truth many say it is more accurate than many movies it has both fictional character's and real character's such as Doris miller played by Cuba gooding jr and the president Roosevelt who is portrayed by Jon Voight he does very well with portraying the character and was definitely an award winning contender, as was Alec baldwins portrayal who did well at depicting the commander Doolittle and how he was in charge of the Dolittle raid and even the Japanese actor mako who portrayed one of the films villains and was responsible for the attack on pearl harbor did very well in portraying Yamamoto in the film. though ben Affleck's performance wasn't so good and many criticized his performance saying Affleck you are horrible how is it that most of the performances in the film were good but your main character was portrayed poorly, and josh Hartnett also didn't do as good as the supporting cast but was at least better than ben Affleck even Cuba gooding jr was also doing his job correctly in the film and he got praised. the best to say about Affleck and Hartnett's performances is that they did their best and there were a few scenes where they made a good screen combo together when they were flying their planes and contacting each other saying we are going to take out these fighters and when they said of how they were going to land. but that was about it overall there ensemble wasn't too good but still the film makes you cry and is very beautiful, gorgeous and fun to watch, and not to mention that ben Affleck's then and long time wife Jennifer garner was also in the film and this might have been how they met and got together even though you don't see her much in the film she still does a good job portraying another one of the nurses along with Kate Beckinsale who was probably the best thing about the movie and was the only one who had an actual true Oscar worthy performance despite that she was part of the annoying love story, it may have been unnecessary to put it in a historical film but hey she was excellent and Michael bay had to do it for a reason. he was trying to make it the titanic of war movies and he succeeded only with making it earn almost as much money as titanic did even though he didn't make it quite as good. Michael bay here proves he is like James cameron who can fill in the blanks for a historical film by adding fictional character's and making it longer though it wasn't that necessary to make it 3 hours long it still had a point because bay is a very worldwide famous director and famous directors make long movies usually. what acclaimed filmmaker Michael bay has done is added more of what we could have learned in this history lesson just like how James cameron did with titanic which resulted cameron in earning his first Oscar win for best director and Michael bay's directing here was also good enough for a best director nomination and if not good enough for a win still a nomination, he deserves more praise and credit than ever, and the film ends with Danny dying and says under his dying breath reconcile with Evelyn, saying to Rafe you win the girl and also take care of my child she is pregnant with him. it is a sad moment, Rafe agrees and he and Evelyn get back together where only then in the end they have good chemistry and have a good combo, they raise her son while then visiting Dannys grave with Rafe promising to raise his son on his behalf. Rafe then asks his stepson to go on a flight on the same biplane as he once used with his father. people had on and off thoughts on this film and even though it isn't the greatest movie of all time it was still well made and is not terrible, its another one of the best movies of 2001 acclaimed filmmaker Michael bay and acclaimed producer jerry Bruckheimer have created something to remember with great cinematography, great editing, great costume designs, great special effects, a great cast ensemble, the plane colors were done right and they made a very good depiction of them it was showing how real aviation looked like and best of all a wonderful soundtrack from hans zimmer. Michael bay may well be the second in command of being the king of the world alongside James cameron. even though bay is not as great he is still definitely worth being compared to James cameron, this was a decent film. well done nice work to both Bruckheimer and bay you make a great team together. final grade score A-