History suffered too much

Rating: 1/10 (24 July 2001)

I have a real problem when Hollywood trivializes the sacrifices made by people. In this case one of the worst defeats ever delivered to an unsuspecting target.
This movie is shallow and seems to actually enjoy being shallow. It takes no time to actually develop the people that we are supposed to actually care about.
Heck I was more horrified when the ships were sunk and were suffering than I was when I saw the people in the water. There was no connection to them and to the sacrifice they were supposedly making.
On the other hand, from a FX view and morbid curiosity stand point the actual explosion of the Az and the Okie turning turtle were stunning. Everything else was either trite, or treated the material as callous as WWII propaganda film.