ENEMIES AT THE GATES of Pearl Harbor

Rating: 6/10 (8 July 2001)

This movie is a perfect (I think) representation of the famous morning of 7th December 1941 on Pearl Harbor. The 40 minutes of Japanese attack are the greatest minutes of the whole 194 minutes of this movie. The scenery is the best I have seen: a lot of boats, persons and Japanese planes. The story is a mix of Brave Heart, Enemies At The Gates and Titanic. The writer (Randall Wallace) is the same as Brave Heart, great movie. He (Wallace) starts to presents two young friends who dream to became "warriors", as he had presented us on Brave Heart(William Wallace, he didn't dream to be, he was pushed to be by the English), then this little boys became men, and "warriors" as William Wallace. And now we mix this story with Titanic and Enemies At The Gates, and this two men fall in love with the same woman, as on Enemies At The Gates, the romanticism of this movie make us remember the romanticism of Titanic, one very romantic story in a middle of a human disaster. After the "great" Japanese attack, The U. S. government decides to attack Japan. On this American attack we have two heroes, as on Brave Heart (one). The story have it originality, but make us remember a lot other movies.
Finally, I think this movies is a great American movie, but it could be better. Not like Intimacy or Freedom, Pearl Harbor is different, it's easiest to understand the message and it's to entertain us. Intimacy and Freedom are two movies to appreciate like a painting.