Great movie, but don't expect more

Rating: 9/10 (29 May 2001)

Pearl Harbor is a great movie. It had all the needed elements to appeal to a large audience. However, a lot of people are complaining that it was not accurate, or didn't improve on some of the great movies of the past on the subject.
I don't think the point of the movie was to make a great historical timepiece. It goes along with Braveheart and The Patriot's type of story where it took a historical moment in time and added a story around it.
Voight played a great FDR, in my opinion.
Now, if those of you out there are looking for an accurate depiction of what happened in Pearl Harbor and beyond, don't expect it in this movie. Go rent Tora! Tora! Tora! for Pearl Harbor...then rent Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo for the attack on Tokyo with the bombers. Both are excellent movies and will give you a good view into how things went down.
Go to this movie if you simply want to be entertained for 3 hours with a combination of action and romance. If you do, you'll probably love the movie.