In Love and War???

Rating: 6/10 (21 June 2001)

I had been waiting eagerly to see this movie and I went to see it on the second day it opened. But I found myself totally disappointed by it!
The war scenes are not real enough because there are too much choreography involved. They look extremely similar to "Titanic"!!! The romance is too unreal. Even "Titanic" is much better than this one! And I didn't think "Titanic" is good...
It's a pity that Michael Bay as the director failed to deliver a movie that was supposed to be better than his previous work, "Armageddon". He doesn't know how to separate love and war, so that the scenes become plain and bland.
Bringing back Ben Affleck doesn't help much. And I guess he brought Kate Beckinsale in just because she looks like Liv Tyler in a glance. Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s character is totally out of place. The only one who does a decent job here is Josh Hartnett. In fact, it would be much better to cast him as the main character.
I hope Michael Bay can learn from this big budget flop and direct better movies in the future.