Pearl Harbor is a mess. A large pathetic mess.

Rating: 1/10 (26 May 2001)

I was not expecting much from this movie. I knew there would be a good battle sequence with good special effects. I also knew that it was sandwiched in between some schmaltzy romance. So why did I go. Purely based on special effects (and my friend who was excited). Two hours into this movie I was dreaming of watching other movies. I wasn't even paying attention to this awful mess of TV commercial style romance and horrid writing. Both Bay and Bruckheimer usually come out with a good decent action flick which entertains but this is pointless. This is the first time I sat through special effects and actually didn't pay attention to half of it. I amazed myself. Maybe cause the characters didn't matter. Maybe it was the fact that I already saw a great war scene before in other movies where it is supposed to be sickening and not "cool". I don't know. I have seen many special effects movies in my time but this one didn't even entertain me in the effects area as it should have. The trailers didn't help. Here's a hint Michael, just make it about Pearl Harbor and December 7th. Then you don't have to worry about love triangles, talking, and people walking out before the action even takes place. * out of ****