well worth it

Rating: Null/10 (31 May 2001)

As the granddaughter of a Pearl Harbor survivor, I had high expectations of this movie when I first saw the trailer. From the point of initially hearing about it to actually seeing it, I read many reviews, none of which were too flattering. Too expensive. Too many explosives. Not enough plot. An unconvincing love story. I went to see it anyway, not sure what to expect anymore other than a long (3 hour) movie. I sat. I watched. And I have to say - all those negative reviews were incredibly unwarranted. The money spent was well worth it. The romance, although criticized as being sort of in the way, was not "unconvincing" and made the movie better. It was realistic and touching. Historically, it seemed fairly accurate but not very in-depth. Overall, I thought the movie was very good and does not deserve all of the negative reviews. Some, yes, but not all. I highly recommend it to anyone that doesn't mind sitting in the theater for 3 hours. (Hey, if you did it for Titanic, you can do it for this. And this is worth it...) I'm not a movie critic and so maybe I'm not able to sit and criticize it. As your average moviegoer, I actually enjoyed this movie. Unlike the critics, I thought the characters weren't boring and the movie wasn't just an excuse to rake in the box office profits. I don't know the exact points to look for in defining a "good" movie but as a member of the general public, I thought it was, in fact, good. I would consider this to be a worthy tribute to the actual Pearl Harbor. I commend Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer. They did a good job on it.