Great movie, don't know why people keep dissin' it!

Rating: Null/10 (20 November 2002)

(Please note that I watched the Director's cut dvd)
I didn't know what to think when I popped this into the old dvd player. To be honest I was worried. Everyone that I knew said that this movie "blew big time" and that I shouldn't see it. The funny thing was, no one person had the same reason for hating it! One said that it was inacurate, one said that it was long and boring and the other said that the love sucked! Yes, I will be honest, there were a few times when it got a little slow, but I still thought that it was a good movie! I know that many people hated the love story, but I think that it was needed. Yes it was overdone, but you can't make a movie just on a battle. Every movie needs some story and some characters to relate to. Now to get to the good stuff, the battle! I am not glorifying this attack. I just think that it was good for this movie to be made. This is an important part of ou history and we should learn about it. The battle scene was intense. I personally think that it was very realistic. I was on the edge of my seat for the rest of the movie. For the people who say that the scene was too long! That is what a battle is like! Battles can go on for hours! This made the movie that much more realistic. To me, a movie is good if it moves me. The battle moved me. I was shocked at dismayed to see how horrible the attack actually was. Textbooks are nothing compared to this!
All in all, the acting was pretty good, the story was good and the action scenes were very well done! Another thing that I liked was the ominous "Jaws" tone about the Japanese. You knew that they would come, but you didn't know exactly when. Please don't listen to my friends or the people who hate the movie. Many of them are immature for the love scenes and have very low attention spands. This includes my friends. Their movies have to have constant explosions and be no longer than 100 minutes long. Yes, I like those movies too, but they are not the only ones that I watch. To sum it up. Go see this movie! I really think that you will like it. It shows a very important part of out history and it entertains us all in 3 hours. What more could you ask for. 9.5/10 Great!