So-so romance, Video-game special effects

Rating: 7/10 (19 June 2001)

I love history and historical subjects, and love to see a historical period reenacted, but my misgivings about this film were the weak romantic triangle and the overwrought special effects. I never bought Affleck as a 40's flier or a romantic for a second, and the special effects were overdone. They look like they were intended to fit into a video game coming to a store near you. I doubt any fliers flew down along streets between buildings during the Pearl Harbor attack. I think the models in Tora, Tora, Tora were more realistic that the real modern-day ships they used in some of the explosion scenes, which were obviously not from the 1940's. I'm glad I saw the film, but it ultimately failed to satisfy.