3 hours plus of my life that I'll never get back!

Rating: 1/10 (2 November 2005)

A strong contender for the title of "Worst Movie I have ever seen." It suffers from the same problem as Titanic; an unwillingness to tell complicated stories with a large cast and no obvious central character. Instead, everything is reduced to how it affects a small group, or as in these two movies, as a backdrop to a love affair. Unlike Titanic, however, Pearl Harbour loses track of reality early on; for example, the way Ben Affleck's character manages to change theatres of war at the drop of a hat. The special effects are unconvincing: one shot of some destroyers being bombed is used over and over again- to make it worse, the ships in this shot are modern guided-missile ships, no effort having been made to disguise them as period vessels. If you want to watch a film about the attack on Pearl Harbour, watch "Tora! Tora! Tora!", and if you want a film about WW2 pilots, with a good script, engaging characters and good special effects, try "Dark Blue World."