Brought Back Memories

Rating: 7/10 (29 May 2001)

I know, I know!!! We are not supposed to like this film. And the revisionists who hate America think it is awful. But for me, as an old broad who was a child when Pearl was attacked, and remembers how scared we were, this really brought back memories of that time. I've just spent an hour reading all the bad reviews and comments on other boards, and it is amazing how many will not see the film but just KNOW it is horrible. I was caught up in the story of the farm boys learning to fly and ending up at Pearl on that fateful day. The romance is not unique, just as the thousands of romances of everyday people were not unique - just real. The sneak attact (and you have to really hate the U.S.A. to believe it could have been stopped and wasn't) is an intense 45 minutes and by the end had me in tears. People in my age range will probably be caught up in the memories as well. I watched the survivors of Pearl Harbor,who were consulted on their memories for the film, on the History Channel discussing the film and the all agree they are glad the film was made even though it was a "Hollywood version" of what happened. Just see it and decide for yourself. I gave it a 7 out of ten, so shoot me.