Decent, but needs work. ( Has SPOILERS)

Rating: Null/10 (28 May 2001)

There may be crucial SPOILERS mentioned....
Wow. i just saw Pearl Harbor, the so-called "big time" movie of the summer. If you ask me, it was a "big" waste of time. I fell asleep in the beginning of the movie, something i have never done before. Fortunately for me, the movie gets better as it progresses. As i was watching the beginning third of the movie, i wasn't sure that i was watching the right movie. it seemed to me as more of a chick flick than an action-packed movie, So there's this girl is with this guy, then he leaves and supposedly dies, so she goes with his best friend. then the first guy comes back and feels totally betrayed. Total chick flick stuff if you ask me. While half awake, i notice that the movie is starting to get a bit like what i expected. The bombing at Pearl Harbor. One part I particularly liked was the sound of the Japanese torpedoes in the water. I could replay over and over that scene. I think more blood could have been shown, more reality but then this was Pg-13 so i wasn't too disappointed.
The bombing of Pearl Harbor is over, so i thought " ok, time to leave". However, the movie continued to play, and we discover that Evelyn, the girl, is pregnant with Danny's child. So she's going to stick with him instead of Rafe. Ok, Rafe somewhat understands, he and Danny are going on this "top-secret" mission. and they leave Evelyn behind in Hawaii. From that moment, i just knew Rafe was going to die. I mean, how are they supposed to resolve this love triangle is someone doesn't die? I kind of thought this was like Armageddon, where out of the two guys, one can die, and one can live, the one who dies is dying to protect the other. And i thought that Rafe would die, and Danny would live since Rafe was such a big brother character to Danny. And i was wrong and surprised. Instead, Danny gets shot by the Japanese when they landed in China after bombing Japan ( the top secret mission). Personally i like it when movies don't turn out the way you want them to because then the movie doesn't seem like a waste of six bucks. Whats the point of seeing a movie when you already can guess the ending? The ending..i thought that the ending was very satisfying. It was kind of like the "happy ever after" yet not so sappy. I especially liked it when Rafe took Danny Jr., ( Danny's son) flying with him. It was very cute.