What's the deal with the women in these movies

Rating: 4/10 (16 February 2002)

CONTAINS SPOILERS I saw this movie on DVD (I thank the stars for that, since it gave me time to prepare for this movie, having heard the reviews and all) and have to say it was slightly, SLIGHTLY people!, better from what I was expecting. This of course is due to the so many times praised and unbelievable fighting scene. But that's it!!!!! The rest of the movie is completely lost. COMPLETELY. The whole movie, well let's face it, the whole chick flick(we've got everything here, the cute actor, the woman that has to choose, and of course the touching score), relies on the romantic triangle between the three actors. Kate Beckinsale is probably the only person that put everything she could into her role. The others just rode along. Ben Affleck, after Chasing Amy, deserves just an OK, and that Hartnett fellow is nothing thrilling, no new discovery as some claim. But this story is so immensely dumb and presented in such a way you get the feeling that the whole attack on Pearl Harbor was rigged so the "third wheel" (in this case the Hartnett boy) would be fairly and properly disposed of. Quite sad, actually. You will not find character development in this movie as it is too busy finding a way to get rid of Danny Walker.
I should say that I was, and still am a huge fan of Bay's movie, because I find them very entertaining and filled with energy and style. I am talking about BAD BOYS(8/10) and THE ROCK(9/10), while ARMAGEDDON(4/10)should be seen by thirteen year old's and extremely patriotic Americans only. The way he presents movie is amazing. The camera movements and the way he uses light and slow motion is unbelievable, it was the only highlight of this movie.This movie goes in the 2nd category of Bay's movie as it lacks just about everything there is to make such a movie. Bay should definitely stick to making pure action movie or get a capable and propper writer to write the romantic crap. Because that's what you'll find here. Whoever found the romantic development plausible is either a person I feel really sorry for, because he clearly possesses the IQ of a raisin or in the other case is a teenage girl, either with a huge crush with one of the male actors, or without a boyfriend hence not being able to understand these things(sorry, but it's true).
You'll recognize the female part of the commentators immediately; "Great romantic movie", "People were so unfair to this movie" and similar. They most likely cried at the end, every single one of them, and that's OK, but please, not because the Hartnett fellow died. I admit, I had a lump in my throat, you know the one you have when you are at the verge of crying, but I had it because I felt really sorry for Ben Affleck's character. He got the leftovers, so to speak, as the love of his life slept with another man (some special gal, huh, and with his best friend to be exact - it could happen, sure, but not on the first date and not so soon, that is, if she really was in love with Affleck's character, even though he was supposedly dead)got pregnant with him(Hartnett), told Affleck she would choose him(Hartnett) despite being "immensely" in love with Affleck, since he was the father of her unborn child, but since he(Hartnett) died, saving Affleck's life, well now, then she would of course "choose" Affleck. AAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHH. Even now I feel really sorry for Affleck's character. It really makes me cry. Sure, he could forgive his best friend eventually, but the woman, come on, she's the biggest slut ever portrayed on the big screen. I can't help but think that she would never have chosen Affleck if Hartnett were to live, and she says that to Affleck too, but why does she end up with Affleck, surely not because Hartnett dies. If this is the case, well, then this woman is just looking out for herself, not caring about others. How would you feel if the love of your life told you she couldn't be with you because of another man, but when he would die, she'd "choose" you.
She clearly doesn't know the meaning of being faithful to somebody.
As was the case in Titanic, the woman is guilty for screwing up the future of her man. In Titanic Kate Winslet is so selfish she doesn't even think of asking Leonardo to climb on the BIG piece of wooden raft. In this movie the woman ends up with a man, whose life and his relationship she ruins in the process. Disgusting. Sad. I was appalled.
I will not try to pretend to know the whole deal about Pearl Harbor and the stories surrounding it, but the way it is portrayed in this movie is offensive. A totally patriotic movie, elevating America to an even further ground(Independence Day anyone), showing others as negative and inferior. The line where an old Japanese man (just after they hit Pearl Harbor)says they have just awoken a giant, or something like that is a statement I will not even comment. I will however end this too long comment by, well commenting on the opening scene where the young Affleck and Hartnett are playing. Needless to say, they are shooting German bastards, or something like that. But when they say those lines, something like "Nobody messes with America." -"Land of the free" "Home of the brave". MAN, when they said that I of course knew what a crappy movie this was going to be, BUT MOST OF ALL I WANTED TO KICK THEIR REDNECK, YOACKLE ASSES, THEY WERE SO ANNOYING. Please Mr. Bay, no more of this. Once was enough. Stick to action movies. 3/10