Unlimited amount of Bayhem

Rating: 6/10 (5 December 2016)

Firstly I had to admit that I literally forced myself to watch this 3 hours long Michael Bay flick. I wasn't satisfied, but I expected something far worse than this. Although the movie is only slightly average.
Let's start with the couple of good points. Ben Affleck's performance in this movie was quite enjoyable and was pretty surprised about this, because most of the time he plays, Affleck shows only three facial expressions during his acting in a certain film. Josh Hartnett was just there, so as Kate Beckinsale and the other minor cast. Except Alec Baldwin, who is extremely badass in this feature, sometimes even hilarious. Though Hans Zimmer's score can't be compared to his latest works such as Risen from Darkness (The Dark Knight Rises), Imagine the Fire (The Dark Knight Rises), Time (Inception) and Lost but Won (Rush), it's stunning as always. The visuals are astonishing (what could we except from Bruckheimer and Bay?), except the pretty pure cinematography.
Here comes the plenty of awful features of Pearl Harbor. Michael Bay's direction s*ucks, as always, including the slow-motion rotating dolly shots, the explosion scenes and the layer amounts in certain scenes. The editing was especially poor, even compared to other Bay films. I read somewhere the editing is way better in the director's cut, but I just simply can't force myself to watch a 4 hours long feature containing even more bayhem than the theatrical version.
The script has huge problems, including the historical inaccuracy and the large plot holes. Although I expected zero accurate in history, some parts even surprised me, like when the two heroes nearly managed to eradicate the hole Japan air force.
Overall I enjoyed this film, but you should watch this in the same way as I did, with no expectations to historical accuracy, character development, acceptable direction and editing. The romantic line is surprisingly entertaining, though pretty foul, so if you want to watch a romantic movie containing historical background, large explosions and 20th century interceptors than you can give it a try. Otherwise I do not recommend it.
6/10