everyone's being really harsh about this one...

Rating: 7/10 (30 December 2001)

There's no way that this is the huge turkey that everyone keeps saying it is. okay, jerry's gone mad on the budget, and michael bay cuts like edward scissorhands, but there is a good movie in their somewhere. I am sometimes choked by the American style cheese that seems to ooze out of the flick, but it seems to represent that era reasonably well(as far as i know).
The scenes of stuff exploding are great. It does feel at times like armageddon and the rock however. Michael bay perhaps hasn't learned all that much in the way of varying his style. He might not replace Kubrick just yet, but he does alright considering the subject.
Again, everyone is calling it a waste of money. I pay the same to see any movie so I don't really care what it cost to make. I would rather see more thoughtful films with realistic dialogue, but, as it stands, Pearl Harbor does what it sets out to do. The history might be a little warped, but then again, I'm sure Braveheart was even worse on that score.
Worth watching. 7/10