Hmmm

Rating: Null/10 (26 May 2001)

I was very much looking forward to this movie. Watch the preview almost made me cry, and I wanted a real tear jerker. I definatly had really high expectations which may be one of the reasons that I was disappointed. I will try not to give stuff away about the plot. The love story in the beginning switched between sweet and cliche. Parts of the beginning I really liked and other parts I was like "come on!" I cannot say I cried and that may be because I couldn't really like any of the people. Danny and Rafe needed more depth. The main problem with the movie was preditabilty. I guessed everything which was going to happen before it did (and I don't mean that Pearl Harbor gets bombed). I think that the movie was actually quite respectful towards the Japanese, and one really sad part of the movie was part of a Japanese soldier's letter to his father. The 40 minutes of the actual bombing was amazing. I sat there in the movie theatre biting my pinky finger off with my eyes glued to the screen. It was really terrible watching so many people die. I often find that I am more interested in the extras than the main players in a film. I was just horrified by how many people died in that one attack. It was truely eye opening. But the rest of the movie was a little cliche and melodramatic. It also needed a better screen play. I'd say it is worth your money but not quite your time, a 6 1/2 or 7 stars.