I liked this one, I did.

Rating: 7/10 (14 July 2001)

ME SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT THE INDUSTRY:
There a thing people have to understand. When wanting to recreate the battle of Pearl Harbor, for the reason of entertaining, you need money. A lot of money. And those money are bound to come from people who have them, yes? These people, who lend you the money are bound to wanting to get their money back, yes? So naturally there'll be A LOT of poll-searches done on a project of this magnitude, before the filming begins, yes?
So what do we end up having is a "Usual" story, with unusual images. Which is all the "Pearl Harbor" is... and that ain't all that bad.

THE "PEARL HARBOR" WALKTHROUGH
The characters are thin, but believable (This is entertainment, people, not "The late hour" with Siegmund Freud), and the love-story that goes on for the first hour is okay. It's a warm-up for the inevitable.

And then: Battle. For 45-minutes of incredibly digital imagery, you get a feeling of how stratigicly brilliant, the Japanese war-machine was. They blow up practically everything, which really is not that surprising to those of you, that know history a little.
So: There's gotta be some sorta happy-end, right? For the americans, yes? So our pilot-boys, though strugling for the same woman, take on a suicide-mission to bomb Tokyo. This bit is a silly add-on, as nothing comepares to the battle at "The Pearl".
And then: End Credits.
ME TALKING ABOUT GOOD STUFF.
I like first part of the story. I feel entertained and moved, by all that love, and all that war to set it apart. And naturally I like the battle-scenes, and the thinking: "This is what it was like"
I like the acting of:
Ben Afflect Dan Akroyd Alec Baldwin
I love the whole quality of sound and image. It's incredible. There's been masters at work here.
ME TALKING ABOUT BAD STUFF:
I don't really like the end-bit. It's too long, and becomes too much of a "And so on and then and so on".
I don't like the acting of:
Cuba Gooding Jr.
I don't like the patriotic feel to the last bit either. The whole "We can do anything c'os we're americans"-thing. But that's just me being dane.
ME RATING THIS FILM AND ENDING THIS HORROR OF A REVIEW:
I give it a 7. It's viewable (In the cinema only), but not deep and full of special messages. You'll like this one, I guarantee. But you won't fall in love with it.