Michael Bay makes romantic movie and war breaks out!

Rating: 5/10 (10 January 2014)

Director Michael Bay brings to screen the grand love of two lifelong friends Rafe (Ben Affleck) and Danny (Josh Hartnett) and the nurse (Kate Beckinsale) who comes between them.... Oh! And there's a war.
Michael Bay is trying to teach us all about World War II by making us sit through an uncomfortably corny melodramatic romance. Ben Affleck is doing his best Hugh Grant impression. Kate Beckinsale is her lovely British self. And Josh Hartnett is doing the matinée idol. I'm not being sarcastic. More time is spent on the romances than on any of the historical background. For a better Pearl harbor movie, try 'Tora! Tora! Tora!'
One thing Michael Bay does well is action. It doesn't start well with the shaky cam fighter aerial combat. It's way too shaky. However, he does know how to create explosive CGI loveliness. The big Pearl Habor attack is very impressive. The big explosions are fun and the big action is amazing. If only Bay would cut out the first half of the movie.