fantastic..

Rating: 10/10 (1 June 2001)

Contains spoilers
well i have to say i am unbelievably surprised by the comments that people have left on here regarding pearl harbor. it opened in england yesterday and i went to see it this morning with my mom. from the opening scenes with danny and rafe as little boys i was spellbound. i loved this movie, i thought the love story between the 3 actors was well acted and well played out and it was entirely relevant to the story, it gave it a human side that prevents the sheer boredom of most movies about the war. as an english person i never fully understood the horror of what happened at pearl harbor until today and i am deeply ashamed that many english people today still criticise the americans for their participation in it. i adored ben affleck in this movie, he was so beautiful, brave and charming that i could of fallen in love with him right then and there. josh hartnett was amazing, best movie of his career so far, and kate beckinsale, outstanding. the special effects when the attack started are the best i have ever seen, it made me cringe and i was quite sickened by the whole thing. at the end however when rafe gets out of the plane, looks at evelyn and then they bring dannys coffin out, i have to admit i sobbed like a little kid, i was so upset, that is how much the movie had got to me. so the only thing i have to say about the critics who slammed this movie are, go get yourselves another job because you obviously cant recognise quality when you see it. congratulations and well done to all the actors involved and director michael bay, whose dream and vision made me weep. thankyou.. ten out of ten..