In spite of all that's been said: a remarkable movie

Rating: 10/10 (7 August 2005)

If instead of calling this movie "Pearl harbor", they had called it, say "Enemy at the Port" (like they did with the movie on Stalingrad), I'm sure most viewers would have been more positive in their comments. Yes, it is set on and around Dec. 7, 1941, and the location is (mostly) Pearl Harbor, but the story could have been the same, and been called, say, Iwo Jima, or Tarawa, with the same romance (whether one likes romance or not is another thing altogether), and the war scenes could have been along the same lines, only in a different setting. The reason for the movie's low rating is simply that: people thought they would be seeing a movie on the historical Pearl Harbor events, and they left the theater bitterly disappointed. Agreed, Tora! Tora! Tora! is a much better historical movie. But don't go buy a 7Up and say that champagne is better -- they're not in the same league.