Can't decide if it was good or bad? I'll tell you!

Rating: Null/10 (4 March 2002)

There are only three questions to ask in regards to movies: What type, quality of cinematography, and how many people paid to see it. Every thing else, i.e. acting, plot, story, f/x, music, etc., is subjective to anyones preferences. This was a Historical Romance set during 1941, with the attack on Pearl Harbor as the historical event the movie revolves around. The movie type tells you the purpose of the film. To tell a romantic story, to show how the romance was affected by war, and to give life to an important historical event. The quality of the cinematography is excellent, this is undisputed. And so many people have paid to see it that the mass appeal of Pearl Harbor is also undisputed. So, Pearl Harbor is an excellent movie! Every thing else is just opinion. Some people on this site want to quibble over accuracy of historical events in movies. Ask yourselves, what one story, or person, can tell all the facts accurately when the facts are not all known? If the films' directors use actual footage and actual eyewitness accounts, then the accuracy is good enough! Remember, everyone sees things differently, even the same things. Pearl Harbor is probably as close to reality as we are going to get. So enjoy it!