Good movie...better if a love story was not worked in there...

Rating: 8/10 (28 March 2002)

I just saw this film for the first time around the holidays...This was a quality film, even though it was not totally historically accurate...I am someone who enjoys historical type films...This film for the most part was based on the American point of view of the Attacks on Pearl Harbor, or at least that is what it seemed like to me...I think the love story slowed it down at times, but the special effects and battle scenes were unbelievable...Not sure if I would put this film as one of the best WWII films...It does have some potential, though...Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett were good in this film...If you do have a DVD player, you might even want to pick this one up for the special features as well...There is a documentary on Pearl Harbor which is fantastic and also Faith Hill's video for 'There You'll Be' is on it as well...One film I will recommend you see as well on the story of the Attack of Pearl Harbor is 'Tora! Tora! Tora!'(1970)...that one gives both the American as well as The Japanese sides of what happened, where this one gave the Americanized version only, or that is at least what I got out of it...If you do watch this movie('Pearl Harbor'), I'd be interested in what you thought of this film...I would definitely recommend this film, but will also let everyone know that it is not totally historically accurate...keep that in mind as you are watching it...