What other plot could they have come up with?

Rating: Null/10 (22 October 2001)

The producers of this movie honestly tried, I can give them that. If your making a movie about warfare, you can't just have planes swooping down and shooting at everyone and blowing up everything. You need to have some sort of plot. Alright, so maybe the love story was as sloppy as a used kleenex, but what else could they have done. And maybe, just maybe, some love story like this did REALLY happen to the setting of Pearl Harbor. You just never know?
A better way to tell the story of Pearl Harbor may have been to take two soldiers, one Japanese, the other American, and tell it from their sides (did you ever see GETTYSBURG?). That would have made a much better story.

As far as historical accuracy, Im big on WW2 history and most of what was said in the film was correct. No one knew the location of the Japanese fleet at the time, Admiral Yamomotto reluctantly led the attack,some military personnel did suspectan attack on Pearl harbor etc. The only thing terribly wrong in this department was saying the Doolittle raid was the truning point of the war(err sorry that was Midway and Guadalcanl). But in terms of showing the Doolittle raid had a psychological signifigance, I guess we can let this error go.
In short, this movie is worth seeing. Sure the love story is garbage but its the best they could come up with. The battle scenes and Doolittle raid make up for it. See this movie and try to delete the love story. 7/10