Script?

Rating: 1/10 (27 June 2001)

What was it that Hitchcock said were the three things required for a good film? "A good script, a good script and a good script." Well Pearl Harbor has none of these. And it lets the actors down, hence, I've seen better from WWF wrestlers, who probably have futures in films like this.
The constant tirade of patriotism is sickening. I lost count of the number of times that the American flag was shown. The love story was predictable, unengaging and unemotional. Everything is S-P-E-L-T out clearly for the audience. Now I know that making the everyday cinema going audience think for themselves a bit would probably equal a sharp decline in profits, but it would be nice just for once. And on top of that there were far too many square jawed, "pretty boy" soldiers for my liking.
Mainstream Hollywood film seems to reach new lows in this three hour tragedy of a film. Watch it, but promise me you'll watch something better when you get home.