Guilty Pleasure?

Rating: 8/10 (9 December 2001)

After seeing so many bad reviews for this movie, I hesitated renting it. Fortunately, one of my 99 cents rental places got it, so I took the chance. Well, I must say I really enjoyed it. It was very similar (in style) to Titanic, but much better. Yes, the plot was a bit hackneyed and soapy, but that's the way many, many war movies have been made. So you just know what to expect and sit back and ride it. Usually, I don't like Bruckheimer so much ;he'll all special effects and nothing else. But, this time I really enjoyed it. BTW, I also enjoyed Armageddon as well, so maybe this tells us something. I didn't mind the length since the action was pretty constant. The (over) 30 minute sequence on the actually Dec. 7th event was fabulous.