who wrote this thing?

Rating: Null/10 (3 June 2001)

This movie was as well written as it was grandly performed! I'm being sarcastic. The actors were about as emotionally into the film as the props. Ben was a major source of "ear-sore" from the beginning, to his very predictable reappearance in the third quarter of the movie. Hartnett's character, "Danny" was played out pretty well, but the love-triangle was as predictable as Rafe's reappearance, and nearly as annoying. But, what sane girl is going to say she minded looking at Josh Hartnett for three hours! he played his part and did a better job than most of the other cast, considering the corny writing he had to deal with.
Kate Beckinsale played her part, but that was about it. The writers definitely set her apart from the other nurses in order to make her a lead character. She had a level head, almost a "motherly-figure" to her companion nurses. Once again, we ALL could have lived without the sappy, ongoing love story. The Writers and directors should have spent more time detailing the history, and less time worrying about Evelyn's "boy trouble".
I would have liked to have seen more action. I was impressed, however, with how long the Bombing SEEMED to take. There was no emotion attached to the deaths we viewed during the bombing, a major downfall of the movie. All of the main characters narrowly escaped being killed, while many extras "lost their lives".
I really could have done without the Doolittle scene. It made the movie seem even more long and drawn out. And, of course, our little farm-boys-turned-aces were both put right in the middle.
it was not a good movie, but I recommend that people watch it for kicks.