After much anticipation, "Pearl Harbor" has landed and it's a bomb!!

Rating: 1/10 (26 May 2001)

There is not much to be said about "Pearl Harbor". Perhaps there would have been, if director Michael Bay, and screenwriter Randall Wallace had been more concerned with substance, rather than style. Some scene's are rather impressive. Their girth and sheer magnitude could not be disputed. It is just a shame that such expensive images are void of depth, meaning or empathy. The dialogue is as thin as tissue paper, and the acting fares no better. The two work in conjunction, as all of "Pearl Harbor's" main characters get to spout sappy, cliche one liners, as fast as they can be written. The actors get by on their looks, and ability to blend into the many tightly framed closeups. They, in actuality, provide contrast to the tough natured battle scenes. The film is much to long. With such a big budget, you would have thought that the film makers of "Pearl Harbor" could have afforded good editors. The romantic story meanders and takes far to long to develop. By the time it does blossom, and the battle begins, the audience is already bored out of their mind. The photography, can be magnificent at times, but is essentially tired and cliche in construction. The war may look good, but it is also all to familiar.