Pearl Harbor is a great film. It mixes sweeping romance with the tragedies of war. All war films should aspire to this level.

Rating: 10/10 (9 June 2001)

Pearl Harbor is the best film I have ever seen. Michael Bay's direction is flawless, an almost guaranteed Best Director at the Academy Awards. Hans Zimmer's music scores are so beautiful and sad, making the battle scenes more intense, and the mournful scenes, sadder. Randall Wallace has written a screenplay better that his 1995 effort, BRAVEHEART. I've seen this film 8 times at the cinema so far, and it still makes me angry when people flat out say - 'it was crap'. No one in their right mind could say this movie sucked. Not liking a movie because of its running time really isn't a very valid reason. A longer movie means it can fit more in it. I would say that Pearl Harbor is a combination between ARMAGEDDON and TITANIC. This film is so watchable and entertaining, the love story really couldn't have been much better. It was the most entertaining way to start the first 80 mintutes of the film. Ben Affleck has outdone himself, giving an even better and more mature performance as Rafe McCawley. Josh Hartnett is going to be such a huge star after this film, as well as Kate Beckinsale. She put in a flawless performance. How beautiful is she? Don't listen to insane people who put this film down, if you haven't seen Pearl Harbor, please hurry and do so. If you have seen it, watch it again.