A perfect example of brainwashing

Rating: 1/10 (5 January 2005)

OK, so let's sum up this movie: the 2 male characters are handsome, funny, heroic, generous, have no flaws, bla bla bla. Their fellow soldiers are not so handsome (how convenient) but are full of all sorts of qualities bla bla bla.The girl looks and acts like Mary Poppins and her friends are sexy, funny, bla bla bla. Pearl Harbour looks like Disney Land or the Blue Lagoon. Battle scenes are OK,but why not throw the John Doe character (Gooding) who's a cook but shoots down Japanese planes like Rambo.American flag metaphorically sinking in the water.The President is heroic and stands up from the wheelchair in a Scarlet O'Hara fashion and swears never to be hungry again, or to crush down the Japanese, or whatever. The British air squadron commander is so impressed with Affleck's character and delivers one of the cheesiest and stupidest line in movie history: "God save the German Army if there are more like you where you came from", or something like that. People,stop wandering why people generally and Americans in particular are so ignorant about the world, history or whatever if they are given such artistic examples. It is not the lack of realism that I mind so much (afterall it is a movie) it is the pretense of realism that it is annoying. Too bad about the actors. Baldwin and Voight should have skipped this one. Mr. Bay, stop misguiding people, please.I am not saying that was not reasonably historically accurate, it is the WAY that it is presented that is wrong. Hollywood can sometimes be extremely annoying and this is one of the best examples.