A bit of everything for everyone

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2001)

Pearl Harbor is the kind of movie that has something for everyone. It has romance, so you can take a spouse or a date with you. It has emotional moments of friends bonding as they realize that their lives could end at any minute, so, you can take a best friend. Actually, I'd recommend that you see it with a good friend - it will make you appreciate them even more. It has some GREAT war scenes - very realistic - so those who go see the movie looking for that are going to love the 2nd hour. Basically, Pearl Harbor is a whole lot of romance, war, drama, and patriotism all rolled into one. I noticed that there were a lot of war vets (in uniform) in the theater I saw it in, and I looked around at the end to see most of them in tears. Maybe this isn't the best movie of all time, but I wasn't bored at all during the 3 hours, and I found it as a fitting tribute to those who served our country and gave their lives. People tend to laugh at the romantic aspect of the movie, but let me ask you all three questions: Don't you think that all of those servicemen who fought in the war had wives or girlfriends? Don't you think that the nurses had husbands or boyfriends? Don't you think that every single person who served in the war was somebody's wife, husband, daughter, brother, mother, father, aunt, uncle, cousin, etc? Real, living people actually waited some 60 years ago to hear if their loved ones had lived or died. Pearl Harbor perfectly captures the emotions going through America at that time. Anyone who is not at least *partially* moved by this movie must be made of stone.