Almost Perfect *possible spoiler*

Rating: 10/10 (28 June 2001)

I had heard repeatedly that the love story was lacking before I saw that show, but that you should go just to see the 40 minute effects show. I couldn't agree less.
I thought the entire movie (except for about 30 seconds at the end where they just got lazy with the story and a couple of other things I'll get into in a bit) was great. It was well balanced, and well shot. And the love story... the decision Evelyn had to make was heart wrenching. The interplay between the three main characters was wonderful. The battle scenes were riveting, hauntingly realistic without being gory. I started crying at about 8:30 and cried almost all the way through to 10:00, pausing only for the lame president scenes.
That was a part of the movie I didn't think went over well, nothing against Jon Voight, I liked most of his stuff in this movie, but what seemed to be some sort of inspirational scene completely fell flat. The whole standing up thing was waaaay too hokey. I also didn't appreciate all the references to "Our Country" and "Us" in the version they released up here in Canada, I thought it was absolutely crude. They changed those words in other international releases, why not for us? We put up with enough Amerocentric crap as it is. I guess I have one other qualm about this movie, it seemed to me that the Cuba Gooding, Jr. bit of the movie was tacked on as an afterthought. It almost didn't fit. I hate to say it was just to expand the demographic, but that's what it seemed like.
This movie did make me an instant Josh Hartnett fan, just add water and stir. That boy is gorgeous. I could go on and on. And on.