A lot of publicity, but not enough about the film.

Rating: 10/10 (28 May 2001)

This movie has been previewed before almost every movie I have seen for the last year. The problem with the previews is none of them give enough information about the movie to determine what it is about. The only information given about the film is the title "Pearl Harbor". From that, I could only guess that it was a remake of "Tora Tora Tora." But it is not. This movie could conceivably be made into two movies, maybe even three (and quite possibly many more). Before I go on, if you haven't studied W.W.II some of the following may give some of the movie away, but not much, mainly the info on what happened after Pearl Harbor in reference to Doolittle's raid. Now then, The first movie would be the docu-drama of the bombing of pearl harbor. The second movie would be the story of Doolittle's raid. The possible third would be the romantic underlying story line that runs throughout the whole movie, the whole soldier and nurse fall in love then he goes off to war... Additional story lines for other movies to be made from this would be the story of Dorie Miller. Not to mention the stories of other AVG. groups that were in the war before the rest of the US, for instance the eagle squadron mentioned in the movie and the flying tigers of the Asian theater.
All the hype for the show just lets you know that Pearl Harbor is bombed, and give some hints about a love story that goes along with it. Let us know what we are spending $7 of hard-earned cash (plus the trip to the snack bar) and 3 hours of our lives to see. Don't get me wrong, I loved the movie. But all the hype, advertising, and other various promotions did not do it justice.