Ridiculous, sappy, cliched war movie

Rating: 4/10 (27 May 2001)

(Just so you know, what I'm writing about the movie in no way reflects my opinions of the actual Pearl Harbor. I totally recognize the heroic sacrific they made to ensure our way of life, and this is strictly about the MOVIE)
I was so excited about seeing this movie. The previews made it look like a 100% adrenline rush. A love story? Okay, as long as it isn't overblown. Unfortuantly, I was gravely mistaken. Probably the most entertaining thing about the whole movie was the first half of the attack. It was simply amazing, watching the Zeros swarm in and out of the ships. But, the second half, when Ben Affleck takes to the sky, became boring because the whole thing was SO TEDIOUS.
Man, this movie was so overdone. The first hour and a half were INSANELY BORING. EVERYONE has to answer every question with a monologue. The characters are uninteresting, boring and I can't even name five people from the lot. The love triangle was contrived and allowed everyone in the movie to become part of a war cliche. Everything was tedious about the introduction. It was like staring at a wall for fourty-five minutes with romatic music in the background. Even after the attack, it was so tedious because SO LITTLE action happened. Contrived, sappy, melodramatic and generally BAD is what Pearl Harbor is. If you want to see a good World War II movie, see Enemy at the Gates. This gets a 4/10, only for the attack.