Good movie, not excellent, but worth my time.

Rating: 10/10 (17 October 2002)

I can see why people wouldn't like this film, it's not for everyone. To me it seems like director, Michael Bay, took his formula for "Armageddon" and Cameron's "Titanic" and tried to mold it into "Pearl Harbor". But, despite that, I still liked the film a great deal.
I do have a few complaints about the film though. There were a number of particular shots in the film that were filmed in a very strange way, there was a slight blur to them. I just don't get stuff like that, I didn't see why that was necessary, I think it kind of took away from the reality of what was going on. My second complaint is the length of the film, the film was just too long. Granted, it went by rather quickly, but still...there were a number of shots that were just redundant or unnecessary. Personally, I also thought the character, Red, was pretty annoying with that stupid stuttering that he did. One other thing I would have changed is that Betty died, wasn't too fond of that. That's really about everything I have to complain about.
The story was pretty good, although, definitely more of a love story than a war-story. That right there is definitely going to anger some people. Yes, there is lots of shooting and things getting blown up, but there's a great deal of romance to the film. I thought the story was pretty interesting and fairly well done.
The special effects are the reason enough to see this film, they are fantastic. I cannot believe there are people on this site (and everywhere else) that claim the special effects were not well done! You HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!! The special effects are just unbelievable! I can't even imagine how much work must have gone into this film.
The acting in the film was fine for my tastes. There were a few cheesy scenes, but overall, I thought everybody did a great job. As far as the cast goes, I thought it was excellent. There was a surprising amount of familiar faces throughout this film. I was a bit surprised to see Dan Aykroyd in this film, but in the end he pulled it off. I won't really go into the cast, but all the players did a fine job.
All I can say is that this is Michael Bay movie, so you can expect some cool action sequences and this is also a big love story. So when/if you see this film (assuming you haven't already), treat it like one. I thought it was a good film, with a lot of good stuff. It's not the best film I've ever seen, or even the best film of 2001, but it was a good film. When/If you see the film, I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for reading,
-Chris