and the point was?

Rating: 3/10 (13 April 2005)

If you type in "pearl harbour" into your Internet search engine, the two likely results will be: 1 - an event during WWII when the Japanese attacked the US Navy - causing thousands of casualties.. or 2 - a pointless love story
I'm not a historian - so lets concentrate on number 2 for now. Let me start by saying I have only seen this film once at the cinema when it first came out so my memory may be a little hazy.. I was genuinely excited about seeing the film - and although glorifying war is not right, I was looking forward to some good special effects and action scenes. The first half an hour or so was very good, when the Japanese were attacking it was edge of seat stuff - great drama. But then something happened, maybe someone lost the script? Maybe the dog ate it..but the rest of the film was a complete mess.
The cast is led the ever-terrible Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and the amazingly beautiful Kate Beckinsale. In a nutshell, Affleck and Hartnett (who play good friends in the film) compete in a tug of war over Kate Beckinsale (who wouldn't) - Ur, and thats it...nothing much else happened...its almost like it cant decide what it wants to be, either be a war drama or a love story, it starts off being one thing and turns into another.
Add a soundtrack more cheesy than a pack of Edam - and you have one of the worst "blockbusters" of all time.