The more I think about it, the crappier I realize it was!

Rating: Null/10 (16 July 2001)

I knew not to expect much of this movie when I saw the name Jerry Bruckheimer in the production credits. After all, this was the same genius that brought us such great cinema classics as Top Gun, Armaggedon, and The Rock....
Rather than give us an historically accurate slice of history, which in itself would have made for fascinating viewing, Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay give us a tedious, by the numbers romantic 'epic' that screams 'Don't I Remind You of Titanic?!' (There are even long, lingering shots of a sinking ship, for crying out loud).
The story is clumsy and disjointed, with the love story and the actual event having very little relationship to each other. The dialogue is cringe inducing ('We don't want to die sir....we just want to matter..' BARF!) and the gung-ho American flag waving is nauseating.
For those of you looking for Titanic 2, you'll love it. Those of you looking for an intelligent and accurate depiction of events that occurred in December 1941, go rent 'Tora!, Tora!, Tora!'
Crap!, crap!, crap!