Not impressed.

Rating: Null/10 (9 December 2001)

SPOILER ALERT The previews I repeatedly saw in the movie theatre for Pearl Harbor made me really want to see it. It has an ensemble cast (Affleck, Beckinsale, Hartnett, Voight, Sizemore, Gooding, Akroyd, Baldwin). However, as I watched the movie, I couldn't understand it. I didn't like it the way I thought I would. The story, at times, seems to make no sense and is at times, rather disturbing to me. For instance, the whole love triangle. Most of it makes sense but the outcome doesn't (guy meets girl, guy ships off, guy "dies", girl mourns, guys best friend mourns, friend and girl mourn together, friend and girl sleep together, guy comes back from the dead, gets mad at friend and girl for being pregnant with friends baby, friend and guy go on mission together, friend dies, guy mourns, girl mourns, guy and girl get together again, guy and girl name baby after deceased friend). The acting wasn't as good as I thought it would be. At times, it was mediocre (like Baldwin, as always, overacting). Yet, the cinematography was excellent and the relationship between Affleck and Hartnett from childhood to adulthood is touching and is cleverly woven throughout the story. Also, the movie, to me, didn't provoke a great feeling. It didn't make me feel anything for any of the characters. I didn't laugh or cry or think. That's what great make movies make you do. They are so great that they can make shivers go down your spine. Pearl Harbor failed, in that aspect.