Doesn't hold a candle to Saving Private Ryan

Rating: Null/10 (30 June 2001)

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs
It was interesting to see how blockbuster meistros Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay would make an action oriented film without all the modern,high tech gadgets,and Pearl Harbor showed the result of this.But it still can't beat the sincere humanity and internal fulfillingness of the best war film of recent years,Saving Private Ryan,released three years ago in 1998.But there are other problems hampering Pearl Harbor as well.The love story is cliched,the acting is hammy and there are long,boring parts.However,during the attack sequence,the special effects,which,let's face it,are what a large majority of the audience have come to see it for,truly deliver.Certainly not oscar worthy,but entertaining eye candy at history's expense all the same.***