Fantastic! best i've seen in a while

Rating: 10/10 (29 May 2001)

You couldn't ask for a better tribute to the women and men who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor. Michael Bay does a wonderful job directing the awesome cast, and the screenwriter did a marvelous job of making the characters seem real and alive. You need the full 3 hours to get the complete impact of what happened before, during, and after Pearl Harbor. You need to sense the idealism of America before the bombing, the terror during the attack, and the rage mixed with fear and denial following the attack! The movie also gives me my new favorite young actor, Josh Hartnett. Handsome, but not flawless in a Brad Pitt kind of way, with a voice that could melt butter and eyes that see to the soul. I'd go sit through it again, just to spend time watching Danny Walker. The movie gets the reality of war across like Saving Private Ryan but without the massive amounts of blood, guts, and gore. The whole movie is raw and emotional....and simply superb!!!