Watch it again--you'll stand and cheer!

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2007)

This movie is one that gets better and better on repeated viewings. For those who had a bad reaction to the movie when it first opened, they owe it to themselves to watch it again. Too much of the negative press had to do with Ben Affleck's negative nitwit hyper publicity at the beginning of the decade when this movie was released. That obstacle is now mercifully in the past, and the movie can now be objectively judged on its own merits, and they are many. The wrap-around love story works incredibly well to frame the actual attack and personalize it. Also, the movie espouses strong American values and virtues, showing us Americans at their best. Cinematically, this movie couldn't be stronger. It is visually stunning and audacious--a triumph of the movie makers' arts. It saddens me that such a great movie has been given such negative press. The negativity, I think, stems from something not related to the true quality of the movie. Watch Pearl Harbor again--it's great!