Changing the facts and never for the better!!!

Rating: 5/10 (9 January 2002)

Make no mistake! This is a poor film. I will start by saying the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour is exciting if not accurate in any real historical context. Pearl Harbour doesn't work for the following reasons,

1) Remember the Japanese Empire attacked at 7am. So how come kids were out playing softball, people were playing golf etc. It was like Sunday afternoon. Corny
2) Poor acting (very poor acting) I cringed in my seat during some of the acting in this movie!! Ben Affleck was terrible, Josh Hartnett was brutal and worse of all was Kate Beckinsale!! Where did these people learn to act!! They were so wooden. Was it with Keanu Reeves in the `"Pinocchio school of Acting". Corny as Hell!!
3) The Love Triangle (Less said about that the better) Corny corny corny!!!
4) The sentimentality of this movie!! Was it supposed to make us feel sorry for the Yanks and hate the Japanese!! It totally failed because it was not objective! It was not a balanced view of what really took place. It portrayed events in a one-sided biased manner aimed at American Film goers! Being Irish and not American (and well read on the events of December 3rd) I found the whole movie tiresome, inaccurate and boring! It was a film that was made by Americans, for Americans!
This film is not a true depiction of what happened at Pearl Harbour! It is as inaccurate as was Braveheart was with the story of William Wallace. The true story of Pearl Harbour was compelling, moving and dramatic (as was the story of Wallace) so why do Hollywood always insist on changing the facts! And never for the better!!