Pearl Harbor

Pros: Hartnett, Gooding Jr, some decent action scenes and humour
Cons: Tedious drawn-out battle scenes, Affleck, Beckinsale wrong for her role

I went round a friend’s house the other day. She wanted to lend me some DVD’s - Secret Window which I did want to see, Flightplan ...

Pros: Kate Beckinsale, Josh Harnett.
Cons: Two hours of straight violence is a lot to handle.

Preamble
Right up front, I'm gonna let you know that I think Ben Affleck is a hottie. I was SO looking forward to seeing him shirtless in this movie or for that matter, any movie this Summer.

I had seen previews of...

Pros: Some historical tidbits were portrayed well, but overshadowed by the actual bombing.
Cons: Wanna-be romantic plot, senseless action, filled with fluff.

One of the most anticipated, utterly horrible action flicks on this year. Everything this movie should or was trying to do went wrong. Intended to be a romantic, patriotic, action-flick, Pearl Harbor managed to put shame to the actual event, and revive...

Pros: Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, and the Special Effects
Cons: Ben Affleck, Cliches, Script, Acting...Veterans Deserve Better Than This

I titled my "Saving Private Ryan" review "Veterans Deserve Better Than This." SPR was Shakespeare compared to "Pearl Harbor." In terms of story, acting, and emotion, SPR was superior in every way. And that's fine. Every movie stands or falls on its...

Pros: The attack on Pearl Harbor is recreated with stunning realism and accuracy.
Cons: Wrapped around it is a lousy love story and even worse dialogue

Do you remember the movie Titanic? You know, the movie with the amazing special effects? Remember the sappy love story and horrendous dialogue you had to suffer through to get to those amazing special effects? Pearl Harbor has exactly...

Pros: As promised in the previews, the battle scenes are very, very good.
Cons: Don't believe the previews. The rest of the movie's a bomb.

With apologies to Franklin Delano Roosevelt: “We have nothing to fear but the fear of bad movies.”

And producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay should apologize to the former President, as well as all World War Two veterans, nurses,...

Pros: Very patriotic movie
Cons: it did drag at times

Last summer we started a tradition of seeing movies that make us feel patriotic. On the Fourth of July we went to see The Patriot. Today which is Memorial Day we went to see Pearl Harbor.

I am not going to tell you much of the story of Pearl...

Pros: Some nice special effects work by George Lucas' ILM shop.
Cons: Where do I start? Awful screenplay. Bad directing. Terrible sets.

"Oh, James Cameron, what have you wrought?" Those were the words that echoed through my brain as I walked out of the Dolphin 19 multiplex after watching Michael Bay's film Pearl Harbor on opening night three years ago. I had planned on going since ...

Pros: Realistic look at the attack on Pearl
Cons: Too long and drawn out. Better dialogue needed

Pros: I didn't see any... nary a one, in 183 minutes.
Cons: All 183 minutes that I saw.

For the past three days now, I’ve been asking myself a coupla tough questions: what in the world would possess a mature, 50-year old, reasonably intelligent man, with pretty good tastes in movies and books, to go out and pay good money for the film...

Pros: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale and a darn good war scene
Cons: Secondary actors stunk and it was unnecessarily too long

I want to preface this review by saying I knew nothing (read-nothing) about Pearl Harbor. The only thing I knew is that it happened in Hawaii (I didn’t even have a clue as to which island it was on) back even before my parents were born.

I...

Pros: Great special effects
Cons: The movie can get boring at times

Pearl Harbor could possibly be called the most highly anticipated movie of all time. Since it has gained that title, people automatically want to compare it to the highest grossing movie of all time, which would be the epic movie Titanic. Titanic...

Pros: The 40-minute attack is visually stunning...
Cons: ...but maybe we should feel deep shame for enjoying it.

Let me get this straight:

It's now OK to make movies about history's greatest tragedies, but only if we frame the tragic carnage with moronic dialogue, stultifying plot contrivances and the latest in CGI explosions all in an effort to...

Pros: Computer geniuses at Industrial Light & Magic was spectacular.
Cons: Weak love story, with a well-known outcome.

Before I start with my ranting and raving about the film “Pearl Harbor 2001” let me start off with the basic plot. The plot revolves around two local boys from Tennessee, Rafe McCawley played by actor “Ben Affleck” and Danny Walker played by actor “Josh...

Pros: Cinematography is a feast for the eyes. Great acting & cast! Not too gory.
Cons: None; except I think this should have been rated "R".

Interesting how people's views differ... I have read so many reviews depicting this wonderful film as mediocre (or bad) that I was moved to write this review (my first adult movie review).

Our Impression – 5 Stars, NOT too Violent. ...