Pearl Harbor (2001)

Can't help loving this movie!
I know this movie is almost universally despised, but I can't stop loving it! There just aren't any faults substantial enough to compromise the sheer entertainment value of this film! The cinematography is fantastic, the music is great, the CGI effects are astounding (especially when you turn on the 5.1 surround sound), the story is entertaining, and the cast works. Ben Affleck is no worse an actor than Orlando Bloom or Colin Farrell or any of the other new Hollywood heartthrobs, Josh Harnett is good, and if I were either of them, I'd fall for Kate Beckinsale too! The love triangle plot may be hackneyed, but I can't help being moved by it. Makes me wish I were 25 again. The budget obviously didn't allow for filming in Japan, so the scenes of the attack planning were also shot in Hawaii, doubling for Japan, but even so, effort is made within the confines of the film to show the Japanese, especially naval genius Isoroku Yamamoto in a noble light. For historical accuracy, I'll turn to books or the History Channel, but for superb youthful entertainment, I'll come back to this movie over and over again. Get the director's cut for the full-effect of the action scenes.

Pearl Harbor
The movie Pearl Harbor is about two childhood friends, who become pilots in the Army. Rafe McCawley(Ben Affleck) volunteer's to fly a plane in Europe leaving his best friend Danny Walker(Josh Hartnett),and his girl Evelyn Johnson(Kate Beckisale). The two are told Rafe is dead, because they draw closer together. Rafe turns up alive and hates Danny for liking his girl. Its through the tragedy of Pearl Harbor that they can get through their difference's.

Jenny L.

Pearl Harbor
A triangle of lovers set against the Japanese attack which pulled America into World War II. Kate Beckinsale is a nurse torn between Ben Affleck and his friend, Josh Hartnett. Both are pilots. When Affleck is presumed killed in Europe, Josh gets Kate pregnant. Affeck returns, and the two men clash in Hawaii. The attack on Pearl Harbor is emotional and drawn out. After Josh is killed in a raid on Japan, Affleck marries Kate and raises her son. There is no mention of the atomic bomb, which I considered an omission. The events of 9/11 occurred just months after the release of Pearl Harbor, making George Bush responsible for the global conflict of the 21st century. I made my way to Oahu and the USS Arizona Memorial. Beckinsale's beauty became apparent later on.