Pearl Harbor [Blu-ray] starring Ben
Affleck, Alec Baldwin, Kate
Beckinsale, Colm Feore, William
Fichtner
Way Better Than Expected!
To call Pearl Harbor a throwback to old-time war movies is something of
an understatement. Director Michael Bays epic take on the bombing that
brought the United States into World War II hijacks every war movie
situation and cliché (some affectionate, some stale) youve ever seen and
gives them a shiny, glossy spin until the whole movie practically gleams.
Planes glisten, water sparkles, trees beckon--and Bays re-creation of the
bombing itself, a 30-minute sequence thats tightly choreographed and
amazingly photographed, sets the action movie bar up quite a few notches.
And in updating the classic war film, Bay and screenwriter Randall Wallace
(Braveheart) use that old plot standby, the love triangle--this time, its
between two pilots (Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett) and a nurse (Kate

Beckinsale) who find themselves stationed at Pearl Harbor on December
7, 1941, during what they thought would be a nice, sunny tour of duty.
Then, of course, history intervened. br/> For the first 90 minutes of the
movie, Affleck and Beckinsale find a nice, appealing chemistry that plays
on his strengths as a movie star and hers as a serious actress--he gives
her glamour, she gives him smarts. Their truncated romance--the
beginning of which is told in flashback so we can get right to the point
where he has to leave her to go to England--works, thanks to their charm.
Theyre no Kate and Leo from Titanic (a strategy the film strives hard
toward), but theyre pretty darn adorable in their own right. Hartnett, as the
not entirely unwelcome third wheel, squints bravely but makes only a slight
dent in the film. Everyone else in Pearl Harbor--from Cuba Gooding Jr.s
brave navy seaman to Jon Voights able impersonation of FDR--is pretty
much a glorified walk-on, taking a backseat to the pyrotechnics and action
sequences that keep the three-hour film in fairly constant motion. But when
that action does take hold, Pearl Harbor is quite a thrilling ride. --Mark
Englehart
Personal Review: Pearl Harbor [Blu-ray] starring Ben Affleck,
Alec Baldwin, Kate Beckinsale, Colm Feore, William Fichtner
If you want action this movie has some serious action. Will you have to
fast forward a bunch to get to it? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes, great action.
If you want a great and unique love story this movie has it. Ben Affleck
and Josh Hartnett play best buddy airmen who vie for the same women's
(Kate Beckinsale) affection. Without giving too much away through a
strange twist of fate they both end up with the girl at different times and it
seems like everything is falling apart when the Japanese attack Pearl
Harbor. From then on out the movie takes a quick detour from Romance
to Action and does so abruptly and amazingly. This movie makes you feel
like you are there at one of the most horrific days of American history. The
buddies of course must work together to save their friends and in doing so
reach an understanding with one another before they both have to leave
the girl they love to attack Japan with none other than General James
Doolittle.
In the end this becomes a very touching thought out story that I enjoyed
tremendously. There are a few side stories that seem forced, but overall
the cast is fun and the story is excellent. The Blu-ray is excellent for both
sound and picture.
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