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I watched this last night; the girlfriend's nephew and me were having a lad's night in (he's 9) and he wanted to watch it.
Oh, what a bad film it is. I'd read reviews about how bad it was but I never imagined it was to this degree. I didn't think the Americans could get any worse at making "We're great and the rest of the world don't exist" films but, ooooh, I was wrong!
At one point in the film, just after the attack started, one guy says: "What's happening?" and his mate says: "I think World War II has just started!" That said it all for me. (For those of you who don't understand, World War II began in 1939 and we asked the Americans for help but they said it didn't involve them; Pearl Harbour was bombed in 1941 and then they changed their minds and proceeded to bomb everything that looked remotely like an enemy, killed many Allied troops in the process, much like the Iraq war, and the Gulf war, and ... )
Anyway, back to the point: bad film. Avoid at all costs ... unless you'r American, of course.
Oh, what a bad film it is. I'd read reviews about how bad it was but I never imagined it was to this degree. I didn't think the Americans could get any worse at making "We're great and the rest of the world don't exist" films but, ooooh, I was wrong!
At one point in the film, just after the attack started, one guy says: "What's happening?" and his mate says: "I think World War II has just started!" That said it all for me. (For those of you who don't understand, World War II began in 1939 and we asked the Americans for help but they said it didn't involve them; Pearl Harbour was bombed in 1941 and then they changed their minds and proceeded to bomb everything that looked remotely like an enemy, killed many Allied troops in the process, much like the Iraq war, and the Gulf war, and ... )
Anyway, back to the point: bad film. Avoid at all costs ... unless you'r American, of course.
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One of the worst films I've ever seen. It's definately (Sp?) ranks along with Dumb and Dumberer (Which IS the worst thing I've seen).
I fell asleep at the start of it. Thats how boring it was.
Tora Tora Tora is a much better film based on the Pearl Harbour attack, sure it's older and has model airplanes instead of full blow CGI ones, but it is much more accurate to what actually happened. It focuses more on the actual attack and how it was planned out, taking into account how both the American's and Japanese (I think it was directed by both an American and Japanese director) built up to that fateful day.
In the modern retelling of Pearl Harbour, the build up to the actual attack was reduced to five minutes of ex-ghostbuster guy saying, "I'd attack Pearl Harbour, because that's what I'd do"!!! What utter bullsheet.
In the modern retelling of Pearl Harbour, the build up to the actual attack was reduced to five minutes of ex-ghostbuster guy saying, "I'd attack Pearl Harbour, because that's what I'd do"!!! What utter bullsheet.
The film sucks, but so does some peoples idea of how America entered the war in the first place...
I laughed till I went hoarse whilst watching this.
My heartiest recommendations.
My heartiest recommendations.
I blame Randel Wallace, the writer (responsible for the oh so historically incorrect Braveheart)
He's the one who made the script hundreds of pages long, with a terrible love story which isn't even a love story (guy meets girl, guy dies, girl is a wh*re and goes with guy's best friend, guy comes back, friend dies, girl is even more of a wh*re by going back with guy)
I liked the actual battle sequences though, they were good. I wish somebody would re-edit it - show the Japanese coming up with the plan, the Ghostbusters trying to work out what's going on, the attack on Pearl Harbour and then the Doolittle raid. Get rid of the love crap. A love story worked on Titanic by making it the most popular film in history, it sure as hell didn't work for Pearl Harbour.
He's the one who made the script hundreds of pages long, with a terrible love story which isn't even a love story (guy meets girl, guy dies, girl is a wh*re and goes with guy's best friend, guy comes back, friend dies, girl is even more of a wh*re by going back with guy)
I liked the actual battle sequences though, they were good. I wish somebody would re-edit it - show the Japanese coming up with the plan, the Ghostbusters trying to work out what's going on, the attack on Pearl Harbour and then the Doolittle raid. Get rid of the love crap. A love story worked on Titanic by making it the most popular film in history, it sure as hell didn't work for Pearl Harbour.
cipro wrote:
> To me all that line says is that it's the beginning of the war for the
> Americans, the first time the war was brought to them as it where.
I understand what you're saying but it just annoys me that they never want to get involved with anything that doesn't affect them directly. Their fellow countrymen were aiding the IRA for years but until September 11th happened they didn't wanna know.
> The over use of CGI effects made me feel like I was watching
> Star Wars
I was disappointed with that, too.
Big pants.
> To me all that line says is that it's the beginning of the war for the
> Americans, the first time the war was brought to them as it where.
I understand what you're saying but it just annoys me that they never want to get involved with anything that doesn't affect them directly. Their fellow countrymen were aiding the IRA for years but until September 11th happened they didn't wanna know.
> The over use of CGI effects made me feel like I was watching
> Star Wars
I was disappointed with that, too.
Big pants.
Timmargh wrote:
> "I think World
> War II has just started!" That said it all for me.
To me all that line says is that it's the beginning of the war for the Americans, the first time the war was brought to them as it where. And Pearl Harbour was a conflict between the Americans and Jpanease, hence why you didn't see any other allied soldiers cluttering up the place.
As for the film, it is absolute crap. I wasted 3 hours of my life watching the damn thing hoping that the actual attack on Pearl Harbour would make up for the 1 and a half hours worth of pure boredom I had to suffer beforehand. But it didn't. The over use of CGI effects made me feel like I was watching Star Wars, not a war film and it didn't help that the director pushed aside the historical retelling of the event for some hackneyed love triangle storyline with 2 dimensional characters.
> "I think World
> War II has just started!" That said it all for me.
To me all that line says is that it's the beginning of the war for the Americans, the first time the war was brought to them as it where. And Pearl Harbour was a conflict between the Americans and Jpanease, hence why you didn't see any other allied soldiers cluttering up the place.
As for the film, it is absolute crap. I wasted 3 hours of my life watching the damn thing hoping that the actual attack on Pearl Harbour would make up for the 1 and a half hours worth of pure boredom I had to suffer beforehand. But it didn't. The over use of CGI effects made me feel like I was watching Star Wars, not a war film and it didn't help that the director pushed aside the historical retelling of the event for some hackneyed love triangle storyline with 2 dimensional characters.
It was abosulte ballicks.
I agree. Its boring.
The first half is just some love story - The second half is just false history.
Crap.
The first half is just some love story - The second half is just false history.
Crap.
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