PEARL HARBOR begins as America is sending equipment and supplies to Europe, but has not yet entered World War II. Pearl Harbor is a movie so spectacularly awful that it would be funny if it wasn't so infuriating. There hasn't been a big-budget re-enactment of the Pearl Harbor attack since Tora!
The film was directed by Fred Zinnemann and produced. Review : If it wasn't for the action sequences, this film would be a romantic comedy turd. With the action scenes, it's a dramatic misfire wanting badly to be an action film.
A movie review by James Berardinelli. To think of uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer and action director Michael Bay is to be reminded of popcorn-and-eye candy trifles like The Rock and Armageddon - movies where flashy special effects and lobotomized scripts are. Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are an army of two, and rather than uniting the audience in an experience never to. This review may sound more critical than it really is. Pearl Harbor is an entertaining and gripping movie, but has many small faults that some may not even care to recognize and that some will consider gigantic interruptions. The Family and Christian Guide to Movie Reviews and Entertainment News.
Trailer Pearl Harbor
Rafe and Danny are childhood friends who have always wanted to be pilots. Not to mention the profane language. Pearl Harbor is soulless and desperate in its cheesy attempt to appeal to women, running at three hours long mainly because it's all done in slow motion.
There are a couple of DVD releases of Pearl Harbor out now. Read the Empire Movie review of Pearl Harbor. But it's the bombing itself that was always what this movie was going to live and die on, and here Bay really delivers, from an astonishing first 'bomb's eye view' shot that sees the camera follow a falling munition through the decks of the USS Arizona. I won't be giving much plot info in this review, because that is easily accessible on Wikipedia or something.