Originally posted by FelixAlicea Pearl Harbor - besides the crappy love scenes, the movie highlighted Dorian Miller, sailors trapped in the hull of the Arizona (never knew this until the film came out) and Jimmy Doolittle campaign on Tokyo - it was better than Thirty Seconds over Tokyo - a good film of WWII.[/B]
The problems I have with Pearl Harbour:
- The Japanese were there to bomb the US Navy. Yet they seemed to have enough bombs to spare in order to bomb a.... Clearing in front of a hospital?
- The Japanese pilots of the time were top-notch. Yet they were shot down like flies in the end. Even with small-arms fire from the ground! WTF?
- The movie just couldn't end with an US defeat (like Tora Tora Tora did). No, they had to add the Doolittle Raid in to the movie. After the PH-attack, I was expecting the movie to end, yet it dragged on and on and on.... Doolittle Raid seemed like an unneeded addition that was put there just to satisfy the moviegoers ("no, we can't have a movie, with seemingly unhappy ending, we must add an completely unrelated side-story to the end in order to boost the spirit of the moviegoers")
There were good things in the movie as well:
- The German tectics as described by the guy (what was his name?) who flew in the Battle of Britain were correct
- All in all, the action-sequences were good, as were the SFX.
I don't really think PH is a war-movie. It's a love-story that just happens to take place during WW2. And just because it showed the men of Arizona and Dorian Miller does not IMO make it a good movie.
EDIT:
I respect your opinion but many people will comment on your suggestions.
What's wrong with my suggestions? Even you seemed to agree with them (apart from PH). And besides, we are listing more or less personal opinions. Just because my favourites are not necessarily someone else's favourites does not mean that either one of us is somehow wrong.