homeboy6

I can't add much more to kitkat's excellent review except to also point out the good job the filmaker's did in presenting some of what the nurses in Hawaii did on December 7th. They were young women in a sleepy locale that, in the face of utter horror and their own mortal peril, rose to give the aid and comfort they had pledged themselves to. I think the movie gives them their due and I have seen few WW2 movies OR documentaries that have even tried. I'd also like to take a bit of an issue with the criticism of the filmakers' calculated efforts to provide a return on their investment. I am far from a defender of either Disney or capitalism in general (more of a wary partaker of the products and an enthusiastic critic of both ), but if you are going to make an epic you should spend the big bucks. If you spend the big bucks you've got to try and make them back or those with the bucks won't let you near them again. Simple as that. Pearl Harbor is an epic day in the history of the world's greatest nation, without question. It deserves a block buster as much as anything does and hype is part and parcel, a neccessary evil, if you will. You always have the choice to waste your $9 on Tom Green!

Much better than I expected. We took our 15 and 11 year old daughters and our (almost) 8 year old son and they all loved it. Bruce Willis was smooth and believable as both a near hopeless jerk and as a changing man. This movie understands young children, both their fragility and their neuroses, and their ability to still cope. It is simply a sweet, optimistic movie that isn't afraid to say, yeah, childhood isn't all misty-happy times but we can't use past pain as an excuse to run away from loving others now. Great date movie as well as for families.

Gory, thrilling fun. Lots of big ugly bugs and they are hands down, the greatest looking giant bugs in movie history. Also the best special effect ever of people getting bitten in half. Great crimson geysers! Story? Yeah, there is a real simple one right there on the surface: shiny, happy recruits join up, train hard, lose a battle, get a bit grimy, but still look like teen models. Its Klendathu 90210! Background story of a future earth united in a sort of vaguely happy fascism run by the military is quickly setup, but its ramifications are ignored. You have to listen to the audio commentary to even realize that the writer & director dont think this is a desirable future! Gee, ya wouldn't know from watching it! Acting is mediocre, made even more so by endless old-war-movie cliche dialogue, which was probably ment to be a bit tongue-in-cheek but comes off as trite. Still, its exciting, quite funny at times and contains the absolute best space invasion scene ever filmed. Yes, ever. Rent it (but don't eat while you watch it!)