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Pearl Harbor (4 Disc Documentary)

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0018713830333
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Good Times Video
Manufacturer: Good Times Video
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Good Times Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 29, 2001
Running Time: 284 minutes
Sales Rank: 30751
Studio: Good Times Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 25, 2001



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To call Pearl Harbor a throwback to old-time war movies is something of an understatement. Director Michael Bay's 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) you've ever seen and gives them a shiny, glossy spin until the whole movie practically gleams. Planes glisten, water sparkles, trees beckon--and Bay's re-creation of the bombing itself, a 30-minute sequence that's 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, it's 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. They're no Kate and Leo from Titanic (a strategy the film strives hard toward), but they're 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 Voight's 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



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - An average story on a great format.
A unrealistic love story combined with a poor historical account. Randal once again screws up history.Modern ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Pearl Harbor (Blu-ray)
This is a movie I thought would benefit from being Blu-ray and I was right. Although most of the older titles ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A MUST OWN MOVIE, BRILLIANT ON BLU-RAY
This is one of my favorite movies I consider this a must have. It has brilliant picture and sound. I am not sure ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Movie: 3.5/5 Picture Quality: 4~4.75/5 Sound Quality: 4.75/5 Extras: 2.5/5
Version: U.S.A / Region A, B, C
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
MPEG-2 BD-50
Running time: 3:03:09
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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Bay is a genius
All right I know that Pearl Harbor since its release date has been getting nothing but horrible reviews from just about ... Read More

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