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Pearl Harbor (2001) - Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett; this is a really, really bad movie
Posted on 7/18/17 at 7:32 am
Posted on 7/18/17 at 7:32 am
-Cheesy lines like "hammer down" when shooting at another plane
-Random stutter added to a supporting character.
-Focusing on a very odd love triangle where a guy breaks unwritten rules by getting with the girlfriend of his best friend
-Cuba Gooding, Jr....
-Movie ends with woman's original love becomes the not-dad dad to his dead best friend's, who originally broke unwritten rules by getting with this girl, child. I mean, will that child call Ben Affleck "Dad"?
wtf?
The actual battle scenes are alright.
-Random stutter added to a supporting character.
-Focusing on a very odd love triangle where a guy breaks unwritten rules by getting with the girlfriend of his best friend
-Cuba Gooding, Jr....
-Movie ends with woman's original love becomes the not-dad dad to his dead best friend's, who originally broke unwritten rules by getting with this girl, child. I mean, will that child call Ben Affleck "Dad"?
wtf?
The actual battle scenes are alright.
This post was edited on 7/18/17 at 7:34 am
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Posted on 7/18/17 at 7:38 am to GetCocky11
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Pearl Harbor (2001) - Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett; this is a really, really bad movie
I thought that movie made money
Posted on 7/18/17 at 7:40 am to GetCocky11
Posted on 7/18/17 at 8:03 am to GetCocky11
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-Cuba Gooding, Jr....
Deserved a larger role
Posted on 7/18/17 at 8:04 am to GetCocky11
That isn't an unwritten rule fwiw, it actually happens somewhat consistently when people grieving get together.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 8:07 am to GetCocky11
A good drinking game is taking a shot every time a character says some form of "My God" or "Oh my God" during an action scene. Whoever wrote the script put in some damn awful lines.
"Crack shooting Danny! Crack shooting Rafe!"
"Crack shooting Danny! Crack shooting Rafe!"
Posted on 7/18/17 at 8:08 am to GetCocky11
Posted on 7/18/17 at 8:10 am to GetCocky11
I'm still trying to figure out how those planes flew in-between buildings without blowing out the windows
Posted on 7/18/17 at 8:16 am to GetCocky11
now show us your movie script
Posted on 7/18/17 at 8:17 am to GetCocky11
Posted on 7/18/17 at 8:38 am to GetCocky11
Even though a lot of factual liberties were taken, the Doolittle Raid at the end of the movie is the only decent part.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 8:41 am to GetCocky11
But Kate Beckinsale is hot.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 9:23 am to GetCocky11
Posted on 7/18/17 at 9:25 am to GetCocky11
Pearl Harbor's #1 problem is that the script is a piece a shite, which I'm not sure why Bay always gets the blame for since he didn't write the damn thing. Otherwise, it's a competently made film - well shot, great set, costume, and sound design, decently paced for a 3-hour plus film, and great action sequences. Affleck is really the only bad actor in the movie. Harnett, Beckinsale, Gooding Jr., and Alec Baldwin were all decent.
It really could have been a solid movie if the dialogue wasn't utter trash and it wasn't trying to blatantly capitalize off of Titanic's success.
It really could have been a solid movie if the dialogue wasn't utter trash and it wasn't trying to blatantly capitalize off of Titanic's success.
This post was edited on 7/18/17 at 9:26 am
Posted on 7/18/17 at 10:31 am to GetCocky11
Battle scene was pretty good, after that just turn it off. 
Posted on 7/18/17 at 3:57 pm to GetCocky11
Hater
I was 10 when this movie came out and I freaking loved it
I was 10 when this movie came out and I freaking loved it
Posted on 7/18/17 at 10:51 pm to GetCocky11
It sucked so bad.
Another WWII movie that sucked beyond all measure? Windtalkers. I nearly walked out of the theater on that one.
Another WWII movie that sucked beyond all measure? Windtalkers. I nearly walked out of the theater on that one.
Posted on 9/30/17 at 5:40 pm to GetCocky11
It was ridiculous to try and make it like Titanic. That love triangle was cringe worthy 
The action scenes are pretty cool though.
The action scenes are pretty cool though.Posted on 9/30/17 at 6:26 pm to GetCocky11
Even as a teenager watching this in theaters, I cringed hard at a lot of those lines. Including my favorite exchange in the film:
"Crack shooting, Danny!"
"Crack shooting, Rafe!"
"Land of the free!"
"Home of the brave!"
"Crack shooting, Danny!"
"Crack shooting, Rafe!"
"Land of the free!"
"Home of the brave!"
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