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Title: Too long, too flat, too disappointing
Review: I really wanted to like this movie, with its stellar cast and deep (I thought) subject matter. Instead I got a soap opera that's about two hours too long.The talented actors, especially Ben Affleck, are wasted on a trite love story, and the war itself takes a back seat to melodrama. The battle takes up about ten minutes of the movie, with the rest of it "which guy will this girl end up with?" I was thinking "Who cares" by the time the film finally ended.I give "Pearl Harbor" two stars for its stunning sets, costume design, and re-creation of the period.Amazon guidelines limit my final statement. I find this film's attempt to cash in on an American tragedy to be of questionable taste. (60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition???) Please remember that this was a national tragedy in which real men lost their lives.
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