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Title: masterpiece of mayhem
Review: To me PEARL HARBOR is the best "war" movie that I ever saw. However, this movie is really a love story about two men in love with the same woman. The attack on Pearl Harbor is a mere backdrop for the basic plotline.Visually, this film is full of beautiful shots of planes "soaring against the sky." Though I was born four years after the Day of Infamy, the battle scenes in the movie seem realistic to me, perhaps even more so than the usual B&W; combat footage of the attack that we see on the History Channel.This movie makes an historical event come to life because we get to know the characters well enough to become attached to them as the plot unfolds.The director, Michael Bey, did his job well; so did the special effects people.The movie grabbed me and held me for over three hours.
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