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Title: News flash! Special effects don't make the movie!
Review: Face it, technical effects and historical significance can't make a good movie without a script, actors and a director with vision.The only reason I can think of to watch this awful retelling of the story of Pearl Harbor is to make one realize how far writers/directors/producers can get from being able to bring a good story to the screen. The dialog is more wooden than the acting, the characters are stereotyped, the history is questionable, the emtional situations are contrived. Tora! Tora! Tora! is a far better telling of the history, and From Here to Eternity is a much better love story. I wonder how this would have come out if it was directed by Steven Spielberg and starred Tom Hanks. Oh, yeah. They made that move and called it Saving Private Ryan. Watch that great film if you are in the mood for a war movie. Watch Pearl Harbor if you want to weep for the victory of hype over substance.
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