I personally like '
Pearl Harbor'. The music, cinematography, action and general atmosphere was extremely good.
Where it fell down was in the dialogue and some characterisation. Kate Beckinsale really shone, because she acted the part and added to it, as opposed to jut trying to be herself. That was where some of the other actors, aside from Akroyd and Mako (who apparently were not on screen much), made a mistake.
No, Beckinsale was wonderful. She really made the part and it was amazing, considering what she was given to work with. I know she spent some time with some nurses and stuff, to do the research. The two male leads and a few others, unfortunately, were not, because they just pretended to be themselves and the dialogue was full of... Well, it wasn't patriotism, so much as stereotypical vocabulary.
Intriguingly, one actor was in '
Alien Resurrection' and another was in '
Alien Versus Predator', so...
'
Tora! Tora Tora!' was, by far, the superior. if only it was made with a mind to be like that, it could have been a real classic.
It was like '
Titanic', really. A cinematic masterpiece of music, cinematography and visuals, with one or two memorable performances. It's just that the crappiness parts of it are, alas, just as memorable, because they stick in your memory, virtually just as much. Nobody can really deny both of those films are entertaining or impressive. They're just not mature.
Would expect something similar would happen for a film like this, except that he would be able to secure the budget required to set it in some distant future time.
