PEARL HARBOR

Jesse · 05-25-2001, 01:25 PM

Anybody else going to see it tonight?

larry · 05-25-2001, 05:13 PM

Would like to but it is raining cats and dogs here so will stay in. Let me know what you think.

larry

Matt · 05-25-2001, 05:44 PM

I can't wait to see it but am not sure if I want to fight the Memorial weekend crowds. A couple of reviews I read this morning were not good but I don't pay much attention to critics. If anyone sees it, give us a report.

Johnny Peppers · 05-25-2001, 08:45 PM

On some of the other forums it is not getting good reviews. Seems it is more a love story that is interrupted by a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Rick K · 05-25-2001, 10:56 PM

I read that the best part is the 30 minutes of the air raid. I may wait and watch it on DVD so I can leave out the yucky love story part!

Jesse · 05-26-2001, 05:26 AM

Well, I will have to say the reviews are right about this one. I will give it three out of four stars (just b/c of the awesome special affects) This is not a "war" movie, it's a wartime love story (does "Enemy at the Gate" ring a bell?). I will have to give some credit to the air combat scenes. VERY AWESOME!!! love story part is just the same old story. Overall it's a good movie. Jesse

Jesse · 05-26-2001, 05:30 AM

30min battle part

Johnny Peppers · 05-26-2001, 09:40 AM

I guess a lot of what you like depends upon which generation you grew up in. I have DVDs of both U-571 and Das Boot, and even with all the special effects in U-571 it does not come close to the realism of Das Boot.

G.T. · 05-26-2001, 10:53 AM

Hi Johnny! It's going to be tough for ANY war movie to beat Das Boot for realism! It is my all time favorite! the irony of the movie, is what war must have really been like.....to escape all those close calls, only to be bombed in their sub pen port! Great show!!...till...later...G.T.

05-26-2001, 09:27 PM

Johnny, I agree with you unreservedly about Das Boot. Concerning generational differences: I was nine years old in 1941. I came out of a local movie theater in Louisville, KY about 4:00pm one Sunday everning and newsboys were shouting, "EXTRA, Japs bomb Pearl Harbor". I thought I better get home as quickly as I could because they might get our house next; (cuz I thought Pearl Harbor was somewhere on the Ohio River). I know now I was wrong......Regards, Ad Yeaman

Big Norm · 05-27-2001, 08:59 PM

I agree with you guys about "Das Boot". Great movie! Another classic is "The Bridge". I saw it in college an about 1961 and it still makes me feel sad. I was waiting to get the movie "Enemy at the gates" at Blockbuster. Didn't you guys like it?

Big Norm

G.T. · 05-27-2001, 09:57 PM

Hi Big Norm! I have never seen the bridge, I shall have to look for it! I classify war movies into two catagories, ones with love stories, and ones without......the ones without are definitly better! Enemy @ the gates, had too much love story!! till...later...G.T.

05-25-2001, 01:25 PM	#1
Jesse User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SW VA Posts: 103 Thanks: 6 Thanked 8 Times in 2 Posts	PEARL HARBOR Anybody else going to see it tonight?

05-25-2001, 05:13 PM	#2
larry User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 106 Thanks: 26 Thanked 15 Times in 8 Posts	Re: PEARL HARBOR Would like to but it is raining cats and dogs here so will stay in. Let me know what you think. larry

05-25-2001, 05:44 PM	#3
Matt User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 196 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: PEARL HARBOR I can't wait to see it but am not sure if I want to fight the Memorial weekend crowds. A couple of reviews I read this morning were not good but I don't pay much attention to critics. If anyone sees it, give us a report.

05-25-2001, 08:45 PM	#4
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: PEARL HARBOR On some of the other forums it is not getting good reviews. Seems it is more a love story that is interrupted by a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

05-25-2001, 10:56 PM	#5
Rick K User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Cochran, GA Posts: 305 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: PEARL HARBOR I read that the best part is the 30 minutes of the air raid. I may wait and watch it on DVD so I can leave out the yucky love story part!

05-26-2001, 05:26 AM	#6
Jesse User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SW VA Posts: 103 Thanks: 6 Thanked 8 Times in 2 Posts	Re: PEARL HARBOR Well, I will have to say the reviews are right about this one. I will give it three out of four stars (just b/c of the awesome special affects) This is not a "war" movie, it's a wartime love story (does "Enemy at the Gate" ring a bell?). I will have to give some credit to the air combat scenes. VERY AWESOME!!! love story part is just the same old story. Overall it's a good movie. Jesse

05-26-2001, 05:30 AM	#7
Jesse User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SW VA Posts: 103 Thanks: 6 Thanked 8 Times in 2 Posts	Re: PEARL HARBOR 30min battle part

05-26-2001, 09:40 AM	#8
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: PEARL HARBOR I guess a lot of what you like depends upon which generation you grew up in. I have DVDs of both U-571 and Das Boot, and even with all the special effects in U-571 it does not come close to the realism of Das Boot.

05-26-2001, 10:53 AM	#9
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,742 Times in 1,020 Posts	Re: PEARL HARBOR Hi Johnny! It's going to be tough for ANY war movie to beat Das Boot for realism! It is my all time favorite! the irony of the movie, is what war must have really been like.....to escape all those close calls, only to be bombed in their sub pen port! Great show!!...till...later...G.T.

05-26-2001, 09:27 PM	#10
Ad Guest Posts: n/a	Re: PEARL HARBOR Johnny, I agree with you unreservedly about Das Boot. Concerning generational differences: I was nine years old in 1941. I came out of a local movie theater in Louisville, KY about 4:00pm one Sunday everning and newsboys were shouting, "EXTRA, Japs bomb Pearl Harbor". I thought I better get home as quickly as I could because they might get our house next; (cuz I thought Pearl Harbor was somewhere on the Ohio River). I know now I was wrong......Regards, Ad Yeaman

05-27-2001, 08:59 PM	#11
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Re: PEARL HARBOR I agree with you guys about "Das Boot". Great movie! Another classic is "The Bridge". I saw it in college an about 1961 and it still makes me feel sad. I was waiting to get the movie "Enemy at the gates" at Blockbuster. Didn't you guys like it? Big Norm

05-27-2001, 09:57 PM	#12
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,742 Times in 1,020 Posts	Re: PEARL HARBOR Hi Big Norm! I have never seen the bridge, I shall have to look for it! I classify war movies into two catagories, ones with love stories, and ones without......the ones without are definitly better! Enemy @ the gates, had too much love story!! till...later...G.T.