Unlike some other war movies, Gallipoli, Full Metal Jacket etc Pearl Harbor seems to be more focused on entertaining rather than deep characterisation of a morales tale.

So not looking for the answers to those deep questions regarding war, this is a movie of love, loss, action and entertainment.

I'm not sure fun is the right word so lets go with enjoyable.

Its a long film that keeps you engaged and interested the entire time.

What more can we really ask?

As Ebert put it. It's crazy how bad this is. And extremely disrespectful.

It's not even a decent love triangle. The lady can't decide between the two guys because they are interchangeable. Plus, the movie throws in the Doolittle Raid to make Americans feel better I guess in case they didn't know how the war ended and to tie up the love triangle.

Pearl Harbor is a rather Earth changing event that could support many movies without a lousy love triangle of pretty people.

If they wanted to do a love story around a historic event, ala Titanic, they should have done it with the Doolittle Raid alone. The nature of the mission and how it played out could easily support a love story without being garish.

Plus, the Doolittle Raid deserves its own feature, not tacked onto the end of a movie like a forgotten coda.

I don't care how much people hate this movie and how cheesy it is. It's entertaining, gripping, beautiful, romantic and a good old war/love epic i always circle back to time and time again. Plus Josh Hartnett in a pilots uniform? HEK YESSSSSSS!