You know if you eliminated the sucky romance story line from the movie "Pearl Harbor"

[LynneSin]

it wasn't that bad of a movie.

The actually attack on Pearl Harbor was done pretty well but they had to ruin it with a sappy love story that was suppose to be some sort of "Titanicization" of another American tragedy.

In 50 years someone will probably figure out a way to tie in a sappy lovestory with 9/11

[Archae]

1. Someone described war this way:

It applies to "Pearl Harbor" too.

"Hours and hours of sheer boredom, interspersed by moments of sheer terror." :-)

[trof]

12. That was/is the definition of flying.

:-)

[Skittles]

13. yup

my uncle the air traffic controller said 99% bordedom and 1% sheer panic

[nuxvomica]

15. I've heard that quote in reference to the work of anesthesiologists

:D

[Blue_Tires]

21. it was horribly executed, but i read the writers wanted to illustrate

the idyllic, carefree, party-and-chase-girls atmosphere that was on the islands before the attack...

[mitchum]

24. I used that description for when I was making and installing stained glass windows

it really applies there

[rrneck]

2. It's the story of

a Japanese attack on a love triangle.

[Parche]

3. The Germans should have never attacked Pearl Harbor

:hi: :hug:

[alphafemale]

10. Yeah. It wasn't over.

:toast:

[LynneSin]

11. I thought the Narwhals attacked Pearl Harbor

:shrug:

[JonLP24]

4. Everyone loves a love story n/t

[Dr Morbius]

5. Unless it includes Ben Affleck. Then it strains credibility. (nt)

[JonLP24]

8. For some reason

I felt like saying that. I actually never did see the movie.

I did enjoy the love story including Casey Affleck in the movie, Lonesome Jim.

[alphafemale]

14. ewww ben afflack

:puke:

There's never been an actor so comically wooden. How is it we have to watch him again? He was friends with Matt Damon. He shot some seed into JLo. How much longer do we have to suffer because of this?

[MilesColtrane]

6. I'm still holding out hope for a Japanese attack on "Gigli".

[alphafemale]

9. lol! better yet...Napalm!!!

Die Bennifer thing DIE!!!!

:hi:

[SoxFan]

7. They already did the 9-11 sapstory

That thing with Emilie De Ravin and Sparkles the Vampire a few months back. The big surprise reveal was that Sparkles died in the WTC attack.

[Aristus]

16. Nah. Even without the idiotic romance storyline, the movie would have sucked.

If I remember correctly, in the Dorie Miller storyline, Cuba Gooding Jr. faces none of the racism and bigotry that the real Miller faced back then. In the movie, even the captain of the ship was saying stuff like "We're all real proud of ya, son!" instead of things like: "Fetch me some more coffee, boy, and ya better move yer n****r ass, or I'll put ya on report!" that he would have been much more likely to have said in the military of 1941. The movie was a touchy-feely, we're-all-in-this-together shitfest.

[sarge43]

18. And the nurses in uniform with makeup and shoulder length hair.

And the scene, pre Pearl Harbor, in Doolittle's office with a woman in uniform in the background at a typewriter. The WAAC were authorized June 1942.

:banghead:

[pokerfan]

22. Lots and lots of inaccuracies

So many, in fact, that the National Geographic Channel produced a documentary to clear up the misconceptions people would take away from this film.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_%28film%29#Inaccuracies

[LynneSin]

26. Yeah but most people who liked the movie had the combined IQ of a rotting kumquat

:D

[edbermac]

17. Pearl Harbor - sucky romance story = Tora! Tora! Tora!

Made 40 years ago and 40 times better than Pearl Harbor.

[krispos42]

19. I see somebody was watching AMC today...

:-)


I'm reading the book "Days of Infamy", about the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Japanese invasion and occupation of Oahu.


THAT book should be make into a movie!

[hedgehog]

23. You do know that that book is alternate history, right?

[krispos42]

25. Yup! I still think it would make a great movie, just for that reason.

Imagine the advertising campaign...


(In the late Don LaFontaine's deep, dramatic voice)

On November 26th, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Fleet left Japan.

On December 7th, three waves of Japanese aircraft struck Pearl Harbor.

On December 8th, Japanese troops stormed the beaches of Oahu.

To America, it was not a "Day of Infamy"... it was "DAYS OF INFAMY"!

Comingsoontoatheatrenearyou-thisfilmisnotletrated

[petronius]

20. You'd be left with a sucky quarter-length featurette

:)

[Fire Walk With Me]

27. Try "A Midnight Clear".

Or "Zentropa".

[jobycom]

28. And if they'd have removed all the war stuff, they'd have had a Matthew McConaughey/Meg Ryan

film set on the beach in Hawaii.

[LynneSin]

29. I don't think those 2 ever did a movie together

Meg is a little bit before McConaughey's time. Perhaps Katie Hudsen instead. They seem to make alot of bad rom-com movies together.

[jobycom]

30. So?

They have in spirit.

[tinymontgomery]

31. Tora Tora Tora

Best description of the Pearl Harbor attack.