Pearl Harbor

The story followed the lives of three characters in the weeks before and after the well-known bombing incident at Pearl Harbor. Since they were young, Rafe and his best friend Danny shared the same dream to fly and it came true when they became fighter pilots in the United States air force. Rafe met Evelyn, a military nurse and they fell in love. However, Rafe had to leave Evelyn behind and went to England to fly with the Royal Air Force which was shot down over London and was thought that he was dead. Evelyn and Danny took the news mournfully, and stood side by side to get through it. However, Rafe unexpectedly came back, and the unavoidable love triangle came. But Rafe and Danny were called in to serve the army again, and in an incident, Danny sacrificed his life to safe Rafe’s. Though he was the only one who came back, their love could not pursue on.

Basically, this is another love story which has a focus on two men and a woman but it is actually also dealing with a historical incident. The film does not only tell a story about fictional characters but also concerns about the political and military events; the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. At the very first time, America seemed to ignore Japan’s angriness when America refused to give them oil and fuel during the war, but it was too late to found out that they were underestimated Japan. The U.S. government thought that Pearl Harbor was too shallow for the aerial torpedo attack, but with the new invented of technique use, Japan could bomb Pearl Harbor thoroughlyIn conclusion, this movie had portrayed the destructive images of the World War 2, though consisted of some inaccurate historical contexts.

Honestly, this is not my favorite movie at all. With a predictable love triangle of the three main characters and a boring narration of the bombing at Pearl Harbor, I could not help myself fall asleep twice during watching it. However, I’m not saying that there’s nothing good in this film, I found many witty lines and excellent camera views in many battle scenes. I suggest you to watch this film if you are looking for pleasure on another love story, but not a good source to learn about the infamous bombing incident of the Pearl Harbor attack accurately.