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hockeychiC518 · 05-26-2001, 12:57 PM

has anyone else seen it? i went at 3 right after school and it ended up being sold out, lucky we got in! but it is definitly a great movie! before i went i didnt know anything about it and i was like whatever i will go and i like feel in love with the movie!(not just josh and ben

) but the movie was awesome, and i am a harsh movie viewer...and this is only the second movie i cried during it was so sad at the end, and everythone i suggest go see it!

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Jinny: They all start laughing at you. I mean we're not talking little girly giggles ,Theodore. We are talking ear splitting humiliation inducing derition here!"
Thoedore: "Why?"
Jinny: "Cause you're BUCK-NAKED my friend....

"one time at band camp..."-American Pie

"im wearing a dress..ive got gel in my hair...i havent got sleep in two days...im armed...dont mess with me"-Miss Congenality

The T · 05-26-2001, 04:46 PM

I saw it yesterday as well...I thought it was VERY well done, and well casted. I'm not much for the romance genre part of it, but it was a good story, and I didn't really ever get bored. On a scale of 1-10 I give it a 7, cause the bombing scenes got a little long.

JoRoX4EvEr2411 · 05-26-2001, 09:52 PM

i knew someone would have posted somthing about this movie!! i luved it soooo much! i'm totally obsessed w/ the movie now *not to mention what Ben and Josh did for it* but anyway..i thought it was great and i am definatly gonna see it again

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<3 Courtney

Blair: Jo this is such a big day for u! Getting married..brushing ur hair, wearing a dress!
Jo: Blair, u know u may not believe this but i am actually going to miss living w/ u
Blair: o..i believe it!!
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Jo: Things are not going well here. I think i'm going to have to hit someone
Nat: Who asked u to defend my honor??
Jo: I think i am going to have to hit u!!!
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Roy: Things change Jo..people move on
Jo:GOOD Roy..MOVE ON!!
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Blair:What shape is her face??
Jo:I think it's face shaped
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Jo: TOOTIE WOULD U STOP THAT!!
Tootie: Was that a yell?
Jo:yes..maybe..probably..sorry

EdBrownJr · 05-27-2001, 09:54 PM

Everybody is saying this movie stinks!!! I heard it is boring oh well i guess i wait for this one to come on video.

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GET OUT OF MY GARAGE!!!

Cokies · 05-28-2001, 02:37 PM

Ben Affleck doesn't really do it for me, so the movie itself suffered just because of him. And that last mission was pointless! The wrong guy died!

But I guess the movie overall was okay...

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"It was just like Saturday Night Fever, only it was a Friday."

coily2 · 05-29-2001, 11:26 AM

I am happy to report that Ben Affleck is not catching nearly as many flies in this movie as he usually does. Somebody finally convinced that boy to shut his mouth when he's not talking. Now if he could only learn to smile using his whole mouth....

This movie has so many issues with it, I'm not even going to get into it. Poor writing, poor cinematography, poor flow, anti-climatic, and not incredibly accurate. At least it wasn't out and out inaccurate.

Bootsy Whoosh · 05-29-2001, 08:53 PM

Addmittedly, I haven't seen it yet. Although I have heard it was pretty sadly inaccurate.

Of course many movies are. For example, most sci-fi movies have the sound of explosions in space, even though it is not possible to have sound in space.

However, I personally think that movies that depict historical events should strive to be as accurate as possible, since many people will take the movie as truth.

Just my 2 cents on the issue.

lesliem14 · 05-29-2001, 10:40 PM

I want to see it, but will wait until it goes from the first-run theater in town to the second-run one across town where I used to work and my sister currently works at. That way I get in free and don't get mad when I have to pay for it!!

I haven't seen a good review to this movie (main reason I haven't seen it yet), but as a history major I would probably sit in there and pick it apart. When I go to a movie portraying a historical event, I want it to delve into why this side did this and why the other side did that. I don't think from what I read Pearl Harbor did that and fictional characters in a real event like this don't do it either.

coily2 · 05-30-2001, 08:53 AM

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Originally posted by lesliem14:
but as a history major I would probably sit in there and pick it apart

Leslie, I took my father-in-law, who is a history professor to see this movie. He told me that he found it more accurate than other movies, as far as weapons and combat techniques went. He said that alot of the events in the movie may or may not have happened that way - they are interpreted differently by different historians (i.e., how much did Washington know prior to the attack), but all in all, not horribly inaccurate until they started talking about the Doolittle bombing. I slept through history in high school, and I knew what they were portraying here was crap.

Save your money. And if you do go to see it, don't go expecting to see an accurate depiction of factual events. Go expecting to see a love story with a factual event thrown in here and there to add tension to the romance. Yes, it sucked that bad.

Zebra 3 · 05-08-2005, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by coily2

Save your money. And if you do go to see it, don't go expecting to see an accurate depiction of factual events. Go expecting to see a love story with a factual event thrown in here and there to add tension to the romance. Yes, it sucked that bad.

Well said. I've given up that Ben Affleck will ever appear in anything decent.

Dean Winchester · 05-08-2005, 02:35 PM

lol.... at first when I saw all these "Ben Affleck is so hot, I am obsessed with this movie!!!" posts, I thought they were new... as opposed to four years old. I was wondering "why is that guy waiting for it to come out on video? IT'S BEEN OUT!!!", and then I saw the date, lol

I remember seeing on a message board somewhere else, that someone was called "unpatriotic" for saying this movie was a turd. I never knew that having decent taste in movies made you a traitor, lol. I think PH could've been a good movie had they made a film that stuck to the facts, but instead they decided to make it a Titanic style story.

I hope I don't live to see the day that they make a romantic tragedy involving Sept. 11 ala Pearl Harbor/Titanic. I bet people who were alive when PH happened felt sick to their stomach that Michael Bay cashed in on the tragedy to make a Ben Affleck love story.

05-26-2001, 12:57 PM	#1
hockeychiC518 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Apr 06, 2001 Location: MA Posts: 539	Pearl Harbor- the movie has anyone else seen it? i went at 3 right after school and it ended up being sold out, lucky we got in! but it is definitly a great movie! before i went i didnt know anything about it and i was like whatever i will go and i like feel in love with the movie!(not just josh and ben ) but the movie was awesome, and i am a harsh movie viewer...and this is only the second movie i cried during it was so sad at the end, and everythone i suggest go see it! ------------------ Jinny: They all start laughing at you. I mean we're not talking little girly giggles ,Theodore. We are talking ear splitting humiliation inducing derition here!" Thoedore: "Why?" Jinny: "Cause you're BUCK-NAKED my friend.... "one time at band camp..."-American Pie "im wearing a dress..ive got gel in my hair...i havent got sleep in two days...im armed...dont mess with me"-Miss Congenality

05-26-2001, 04:46 PM	#2
The T Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 22, 2000 Location: Baraboo, WI US Posts: 1,108	I saw it yesterday as well...I thought it was VERY well done, and well casted. I'm not much for the romance genre part of it, but it was a good story, and I didn't really ever get bored. On a scale of 1-10 I give it a 7, cause the bombing scenes got a little long.

05-26-2001, 09:52 PM	#3
JoRoX4EvEr2411 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 10, 2001 Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA Posts: 154	i knew someone would have posted somthing about this movie!! i luved it soooo much! i'm totally obsessed w/ the movie now not to mention what Ben and Josh did for it but anyway..i thought it was great and i am definatly gonna see it again ------------------ <3 Courtney Blair: Jo this is such a big day for u! Getting married..brushing ur hair, wearing a dress! Jo: Blair, u know u may not believe this but i am actually going to miss living w/ u Blair: o..i believe it!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jo: Things are not going well here. I think i'm going to have to hit someone Nat: Who asked u to defend my honor?? Jo: I think i am going to have to hit u!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roy: Things change Jo..people move on Jo:GOOD Roy..MOVE ON!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blair:What shape is her face?? Jo:I think it's face shaped ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jo: TOOTIE WOULD U STOP THAT!! Tootie: Was that a yell? Jo:yes..maybe..probably..sorry

05-27-2001, 09:54 PM	#4
EdBrownJr Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 08, 2001 Location: Jersey City, NJ Posts: 1,247	Everybody is saying this movie stinks!!! I heard it is boring oh well i guess i wait for this one to come on video. ------------------ GET OUT OF MY GARAGE!!!

05-28-2001, 02:37 PM	#5
Cokies Head Goonie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 28, 2000 Location: Benicia, CA USA Posts: 1,719	Ben Affleck doesn't really do it for me, so the movie itself suffered just because of him. And that last mission was pointless! The wrong guy died! But I guess the movie overall was okay... ------------------ "It was just like Saturday Night Fever, only it was a Friday."

05-29-2001, 11:26 AM	#6
coily2 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 28, 2000 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 969	I am happy to report that Ben Affleck is not catching nearly as many flies in this movie as he usually does. Somebody finally convinced that boy to shut his mouth when he's not talking. Now if he could only learn to smile using his whole mouth.... This movie has so many issues with it, I'm not even going to get into it. Poor writing, poor cinematography, poor flow, anti-climatic, and not incredibly accurate. At least it wasn't out and out inaccurate.

05-29-2001, 08:53 PM	#7
Bootsy Whoosh Storms abrewin'... Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2001 Location: The Alpha Quadrant, Sector 001 Posts: 2,104	Addmittedly, I haven't seen it yet. Although I have heard it was pretty sadly inaccurate. Of course many movies are. For example, most sci-fi movies have the sound of explosions in space, even though it is not possible to have sound in space. However, I personally think that movies that depict historical events should strive to be as accurate as possible, since many people will take the movie as truth. Just my 2 cents on the issue.

05-29-2001, 10:40 PM	#8
lesliem14 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Frankfort, KY Posts: 650	I want to see it, but will wait until it goes from the first-run theater in town to the second-run one across town where I used to work and my sister currently works at. That way I get in free and don't get mad when I have to pay for it!! I haven't seen a good review to this movie (main reason I haven't seen it yet), but as a history major I would probably sit in there and pick it apart. When I go to a movie portraying a historical event, I want it to delve into why this side did this and why the other side did that. I don't think from what I read Pearl Harbor did that and fictional characters in a real event like this don't do it either.

05-08-2005, 02:35 PM	#11
Dean Winchester Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 14,803	lol.... at first when I saw all these "Ben Affleck is so hot, I am obsessed with this movie!!!" posts, I thought they were new... as opposed to four years old. I was wondering "why is that guy waiting for it to come out on video? IT'S BEEN OUT!!!", and then I saw the date, lol I remember seeing on a message board somewhere else, that someone was called "unpatriotic" for saying this movie was a turd. I never knew that having decent taste in movies made you a traitor, lol. I think PH could've been a good movie had they made a film that stuck to the facts, but instead they decided to make it a Titanic style story. I hope I don't live to see the day that they make a romantic tragedy involving Sept. 11 ala Pearl Harbor/Titanic. I bet people who were alive when PH happened felt sick to their stomach that Michael Bay cashed in on the tragedy to make a Ben Affleck love story.