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Did you like Pearl Harbor (the movie)?

:nod: Yes
9 (30%)
:blah: Indifferent
10 (33.3%)
:sigh: No
11 (36.7%)

Total Members Voted: 30

Voting closed: August 24, 2002, 07:55:32 pm

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Offline Kellan

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Reply #20 on: August 25, 2002, 04:19:38 pm
Why, from canvassing opinions to revealing the plot twists in just a few easy steps. :p
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Offline CODEDOG ND

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Reply #21 on: August 25, 2002, 06:14:20 pm
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Originally posted by Su-tehp




I know that Josh Hartnett dies in PH; does he die or live in Black Hawk Down? I wanna see that movie, but I haven't had the chance yet.


No, not in BHD.  

I found Tora! Tora! Tora! interesting, but yet again I find much of history interesting.
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Reply #22 on: August 25, 2002, 07:00:06 pm
Ok, cool results, actually. It reveals more than you know... ;7

Now for the next public opinion question...
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline Vertigo1

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Reply #23 on: August 25, 2002, 11:00:29 pm
Pearl Harbor was OK.  It wasn't a fantastic movie, but it wasn't piss poor either.  Some parts were pretty damn funny, like when Raif was asking that chick out. :D  Then he opens the bottle and hits his nose...again! (I winced BIG time when I saw that! :p)  Then there was the dude with the eyedrops trying to help his buddies get laid. :D

It got a little boring after that till the bombing scene at the harbor...then it got downhill from there.  It leveled out at the bombing of Tokyo, and went downhill again at the end.

I give it a 2 out of 5.
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Reply #24 on: August 25, 2002, 11:04:36 pm
An appaling piece of cinema, one badly contrived scene of melodrama to the next stilted peformance by actors giving of thier best "what the feck am i doing in this POS movie" skill.

The director (Bay) does the action scene well but the non-action scenes are dire. As a budding historian and a British person i find a lot of the uber-patriotic flag waving to be grating and the few scenes that the British are in or mentioned we are made to look like were inept and that we couldnt have won the Battle of Britain without one ace pilot!

The scenes i did like however were those shot from the Japense side, fairly giving us an understanding of why they attacked and are tension building with great cinematography.

So overall its a crap 2 hours of condescending bollocks with a good 40 minute fight then a completely pointless addition of the Dolittle raid. Oh and the ending narration (by a British actor no less) makes me grind my teeth down.
 

Offline Su-tehp

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Reply #25 on: August 25, 2002, 11:28:15 pm
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...and the ending narration (by a British actor no less) makes me grind my teeth down.


Ending narration? I don't remember this. What was the ending narration and who was the British actor who did it?
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Offline Vertigo1

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Reply #26 on: August 25, 2002, 11:36:49 pm
The only narration I recall is by Ben Aflec talking about his son....
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Reply #27 on: August 26, 2002, 04:27:42 am
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Ending narration? I don't remember this. What was the ending narration and who was the British actor who did it?



Not to derail this topic, but this reminds me of a quote I once heard:

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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline Fineus

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Reply #28 on: August 26, 2002, 10:50:26 am
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10 minutes action.. 2 hours chick flick...

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Offline Stealth

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Reply #29 on: August 26, 2002, 11:19:20 am
i loved it!

it's not the kind of movie you can watch over-and-over, like other movies (i.e. X-men, Behind Enemy Lines, etc.)

but i mean, sure, maybe they did focus a little too much on the 'love' aspect of it, but if you watch the 'bonus material' on the DVD, you'll see that it took them MONTHS to do like 2 minutes of the action sequence.  If they did more action, it would've taken years and years and a massive budget to make :)
 

Offline Stealth

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Reply #30 on: August 26, 2002, 11:22:51 am
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Yes, that is what I have heard about it, which translates to "it's crap." :D


look at Titanic... didn't it win like more awards than any other movie?  and i'll bet most people here think it sucked!

lol
 

Offline Mr Carrot

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Reply #31 on: August 26, 2002, 11:25:48 am
I meant actress, Cate Blanchet's "America grew stronger" thing at the end it makes me want to put a bullet in my head.
 

Offline Su-tehp

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Reply #32 on: August 26, 2002, 04:11:19 pm
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I meant actress, Cate Blanchet's "America grew stronger" thing at the end it makes me want to put a bullet in my head.


You mean Kate Beckinsale. Cate Blanchett was a different actress. (Wow, Kate Beckinsale is British? I knew she used a British accent in "Serendipity" but I thought it was just affected for the movie...)

Yeah, the PH speech at the end was pretty cheesy, but it seemed to fit.

Actually, alot of stuff from the '40s were really cheesy: the music, the clothes, my father...:lol: ;)
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Reply #33 on: August 26, 2002, 04:58:21 pm
Arse damnit i have trouble with those 2, Beckinsale is English Blanchette is 1/2 Canuk.
  

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Reply #34 on: August 27, 2002, 04:30:03 am
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
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