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I'm looking up WW2 movies to watch, and the one for Midway (2019) linked me to Pearl Harbor and ... Ebert's takedown had me laughing.

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Aug 29 '23, 23:28

"Pearl Harbor is a two-hour movie squeezed into three hours, about how, on Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese staged a surprise attack on an American love triangle. Its centerpiece is 40 minutes of redundant special effects, surrounded by a love story of stunning banality. The film has been directed without grace, vision, or originality, and although you may walk out quoting lines of dialogue, it will not be because you admire them."

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the original Midway is better -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 30, 00:52 1
- Midway (70s?) was ham fisted, you could practically see the comic book dialog balloon when they spoke, the huge plywood speakers were a joke. -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 01:26

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I'm looking up WW2 movies to watch, and the one for Midway (2019) linked me to Pearl Harbor and ... Ebert's takedown had me laughing.

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