Post by twothousandonemark on May 2, 2021 4:33:54 GMT
A-
Sometimes it's a B+, tonight was an A-.
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- Probably one of the best purely American movies if you will. Characters, place & setting, romance, action, fights, etc. Many WWII films of its era would shoehorn in aspects like slapstick, throwaway romances, &/or gratuitous violence - this 2hr movie sticks to strong dialogue & characterizations.
- Everyone's performance is legit entertaining & pretty engaging.
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- With all its emotional build towards Pearl Harbor, the ending kinda lands a bit flat, & rather swiftly. There's next to no personal reaction, let alone reflection, to the attack from any of all the characters we'd met & got to know. Death spoilers:
Sometimes it's a B+, tonight was an A-.
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- Probably one of the best purely American movies if you will. Characters, place & setting, romance, action, fights, etc. Many WWII films of its era would shoehorn in aspects like slapstick, throwaway romances, &/or gratuitous violence - this 2hr movie sticks to strong dialogue & characterizations.
- Everyone's performance is legit entertaining & pretty engaging.
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- With all its emotional build towards Pearl Harbor, the ending kinda lands a bit flat, & rather swiftly. There's next to no personal reaction, let alone reflection, to the attack from any of all the characters we'd met & got to know. Death spoilers:
Sinatra's character doesn't live to the 7th, Swift's character barely makes it through the day by friendly fire,
& yet the film doesn't reflect about that with the war & whatnot. 
