Victory on screen/'Pearl Harbor' immerses viewers in infamous attack and more

The Gazette | May 25, 2001| | Copyright

"Pearl Harbor" comes at us on several fronts - as an adrenaline- pumping action-adventure, a big-hearted romance and a horrifying disaster film.

It's the "Titanic" of war pictures.

This beautiful, gut-wrenching epic doesn't just visit the infamous attack by the Japanese. It immerses us in it, dropping us inside characters we care about, showing us the battle from intensely intimate perspectives.

Director Michael Bay, known for such loud, over-the-top action flicks as "Armageddon" and "The Rock," takes his time to build "Pearl Harbor." He gives us more than an hour to get to know the ...

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