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List Price: $39.99 | | Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 38985
Released: July 2, 2002 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
PEARL HARBOR: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT Vista Series DVD is the most extensive exploration of moviemaking ever presented. Four discs showcase more than 60 new shots in the film and over 12 hours of new special features. There's never been anything like it before. History comes alive in the unforgettable epic motion picture PEARL HARBOR, the spectacular blockbuster brought to the screen by Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay. Astounding visual and audio effects put you at the center of the event that changed the world -- that early Sunday morning in paradise when warplanes screamed across the peaceful skies of Pearl Harbor and jolted America into World War II. This real-life tale of catastrophic defeat, heroic victory, and personal courage focuses on the war's devastating impact on two daring young pilots, Ben Affleck (ARMAGEDDON) and Josh Hartnett (BLACK HAWK DOWN), and a beautiful, dedicated nurse, Kate Beckinsale (SERENDIPITY). PEARL HARBOR is extraordinary moviemaking -- a breathtaking reenactment of the "date which will live in infamy" and a heartfelt tribute to the men and women who lived it.
Description of Pearl Harbor - The Director's Cut (Four-Disc Vista Series):
Sometimes bigger is actually better. Nearly matching the size of director Michael Bay's ego, this massive four-disc set is a veritable Pearl Harbor archive, and ironically, Bay's film remains the least interesting component. It's a purely conventional Hollywood take on the tragedy, using a clichéd love triangle between two ace pilots (Josh Hartnett, Ben Affleck) and a Pearl Harbor nurse (Kate Beckinsale) as an "intimate" means of spectacularly re-creating the attack that thrust America into World War II. The director's cut adds little to the previous DVD release, apart from authentic R-rated carnage during the Japanese raid, and minor expansion of the Hartnett-Beckinsale romance. Commentaries range from superfluous (Bay and film historian Jeanine Basinger) to highly entertaining (Ben Affleck and costars) and technically informative (primary production team), and a spirited examination of visual effects (with Bay and ILM supervisor Eric Brevig) is guaranteed to fascinate anyone interested in physical effects and CGI. A broad "making of" documentary is noteworthy for one-time viewing, while abundant historical records make this a valuable compilation of definitive materials.
The History Channel's "One Hour over Tokyo" and "Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor" provide depth that Bay's movie lacks, and Charles Kiselyak's interactive timeline is arguably the finest feature included, providing an in-depth historical perspective on U.S.-Japan relations. Even a brief reenactment of a Pearl Harbor nurse's journal is moving in a way that Bay's film can only try to be, while the "Interactive Attack Sequence" provides a multifaceted exploration of the entire production process (a highly educational feature for aspiring filmmakers). All in all, these four discs offer an admirable balance between Bay's technically impressive but ill-conceived epic and a thorough, fitting tribute to those who endured hell on that fateful Sunday in 1941. --Jeff Shannon
Pearl Harbor - The Director's Cut (Four-Disc Vista Series) Reviews:
Relax People! 
2008-11-26 - I don't even know why people would even compare this movie to The Titanic. Pearl Harbor Came out in 2001--4 years after The Titanic. It also came out just in time for The 60th Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I was living on Hickam AFB, Hawaii, right across the street from Pearl Harbor when the DVD was first released and I bought it right away. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I was basically living right where the whole battle took place. Living on the base and watching this film, I immediatley felt the undenying emotion of the whole bombing and thought the love triangle was very realistic. Things that really do happen in everyday life--especially in military life. Also, like somebody already said in one of their reviews--"IT'S A MOVIE, NOT A DOCUMENTARY!"
awful movie, horrible acting, terrible story line 
2008-11-20 - This movie is so horrible I can't bring myself up to write a review for it. The acting is awful and fake. The story is untrue and the entire movie is badly done. I think 1 star is appropriate.
Totally Pleased with my purchase!!!!!
2008-11-13 - Dear People:
I was totally please with the speed that I received my DVD, that very importent to me. There was no comparsion with the other store prices, your's was lower for the same merchandise. I have bought from you before and will be sure to purchase from you in the future. I'm a picky buyer and I pick you.
Thanks - Harry
Quite Possibly the Best War Movie I've ever seen 
2008-10-22 - Good actors good plot great picture. That's Pearl Harbor in a nut shell.
It was about the best war movie I'd ever seen. And I usually don't even like movies about war especially world war 2. But this movie was great it had good actors and actress's in it and really aside from the civilians who die in the Pearl Harbor bombing only one good guy dies. This is much better then allot of the war movies I've seen in the past like "Enemy At The Gates", "Hamburger Hill", "Red Dawn", and "The Longest Day" (quite possibly the most boring war movie ever created). It is much much more then just a bunch of stupid world war 2 battles.
Why are there so many haters in our world????
2008-10-17 - I just don't understand how this movie got so much criticism and thumbs-down remarks. This is by far my favorite movie up-to-date, and it takes a really super movie to get me to say it's my favorite. Alot of people said it was mushy and that the love triangle was unrealistic. Some reviews went as far as to say that the action sequences and the bombing were way too fictional and computerized.....
To begin with, let me just say that the World War II era fascinates me and I have read an enormous amount of literature (all true stories) from that time period. I also had a grandfather who fought during World War II who told me an endless amount of first-hand stories when he was still alive...... I've read and heard the stories, I know the facts.... what Pearl Harbor portrays in both the fight scenes and personal lives of the characters is historically correct. And the love triangle is not unrealistic. Things like that happened and still happen all the time. It is real life. It is reality.
So.... you haters need to stop hatin' and take this movie for what it is-- a heartwarming story of courage, patriotism, and true love that is vanishing more and more in our world of today.
