thejeffpe Reviews

Pearl Harbor (2001)

Watch Tora! Tora! Tora!

[6/10 · 19 May 2003]

The distortion of history in this movie makes me cringe. If there really had been a pilot in the Battle of Britain, one of 2 pilots to get in the air at Pearl Harbor AND be a part of Dolittle's Raiders (poor, poor miscast Alec Baldwin), don't you think we would have heard of him in our history books? I know this is a movie that's supposed to be entertaining...but when it's presented as historical, it loses its value.

Actual attack on Pearl Harbor is very engaging, Kate Beckinsale is beautiful, but this movie is otherwise forgettable.

Tora! Tora! Tora! holds up surprisingly well 33 years later, watch it instead.

Airborne (1993)

Guilty Pleasure

[7/10 · 12 March 2002]

This is essentially a Karate Kid remake on rollerblades, but it is charming nonetheless. It never pretends to be something it isn't. Jack Black and Seth Green give you glimpses of why they have become successful today.

This is one of those movies that if I channel-flip to it...I will ALWAYS see it through to the end.