An average movie

I actually already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since I had it on DVD, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, it might be the most hated movie directed by Michael Bay so far. I mean, it is pretty obvious that Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer went way over their head with this historical flick which was their most ambitious project. Indeed, even though it was financially rather successful, it was at the time a huge critical failure and it was despised by a good chunk of its audience. Surprisingly, I don't think it was really so bad though. Indeed, I ended up watching it with my wife (who likes it very much) and maybe because I had the lowest expectations towards the damned thing, I was eventually positively surprised. Basically, it pretty much followed the same template used 'Titanic'. Indeed, for 3/4 of the running time, they gave us a rather underwhelming love story and, at some point, they switched to an impressive depiction of one of the most famous American tragedies. The only major difference with 'Titanic' was that, in this case, they decided to add a final act to make sure that one of the 2 guys could die. So, when the attack on Pearl Harbor was done, the story actually kept going on which was a rather misguided choice. Anyway, to conclude, of course, it is not a great movie but I don't think it is the worst movie delivered by Michael Bay so far and I actually think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

6/10