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Pearl Harbor (2001)
A Blend Of Stories !
People always rant on about how false this film is, where if you take note, all this stuff did actually happen in the war, except the film does not tell you its about 5 stories or so. Some of the lines still make cringe because there so cheesy,and this film is a typical Michael bay film, like when the English officer says to the us officer in england 'i hope that all yanks are as good pilots as you' . Just making America great.
Some people are not fans of this film and i can see why, but is what a lot of people fail to take into account is the sheer scale of this film, how big the production really was, using real sailors and marines as extras. all the extras you see in this film are real life forces. I actually thought the making of the film documentary on the DVD was rather interesting.
The film is what i would class as enjoyable. don't take it to seriously.
Cobra (1986)
Easy to watch and So very 80's
I remembered the film when i was younger being on TV and never really got around to sitting down and wathcing it. but after finding the DVD i had a spare 90 mins.
The film is everything 80's , the tinted ray-ban sunglasses, the leather gloves, the long coats, the pointless 1 man V 300 bad guys. Its not the most tactful film to watch, but none the less i still enjoyed watching it and those classic 80's songs with the electronic drum machine still have a place in my heart.
If your after a classic 80's action film which is slighty more gritty than the rest then watch this for sheer enjoyment.
Hart's War (2002)
Not Exactly what i thought it was going to be !
This is one of those films that i never got around to seeing at the cinema, and being a bruce willis fan i had the chance to get the DVD.
First off before watching the film i watched the trailer. The trailer does'nt make exactly clear what the film is about, it depicts a epic war film set in a POW camp, i was expecting this film to be about a massive rebellion in the camp and people escaping, this is actually part of the plot, which i was happy to learn. But you only learn this at the end of the film.
The film is based around Lt Hart (colin farrell) who is captured and sent to a POW camp, this is where he is sent to the officers bunk and meets COl Mcnamara (willis) he is then told there is not enough space so is sent to be the only ranking officer in with general soldiers. The film is pretty slow up to this point and not much goes down, characters are built.
The film changes tone when two black officers are brought to the camp, this is where the film deal with racism, as there is no space in the officers barrack, they are sent to bunk with lt hart, so they are not the only officers in general soldier population. The film goes on and eventually one of the black officers is framed for murder. So instead of him being executed the German officer in charge of the camp decides him to be put on trail instead of executed. (this is the only part of the film where i rolled my eyes) i mean would the German in charge of a POW camp really take the time out to hold a trial.
So the trail begins and lt hart becomes the defendant of the acused, the two form a friendship and hart digs deeper into what the trail is really all about. At the end point of the film you discover the whole trail is stagged so that (willis) and his men can complete the escape tunnel they have been building and get away. The trail is stopped and the film comes to a end with a interesting development which once again gives bruce willis another honour roll.
In general i actually enjoyed the film, the train sequence at the beginning was very shot, the film is a bit slow at times, but what i think really makes the music , is the female artist who did the score for this film. The music in the this movie is fantastic.