Pearl Harbor

For the first time, last night...at long last...I have seen Pearl Harbor ( the movie).

I have long wanted to see this film just to reaffirm my bugging feeling who the nurse is (yes, she's the same girl in Van Helsing, Click and Underworld- Kate Beckinsale) and at last, it will be laid to rest. It is one of Jerry Bruckheimer's production and directed by the same person who directed Transformers on the big screen- Michael Bay. It boast of a stellar cast consist of Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight, Cuba Gooding Jr., Mako, even Jennifer Garner with Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett as bestfriends Rafe and Danny who both were part of the US Air Force and stationed at Pearl Harbor when the historical attack that sparked World War II happened.

It must have run for almost 3 hours. I am amused by some of the cheesy lines guys in this film used to get through the girl's they eye or when they're professing their undying love and devotion or their fear of war. The emotions, the events, the effects, the anticipation of how the story will unfold in this interpretation (even though you've watched a lot of war movies and have read about it on history books already) and waiting to see kate Beckinsale's face again must have made me not notice that it was a long film.

As I've watched this, I remember my special someone who's far away and will be far a way for a while.Though he is not in the army or the navy, or any of that line, those ships in the film reminded me of him...of someone I love who's facing all uncertainties in the big, wide open sea. I could totally relate to what Evelyn and Rafe was feeling whenever they write and communicate with each other with such distance apart.

More than a love story, this film displays friendship, of being a man, on the power of believing, it speaks of America's pride and how they come to be as such, it shows the tedious way the Japanese works ( to think that such a small country who doesn't even much of metal industry, something that plays a vital part at the time of war gave Uncle Joe such a hard time back then). It shows personal values, differences, faith, loyalty, honor, courage and rising from defeat . It is a story of war but it's also a love story. It is entertainment nevertheless...and sometimes, it's just the way it goes.It may have some biases in its portrayal, inconsistencies,loose ends but it is up to the thinking viewers to figure things out and connect the dots.