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"The Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II has inspired a splendid movie, full of vivid performances and unforgettable scenes, a movie that uses the coming of war as a backdrop for individual stories of love, ambition, heroism and betrayal. The name of that movie is From Here to Eternity." -- A.O. Scott's lead paragraph in his 5.25.01 review of Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor. It is still one of the most withering put-downs of a mainstream big-budget Hollywood movie ever written.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 26, 2009 at 1:52 PM
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Chase Kahn
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That's great stuff, neve read that before -- I actually just mentioned "From Here to Eternity" in the last post. It shows you can make a damn good film without a centerpiece action sequence. Take note...
Posted by Chase Kahn
at June 26, 2009 2:03 PM
comment #2
bluefugue
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Speaking of withering putdowns of Michael Bay movies, I've always loved the last two paragraphs to Roger Ebert's "Armageddon" review:
Staggering into the silence of the theater lobby after the ordeal was over, I found a big poster that was fresh off the presses with the quotes of junket blurbsters. ``It will obliterate your senses!'' reports David Gillin, who obviously writes autobiographically. ``It will suck the air right out of your lungs!'' vows Diane Kaminsky.
If it does, consider it a mercy killing.
Posted by bluefugue
at June 26, 2009 2:23 PM
comment #3
Mgmax, le Corbeau
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Yet the movie really didn't deserve that. In fact, the way people went after his one attempt at a half-real movie probably has a lot to do with how he became giant toy robot auteur.
Posted by Mgmax, le Corbeau
at June 26, 2009 2:38 PM
comment #4
bluefugue
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Pearl Harbor was terrible, though. The Rock and Armageddon were both far more enjoyable.
Posted by bluefugue
at June 26, 2009 2:50 PM
comment #5
Breedlove
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My classic-film-knowledge is not particularly great, especially compared to others on this board, but FROM HERE TO ETERNITY is an awesome movie.
Posted by Breedlove
at June 26, 2009 3:13 PM
comment #6
Travis Crabtree
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I don't know. Scott's was a pretty withering putdown, but I still prefer mine.
"'Pearl Harbor' sucks cheese-caked dog balls." - Travis Crabtree
Posted by Travis Crabtree
at June 26, 2009 5:01 PM
comment #7
nemo
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"In fact, the way people went after his one attempt at a half-real movie probably has a lot to do with how he became giant toy robot auteur."
I don't know about that. I sneaked into the second half of Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor (after seeing a movie I was willing to pay money to see), and I'd say it was pretty much already a 1940s period version of a giant toy robot movie.
Posted by nemo
at June 26, 2009 5:13 PM
comment #8
Mgmax, le Corbeau
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Aw, Jon Voight wasn't that bad as an FDR in a 60-foot exoskeleton.
Posted by Mgmax, le Corbeau
at June 26, 2009 7:09 PM
comment #9
Terry McCarty
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Well, Jerry and Michael thought they were making the next TITANIC......
Posted by Terry McCarty
at June 27, 2009 12:46 AM
comment #10
Steven Kar
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As Ebert said, when asked to sum up the movie on the Leno show: The entire Japanese armada wages war on an American love triangle.
That pretty much sums it up.
Posted by Steven Kar
at June 28, 2009 4:30 AM
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