Pearl Harbor: Strength and Honor Edition

July 28, 2009 @ 10:34 am

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September 3, 2009 @ 8:08 am

*This rating was given before reviews were required*

In his review of Pearl Harbor, Roger Ebert described it as depicting "...a surprise attack on an American love triangle.", not being a fan of Michael Bay I saw no reason to chase it up. For all the many flaws baked into the source this edit is quite watchable, the new cuts are seamless to the extent that having never seen the original I at no time felt like anything was missing.

The only thing that I would further change would be to remove the voiceover and song at the end to give a more sombre ending, the latter in particular feeling (unsurprisingly) like it belongs to a film of a different genre. Otherwise, I do not know how it could be made any better!

July 1, 2008 @ 9:09 am

I really liked this edit.

The first time I viewed the original with friends we all said it would have been a brilliant movie if only they had left the love story out, I even considered trying to give this a shot myself but never got around to it.

Well its great to see that someone has attempted this and pulled it off brilliantly, a splendid job and its now a great modern war movie, I could even show this to my grandad and he would agree that it was boys own stuff now.

thank you

July 12, 2008 @ 9:00 am

I have never seen the original Pearl Harbour, and in watching the Strength and Honour version, I don’t feel as if I have missed anything. All the story elements are still there and not once did the arc feel wrong. This is skillful editing at its best! Recommended edit from a great Faneditor!