Michael Bay puts forth his best effort to depict the events that occurred on the day that will live in infamy when Japan surprise attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii which sparked the United States’ involvement in World War Two. Hunter focuses more on the story and is very approving. Moves to evoke the day of infamy” (Hunter). Stephen’s first impression of the movie is “Pearl Harbor revives ‘40s war movie. The other critic is the Washington Post’s Stephen Hunter. Rainer focuses more on the effects and the movies impact visually however he does approve of the story and liked the movie very much. He goes on to say that “Pearl Harbor is a stunningly numbing experience” (Rainer). New York Times’ Peter Rainer gave a rather approving rating and review saying “Pearl Harbor aspires to Titanic-size sentiment and war-is-hell realism but sacrifices both to an arsenal of bombastic special affects” (Rainer). Two top critics reviewed the movie shortly after its release in 2001. Let us begin with a later generation’s first impression of the film.
