Critical Analysis on Pearl Harbor

Critical Analysis on Pearl Harbor

Before the attack on Pearl Harbor America was very reluctant to become

involved with World War II, and believed that Hitler and his nazi

party were Europe's problem. But on December 7th 1941, the views of

all Americans changed as Admiral Yamamoto and his naval and air forces

from the Empire of Japan, awoke the sleeping Island of Hawaii suddenly

and deliberately, with a relentless unprovoked attack on the U.S.A

navel base at Pearl Harbor. Killing thousands and thousands of men ,

the attack went down in history as one of the most horrific events by

man in history, and also the day America lost it's innocence.

These are a few of the many reasons why producers Jerry Bruckheimer

and Michael Bay decided to make a film about this terrible disaster.

Though when deciding to make the film they wanted to insure that the

film was historically balanced, encompassing not only the American

perspective, but the Japanese as well. To make sure they managed to

fulfill this idea, they had many Japanese advisors on hand throughout

the whole duration of the film, giving their opinions on how to do

particular things, or if it's coming across as too much anti-Japanese!

I feel that this really worked and the film is depicting the Japanese

side in a fair light, and even though the background music when they

cut the Japanese parts, is very low and slightly spine tingling it

still doesn't make the Japanese characters in the film out to be evil,

mass murderers like it might have been without the help of the

Japanese advisors.

The setting and script of Pearl Harbor is brilliant, it is mainly set

on the exact spot that it all took place over 60 years ago. Though

through out the course of the film it gives us many different types of

settings and surroundings, but all fitting in with how they would all

be in 1941, right to the very last detail. For example when Rafe

(played by Ben Affleck) goes to England to fight as one of the Eagles,