cv558_29376.txt

synopsis_NN
:_:
lifelong_JJ
friends_NNS
rafe_???
(_(
affleck_JJ
)_)
and_CC
danny_NP
(_(
hartnett_NP
)_)
join_VB
the_DT
us_NP
air_NN
force_NN
and_CC
are_BER
stationed_VBN
at_IN
pearl_NN
harbor_NP
,_,
hawaii_NP
._.
rafe_???
goes_VBZ
to_TO
england_NP
to_TO
fight_VB
alongside_IN
british_JJ
pilots_NNS
and_CC
is_BEZ
seemingly_RB
killed_VBN
in_IN
action_NN
._.
danny_NP
falls_VBZ
in_IN
love_NN
with_IN
rafe_???
's_NNS
girlfriend_NN
,_,
evelyn_NP
(_(
beckinsale_NN
)_)
,_,
but_CC
rafe_???
survives_VBZ
and_CC
returns_NNS
to_IN
confront_VB
his_PP$
former_DT
friend_NN
._.
meanwhile_RB
,_,
the_DT
japanese_JJ
sneak_VB
attack_NN
is_BEZ
imminent_JJ
._.
._.
._.
review_NN
:_:
"_"
pearl_NN
harbor_NP
"_"
is_BEZ
a_DT
perfect_JJ
example_NN
of_IN
movies_NNS
as_IN
product_NN
rather_RB
than_CS
as_CS
art_NN
._.
it_PP
is_BEZ
little_JJ
more_DT
than_CS
a_DT
crassly-calculated_VBN
attempt_NN
to_IN
woo_VB
the_DT
masses_NNS
,_,
enticing_VBG
them_PP
with_IN
big_JJ
stars_NNS
,_,
big_JJ
effects_NNS
,_,
and_CC
a_DT
big_JJ
setting_NN
--_???
but_CC
no_DT
heart_NN
._.
it_PP
is_BEZ
difficult_JJ
to_TO
criticise_VB
the_DT
actors_NNS
,_,
because_CS
they_PP
do_DO
everything_PN
the_DT
movie_NN
demands_NNS
of_IN
them_PP
._.
sadly_RB
,_,
this_DT
amounts_NNS
to_IN
barely_RB
more_DT
than_CS
reciting_VBG
dialogue_NN
of_IN
such_DT
sheer_JJ
banality_NN
that_CS
it_PP
makes_VBZ
one_CD
eager_JJ
to_TO
see_VB
the_DT
script_NN
randall_NP
wallace_NP
wrote_VBD
with_IN
his_PP$
right_NN
hand_NN
at_IN
the_DT
same_DT
time_NN
as_IN
he_PP
was_BEDZ
writing_VBG
"_"
pearl_NN
harbor_NP
"_"
with_IN
his_PP$
left_JJ
._.
the_DT
plot_NN
here_RB
is_BEZ
pure_JJ
cliche_NN
,_,
and_CC
the_DT
wartime_NN
setting_NN
simply_RB
a_DT
convenient_JJ
backdrop_NN
._.
there_EX
is_BEZ
no_DT
genuine_JJ
exploration_NN
of_IN
what_WDT
pearl_NN
harbor_NP
meant_VBD
to_IN
the_DT
united_JJ
states_NNS
,_,
and_CC
no_DT
insight_NN
into_IN
its_PP$
vital_JJ
role_NN
in_IN
inciting_VBG
that_DT
country_NN
to_IN
join_VB
world_NN
war_NN
ii_CD
._.
instead_RB
,_,
there_EX
is_BEZ
just_RB
an_DT
assembly-line_JJ
love_NN
triangle_NN
,_,
some_DT
empty_JJ
patriotic_JJ
rhetoric_NN
,_,
and_CC
a_DT
laughable_JJ
attempt_NN
to_IN
placate_VB
japanese_JJ
viewers_NNS
via_IN
the_DT
inclusion_NN
of_IN
some_DT
reticent_JJ
imperial_JJ
commanders_NNS
(_(
when_CS
one_PN
intones_VBZ
,_,
"_"
i_PP
fear_VB
all_PDT
we_PP
have_HV
done_DON
is_BEZ
to_TO
awaken_VB
a_DT
sleeping_NN
giant_NN
"_"
,_,
i_PP
nearly_RB
fell_VBD
out_RP
of_IN
my_PP$
seat_NN
)_)
._.
to_IN
the_DT
movie_NN
's_POS
credit_NN
,_,
it_PP
does_DOZ
include_VB
a_DT
fantastic_JJ
portrayal_NN
of_IN
the_DT
attack_NN
itself_PPX
,_,
an_DT
exciting_JJ
and_CC
dizzying_JJ
hour_NN
which_WDT
plunges_NNS
viewers_NNS
into_IN
the_DT
war_NN
._.
if_CS
only_RB
the_DT
remaining_JJ
two_CD
hours_NNS
had_HVD
been_BEN
crafted_VBN
with_IN
such_DT
skill_NN
,_,
perhaps_RB
this_DT
memorial_NN
day_NN
non-event_NN
would_MD
have_HV
been_BEN
worth_IN
watching_VBG
._.