Our favorite Screen Junkies posted this dead-on critique of Pearl Harbor on their YouTube page, and I have to say, they spared no ridiculous moment of the film from their keen sight. And, judging by the social media requests for this Honest Trailer, no one wanted them to.
The trailer starts by discussing how Michael Bay used the film "to cash in on the loss of even more American lives" than his upcoming Benghazi film 13 Hours, and you know, they aren’t wrong. Even though, let’s be honest, the loss of American lives is what pretty much every Michael Bay film is about, whether it’s based on a real event or not. His movies almost always have so many explosions and so much gunfire that hundreds, if not thousands, of imaginary people die in each one. Later on they mention how cool those explosions are. But, are explosions that show tons of Americans dying really supposed to make us so satisfied? Ick.
After that we get into the real meat of the piece, the part where the Honest Trailer mercilessly pokes at the awkward love triangle between Josh Hartnett, Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale. The trailer describes the bombing of Pearl Harbor as getting "in the way of their fictional relationship," which is exactly what happens. Damn Pearl Harbor bombing.
An undeniable part of the awkwardness in that love triangle is the slapstick elements of the movie. Ben Affleck’s supposedly hysterical grimace at getting a shot in the ass from his nurse love. Ben Affleck knocking himself out on a hospital equipment tray and breaking the hell out of his nose. Ben Affleck (A lot of these involve Ben Affleck, don’t they?) popping himself in the broken nose with a champagne cork. Oh, the hilarity. .... Read More »
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