Pearl (The Miniseries) | Angie Dickinson, Dennis Weaver

Pearl (The Miniseries) | Angie Dickinson, Dennis Weaver | Real, unpretentious action! Question: Where's the DVD reissue?

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	Pearl (The Miniseries) Angie Dickinson, Dennis Weaver Warner Home Video, 2001 average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Depicts the lives and loves of military personnel before, during and after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Moving Mini-series

I will admit at times that the story is a bit overdone. But overall I really enjoyed this story or series of stories. Most of the war epics I have seen spend a lot of time on special effects over actual characterization and story. I personally did not see that Ben Affleck movie because I think that he is a terrible and over-rated actor! I enjoyed this movie because the stories all touched a nerve. I loved Angie Dickenson's character. This is saying a lot considering that I am not a fan of hers! I have met people that are a little like all of the characters in this movie. I give it five stars because frankly, any movie made 20 or more years ago is probably better than the stuff I have seen produced today.

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Real, unpretentious action! Question: Where's the DVD reissue?

In watching this movie, I saw and felt the feelings of a people immersed in everyday and ordinary things just before the horrible events ensued. My honest opinion of this movie, in spite of it's warts or short-commings, is that it ranks very well alongside Midway and Tora Tora Tora. I can see them reissued in a three volume DVD set, if that day will ever come. One could judge this movie by todays (2006) spoiled standards and afford to be over-critical, and scornful just becouse it may not have the pretentious, glossy, computer-generated actions, token characters in their designated areas, and stale repititious performances or historical revisions. No, never, I liked this movie becouse it was honest and convincingly, real any day compared to the now-stale, (and molded) cheese of Pearl Harbor (2001)
Everything else aside! This movie deserves DVD reissue and is in sore need of it. The state of VHS-ism only serves this movie and it's genra an injustice and disrespect! I've emailed Warner Brothers asking for it but I only get a casual brush-off, like response.
I'm sure if the right people are in on the film transfer, they would correct the Japanse speaking (in English) problem with sub-titles, may change the mono sound into stereo and well... that inter-ethnic scene with Holly and Doug could have been a little more wet but I wont complain. So long as their are some souls out there who care a little harder about good movies and are trying to save them from VHS oblivion!

-Helios R

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For anyone not impressed with overdone special effects

This miniseries is obviously wasted on anyone who doesnt like classics. The story is told from several different points of view and i think it gives a more humanistic view of the attack then The 2001 movie does. The special effects Arent Drastically over done as in the new hollywood version. For someone who likes a more dramatic movie and less of a Hollywood overkill this would suit perfectly.
This is definatly not a movie for anyone who has seen and enjoyed the special effects in Die hard.

A 70's miniseries soap opera, with great f/x (even though they stole them from "Tora,Tora,Tora")

Yes this is just a big soap opera, and most of the stories are just filler to set up the attack,but there is a strong feeling of a throw back to films of bygone days here that makes me like this even though i know it stinks. The attack last longer in this than it did in real life, and they keep leaping from it to some more soap opera filler that get very annoying after a while. The cast is ok but with all the corny line they have it's not really fair to say they are not good , they do what they can. I grew up in the 70's and these miniseries were a steady T.V. diet of the time,so some of my fondness for this mess is because it takes me back to younger days, and as such some will like it for that others will be less kind .

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