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Special Feature Rating:

Pearl Harbor, from director Michael Bay, has a tendency to be fairly divisive when being discussed by avid filmgoers. A good number of viewers agree that it is fairly lightweight from a story standpoint, though others seem to think it’s a fantastic romantic war movie. I tend to fall into the first camp and find Pearl Harbor to be tedious to watch. I’ve never been comfortable with historical films that remove much of the actual history of the event and instead focus on fictitious characters. Titanic also suffered in this same way yet managed to include enough actual history to be a bit less controversial. I'm certainly of the opinion that a film that focuses on an event in history as important as the attack on Pearl Harbor should pay a bit more attention to the actual people who lived out the experience and not try to "Hollywood-ize" the events.

Story Rating:

The outstanding nature of this 1080p film transfer just about makes up for all of the film's shortcomings. Pearl Harbor easily ranks as one of the finest high definition transfers yet seen on Blu-Ray. The fact that this is an early Disney encode makes that all the more impressive. This disc has it all: Outstanding contrast, inky, deep blacks, startlingly clear shadow detail and not the slightest hint of any kind of artifacting.

Picture Rating:

Disney should again be applauded for their commitment to delivering uncompressed PCM audio tracks on their Blu-Ray releases. Pearl Harbor is outstanding from an audio standpoint with fantastic directional effects that deliver a stunning depth to the soundtrack. Highs are crystal clear and bass rumbles and makes one's subwoofer really earn its keep.

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