In recent research, I've found that Pearl Harbor and In Love and War are two very similar films. They both portray an injured soldier from either World War I, or World War II, who falls in love with a nurse, while competing against a friend for her attention. Although Pearl Harbor received better ratings of the two, don't underestimate In Love and War. The films have exceedingly different endings, but an almost identical plot.
             Michael Bay's, Pearl Harbor, a romantic and passionate film set in the 1940's at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is a twisted love story that will take the viewer for a few loops and turns as the tale of a friendship reveals that best friends are forever. The only weakness I came across was the movie's length, being three hours long, but the strengths of the film compensate the weaknesses. Personally, this film is an all time favorite of mine because it is so easy to relate to. The love scenes are beautiful, and the friendships are priceless.
             The three hour long movie is a very intelligently-made film, a tale of love, war, and friendship. Danny Walker (Josh Harnett) and Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) grow up together in the Tennessee cornfields, bound like brothers by their love of flying. The two boys grow up to be men as they both become pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps, where Rafe will soon fall in love with a volunteer nurse, Evelyn Johnson (Kate Beckinsale), whom he has a flirty check-up with before receiving his license to fly. He's not good with letters and doesn't pass the eye exam, but explains to her how important this is to him, and she passes him with flying colors. The two begin to date and slowly fall into a love that they both think will never die.
             Rafe and Danny show out in front of the troops when they play a game of chicken in the air, barely missing each other in their separate planes to "inspire the men," or so Rafe says (Pearl Harbor, Ben ...