Ticket Stub Saga #2: Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor
Director: Michael Bay
Release Date: 25 May 2001
Starring: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale

This is another one I was really excited about. It was released on a Wednesday, Memorial Day of 2001, so I had to wait until Saturday the 28th before I went to see it. I apparently loved it so much that I went to see it again the next week. This happened quite often, but what I don’t understand is how I managed to convince Mom to take me twice. I was in 9th grade when Pearl Harbor was released, and I remember talking about it in Mr. Hocott’s Algebra class. Anyway. This was a movie that Mom actually watched with Crissy and me, and I’m pretty sure I embarrassed everyone involved. I was literally bawling at the end of the movie. I mean, I was nearly hysterical. To this day, I’ve never cried that much in a movie. The only thing I could compare it to (in the entertainment industry) was when I read the last couple of chapters of Marley and Me by John Grogan. I was completely beside myself in both cases. As we walked out of the theater I remember Mom looking at me like I was ridiculous. And I was, that’s for sure.