Yahoomc: and now, we're going to be joined by Michael Bay!

pearl_harbor_chat: Hey everyone.

pearl_harbor_chat: Calling you from Pearl Harbor.

pearl_harbor_chat: Thanks for joining us here.



zmataic: Would you describe your movie as a love drama or a serious WW2
movie?

pearl_harbor_chat: Well, I think it is a love drama ... at the core of it.

pearl_harbor_chat: ... but like so many people who were here at Pearl
Harbor,

pearl_harbor_chat: you see how everyone gets entangled into this one awful
morning.

pearl_harbor_chat: It deals with a very serious subject and deals with it
in a very dignified way.



nargueta: Hi Michael. Nelson from michaelbay.com. Why did you chose to go
with Technicolor on this film?

pearl_harbor_chat: Actually, we're making some dye transferred prints.
pearl_harbor_chat: It's a 3 strike process.

pearl_harbor_chat: Red, yellow, and blue.

pearl_harbor_chat: When it's in Technicolor, you have true whites and
blues and reds.

pearl_harbor_chat: It's different from the newer film stock.

pearl_harbor_chat: So we're going to release that in about 150 theatres.

pearl_harbor_chat: Apocalypse Now is just being released in some
dye-transfer prints.

pearl_harbor_chat: It shows greater depth and does unique things with the
highlight.



hugo84_2000: Michael, was Pearl Harbor tougher to shoot than Armageddon?
pearl_harbor_chat: Pearl Harbor was easier.

pearl_harbor_chat: Tougher to put together because it was logistically
one of the largest movies.

pearl_harbor_chat: But it was the most fun to shoot and the production
went extremely smoothly.




russman91355: Other than trimming the budget, how did Disney affect the
final cut of the film?

pearl_harbor_chat: Well, I have final cut.

pearl_harbor_chat: So I guess that kind-of says it.

pearl_harbor_chat: I didn't really listen to Disney on .... well,

they didn't have many comments when they saw the test.

pearl_harbor_chat: As a director, I listen to the audience.

pearl_harbor_chat: I have small test screenings at my house where I bring
virtual strangers to see the rough cut.

pearl_harbor_chat: That's how I start my process.



cinemenium_ovi: based on the reaction you've gotten from people that have
gotten a chance to see the film, what would be one word
that basically sums up what they think of it?

pearl_harbor_chat: Ooh, that puts me on the spot.

pearl_harbor_chat: What do you say to that?

pearl_harbor_chat: One word to describe two years of work?

pearl_harbor_chat: I can't do it.

pearl_harbor_chat: That would be ...... I don't want to make a judgement
about my own film.

pearl_harbor_chat: All I know is that I'm proud of this movie.



worny_2000: After making such typical popcorn films such as The Rock and
Armageddon....are you worried about the audience taking this
movie seriously despite its serious subject matter?
pearl_harbor_chat: Well, I don't see how you can see this movie and say
that it's not serious.
pearl_harbor_chat: Last night, watching it with 700 people from the US
Navy ... many having tears in their eyes.
pearl_harbor_chat: They took it very seriously.


frost000: How did you first approach Kate Beckinsale?

pearl_harbor_chat: We looked from Australia to Denmark.

pearl_harbor_chat: We found her in England and literally, looking at
over a thousand women for the role ... I just think
she's an amazing actress.

pearl_harbor_chat: Women love her in her role.

pearl_harbor_chat: She's got something very special.

pearl_harbor_chat: She has a very classic, wholesome, sexy look.

pearl_harbor_chat: She does have strong sex appeal, but she has this
wholesome look to her.

pearl_harbor_chat: She also has a great strength that comes out in her
acting.

pearl_harbor_chat: She's a very strong lead.