Tora! Tora! Tora!

pros: Amazing film for its time.

cons: Slow pacing.

WHAT LED TO PEARL HARBOR?

THE FOLLOWING REVIEW IS FOR THE BLU-RAY EDITION OF THIS DVD NOT LISTED AS SUCH ON EPINIONS. For year... See Full Review

pros: All-star cast; special effects; film gives credit to both U.S. and Japanese forces

cons: Fairly lengthy, and it may show its age for some.

December 7, 1941 Revisited

Americans never really understood how they were dragged into World War I during the period from 1914... See Full Review

pros: Accuracy, Action

cons: Slow moving buildup

The Better Pearl Harbor Film: Tora Tora Tora !

Tora Tora Tora! (1970) A BIG joint production of 20th Century Fox and Toei Co. this 144 minute block... See Full Review

pros: Good recreation of the actual events. Great effects and directing...

cons: A bit slow for some...

~Tora ~Tora ~Tora

~TORA ~TORA ~TORA 1970 The Story Tora Tora Tora is about the build up and eventual attack on the Ame... See Full Review

pros: Facts are better than fiction. Great casting. Good effects for 1970.

cons: None.

"Air Raid Pearl Harbor. This Is No Drill..."

Following in the tradition of Darryl F. Zanuck's The Longest Day, 20th Century Fox embarked on a ris... See Full Review

pros: The touch of Kurasawa, Yamamura, EG Marshall, Tatsuya Mihashi, Takahiro Tamura..the intent

cons: We may never know the whole story: little human interest, not for the indifferent

"If all people are brethren, then why are the winds and waves so restless?"

These are the words of the Japanese emperor, to his ministers, who wanted to enter the war (on the A... See Full Review

pros: Vivid and historically accurate war movie

cons: Not going to be as interesting to those that say 'what war?' (i.e. too young)

DVD Special Edition of Tora Tora Tora is a true Gem of a Pearl

1970 was a heck of a good year for movies. The other most notable war movie of that year was Patton... See Full Review

pros: Superb special effects; a good historical account of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

cons: A bit verbose and "stuffy" in places.

Tora! Tora! Tora! "All we have done is...awaken a sleeping giant..."

Memorial Day, 2001. On this gray, cloudy Monday at the end of May, Ive been reflecting on the reas... See Full Review

pros: Vivid and impressive re-enactment, shows the Japanese point of view with some depth

cons: Talky beginning, too many American characters, politically correct

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Tora! Tora! Tora! had the bad luck of being released the same year as two even better U.S. wa... See Full Review

pros: An excellent and factual film, filmed beautifully in all its gory glory

cons: None

Tigers over Hawaii

Herr Flick finds this to be a superior movie in all terms, solid, complex and revealing.... See Full Review