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The only thing the 2 main characters didn't do in this flick is fly the Enola Gay to Hiroshima. Not only did they end up being the only 2 pilots to get off the ground on Dec. 7th, 1941, but they also became "BOMBER" pilots in the Doolittle raid, which would have been an insult to a real fighter pilot because bomber pilots were generally not the "first line" airmen fighter jocks were. Not to mention that these 2 bozo's also found time to help rescue men on ships, when they would have been too busy preparing for expected further attacks by the Japanese. If you somehow got emotional from this film, and now "understand" why Pearl Harbor is important to history, I suggest you need to read more and watch less.

American's won't ever forget Pearl Harbour because they considered the attack a sneaky way to start a war. But when America does it's own "pre-emptive Strike" to start an engagement, that's somehow completely acceptable.

World War II America considered the Japanese inferior as a people, and inferior militarily. It was good old fashioned prejudice. That was why the attack worked out as well as it did for Japan. The U.S. didn't "know it's enemy" at all, because they kept lying to themselves about their supposed invulnerability. Just as the Japanese military lied to itself about their strengths in sustaining a long-term war.

That's the one thing you won't see in this movie, nor any movie that comes out of Hollywood. I feel that this movie does more to insult the real men and women who fought and died @ Pearl Harbor. But truth doesn't sell many tickets, does it?

Quick summary, not bad, but not as good as Tora Tora Tora. Anyway, I can't believe they cut out part of the best quote of WWII. Yamamoto says in "Pearl Harbor", "I think all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant"! Where's the rest??? One of the best quotes ever is "I think all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant, and fill him with a terrible resolve". It would have taken another 2 seconds of film time to add the rest of the quote. And it was so true. December 6th 1941, most American's didn't want to get involved in "The European Conflict". "It's not out war"! was the cry from the masses. December 7th it became their war, too. Yamamoto was right. The States never would give up fighting Japan after Pearl Harbor, even with a policy of "Europe First". The "Day of Infamy" wasn't about to be forgotten by the American people. And it obviously still hasn't.

Thank God I rented this one on Tightwad Tuesday! What a waste of time. It's like a bad combination of Das Boot and Grey Lady Down, with a plot that is so unrealistic it makes you want to puke. Nothing else could possibly go wrong on board the Nazi Ship for our intrepid heros. I don't think I could take another depth charge attack, which seemed to take up half the movie. I thought the most bogus part had to be the German's using ASDIC (sonar) which was a technology they (German's) didn't yet have equipped on Destroyers in 1941. They had the gall to dedicate the movie to the people who actually stole Enigma secrets. I think this movie is more of an insult to those sailors and crews than a pat on the back. This movie was almost as bad as Anaconda!!!