Tora! Tora! Tora!

Pros: Accuracy, Action
Cons: Slow moving buildup

Tora Tora Tora! (1970) A BIG joint production of 20th Century Fox and Toei Co. this 144 minute blockbuster tells the story of Pearl Harbor - from both the American and the Japanese points of view. This risky approach endeared Tora Tora ...

Pros: Facts are better than fiction. Great casting. Good effects for 1970.
Cons: None.

Following in the tradition of Darryl F. Zanuck's The Longest Day, 20th Century Fox embarked on a risky venture: to tell the true story of Pearl Harbor. To do so, they chose the same style of international cooperative effort that had paid off so well for ...

Pros: Superb special effects; a good historical account of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Cons: A bit verbose and "stuffy" in places.

Memorial Day, 2001. On this gray, cloudy Monday at the end of May, I’ve been reflecting on the reasons we celebrate this special holiday. As a retired military man, I find it an especially meaningful day, one filled with thoughts of those men and women...

Pros: Good recreation of the actual events. Great effects and directing...
Cons: A bit slow for some...

~TORA ~TORA ~TORA 1970 The Story Tora Tora Tora is about the build up and eventual attack on the American Pacific Fleet by the Japanese Imperial Navy on December 7, 1941. The movie takes a fairly detailed look at how, why , ...

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

These are the words of the Japanese emperor, to his ministers, who wanted to enter the war (on the Axis side), and wage war against the United Sates. The emperor clearly wanted peace. It was not to be. This movie details the events leading up to the "Day...

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! had the bad luck of being released the same year as two even better U.S. wartime films, Patton and M*A*S*H. The expensive production was not successful at the box office, and it lost money. Some of its losses were...

Pros: Good historical detail and action; even handed
Cons: Slow in parts, maybe too detailed for the average viewer

On December 7, 1941, Japanese carrier-borne aircraft struck the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Taken completely by surprise, U.S. losses included three sunken battleships, a couple of hundred aircraft, and over 2,400 dead. "Tora, Tora, ...

Pros: An excellent and factual film, filmed beautifully in all its gory glory
Cons: None

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

"Tora Tora Tora" or "Tiger Tiger Tiger," chronicles the build up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, from both the Japanese and American...

Pros: Vivid and historically accurate war movie
Cons: Not going to be as interesting to those that say 'what war?' (i.e. too young)

1970 was a heck of a good year for movies. The other most notable war movie of that year was Patton which is also a favorite of mine.
Whereas Patton focused in on the life and times of the famous general, this movie takes a more epic view from both...