Tora! Tora! Tora!

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Summary: Bora Bora Bora
Review: Just received this DVD and was very disappointed, after reading all the other customer reviews. The Wide Screen format was hard to watch, and not nearly wide enough, and the story was basically slow, boring, and basically no character development. I should have just rented it. Quite a disappointment.

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Summary: Greatest Movie Ever Made Puts Pokemon to Shame!
Review: I havent seen this, but I'm sure its good.

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Summary: The Definitive Pearl Harbor Movie
Review: The DVD is a wonderful publication of this motion picture work. It includes an audio track where you watch the movie and listen to an interview with the American director, Richard Fleischer. The other reviews here accurately describe and complement the film, its accuracy, content and production values (all excellent). I'm adding only that the DVD is a better product than the VHS release. It's beautifully clear, and nicely packaged. This is the Pearl Harbor movie to see, and own, and this DVD is the superior media.

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Summary: Tora! Tora! Tora!
Review: This is the film that the Disney "Pearl Harbor" should have been. No state of the arts special effects can compare with historical facts, intensity, and spirit of this movie. "Pearl Harbor" is just a shadow of Tora! Tora! Tora!

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Summary: Excellent war film for any age!
Review: This film is a superb telling of the events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This film stays true to form and doesn't drift into fanciful stories related non-existant characters. This film was a collaboration between American and Japanese film-makers and the result is great success. The climax of the scene is the actual attack. Having been born in the years since this film was made I wasn't expecting the special effects to turn any heads, but I must say that the film is far better than the recent "Pearl Harbor" with its computer generated aircraft and warships. Tora... by contrast looks real not like a cartoon or some unrealistic farce. Judge for yourself experience true film-making at its best.

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Summary: better than pearl harbor
Review: rent this movie instead of pearl harbor. pearl harbor starring Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett is terribley made. Get this version of the Dec. 7 attack and quick. This one actually manages to devote the whole movie to peral harbor and they do it spectacularly. The attack is well-done and superbly choreographed it should be ranked up there with other great war movies like Gettysburg,Midway, and even the longest day.

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Summary: The must see Pearl Harbor movie!
Review: This is the movie to see if you want it accurate. This film was a collaboration between American and japanese filmmakers. You cannot get more real than this. Each Country tells their side of the story from their point of view. The Star of this film is the battle scenes. This is the best film of the tragedy that drew us into the Second World War.

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Summary: Watch! Watch! Watch!
Review: Far and away a better film than the horrid Pearl Harbor of 2001. The makers of this film tried their best to recreate the entire circumstances around the attack, from the planning phase to the tragic end. And while Disney made their movie "P.C.", this movie is a fact-based film. For example, when a black crewman mans a gun in Tora! Tora! Tora!, no big deal is made. But, in Pearl Harbor, you have to have a major star man the gun. Why? Who knows. While I cannot imagine what was going through the crewman's mind who did actually man the gun during the attack, I really don't think he was worried about making a political statement while his shipmates were in peril.
Avoid the Disney movie, and watch a much better film.

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Summary: How Does it Compare with "Pearl Harbor?"
Review: If you were not entirely pleased with the recent "Pearl Harbor," then "Tora Tora Tora" might be more your style. The title is taken from the code issued by the Japanese Air Task Force Commander when he saw while approaching Pearl Harbor that they had achieved complete surprise against the Americans.

Very good movie of epic proportions, featuring a large assembly of vintage aircraft, and the production filmed on location at Oahu. There's no love story, the operation itself and historic events leading to the attack are the main features.

Most interesting is the movie comprised of two productions, a collaboration between Americans and Japanese to achieve an accurate depiction of the event that brought America into World War II. Almost a documentry in style.

The portrayal of Admiral Yamamoto's profound remark about awakening a "Sleeping Giant" at the end of the movie has a much higher impact on viewers when compared to the contemporary "Pearl Harbor."

Fans of naval history will enjoy this one. This version does not follow-up with Colonel Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, but you can try "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" with Spencer Tracy to see another depiction of that operation.

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Summary: The best Pearl Harbor
Review: Simply the best movie about the attack on Pearl Harbor made yet to date. Accurate and spectacular, a great combination. A must have for anyone.