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Summary: Why can't they make movies like this anymore?????
Review: Clearly one of the finest war movies ever made. Great story, script, acting and directing. Very historically accurate. Great special effects, for its time. Even though you know how it ends it still manages to build you up for an exciting climax. This is a no nonsense film. There's no annoying characters, no hokey love story.
They just don't make good movies like this anymore. I saw the newer "Pearl Harbor" and it was horrible.
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Summary: A War Film With Diversity
Review: Okay, so my wife doesn't like the movie because the scenes involving the Japanese are subtitled. To me, this is an absolute
plus. This motion picture highlights the Japanese planning and
execution of the most brilliant wartime raid ever made. It also shows an arrogant and somewhat disbelieving American view of the
Japanese threat on the Hawaiian islands prior to our involvement in World War Two. It is one of the best war movies ever made.
The DVD version is greatly superior as it offers a widescreen
view (as presented in the theaters). Also, and as usual, the DVD version has an enhanced quality that is greatly improved over the VHS version. This movie is captivating. It grabs the
attention, keeps the attention, and demands that it be reviewed
again and again. You will not be disappointed.
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Summary: good but...
Review: Great cinematography, story and sound design. However, Tora x3 suffers from poor direction and is edited to a snail's pace. The new mix makes the massive amount of ADR jump out and slap you in the face.
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Summary: "Tora! Tora! Tora!" is the best film ever made!
Review: "Tora! Tora! Tora!" is a classic Pear Harbor epic. The film meticulously recreates the stunning attack on the U.S. pacific fleet by the Japanese on the day of December 5, 1941. Chronicling both sides of the unforgettable attack that changed America forever in this explosive action film made with such accuracy.
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Summary: The perfect antidote to "Pearl Harbor"
Review: Seeing the awful ads for "Pearl Harbor" in late 2000 made me want to see "Tora! Tora! Tora!" again. I had remembered seeing it as a kid and enjoying it, and when the DVD was reissued in a better edition in the spring of 2001, I bought it the day it came out. I was not disappointed. I had thought that perhaps my memory had been kind to the film, but it was just as spectacular as I recalled, and more surprisingly, I found the commentary track on this DVD to be excellent. Most DVD commentaries are pretty throw-away (save those by Steven Soberbergh), but this one was very enjoyable and informative. What was a throw-away was the historical documentary included. I would have appreciated another documentary on the making of the film itself.
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Summary: TORA! TORA! TORA!
Review: THIS THE FINEST WAR FILM.
THIS SHOWS THE WHAT IT WAS LIKE,IT PLACED YOU THERE.
YOU FELT THE FRUSTRASHION WITH THE TOP BRASS, THINKING IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN,!! BUT IT DID!!.
NOT SEAN A PEARL HARBOUR FILM AROUND TO BEAT THIS ONE.
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: This movie is Awesome. If you want the true story of what really happened on Dec. 7, 1941, than you must see this one. It ends with the reflections of Admiral Yamamoto, foreseeing the awakening of the "Dragon", and ends there. It does not go on about our "response" to the attack, as that other movie does. It ends where it should. A must see for all history fans and Pearl Harbor fans alike.
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Summary: Great movie, Cheap documentary
Review: I am still surprised by the fact that "Tora!Tora!Tora!" was produced by Americans. I felt the strong faith to the history from this movie. I definitely recommend this movie to all of you whether you are an American, Japanese or anyone else.
However, I was disappointed at the newly added 20-minutes "documentary." Although the greatest beauty of "Tora!Tora!Tora!" was the spirit of "fairness," it did not appear in the documentary. The movie was depicted from both the USA and Japanese sides equally according to the historical facts available in 1970. In the documentary, on the other hand, four historians all from the Navy talk about the Pearl Harbor attack according to the "newly available facts." Of course, they sounded biased (even among American historians). According to the "Tora!Tora!Tora!" spirit, at least Japanese historians had to appear in the documentary.
I think this "documentary" should be modified. Otherwise, I may ask Oliver Stone to make a film titled "FDR: Day of Deceit."
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Summary: The Pearl Harbor movie to see
Review: I first saw Tora! Tora! Tora! a few years ago. At this time, I wasn't too interested in it. But with the recent release of Pearl Harbor, I decided to give this movie another viewing. While it does not have today's computer-generated graphics, it is a very accurate, entertaining and important movie about the Pearl Harbor attack. Unlike the recent Pearl Harbor film, which seems to have been made only to make money (Which it unfortunately did), Tora! Tora! Tora! was made to teach us about the attack and why it happened. Also, comparing Pearl Harbor's war scenes with those in Tora! Tora! Tora! is like the difference between night and day. Most of Tora! Tora! Tora! is live action and model work. They are excellently choreographed and filmed. Those in Pearl Harbor were simply made on a computer and are laughable compared with the still impressive live action work of this movie. Tora! Tora! Tora! tells in detail why the Japanese chose to bomb Pearl Harbor. Many people ask as to why the U.S was unprepared for attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S assumed that no one would ever attack and that sabotage was a bigger threat. Plus, Admiral Yamamoto was pressured into planning the attack by the high command, who might have been pressured because they had recently signed an alliance with Germany. There are some extra features included on this tape. A commercial advertisement for The Sand Pebbles, Von Ryan's Express and Twelve O'Clock High and the Theatrical Trailer for Tora! Tora! Tora! are before the presentation. After the movie is a twenty-minute documentary, which includes interviews with historians, authors and teachers about the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is a well made extra and informative but I'll take National Geographic's Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack over it any day. Overall, Tora! Tora! Tora! is the best feature-length film made so far about the attack on Pearl Harbor and is one of the best war movies ever made.
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Summary: The one and only version
Review: This 1970 film puts the recent remake to shame. Without relying on phony special effects, this film graphically describes the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, and there is a 25 minute scene at the end of the film which recounts the actual attack.
The acting here is great, and the color photography is vivid. Another thing that makes this film so special is that you get to see both sides of the story (Americans and Japanese) as it unfolds. This is one of the best war films ever made, along with Patton, The Deer Hunter, and The Longest Day, which although was filmed in black and white, still has tremendous impact.
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