Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

JLRVancouver I first saw "Tora Tora Tora" on my 12th B-day (when it first came out) and have seen it several times since. The movie has aged well and, compared to Michael Bay's abysmal "Pearl Harbour" (2001), demonstrates the effectiveness of practical effects over CGI (although the gap continues to narrow). The story starts slowly, following the meticulous Japanese planning as it parallels the American blunders, misreads and delays, that ultimately lead to the (unintentional) 'sneak attack' on Pearl Harbour. The transition between the planning and the attack scenes is the weakest part of the movie, played almost as a comedy, with befuddled Americans staring up at Japanese aircraft but just 'not getting it" - scenes which do not ring true, as these were trained soldiers and sailors, and the Americans were suspicious of the Japanese. The attack sequences are excellent with lots of well executed pyrotechnics, especially of mock-up P40s exploding. Multiple cameras were used, so there is a bit of a sense of déjà vu as you see the same plane blowing up from different angles (the P40 with its nosecone shot off is the most obvious example). The backstory (told elsewhere) about how one of motorised P40 models went out of control is a good cautionary tale about the dangers of filming battle scenes with full scale effects. Not all of the cast were professional actors and it sometimes shows, the secondary dialogue is weak in places, and some of the back-projection (e.g. the flying lesson scene) is not particularly good, but overall, "Tora Tora Tora" is a great war movie with enough history mixed in with the explosions to make it worth watching on multiple levels.

Shiro_Ishii A simply spectacular and HISTORICALLY accurate 'retelling' of the events leading up to, and the actual attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 07, 1941.Some would call it dry, but I would call it one of the most, if not the most accurate depiction of the attack on Pearl Harbor - without the over dramatizations, blatant historical inaccuracies, and unnecessary love story (referring to the travesty of a film that is 'Pearl Harbor').The attack itself is simply breath-taking and amazing to watch considering it is done completely with practical effects, which still holds up in terms of quality to this very day! The score by Jerry Goldsmith is just icing on the cake! Also, if I remember correctly some of these scenes were used in other feature films and quite a number of documentaries about the event, as it is probably the last we'll ever see of such a major choreographed attack sequence of A6M "zero" fighters, torpedo & dive-bombers. Fun trivia: I believe one of the planes was returned to its owner with a missing cockpit window and a replaced engine propeller!

arglebargle-47893 Holy Mackerel! I've known of this movie forever, but got around to watching it only tonight. I started this review before I finished watching and I had already given it 10 stars.For the combat scenes, everything is thrown at the viewer as realistically as possible. There are no hokey miniatures nor restrictive sets. The destruction of a fighter during take-off is a masterpiece of practical effects. I'm trying to figure what kind of budget this movie had just for explosions. The merging of new footage of a 2-wheel touchdown and crash-landing of a bomber with real footage of the same was nearly seamless.Acting and dialog was top notch for 1970. (I'm a firm believer that both things were dramatically improved circa 1980.) Some of the dialog as a bit contrived but it was needed to push home some of the political and historical points.I gave this film a 10. It was an easy choice. "Tora! Tora! Tora!" will remain a must-see film for another generation or two. Pearl Harbor", as good as it was, lacks this film's staying power.

Hitchcoc It takes some courage to take an event that is such a wound to the psyche of the American people and give it an alternative perspective. This is not to accept the motivations of the Japanese Empire, but it gives a reasons for why Pearl Harbor happened. I'm hoping that contemporary society doesn't use the insipid movie "Pearl Harbor" as a benchmark for an understanding of this event. We all know that at some point, someone dropped the ball. It would have been surprising if someone had not. There were too many cooks and an arrogance that left the door open. Through some excellent research, the producers have allowed us inside the planning stages that led to the bombing. There was plenty of warning. There were just too many layers here. As this film goes along it accomplishes what every film aspires to. It makes us think we are watching actual historical figures in action, in a kind of documentary.