Tora! Tora! Tora! (DVD, 2001, Special Edition)

This movie is an older movie but is a good Pearl Harbor reinactment film. I am not sure when this movie was originally made, but if you are into war flicks, especially WWII and Pearl Harbor items, this movie is for you. Just remember, it is an older film and the special effects are from the day it was made, not up to the current standards. As with all war movies, be careful with children as there is a lot of violence.

This is another very interesting historical movie about our country during WWII. It is accurate, interesting and very good acting! We gave this to an attorney who was interested in more WWII history.

As a pre-kindergartener, I, along with my family, lived through the attack on Pearl Harbor. Since then, I have been interested in the attack and how it was portrayed in films. This one is the best film made to date on the attack. It appears to be based on Prof. Gordon Prenge's historical books, specifically "At Dawn We Slept." The details of the film are clearly the result of careful hiastorical research, and the film is a co-production, with a United States crew filming the American side leading up to the conflict, and a Japanese crew filming the Nipponese story. The Japanese segments are subtitled.

A few points in the film were inserted to educate the audience. For instance, neither officer assigned to the MAGIC decrypts of the top-secret Japanese PURPLE messages had to explain to the other how the arrangement worked, but without the explanation, the audience wouldn't appreciate what was happening when a message was intercepted.

Most Pearl Harbor films go easy on the preparation and the attack, but this one provides a really good perspective for viewers who want to know the dynamics leading up to the United States' entry into World War II.

This is probably my most favorite movie depicting that day on Dec. 7th, 1941 when the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor. This is definitely a very good movie and yes, I would recommend it to anyone who was interested in what may have taken place that day.