| RazorMind | 01 Mar 2012 5:59 p.m. PST |
I have actually never seen it, so here goes :-) |
ScottWashburn  | 01 Mar 2012 6:11 p.m. PST |
|
 CraigH  | 01 Mar 2012 6:16 p.m. PST |
The people who did the miniatures work for the Japanese fleet did similar work in propaganda films during the war. Apparently some of it has survived but I've never been able to find any. |
 Saber6  | 01 Mar 2012 6:37 p.m. PST |
A classic! Watched it on the Big Screen. Still watch it @ once a year |
 taskforce58 | 01 Mar 2012 6:43 p.m. PST |
The only Pearl Harbour movie you ever need to watch. |
| William Warner | 01 Mar 2012 6:44 p.m. PST |
During the filming I was stationed on a submarine rescue ship (USS Greenlet) in Pearl Harbor. The attack on the submarine color party was filmed in the berth next to ours. It always sent a chill up my spine to see "flak" bursts and planes circling Ford Island as we approached the harbor mouth after a day at sea. |
| skinkmasterreturns | 01 Mar 2012 7:09 p.m. PST |
55 Days at Peking was on early this am.TCM is one of the few places where you can watch decent stuff on a regular basis.No commercials(other than their own)either. |
| darthfozzywig | 01 Mar 2012 7:48 p.m. PST |
The Michael Bay film with Ben Affleck is twice the movie. Far more historically accurate, too. 
;) |
| jpattern2 | 01 Mar 2012 8:07 p.m. PST |
Darth, you bad Sith, you.
It's a great movie, with some great actors. |
 Dervel | 01 Mar 2012 8:09 p.m. PST |
Michael Bay did a movie about the 55 days at Peking? Staring Ben Affleck? Cool.. need to watch that one.. |
| Major Mike | 01 Mar 2012 8:30 p.m. PST |
I have the DVD at home along with the making of the film documentary. Great Movie. Remember seeing some of the ships at the Planes of Fame/Cars of the Stars Museum back in the 70's. The ship models were large, IIRC about 8' long and may have been about 1/72 scale. |
 Mapleleaf | 01 Mar 2012 8:38 p.m. PST |
Alwats thought that if some of the action scenes from Pearl Harbor were cut into Tora Tora Tora would make a fantastic movie |
| darthfozzywig | 01 Mar 2012 8:39 p.m. PST |
Michael Bay's version would be titled 55 Days of Puking. |
| Shagnasty | 01 Mar 2012 9:06 p.m. PST |
"Tora, Tora, Tora!" is a great film! Watch it whenever it is on. |
| Bunkermeister | 01 Mar 2012 9:12 p.m. PST |
Tora, Tora, Tora! is what war movies should be. Exciting, historically accurate, with the best possible equipment available at the time. One of my favorite war movies and the best of the Pearl Harbor attack movies. Mike "Bunkermeister" Creek bunkermeister.blogspot.com |
 Stosstruppen | 01 Mar 2012 9:16 p.m. PST |
A great movie, saw it at the drive in when it first came out. Need a dvd copy just have vhs. |
| Cuchulainn | 02 Mar 2012 12:48 a.m. PST |
Michael Bay'smovie does have some good points though, Kate Beckinsale being one of them! :-) |
| rvandusen | 02 Mar 2012 6:07 a.m. PST |
My first memory of Tora Tora Tora was seeing it at a local drive-in with my folks in about 1972. I agree that it is a good example on how to make a film about a historical event while keeping it compelling, dramatic, etc. |
 Texas Jack | 02 Mar 2012 6:25 a.m. PST |
Itīs funny, I just watched that last Sunday. My wife was away from home for a few hours, my daughter was in her room playing, my son was upstairs on his computer, and I found myself alone in the living room. The first thing I thought of was Tora Tora Tora, and popped it into the dvd. Great film! The first time I saw this was at the cinema when it came out in 1970. My uncle Curtis, who was in the Marines at Pearl Harbor and went on to lose a leg at Vella La Vella, took me, and I think I was the proudest kid in the world. |
 Jlundberg | 02 Mar 2012 6:39 a.m. PST |
Watched it while playing Gary Grigsby's War in the Pacific last night |
| Old Slow Trot | 02 Mar 2012 7:54 a.m. PST |
Saw it last night. Still fantastic. |
| rvandusen | 02 Mar 2012 8:51 a.m. PST |
I might add that the use of music in Tora Tora Tora to heighten dramatic tension was perfect. |
| RazorMind | 02 Mar 2012 9:03 a.m. PST |
All were right, this was a really good movie. Loved it. |
| 21eRegt | 02 Mar 2012 10:49 a.m. PST |
Super movie. I remember seeing it in the theatre. As the Japanese attack rolled in the audience was quietly watching in rapt attention. When the P-40s shot down their first victims the whole theatre broke into applause. Felt like, "Enough of this, we're fighting back!" |
 DeanMoto | 02 Mar 2012 3:05 p.m. PST |
I saw it as a kid when it premiered in Hawaii. My mom took me to it, and I wish I still had that movie booklet that we bought. Dean |
| Legion 4 | 04 Mar 2012 8:58 a.m. PST |
Certainly worth watching … |
