What a great movie! It was brilliantly filmed (you know it is a real<\/i> photographer behind the lens when the light<\/i> is superb - shots are taken at dawn and dusk, there is lovely backlighting and some superb angles, like the shots of the Zeros coming in above the woman hanging out her washing - almost in silhouette.)<\/p>\n
The bombing of Pearl harbor was an event that my father often talked about - and it was the event which spurred him on to sign up. He ended up in Singapore just before it fell.<\/p>\n
The Pearl Harbor bombings coincided with the first bombing attacks on Malaysia and Singapore.<\/p>\n
It was great to visit Pearl Harbor (twice) where they actually filmed the movie. There were a small number of survivors around telling of their experiences. <\/p>\n
My daughter requested the movie (she is maturing quickly) and even XS watched all of it with us... <\/p>\n
I wonder how keen Yamamoto really was to bomb the Pacific Fleet? I guess we will never really know their inner feelings.<\/p>\n