It could have been 2.30 hours shorter

Rating: 1/10 (15 July 2001)

I don't agree at all with what has been said here until now by kitkat-1.
First of all, it falls into one of the most common errors of all Hollywood productions: I would say that the actors and actresses are not attractive but poss-looking. And, as everyone looks like living in Beverly Hills 90210 the drama of the film falls into a bad-joke level.
In the second place, simply lies. One thing is try to avoid making an extensive documentary film like "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and other, quite different, is to hide facts, or simply to tell things that didn't happen:
* USA knew perfectly what was going to happen. It was only an excuse to enter the war
* The most important ships of the Pacific Fleet were away during the japanese attack. Both of the carriers were "in missions" and also the new destroyers and cruisers
* Apart from the heavy tragedy of the sinking of the "Arizona", it was a ship built for WWI. It was quite old and was going to be retired
* The training of the japanese pilots lasted for two months, not two days
* The raid over Tokio destroyed six factories and one school. USA lost 8 pilots
As you can see, the real facts are near opposite with what is said in the film. (And I think that Jon Voight should... errrr... hmmmm.... ¿stop acting?)