Totally underwhelmed

Rating: 3/10 (17 March 2005)

I understand the concept of poetic or author's license and I understand that a movie is not a documentary. What I wanted to see was an updated version of Tora, Tora, Tora - NOT this mess. The real attack here was an attack on our concept of history. No one man did or could EVER have fought in The Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor and then flown a bomber in the Doolittle Raid. That is just so incredibly absurd I almost walked out right there.
I gave it a 3 because it had some really cool scenes. But that's all it was - a few cool scenes with a bad plot and a bad love story wrapped around it. And it was not historically accurate past the most basic facts. The true personalities and concerns of the major players in the battles were NOT accurately represented.