Gets Worse with Each Viewing

Rating: 6/10 (2 July 2019)

Any time I watch Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) I feel obligated to re-watch this film. Nothing in this movie can be defended except the scenes portraying the actual attack on Pearl Harbor. That is only 30 minutes of the film. But even then the quick editing and computer graphics ruin the portrayal. Tora! Tora! Tora! is by far the better film. Yes, it is dated. Yes, it has its flaws. But it conveys the historical events in a way that a novice actually learns something about history. And the real strength of the film is in portraying the attack with real effects and no CGI. It has incredible visuals and the terrifying sound of the engines screaming through the sky and the bombs falling. There is no comparison between the two films. Watch Tora! Tora! Tora! and see what we have lost with the invention of CGI.