Excellent Combat Portrayal and Visuals

Rating: 9/10 (10 December 2010)

I liked this movie and still watch it for its combat footage.
kiwihazelnut (a nut she admits) says "Continuing with Doolittle's raid, it did NOT turn the tide for the Americans. It was not a military victory, and little in Tokyo was affected. It only served as propaganda to help the US citizens on the homefront (also, Doolittle's Raid was long after Pearl Harbor and not a revenge mission)." She is wrong on all counts.
I assert it was a success, it was excellent revenge, energizing the fervor on the home front was key to winning hearts and minds, and the negative affect on Japan's morale was enormous. It would take the Battle of Midway to strategically change the course of the war, but from a US morale perspective the raid was vital. Bless you General Doolittle.
muertos says "There was none of the stupid garbage with slick fighter jocks dogfighting Japanese Zeros."
I say BS, there was dogfighting by a pair of pilots that day who did fight back, and the movie did represent the defeat very well with graphically burned, drowned and dead service members.
And to answer SteveThomp from Australia, I don't know why Australians don't like patriotism but we damn sure do here in the USA.
As for unbelievable Hollywood shots, Tora Tora Tora and Midway also had numerous video clips which were news reel shots from Hickham (copied from Tora) supposedly happening on Midway. This is where using real clips from the war can't keep up with the reality of the event. So how much better was Tora at being accurate?