Bay is no Spielberg. It was a hard act to follow but with good writing and excellent performances, Spielberg managed to offer a compelling story of courage and heroism. With weak, anaemic historical references, we get only a hint of the meaning of this attack. He stands alone. In fact, there were many in Naval Intelligence who believed Pearl Harbor was about to be attacked.
Historical inaccuracies abound.
This film does no honour to the 3000 that died on that fateful December morning in 1941. I realise that this is only a movie. To make matters worse, Disney premiered the film at the Pearl Harbor memorial. My advise to Disney is to get some new writers, send young Michael Bay into a well deserved early retirement, and get a conscience. This of course, will never happen.