I, personally, am looking forward to this film because i've been following its progress since December of 1999. Being a big fan of world war two aircraft, I know this film won't dissapoint me. Also, I'm interested in the film because I know it will spur many young brains into picking up a history book not only about the attack on pearl harbor, but about world history as well. She then later said that her class was now on the topic of Pearl harbor, and because of the upcoming movie, she has now bought several books about the attack on Pearl Harbor and WW2. I've seen one too many veterans crying over the fact that their era is beginning to leave the face of the earth.
Films create more awareness and more interest.
While dramas will create fictional awareness, they stimulate people to know about an event and to read about it later. To some members of the audience, Pearl Harbor is ancient history. But by seeing this movie they may become interested in it and start to read actual accounts and find out exactly who Franklin Roosevelt was, who Jimmy Doolittle was, exactly what happened. I don't feel that we do a disservice and certainly the idea is to honor the people and not take advantage of them by using their stories. Nobody sets out saying they want to distort the story.