Tora, Tora, Tora.<\/em>\u00a0 It was a box office flop in 1970, since it\u2019s main purpose was to accurately retell the events of the attack on Pearl Harbor.\u00a0 Roger Ebert hated it, which is always a feather in the cap of any film as far as I\u2019m concerned.\u00a0 Yes, the first half can drag as the film pieces together the events, but the star power and acting guns they brought into the project do help.\u00a0
It is noteworthy for allowing both United States historians as well as Japanese historians to tell their sides of the story.\u00a0 They then took those accounts and merged them.\u00a0 <\/p>\nMany of the action scenes, particularly around the attack, are based on anecdotes or attempts to recreate famous photos or film clips.\u00a0 While mostly historical, there are a couple of departures from the historical context.\u00a0 Yes, on rare occasion, some of the ships shown in long shots are actually later carrier and destroyer classes, and not the types that took part.\u00a0 Likewise, you can always find a little discrepancy here or there.\u00a0 On the whole, however, the ships and planes used were portrayed authentically.<\/p>\n
Also, while the attack is mostly by the numbers, for dramatic purposes, a couple things are moved around.\u00a0 The primary example being the death of the USS Arizona.\u00a0 It was one of the first ships attacked, and within only minutes of the raid suffered the infamous fatal bomb blast that destroyed it and its crew.\u00a0 In the film, in order to build up to a crescendo, it\u2019s doom is postponed until a proper climax in the action.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also noteworthy for showing how different America is from so many other countries and cultures.\u00a0 The filmmakers have no problem showing America\u2019s bumbling, fumbling, and general incompetence.\u00a0 The Japanese, on the other hand, are very conscientious of downplaying its strategy of a surprise attack.\u00a0 The attempt to take Japan\u2019s official account, that it meant to declare war before the attack, leaves the view wondering: If they meant to give us warning, then why did the success of the attack depend on surprise?\u00a0 That\u2019s because Japan, unlike America, but like most societies, does not fess up to mistakes and culpability that easily.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
One more note. This is based on traditional, and generally accepted, historical renditions.\u00a0 Not included are the ridiculous conspiracy theories that FDR planned it all, or knew about it and sat on the information in order to bring the US into the war.\u00a0 Like most conspiracy theories, they have plenty of evidence to support it, as long as you are particularly hostile to the parties the theories are accusing.\u00a0 There is always that key piece of information missing, that actual evidence that the conspiracy happened.\u00a0 But the joy of conspiracy theories is they manage to dismiss any missing evidence as proof of the conspiracy.\u00a0 But that\u2019s for another post.\u00a0 For now, watch Tron<\/em>\u00a0if you must.\u00a0 But I suggest adding a little history to the mix and plopping down with this, possibly one of the most historically accurate Hollywood movies ever made (which is not much of a complement, when you get right down to it).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tora, Tora, Tora.\u00a0 It was a box office flop in 1970, since it\u2019s main purpose was to accurately retell the events of the attack on Pearl Harbor.\u00a0 Roger Ebert hated it, which is always a feather in the cap of any film as far as I\u2019m concerned.\u00a0 Yes, the first half can drag as the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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