Pearl Harbor Movie Analysis
The Japanese officers had sat down to eat when they realized one of their own was gone. One of them left in search for “Gandhi”. He was found sitting, shirtless, in a dark room, planning on how to destroy Pearl Harbor using planes and torpedoes.
I do believe this person, along with his role, existed. He was portrayed as slightly insane in the movie, but extremely smart.
Yamamoto Isoroku was the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor. Before the declaration of war, he did not feel as though war with the United States would be a good idea for the Japanese. After the declaration, he believed that if the United States lasted longer than a year, the Japanese would lose. In the movie, a radar was going to be placed on a mountain top where …show more content…
The goal for the Japanese was to destroy the carrier ships which were supposed to be held at Pearl Harbor. If they stayed and searched for the ships, they would eventually be found and destroyed. There was a sound wave in the fleet of planes, but unlike in the movie, they take off and join the attack. It contained 35 fighters, 54 high altitude bombers, and 78 dive bombers.
At the beginning of Tora! Tora! Tora! a picture of text appears on the screen. At the bottom it reads “All of the events and characters depicted are true to historical fact.” After watching this movie, I agree with this statement. Throughout the entire movie, the mistakes by both sides are made very obvious and the movie does not try to hide them. Unlike most movies, Tora does not show the movie from one character’s point of view, but multiple people from both America and Japan. There is not an added romance or survival story using the bombing as a setting.
Tora! Tora! Tora! can, and should be used in a classroom environment to explain the events leading up to Pearl Harbor and the shear destruction caused. By watching this movie I learned a lot more about Pearl Harbor then what I have been previously
I do believe this person, along with his role, existed. He was portrayed as slightly insane in the movie, but extremely smart.
Yamamoto Isoroku was the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor. Before the declaration of war, he did not feel as though war with the United States would be a good idea for the Japanese. After the declaration, he believed that if the United States lasted longer than a year, the Japanese would lose. In the movie, a radar was going to be placed on a mountain top where …show more content…
The goal for the Japanese was to destroy the carrier ships which were supposed to be held at Pearl Harbor. If they stayed and searched for the ships, they would eventually be found and destroyed. There was a sound wave in the fleet of planes, but unlike in the movie, they take off and join the attack. It contained 35 fighters, 54 high altitude bombers, and 78 dive bombers.
At the beginning of Tora! Tora! Tora! a picture of text appears on the screen. At the bottom it reads “All of the events and characters depicted are true to historical fact.” After watching this movie, I agree with this statement. Throughout the entire movie, the mistakes by both sides are made very obvious and the movie does not try to hide them. Unlike most movies, Tora does not show the movie from one character’s point of view, but multiple people from both America and Japan. There is not an added romance or survival story using the bombing as a setting.
Tora! Tora! Tora! can, and should be used in a classroom environment to explain the events leading up to Pearl Harbor and the shear destruction caused. By watching this movie I learned a lot more about Pearl Harbor then what I have been previously