Not really, I didn’t feel much of an emotional attachment to the film, like I did with Saving Private Ryan, The Pianist, Schindler’s List, Glory, etc.
At one time during the big battle, I thought how sad it was to see Japanese killing fellow Japanese in a civil war, and then I realized that they have been doing throughout their history!
Walking out of the theater, I mused about how Tom Cruise’s character could be blamed for Pearl Harbor, since he was the one who insisted that the emperor not forget the old ways….
John Lindsey
Oderint, dum metuant-Let them hate, so long as they fear.