I think once again the problem is learning history from Hollywood. If it spurs an interest to learn more and it has some semblance of accuracy, that;s fine. All too often though, the movie is way far off and the people who see it take it as gospel. I haven't seen this one, only the previews which seem very long on special effects.....never a good sign if you're looking for historical accuracy.

Yesterday morning, the local news interviewed a group of Pearl Harbor survivors after they had previewed this movie and their opinions were something less that stellar.....a lot less. Of course even though they were there, it doesn't mean they were everywhere there and in many cases their views can be as skewed as Hollywood's.

I did read a write up by one of the WWII historians (can't remember who now....CRS) and he was high on some parts and down on others. He made reference to some of the small details being right (ala "Private Ryan") while some of the stuff was "completely without any basis in fact."

Spaw