Originally posted by Rudey:
If you want to tell me what the black sailor had to really do with anything, please go ahead because that could have been another movie on its own.

You're right. Dorrie Miller deserves his own movie. He's significantly important because of his heroism during the bombing. Though his skin color prohibited him from ever handling a weapon, he came forward and shot down at least two Japanese planes. Though African-Americans were limited to kitchen duty, Dorrie Miller still found it necessary to care for his dying captain. He was awarded the Navy Cross although many critics feel that he should've been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. What's ironic is that he died just two years after the PH attack as his boat was sunk by Japanese submarines. That's why "that black sailor" was significant.

If I was the director I would have rejected half of those scenes and made one solid movie with a plot that didn't digress every 5 minutes. I would have used actors that are able to connect with emotions. I would have made it more...lifelike.

But then your movie would be like all of them other action movies...testosterone filled with Japan and the US competing to see who's c**k was bigger.

And this wasn't life like (wahine?). They threw in a couple of facts, but the rest was done for affect. This isn't a bad thing at all...but it definitely isn't meant to be twisted into a documentary with a seal of approval from WWII vets (which it wasn't).

I think you mean EFFECT . Did I say in my previous posts that the movie was supposed to be accurate? Hmm..I don't think I did. Um, if it was supposed to be marketed as a documentary it would've been sent straight to MSNBC.

Getting the approval of PH survivors is indeed important. The movie itself is a depiction of their war, and many of the main characters were modeled after real people. News clip after news clip you hear the cast and crew repeating over and over "this movie is to honor them."

It's a shame that you didn't enjoy the movie...but too bad the movie already got your money!