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I agree on them making it somewhat of a chick flick. I watched Tora! Tora! Tora! and Pearl Harbor back to back and that is when I appreciated the 2001 movie more for what it did in the battle sequence itself, they captured more horror and drama in the individuals on the ships/battleship row.
The Pearl Harbor attack depiction was brutal. It was the standout sequence, naturally.
And speaking from experience I know for a fact most people just won't be interested in Tora! Tora! Tora! just like A bridge too far, these older movies are perfect for us history buffs who love all the dialogue and planning that goes into these military operations but a modern audience/average movie watcher doesn't have the attention span for it, so Pearl Harbor did a great job at what it was trying to do especially including the Dolittle raid which most people don't know happened.
I love A Bridge Too Far. Back then if a movie was 'epic' it really was epic out of necessity, due to the lack of CGI.
I think it was in Tora! Tora! Tora! there was a scene with a plane blowing up on the tarmac, and spinning round towards a stuntman.
A quick Google brought up this, and I'm pretty sure this was the incident that made it into the film: