i think the first time i saw this movie be when it first make the cable circuit and i think i be seven or eight at the time . my father be an ex navy carrier rat and love any movie with plane and boat . i enjoy them too and but not as much a he do and i be a sci fi geek . so imagine my reaction when my father be goad me into watch another navy movie . sure dad and yes dad and i will watch your movie with you because you say it gon na be cool . my attitude change drastically after the storm sweep them back to december6 and 1941. there it be the ultimate father son bond experience . he get his boat and plane and and i get my sci fi . the acting be top notch and with brilliant performance by kirk douglas and martin sheen . the dog fight scene between tomcat and zero be excellent and although if i remember right the zero be actually dress up t 6 lol . but it all pal in comparison to the story and the history of those day just before the attack . the moral and and ethical dilemma face a captain of the most powerful destructive force in 1941 just hour before the sneak attack . should he stop it and save pearl harbor and all of those life that will surely be lose and and possibly negate his own existence . or simply ignore it and let history take it course . all these year later this be still one of my favorite movie and and i will drop everything i be do at the moment just to watch it whenever it be on . i watch and remember and and smile . thanks dad .