Aw, Ok Betty, I'll just have to check it out like you say; I hadda ask though!
penn
I agree about the Hollywood sensationalism, but gee, that was an historical event, and they could have tried a little more to be true to actual sequences. I did enjoy(glad I wasn't there!) the scenes of the Zeros coming in to deliver their ordinance, and over head shots of the bombs falling, and the torpedoes coming in from across the bay. Kind of gives you a perspective of what those sailors went through. 
If I remember the book correctly (it's been quite a while since I read it), the $30 million was the amount the government spent to turn him into the ultimate assassin/killing machine.
I haven't seen the movie, but that may be why it ended the way it did.
While I can agree that Japan did not have radars of that type during the early days of WWII, I don't share the same about the radio information.Originally posted by penncam
Several shots of the Japanese carrier fleet were BS, 'cause they had radar screens revolving on the ships. They did not have radar(Japs) then. When the Doolittles' raid on Tokyo was in progress, US forces were monitoring it from
Pearl. Uh-uh, we didn't have radios with THAT kind of range during WWII(7,000 mi+) . I'll have to see what you guys are talking about in this movie.
However, if you noticed, the bomber crews were talking amongst each other, ie, inter-plane radios - very short range. And in addition, you didn't see or hear any of the crews talking to Pearl, on HF or any other type of communications equipment. I don't believe they had SATCOM in those days, either. penn
I didn't say it happened, but might have as these crews didn't have headset equiped radios but open speakers and hand held or neck microphones that might have picked up some of the inter-plane communications from the receivers.Originally posted by penncam
Maybe if this was labeled as a documentary I would care, it was just a movie (you know, for entertainment). How accurate of a depiction is a fictional film supposed to be?Another funny thing I saw was the depiction of the Japanese Fleet(besides the radar screens); all the Jap carriers were converted cruisers at that time, with the flight deck supported by huge girders/beams, for lack of Navyspeak, about 15-20 feet above the main cruiser deck. You could see through the other side. But not in this movie, they were solid hulls. One guy told me, I didn't notice this, but there was a Los Angeles class nuke sub in a few of the shots of the Japanese fleet. Uh-huh!
One more for ya: I would have never noticed this, but apparently they way this movie portrayed the first wave or so of Zeros and Kates(?) coming in over the island was all wrong. The valleys and mountain features shown would not have led them into Pearl Harbor, they were flying the wrong way!
Ok, possible about the radios, but I doubt it. If watched solely for entertainment value, yes both visually and sonically it was an outstanding movie. It had my DD surround system thundering! However, there are/were many archived films of the Japanese fleets of that time, so they might have attempted to "clean" them up digitally and use them in their depiction, instead of a US force.Heck, they would have only needed them for a half dozen scenes, at most. But another point is that they did do a darned dood job historically replicating costumes, the military planes on both sides, showing us the Japanese spies on the island(one was a dentist, I believe), on the whole it seemed pretty factual. I bought the darned DVD! penn
Originally posted by Betty_Elms
Dang, "The Bourne Identity" is not a fitting title for this thread anymore lol
Good facts all boys, keep it up so this ignorant-masser can learn more
Sorry about that, Betty. I guess not that many folks have rented the DVD yet of "The Bourne Identity" because there have been only a few replies about it, but I trust there'll be more in a few days. Forgive the aside please. pennOriginally posted by penncam
