how can i make my paper about the movie pearl harbor better?
Question by PoodleNoodle: how can i make my paper about the movie pearl harbor better?
The attacks on Pearl Harbor were an American tragedy that most would never have predicted. December 7th, 1941 is a day that most people will not forget. Pearl Harbor was a tragedy that brought about America’s involvement in World War II . Many books and movies have been made in hopes that people will know the truth of what really happened on that Sunday morning. However, there are far more historical inaccuracies than real life facts. The movie Pearl Harbor directed by Michael Bay is no exception. There are far more lies and fabrications than actual truths. This movie was certainly made for entertainment only and not to be served as a historical reference.
During the 1940’s the great depression in America had just ended. American’s were learning to be cautious; however at the same time, they were optimistic for the future. December 7th, 1941 is a day that Teddy Roosevelt stated “is a date that will live in infamy”. Pearl Harbor is on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It is used as a naval base and is also the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The attack of Pearl Harbor was supposed to be a preventative action to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from influencing the war. Early morning December 7th, 1941 the first attack began. Almost 200 planes made up of dive bombers, fighter planes, torpedo bombers, and heavy bombers were sent to attack Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Navy. The second wave consisted of 171 planes. “The Navy and Marine Corps suffered a total of 2,896 casualties of which 2,117 were deaths and 779 were wounded. The army lost 228 and 113 were seriously wounded. At least 57 civilians were killed in the process.” The Japanese lost 55 airmen, nine crewmen on their midget submarines and an unknown number on their large submarines. The Japanese carrier task force sailed away undetected. All of this happened in two hours and twenty minutes. Just four days later on December 11th 1941, Italy and Germany declared war on the United States.
The movie Pearl Harbor directed by Michael Bay, has won an Oscar, received 10 other awards and 14 nominations. However, it has also been on lists such as “Most historically inaccurate movies of all time.” Many people have said that there isn’t even a slight resemblance between the movie and the actual attack on Pearl Harbor. Historians label Pearl Harbor as a joke. The movie Pearl Harbor was released on May 25, 2001. It has an all-star cast of Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., JonVoight, Alec Baldwin and Tom Sizemore. Ben Affleck plays Rafe McCkawley who is based on a real fighter pilot by the name of Joe Foss who had 32 confirmed kills. Many things that Rafe McCkawley says in this movie is a direct quote from Joe Foss. The movie is more of a romance than anything else. The movie begins with two young boys, Rage and Danny. They are pretending to be pilots when they actually make their plane start to fly. Danny’s dad comes outside and is really angry and starts to hit Danny. Rafe protects Danny and continues to do that throughout the rest of their friendship. Years later Rafe and his best friend Danny both fall in love with the same nurse named Evelyn. When Evelyn believes that Rafe is dead, she starts a relationship with Danny. When Rafe turns out to be alive and he finds out about his love’s new relationship, him and Danny are now enemies. However, when the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor they are forced to fight together again and put their differences aside so they can fight to protect their country. In the end, Danny dies soon after he finds out that he is fathering Evelyn’s baby. With so much emphasis on the love story in this movie, the writers must not have spent as much time on researching historical facts because there are many noticeable mistakes that make you wonder what the writers were actually thinking about when writing a movie about Pearl Harbor.
There are many historical inaccuracies in Pearl Harbor. There are several goofs that simply have to do with the year something took place. In one scene in the beginning of the movie you can clearly see a car license plate that says 1943. Also, in the beginning of the movie there is a newsreel from 1940 showing the US fighting in Cologne. This however, did not happen until 1945. One mistake that is really noticeable is right after Evelyn tells Rafe that she is pregnant, the camera zooms out and you can see a microphone in the top right corner. During the attack, it shows the Japanese bombing the hospitals when actually that did not happen. It would have been a waste of Japanese resources for them to bomb the hospitals. Any damage that may have been done to the American Hospitals, were caused by American aircraft shells falling on them. At one point, Franklin D. Roosevelt stands up from his wheelchair which doesn’t seemed to be based on any truth. It was added for dramatic effect. It seems that the writers and creators of this movie didn’t do the
it’s comparing the movie to the actual event.
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Answer by edfj
your paper is muddled. you need to more clealry define the differences between the movie and the actual event. write one paragraph on the movie and then use facts to show the differences in the next paragraph. your grammatical errors on the other hand, are too many to even mention.
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