Interestingly, from the dawn of Dec. 7 aboard the Japanese carrier until the awful Bruce Willis Die Hard cameo, I didn't make a single cut. That entire span is a pretty balls-to-the-wall war epic. The Directors Cut added much more stuff here. More realistic gore and terror. For the most part, it was just about excising the love triangle. That alone has improved this film beyond imagination.
Interestingly, from the dawn of Dec. 7 aboard the Japanese carrier until the awful Bruce Willis Die Hard cameo, I didn't make a single cut. That entire span is a pretty balls-to-the-wall war epic. The Directors Cut added much more stuff here. More realistic gore and terror. For the most part, it was just about excising the love triangle. That alone has improved this film beyond imagination.