Based on the number of people who are telling me they haven't actually seen the theatrical cut of Pearl Harbor, I hope you'll use this thread to discuss the real merits and drawbacks of the Pearl Harbor: Strength and Honor edit here. I was mentioning to Darth Simon how I think this is actually a genuinely good film now, but I'm obviously blinded by my involvement in the project. So I'm curious about your collective take on the following:

1) If you've only seen this version, is it a genuinely good and inspiring movie?
2) If you've seen this and either of the official versions, how do they compare?
3) Is this re-edit an improvement of a bad film, or a genuinely good film on its own?
4) If you've seen both and you saw the re-edit first, how did it affect you emotionally when you saw the official version?
5) And vice-versa -- if you saw the official version first and THEN saw this re-edit, what did you think and how did you feel?
6) What lessons can this give Hollywood?