Well worth seeing. Historically accurate. If you're not somewhat familiar with the battle, wikipedia Battle of Midway. There's a lot going on in this movie, and without some prior knowledge of the order of battle, it could be a bit confusing. A LOT happened in just a few hours.
Mike
"Walking away seems to be a lost art form." N454casull
I love WW2 movies. I've got one I purchased online, Bataan, which I saw as a kid and wanted to see again. It doesn't often appear on TCM, if at all. My favorite WW2 movie is "They Were Expendable," which I also saw as a kid, and recorded when it was on TCM. A very sad movie of loss based on the very early days of WW . Made in 1945 by Ford. John Wayne got second billing to Robert Montgomery, who got top billing because he HAD served in WW2. But Wayne was clearly the star.
Don't particularly like the morale-boosting movies made during WW 2, and don't like the noir WW2 movies made in the 60s. I didn't particularly like Hell is for Heroes because it had a totally failed scene with Bob Newhart doing a comedy telephone routine. Why, the director did this, I don't know.
I saw "Dunkirk" but couldn't keep the characters in mind because they all looked so similar. I had to read the reviews to fully understand it.
WW2 wasn't my war, exactly, but I grew up around a lot of WW2 vets and absorbed an interest in that war until mine came along.
I am very confused as to why there are so few movies about Korea.
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Saw it today, pretty decent. I really liked the first one also, but this one was good. The trailers stunk horribly of Pearl Harbor, but was pleasantly surprised. Brave men with b-ball sized nuts flying planes that were not up to the standards of the Japanese. That victory must have brought so much hope to the Americans in 1942. I hope Hollywood keeps making war movies.
"Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and the blind can see." Mark Twain
I watched the last several minutes of a documentary on PBS today about a 2015 expedition to the site of where Yamamoto's plane crashed when he was shot down.
Hard to believe the wreckage still exists.
A gold crown was discovered at the site in 2015. It's thought it might belong to Yamamoto. However, his still living grandson won't provide DNA.
Airdale Admiral I know who has been a Carrier Captain, CAG, Squadron CO ect; said the movie was very good and very realistic.
Can't be true. The movie critics think it sucks.
Mike
If the critics had their way, there'd be some revisionist history going on -- female combat pilots, men cowardly hiding under tables as the woman saved the day.
You know if they want to make a movie like that they should make one about these fine ladies.
There's an important story to be told here. A story that's been mostly forgotten.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience -- Mark Twain How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! -- Mark Twain
Saw it, but had a bad ending. I saw another with Aldo Ray, wasn't much good either. Those are the only ones I remember. I think the brief joy of winning WW2 and briefly having the atomic bomb, the expectation of no more war was acute, America was shocked by the actions of a small Asian country, for which we were not militarily ready for. And which we did not win.
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Gene, I'd love to see Spielberg do a Korean War movie.
My favorite Korean War movie is the Bridges at Toko-Ri with William Holden.
If Spielberg did a Korean war movie, it would be some kind of escape from North Korea love story that makes you feel good about both the American and North Korean people (That's people -- not the government!). Afterall, you can't prove every single North Korean hated all Americans.
Speaking of Korean war movies, don't forget M*A*S*H.
Like it or hate it, it was very successful. It spawned a TV show about the Korean war that lasted longer than the active hostilities over there did. 🤣 (Musing at the long running show -- not the war)
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience -- Mark Twain How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! -- Mark Twain
I wanted to go see it but it hasn't worked out yet. I watched a movie on Netflix about chosin reservoir I think it was called. It put Eisenhower in a bad light.
I think any critic who would fault this movie for an overabundance of CGI is worthy of a bit of harsh criticism themselves, as there seems to be a bit of a critical shortage of B-26's, Zeros, TBM's, SBD's, big gun battleships, converted battleship aircraft carriers. . .
My Grandpa joined Doolittle's 17th Bomb Group in mid-'43, well after they switched to B-26's and transferred to the North Africa/Mediterranean theater. Seeing the kicking mule patch of his 95th Bombardment Squadron on the big screen pretty much made my year.
Airdale Admiral I know who has been a Carrier Captain, CAG, Squadron CO ect; said the movie was very good and very realistic.
Can't be true. The movie critics think it sucks.
Mike
If the critics had their way, there'd be some revisionist history going on -- female combat pilots, men cowardly hiding under tables as the woman saved the day.
You forgot the brave galent (or gaylent) broken hearted gay aviator who witnesest his wingman being shot down and straffed in his parachute by a cowardly **** pilot. His wingman was his lover and always had his rear. He managed to keep his composure in his damaged smoking plane despit being wonded. With tears in his eyes remembering their last embrace, he took revenge on that coward by shooting him with his1911 because his guns were jamed and out of ammo after shooting down six enemy planes and bombing the last **** carrier.
Airdale Admiral I know who has been a Carrier Captain, CAG, Squadron CO ect; said the movie was very good and very realistic.
Can't be true. The movie critics think it sucks.
Mike
If the critics had their way, there'd be some revisionist history going on -- female combat pilots, men cowardly hiding under tables as the woman saved the day.
You know if they want to make a movie like that they should make one about these fine ladies.
There's an important story to be told here. A story that's been mostly forgotten.
My parents built Liberty cargo ships during WW2. My Father welded while my Mother operated a huge torch cutting out the pieces. She was called "Beulah the burner". Another group of WW2 women only received veteran status/benefits recently for those still living. They were the Women Air service Pilots (WASPs). 38 of them died during the war ferrying military aircraft.
Very good movie. I thought the script was a little to "Hollywood". Visually superior to the first but the acting and script was better in the first IMO. also to much time spent on lead up events, pearl harbor, Marshall islands, coral sea and Dolittle raid. Crammed to much into a couple hours.
Saw it, but had a bad ending. I saw another with Aldo Ray, wasn't much good either. Those are the only ones I remember. I think the brief joy of winning WW2 and briefly having the atomic bomb, the expectation of no more war was acute, America was shocked by the actions of a small Asian country, for which we were not militarily ready for. And which we did not win.
Wars we do not win are not popular. A cease fire is a tie.
I wanted to go see it but it hasn't worked out yet. I watched a movie on Netflix about chosin reservoir I think it was called. It put Eisenhower in a bad light.
Eisenhower, or McArthur? Truman fired McArthur. Eisenhower was president who oversaw the armistice. I saw the movie McArthur, which was about the Korean War. Possibly the same movie. It was financed by Sun Young Moon.
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That victory must have brought so much hope to the Americans in 1942. I hope Hollywood keeps making war movies.
Hard to believe the wreckage still exists.
A gold crown was discovered at the site in 2015. It's thought it might belong to Yamamoto. However, his still living grandson won't provide DNA.
Mike
N454casull
How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! -- Mark Twain
My favorite Korean War movie is the Bridges at Toko-Ri with William Holden.
How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again! -- Mark Twain
I think any critic who would fault this movie for an overabundance of CGI is worthy of a bit of harsh criticism themselves, as there seems to be a bit of a critical shortage of B-26's, Zeros, TBM's, SBD's, big gun battleships, converted battleship aircraft carriers. . .
My Grandpa joined Doolittle's 17th Bomb Group in mid-'43, well after they switched to B-26's and transferred to the North Africa/Mediterranean theater. Seeing the kicking mule patch of his 95th Bombardment Squadron on the big screen pretty much made my year.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
Well done.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
Wars we do not win are not popular. A cease fire is a tie.