I saw a documentary on Midway that was fascinating ...
From the previews of this movie I cannot tell if it bears any historical resemblance to the facts or not. Does anyone know or have any opinion?
shareI’m a big Pacific Theater history buff so of course I know the battle of Midway like the back of my hand. I’m sure this will be something close to the recent Pearl Harbor movie: Junk.
If your interested in this battle I would recommend Midway (1976) which has a large cast of great actors. There are several deviations from actual history but most are forgivable. The film uses actual war footage which is nice but even some of the planes are incorrect.
I'm curious how you feel about it now, assuming you watched it.
My expectations aligned with yours, but I was pleasantly surprised. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of cliches and corny over the top crap, but I feel it did a decent job getting the main facts correct, and even some lesser ones(Bruno Gaido almost single-handedly saving his ship by shooting down a Japanese bomber before it could crash into the USS Enterprise, and then being executed by the Japanese via being thrown overboard attached to weight). And they did gloss over some stuff(E.g. Gaido being tortured and divulging important intel the Japanese before his execution).
Overall, it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected.
How about you?
I’ve still avoided watching it but after your comments I may have to give it a shot.
shareDon't expect much movie-wise. It is just another modern big summer flick after all. You know, mediocre plot, little to no character development, tons of destruction, lots of big explosions, CGI heavy etc.