Ulkar Alakbarova posted: "The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds." The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: - Lieutenant Richard 'Dick' Best: Ed Skrein
- Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton: Patrick Wilson
- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz: Woody Harrelson
- Commander Wade McClusky: Luke Evans
- Anne Best: Mandy Moore
- Lieutenant Clarence Earle Dickinson: Luke Kleintank
- Vice Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey: Dennis Quaid
- Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle: Aaron Eckhart
- Chief Aviation Radioman James Murray: Keean Johnson
- Bruno Gaido: Nick Jonas
- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto: Etsushi Toyokawa
- Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi: Tadanobu Asano
- Commander Eugene Lindsey: Darren Criss
- George 'Tex' Gay: Brandon Sklenar
- Willie West: Jake Manley
- Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo: Jun Kunimura
- Captain Tomeo Kaku: Nobuya Shimamoto
- Commander Joseph Rochefort: Brennan Brown
- Rear Admiral Raymond Spruance: Jake Weber
- Lieutenant Roy Pearce: Alexander Ludwig
- Husband Kimmel: David Hewlett
- Ernest King: Mark Rolston
- Captain Miles Browning: Eric Davis
- Zhu Xuesan: Kenny Leu
- Dagne Layton: Rachael Perrell Fosket
- Cmdr. Minoru Genda: Peter Shinkoda
- William Brockman: James Carpinello
- Captain Rawlings: Tim Beckmann
- Marie Pearce: Sarah Halford
- Sully Brown: Cameron Brodeur
- Prime Minister Tojo: Hiromoto Ida
- Emperor Hirohito: Hiroaki Shintani
- Ensigh O'Flaherty: Russell Dennis Lewis
- John Ford: Geoffrey Blake
- Bill Miller: Mikaël Conde
- Barbara Best: Madison Roukema
- Millicent McClusky: Christie Brooke
- Paul Crosley: Dustin Geiger
- Pat Rooney: Jason Lee Hoy
- Admiral King Secretary: Ellen Dubin
- Marine Captain (Midway): Jason New
- Jack MacKenzie Jr.: Dean Schaller
- Hank Potter: Jacob Blair
- Geisha: Kayo Yasuhara
- Petty Officer (Pacific HQ): Rudolph Wallstrom
- Staff Officer (Nimitz): Matthew MacCaull
- Chinese Major: Philip Fu-Kang Wang
- Radioman #1 (Enterprise SC): Johan Strombergsson-Denora
- Radioman #2 (Enterprise SC): Nico DeCastris
- Radar Officer (Enterprise): Alexandre Dubois
- Radar Officer (Enterprise): Tyler Elliot Burke
- Lt. JG (Hospital): Raphael Grosz-Harvey
- Talker: Trevor Danielson
- Buzz Davis (Sonar Tech Nautilus): Agostino Michael Cimino
- Imperial Guardsman: Takeshi Kurokawa
- Japanese Junior Officer (Yamat): Ryuta Kato
- Japanese Officer (Prison): Garret Sato
- Navy Yard Inspector: Neil Girvan
- Lofton Henderson: Ellis Arch
- McClusky's Radioman: Robert Crooks
- Gay's Radioman: Sean Colby
- Signal Officer (Akagi): Kasey Ryne Mazak
- Deck Officer (Akagi): Ryo Hayashida
- Helmsman (Nautilus): Michael Chapman
- Damage Control Officer: Masahiro Tanikawa Masa Tani
- Japanese Lieutenant (Kaga): Ryohei Arima
- Makigumo Captain: Hiro Kanagawa
- Makigumo Lieutenant: Ken Takikawa
- Passing Sailor: Leonardo Boudreau
- SBD Pilot (Enterprise): Tony Christopher
- Staff Officer (Yamato): Yuta Takenaka
- Flag Officer (Yamato): Tatsuya Shirato
- William 'Slim' Townsend: Tyler Hall
- Smoking Sailor: Kyle Bougeno
- Breathless Ensign (Enterprise): David Dacosta
- Hiryu Helmsman: Kazuki Gonzalez-Adachi
- Torpedo Room Chief: Reyn Halford
- Japanese Boy (10 YO): Toyoaki Ito Leung
- Japanese Boy #2 (6 YO): Halta Nonen
- Chief Medic (Enterprise): Adrian Spencer
- Edwin Kroeger: James Hicks
- Petty Officer #2: Sebastian Pigott
- Yorktown Spotter: Simon Pelletier-Gilbert
- Doolittle's Bombardier: Philippe Verville
- Japanese Duck Netting Officer: Shigeru Yabuta
- Zero Pilots Squadron Leader: Seunghwan Min
- Hiryu Pointer: Christopher Tapia
- Hiryu Talker: Sangwon Jun
- Akagi Spotter: Motoo Taira
- Ballroom Singer: Ana Maria Lombo
- Radar Officer (uncredited): John Lobato
Film Crew: - Boom Operator: Cary Weitz
- Music: Harald Kloser
- Producer: Roland Emmerich
- Producer: Mark Gordon
- Music: Thomas Wanker
- Construction Coordinator: Doug Hardwick
- Supervising Art Director: Isabelle Guay
- Production Design: Kirk M. Petruccelli
- Casting Director: Andrea Kenyon
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Greg P. Russell
- Art Direction: Page Buckner
- Executive Producer: Carsten H. W. Lorenz
- Executive Producer: Brent O'Connor
- ADR Voice Casting: Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson
- Executive Producer: Yu Dong
- Sound Mixer: Michael Hoffman
- Costume Design: Mario Davignon
- Set Decoration: Carolyn A. Loucks
- Stunt Coordinator: Patrick Kerton
- Assistant Editor: Ryan Stevens Harris
- Editor: Adam Wolfe
- Lead Animator: Patricia Binga
- Key Costumer: Harlan Glenn
- First Assistant Editor: Paul O'Bryan
- Sound Editor: Steve Neal
- Executive Producer: Matt Jackson
- First Assistant Director: Martin Doepner
- ADR Mixer: Matt Hovland
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Marks
- Special Effects Coordinator: Eric Rylander
- Art Direction: Jean-Pierre Paquet
- Casting Director: Katie Doyle
- First Assistant Camera: Joseph Segura
- Assistant Costume Designer: Marylou Lim
- Dialect Coach: Francie Brown
- Aerial Coordinator: Craig Hosking
- Still Photographer: Reiner Bajo
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Peter G. Travers
- Gaffer: Joshua Davis
- Lighting Technician: Dan Goyens
- Art Department Coordinator: Helene Lamarre
- Director of Photography: Robby Baumgartner
- Key Costumer: Paul Corricelli
- Digital Intermediate Colorist: Walter Volpatto
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Bryan Grill
- Gaffer: Eames Gagnon
- Assistant Makeup Artist: Mahealani Diego
- Art Department Coordinator: Christine Youngstrom
- Underwater Camera: Don King
- Makeup Designer: Emilie Gauthier
- Still Photographer: Alan Markfield
- Hairstylist: Linda D. Flowers
- VFX Supervisor: Derek Spears
- Unit Publicist: Puelo Deir
- Costume Supervisor: Tom Macdonald
- Boom Operator: Josh Bower
- VFX Supervisor: Phil Jones
- CG Supervisor: Dan Smiczek
- ADR Mixer: Patrick Christensen
- Casting Consultant: Eriko Miyagawa
- Key Makeup Artist: Laine Rykes
- Rigging Gaffer: Don Tomich
- CG Supervisor: Lukas Lepicovsky
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Greg Strasz
- Property Master: Alvin S. Cabrinha Jr.
- Set Dresser: Christopher J. Wood
- VFX Editor: Rene Toye
- Lighting Technician: Stephen Bacquet
- Key Rigging Grip: Rick Harris
- Key Grip: Les T. Tomita
- Set Costumer: Cathie Valdovino
- Animation Director: Sebastian Butenberg
- Textile Artist: Gina Scarnati
- Script Supervisor: Lorette Leblanc
- Sound Effects Editor: Jan Bezouška
- Visual Effects Editor: Andrew Ryan Turner
- Electrician: Rick Crum
- Art Direction: Carolyne de Bellefeuille
- Assistant Hairstylist: Marcelo Padovani
- First Assistant "A" Camera: Dany Racine
- Hair Department Head: Félix Larivière
- Best Boy Grip: Jeremy Brussell
- Digital Imaging Technician: Julie Garceau
- Screenplay: Wes Tooke
- Second Assistant "A" Camera: Soupharak Keoborakoth
- Best Boy Electric: Pierre Daudelin
- First Assistant Makeup Artist: Pamela Goldammer
- Set Dresser: Hale Mawae
- Foley Editor: Marcin Kasiński
- Construction Manager: Martin Chalifoux
- First Assistant Camera: Steven Cueva
- VFX Editor: Shae Salmon
- ADR Mixer: Dave Goetter
- Second Assistant "B" Camera: Eric Aubin
- Armorer: Harry Lu
- Executive Producer: Alastair Burlingham
- Casting Associate: Caitlin Well
- Pre-Visualization Supervisor: Tefft Smith
- Construction Coordinator: David Shauger
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Peter Bawiec
- ADR Recordist: Wouter van Herwerden
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Thomas Dane Wagener
- Production Sound Mixer: Louis Marion
- Visual Effects Editor: Steven Spady
- Key Hair Stylist: Ralph Malani
- Leadman: Nicholas Rymond
- Key Costumer: Sabrine Canuel
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Laurent Taillefer
- Lighting Technician: Mike Gerzevitz
- Production Consultant: Andrea Montana Knoll
- ADR Recordist: Jon Lawless
- Dialogue Editor: Taylor Westerfield
- 3D Generalist: Babak Bina
- 3D Generalist: Daniel Perez
- Dolly Grip: Alan Shultz
- Sound Effects Editor: Matt Yocum
- Concept Artist: Vicki Pui
- Extras Casting: Danny MAlin
- First Assistant Camera: Marie-Julie Besse
- Visual Effects Production Manager: Aaron Reznick
- Matchmove Supervisor: Tricia Kim
- Set Designer: Radia Slaimi
- Visual Effects Production Manager: Bill Wang
- Electrician: David Villeneuve
- Assistant Makeup Artist: Nathalie Legault
- Compositing Supervisor: Micah Gallagher
- Costumer: Jen Martin
- Hairstylist: Jean Scarabin
- Visual Effects Producer: Greta Ruljevaite
- First Assistant Director: Bethan Mowat
- Production Consultant: Angela Laprete
- CG Supervisor: Marc Roth
- Makeup Artist: Daniel McGraw
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Errol Stussi
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Nick Crew
- VFX Editor: Ilkka Uitto
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Marshall Rainey
- VFX Editor: Timur Yesilfiliz
- CG Supervisor: Prapanch Swamy
- Set Dresser: Tom Curtis
- Set Decoration Buyer: Craig K. Lewis
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Mandalyn Forbes
- Matte Painter: Rodgers Paul
- Costumer: Josh Mar
- Lighting Technician: Allen Mozo
- Compositing Supervisor: Michael Porterfield
- Modeling: Mariana Gorbea
- Foley Editor: Michal Wilczewski
- Casting Associate: Karen Wood
- Foley Artist: Jacek Wiśniewski
- VFX Supervisor: Philip Nussbaumer
- Compositing Lead: Florian Franke
- Compositing Lead: Rodions Jepejevs
- Compositing Supervisor: Mark Spindler
- Matte Painter: Eun Young Kim
- Set Designer: Catherine Lam
- Generator Operator: Stephane Boisvert
- Key Grip: David Dinel
- Dialect Coach: Rebecca Gausnell
- VFX Editor: Thomas Weckenmann
- Visual Effects Producer: Tricia Mulgrew
- Hairstylist: Jean-Manuel Medina
- Set Designer: Gaby Miègeville-Little
- Lighting Technician: Mónica Caballero
- Set Designer: Simon Théberge
- Foley Mixer: Filip Stefanowski
- Set Dresser: Pierre Antoine Rousse
- Executive Producer: Miguel Palos
- Lighting Technician: John M.H. Lee
- Costumer: Aaron Ellis
- Hairstylist: Arthur B Wilson III
- Makeup Artist: Catherine Lahaye
- First Assistant "B" Camera: Gary Pachany
- Set Designer: Chris Lewis
- ADR Recordist: Nicolas Dallaire
- Makeup Department Head: Jeong-Hwa Fonkalsrud
- Modeling: Magnus Skagerlund
- Set Designer: Justin Neenan
- Set Dresser: Cedric Levesque
- Set Dresser: Maxime Privé
- Set Dresser: Nicolas Privé
- Storyboard Artist: Johannes Muecke
- Best Boy Electric: Joshua Atkin
- Best Boy Grip: Tuiaana Scanlan
- Camera Operator: Reid Murphy
- Digital Imaging Technician: Jeroen Hendriks
- Dolly Grip: Michael Keola Jones
- Electrician: Aaron McMullen
- Generator Operator: Todd Schatz
- Rigging Grip: James Takahashi
- Rigging Grip: Curtis Wingerter
- Assistant Hairstylist: Liliane Saad
- Hairstylist: Eli Girard
- Hairstylist: Sheldon Yamauchi
- Hairstylist: Paula Hong
- Makeup Artist: Christine Carrière
- Foley Editor: Natalia Lubowiecka
- 3D Artist: Joshua Hakim
- Animation Supervisor: Steve Seongik Hong
- Animation Technical Director: Johannes Wolz
- CG Supervisor: Evgeny Berbasov
- CG Supervisor: Jason Hannen-Williams
- CG Supervisor: Ryo Sakaguchi
- CG Supervisor: Matthew Novak
- Compositing Lead: Jean-Philippe Tristant
- Compositing Lead: Enrique Sandoval Castro
- Compositing Lead: Danielle Norgate
- Compositing Lead: Henrique Reginato
- Compositing Supervisor: Phil Prates
- Compositing Supervisor: Egbert Reichel
- Compositing Supervisor: Michael J. Viera
- Lead Animator: Ning Yan
- Lead Animator: Philipp Winterstein
- Matte Painter: Dasom Song
- Matte Painter: Peter Braeley
- Matte Painter: Chengwei Zheng
- Matte Painter: Mujia Liao
- Modeling: Kevin Mains
- Modeling: Zaki Saati
- Modeling: Dylan Dunford
- Modeling: Benjamin Lepine
- Modeling: Ron Schrems
- VFX Editor: Laura Carnegie
- VFX Supervisor: Adam Figielski
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Selah Chung
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Natsai Todd
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Aditya Menon
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Kin Yiu
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Gray Xi
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Sophia Zhang
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Michael Armstrong
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Thelma Rangel
- Visual Effects Producer: Sofronie Dun
- Visual Effects Producer: Iva Modrah
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Troy Moore
- Costume Assistant: Sara Eva Gonzalez
- Casting Assistant: Daryl Baboulis-Gyscek
- Extras Casting: Johanna Bautista
- Extras Casting: Dustin Snodgrass
- Extras Casting Assistant: Marie Medina
- Script Supervisor: Pauline Beraud
- Colorist: Trevor White
- Aerial Coordinator: Rob Scratch Mitchell
- Production Coordinator: Marie-Helene Roy
- Travel Coordinator: Natacha Williams
- Layout: Carolina Jiménez
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 With all due respect to Roland Emmerich and to his fantastic Independence Day, his movies never quite reach their potential, ending up in constant disappointments. It doesn't matter if he has excellent casts or amazing VFX teams, his films' screenplays are almost always stuffed with narrative issues. Midway is simply another installment in his saga of letdowns. Without knowing the director, anyone who looks at this movie will feel instantly captivated. From the unbelievably talented cast to the impressive visuals, it has two attention-grabber ingredients, which can result in a remarkable film… only if the two pillars of any cinematic production are decent enough: story and characters. These are the main issue with Emmerich's movies. His characters are not compelling or intriguing enough, and his screenplays lack creativity and excitement (whether these are written by him or someone else). When I noticed that Midway had such an acclaimed cast and that it was about the Battle of Midway, I immediately got excited. War epics are a genre that I sincerely appreciate. However, when I checked who was "running the show", I instantly lowered my expectations. Honestly, it's exactly what I expected it to be: visually gripping, but emotionally hollow. I don't want to understate it. The CGI work in this film is jaw-dropping. The actual war is riveting with astonishing aerial sequences and powerful sound design. Even at a regular screening with the usual 7.1 Dolby surround speakers, the floor was rumbling with the explosions and the planes. This is why I think audiences will definitely enjoy this movie. Maybe not a vast majority, but surely most people will leave their theaters feeling it was good entertainment. It has a long runtime, and it's hard to get through the exposition-heavy story, but in the end, I bet the general public will appreciate the war action enough to give the whole thing a thumbs up. Nevertheless, it's still a very superficial flick. While it's very respectful to everyone who fought in the war (including the Japanese) and to the historic event on itself, it lacks emotional attachment to its characters. Dunkirk was praised by both critics and audiences all around the world, but its main criticism connects to what I just wrote. Christopher Nolan's film also didn't have any compelling characters. However, there's a big difference between these two movies. Both their marketing and their ultimate goal are distinct. Dunkirk was all about showing the actual war. It never marketed itself as a character-study or that it would even have a significant focus on some of the heroes that fought there. Nolan repeated several times: it's about the war and the war only. It's genuinely one of the best, if not the best, *pure* war film I've ever seen. When it comes to depicting the claustrophobic, unbreathable, restless, bloody, loud event that a devastating war is, Dunkirk is so realistic it can even become uncomfortable with just sitting in your chair (at least, I did in IMAX). On the other hand, Midway's marketing was about paying homage to "people who fought in the Battle of Midway". Hence the stellar cast compared to Nolan's just competent actors (with obvious exceptions like Mark Rylance or Tom Hardy). It spends most of its screentime trying to develop the actual people that helped win that battle, not with the action itself. Therefore, these characters need engaging scripts and emotionally resonant arcs. Wes Tooke delivers a screenplay packed with so much exposition that a lot of it looks clearly unrealistic. Characters discuss specific topics that don't make any sense of being in a conversation at a particular time and place. Throughout the runtime, there are dialogue sequences with the sole purpose of explicitly telling the audience what we need to know to understand the story, which ends up turning the narrative confusing, convoluted, and lacking faster pacing. It's tough to get through the non-action periods, and I can't even imagine how dull it would be without such an impeccable cast. Ed Skrein remarkably portrays Dick Best, the only character who's genuinely compelling and carries a complete, well-developed arc. Unfortunately, I didn't feel invested in any other character. Only the best movies of every year can have a numerous and talented cast while giving each and every actor an exciting role. Midway has too many characters for the story it wants to tell. In addition to this, it has to stretch its runtime because you can't get Woody Harrelson or Dennis Quaid playing secondary roles and not giving them more than just a couple of lines. As time goes by, Emmerich's storytelling structure gets needlessly more and more complicated to follow. It's yet another film added to the "wasted potential" list… Potential due to how truly magnificent the action sequences can be. It's undeniable that these are entertaining, gripping, and exciting. The dive bombers' scenes are packed with so much tension that I was getting more and more frustrated every time they missed their target, and a bomb went into the sea. I wanted them to succeed so bad, and this feeling can only be triggered by something extraordinary. Midway's war is as close to epic as it could be, but as with every other cinematic production, if its story and its characters are not up to par with the action, there are no outstanding VFX that can save a lousy screenplay. All in all, Midway is a respectful homage to the people who fought in the Battle of Midway, but it fails to deliver an engaging story with compelling characters. With more characters that what it needed, the runtime is stretched beyond its limit due to the numerous acclaimed actors who would never be in a movie if they didn't have more than a couple of lines. Roland Emmerich has to thank his VFX team for presenting the closest war action we could ever get of the famous battle. Truly epic visuals with tense and riveting aerial sequences, plus a powerful sound design, get your teeth biting the nails. Unfortunately, except for Ed Skrein's character, I didn't feel invested enough to appreciate the non-action moments due to the confusing, convoluted, and exposition-heavy narrative. It's a shame that a visually impressive film possesses such an emotionally dull story. However, I still recommend it for anyone who enjoys war epics and "based on a true story" adaptations. PS: it doesn't hurt to research a bit about the Battle of Midway. I didn't and I'm sort of regretting that now. Don't make the same mistake. Going in with basic knowledge of what, how, and why it happened will only help you enjoy this movie more. Rating: C+ - Wuchak: ***Just the facts, Jack***
Intelligence officer Edwin Layton (Patrick Wilson) warns that a Japanese attack is imminent, but his advice is disregarded and the Japanese use their carrier fleet to attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Admiral Chester Nimitz (Woody Harrelson) swiftly assumes command of the heavily weakened US Pacific Fleet. After the Doolittle air raid on Tokyo & Honshu 4.5 months later, events lead up to the Battle of Midway on June 4–7, 1942. Ed Skrein plays cocky pilot Dick Best while Dennis Quaid is on hand as carrier commander William "Bull" Halsey. "Midway" (2019) tackles the Battle of Midway and events leading up to it without throwing in a dramatic fictional story, like the love triangle of "Pearl Harbor" (2001). While I loved "Pearl Harbor" and proudly stand by it, "Midway" chooses to stick to the facts and is thrilling from beginning to end. The main cast members are all real-life figures and there's a tribute to each at the close. This is superior to the 1976 movie because Roland Emmerich had the CGI technology to pull off the battle scenes which take place in & above the Pacific Ocean near the atoll of Midway, which is located a little over a thousand miles west of Hawaii. The flick successfully takes the viewer right into the midst of the fight on the water, in the air and under the water. It's exciting, horrific and revelatory. The film runs almost 2 hours and 18 minutes. GRADE: A- - SWITCH.: War stories are only worth retelling in film if you're doing something new and interesting with the genre. Otherwise, it's just a retread of 'Pearl Harbour' or 'Fury' or any of the dozen other thematically-empty, explosion-happy extravaganzas from the last ten years. There's a compelling, nuanced, and affecting film to be made about Midway. This is not that film.
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https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-midway-sound-and-fury-signifying-nothing - JPV852: Admittedly I have a love for anything involving World War II and although the dialogue was a bit spotty and some of the visual effects were okay at best, I still found this to be a pretty good war movie and nice performances all around. Probably doesn't rank all that high compared to others about Midway and Pearl Harbor, yet still found it to be worth checking out. **3.75/5**
- SierraKiloBravo: Click here for a video version of this review: youtu.be/2Mr6XRF4GR4
_Midway_ is an ambitous film that sets out to follow the United States entry into World War Two, from the attack on Pearl Harbour through to the Battle of Midway. To tell this story it focuses on two main characters who are also based on real life people. There's Ed Skrein playing Dick Best, a pilot on the USS Enterprise, and Patrick Wilson playing intelligence officer Edwin Layton. As you might imagine jamming seven months of war into just over two hours is a big task, and while they did manage to pull this off, the result is a movie that feels rushed, where we can't get to know all the many characters, and which probably requires a pretty strong knowledge of this time period in history to understand all the things that are rapidly being thrown on screen. I actually had a lot of trouble telling who was who in many of the scenes involving the pilots. Apart from Ed Skrein and Luke Evans the rest of the pilots and rear gunners are such a copy / paste of each other and they come and go so fast on screen that you have zero time to have any kind of emotional connection to them, even though the movie tries to make you feel for them. For a lead actor, Skrein is very wooden and uninspiring, and I don't think has shoulders big enough to carry his part of the film. Then, as if the 10,000 mile an hour story is not bad enough, this movie relies very heavily on visual effects. Apart from close-ups, everything you see that involves a ship or a plane is entirely CGI and it is woefully bad 99% of the time. I've used the Playstation analogy a lot, and this is another example. I feel like if they had cut back the story to not cover so many fights and battles, there would have been a lot less visual effect shots. And with less shots to create and render, perhaps those remaining would have come out looking more realistic. As it is, it really takes you out of the movie - the planes move like they are weightless and defy the laws of physics, the explosions look they were made in AfterEffects, and each scene on a ship has that horrible green screen glow about it. In summary I think this movie suffers from trying to do too much all at once. This came off feeling more like a trilogy of movies about Pearl Harbour, The Doolittle Raid, and The Battle of Midway had been edited down to one single movie. The end result is a rushed film that is hard to follow, whose characters are difficult to connect with, and whose visual effects are video game level at best. This will not go down in history as a great war film. - Per Gunnar Jonsson: This movie was a bit of a positive surprise. I was actually prepared to not like it that much but Hollywood actually made a decent war movie without pushing their usual left wing political propaganda and woke SJW bullshit.
It's really a good movie in pretty much all aspects. First, I liked that it covers quite a bit more than "just" Midway. It actually starts before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Then it covers the attack on Perl Harbor and also the famous Dolittle raid on Tokay to finally end up with the battle of Midway. All of it is more or less historically accurate. We also get to see a fair amount of the history from the viewpoint of the Japanese. Whether that bit of the story is actually entirely accurate I guess no one will ever know of course. I also liked that they took the effort to get all Japanese actors (or Japanese looking at least) playing the Japanese side and that they spoke Japanese all the time. That's the kind of thing that gives the right atmosphere for those parts of the movie. The acting was overall good on both sides. I quite liked Woody Harrelson as Nimitz. Ed Skrein was probably the actor I felt made the most mediocre performance but that might just be me. Of course there can be no war movie without things going boom and this movie didn't disappoint on that. It has plenty of action, lots of flight scenes and lots of thing being blown up and it was overall well made. The effects when large ships got torpedoed, bombed or when their munitions exploded was quite realistic. You could see the ships shuddering and the effect on the water around it. If I should complain about something it was that the movie is too short. Given the large time period it covers there is so much material that it could easily have been longer. It almost felt a bit rushed. There could have been much more suspense around the battle of Midway itself and the part of how they got Yorktown operational, and hid the fact from the Japanese, in time for the battle was altogether left out for example. The movie was 2 hours 18 minutes long which is respectable but not that long by today's standards. All three of the extended Lord of the Rings movies was three and a half hours long and this one could easily have been as long.
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