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Originally Posted by Frazod
Loved it. Far better than I expected. It was much better than the 70s Midway movie, whereas Bay's Pearl Harbor was far worse than Tora Tora Tora. It wasn't over the top silly, was accurate with the actual events and what led up to them. CGI effects were solid, as was the acting. All the principal characters were real people. They got the planes and the ships right. I'm fairly picky about Navy-themed movies, and while I question a few aspects, it was nothing extreme. The battle scenes were really busy, but since I've never divebombed a Japanese carrier I really can't speak to whether there was too much shit on the screen or not enough. Probably too much, though. But that's okay.
Obviously as a Navy veteran I'm the target audience here, so just by not throwing in a bunch of mindless bullshit they had me at hello. But it was just a damned good war movie.
I may go see it again. Can't remember the last movie I saw more than once at the theater.
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Anti aircraft ordinance is crazy. With only 24 planes to shoot at I’m guessing it was Fairly accurate. It looked to me like it didn’t sacrifice accuracy for filmmaking. But I’m by no means an expert. I could be off on that.