Midway
Midway
PG | 18 June 1976 (USA)
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This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.

Reviews
Stometer

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

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Sexyloutak

Absolutely the worst movie.

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Murphy Howard

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

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Mandeep Tyson

The acting in this movie is really good.

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bheadher

In one respect, I can understand the disappointment others feel, that Midway didn't have the production quality that many expected of the movie itself...but then I thought about all the complex elements that had to be incorporated to tell the story...sure, they could have left out the Charleton Heston and son portion, but all the background story leading to the Midway battle certainly could not be left out...so we ended up with a less than perfect war movie...Not mediocre, by any measure, just not as epic as the battle was. If you are a student of WW2, you already know that the US was really hurting in the early stages of the war. The Coral Sea campaign was nearly a disaster, but we held on...without the superb efforts that the code breakers put out, and the part that PBY reconaisance aircraft played, the Battle of Midway might never have even happened...None the less, a hugely complex Naval meeting of minds is told rather well, within the alotted time available for a movie...So, let's remember what the movie represents, the first major win for the United States, a win that echoed throughout the rest of the war...

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pcsimonson1651

Midway is a decent movie filled with great actors, and it follows the actual event during WW2 pretty closely. What kept this movie from being a truly great movie was all the dumb goofs, and bad actual footage of the battle. Someone needs to remake this important movie, but make sure the battle scenes are kept accurate by showing the correct airplanes, and ships of that time. Example: The 5 inch guns turrets , and a battleships main turret guns were not used to shoot down airplanes coming in for attack on a ship.

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SnoopyStyle

The film starts with the Doolittle raid in April 1942. Then it follows both sides as the Japanese plan the Midway raid while the Americans try to decipher their plans and then plan to surprise them. It culminates in the Battle of Midway on June 4-7.This is the dying breathe of the old Hollywood war epic. It reused many stock footage from the war and from other war movies like "Tora! Tora! Tora!". I saw the theatrical version. I don't like the inclusion of the Japanese-American love story which feels like a politically correct addition. It needs to concentrate simply on the Midway battle. The acting power is filled with great old warhorses. The war action is pretty good mixing in the various difference styles of footage. The use of real footage is very effective. I especially like the prominence of the Japanese side of the battle. It helps enlighten the battle. There are a few minor disputes on accuracies. In general, this is a simple straight forward war movie without much nuances.

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jon-weiss

The first time I saw Midway in 1976, it was an exciting event as I have always been a collector of WWII movies. I thoroughly loved the movie. But later I was disappointed, since every later cut of the movie I was able to locate had totally removed all mention of Captain Garth's relationship with a woman in Honolulu. His ex-wife gets a mention, and his son plays a prominent part, but Captain Garth's girlfriend is totally eliminated from the film, removing a critical character aspect of the man character of the story. I do realize that the battle is the main focal point of the story, but if the writers are going to develop a character as they did with Captain Garth, with his son, his wife, his association with the other officers such as Admiral Pearson, of Naval Intelligence, why leave out the most significant, current, personal relationship in his life?

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