Review of Midway (2019) by Rdenton — 18 Nov 2019

Typical Hollywood. Midway with blinders. The movie should be titled "Enterprise-CV-6", NOT "MIDWAY". What was "mentioned" is accurate enough, but blatantly exclusive to the Enterprise CV6, to the exclusion of practically every other American Carrier in the Pacific 1942. Lexington (mentioned once), Yorktown (mentioned twice), Hornet (mentioned once). Good coverage of attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec 1941). Good coverage on Doolittle raid (Enterprise and Hornet Apr 1942). Decent coverage of Gilbert Raid (Enterprise May 1942). No mention of Solomon Raids (Yorktown May 1942). Piss poor coverage on Battle of Coral Sea (They show a glimpse of Lexington being lost, NEVER mention the Yorktown, but boy they make mention of the Enterprise and how it almost got there.... As for the battle of Midway, Yorktown is only mentioned twice (as being repaired at Pearl Harbor, and then being lost at end of Midway), and the Hornet is never mentioned at all. They cover Admiral Halsey getting sick prior to Midway, cover Admiral Spruance being put in charge of TF-16, and never mention once Admiral Fletcher (TF-17 / Yorktown) being in Tactical command of all American effort at Midway.

Again, the movie needs to be retitled "Enterprise CV-6".