Review of Midway (2019) by Warlord8 — 05 Dec 2019
Midway is not your typical historical action movie. It tries to resemble old glories and strives to give the spectator a good representation of the historical facts that happened before the Battle of Midway.
It is certainly BETTER than Pearl Harbor, but it's sluggish on most of the scenes before the actual battle. There are many characters involved so you have to keep your attention up and running, especially if you are not a history buff or you do not know what happened in the Battle itself.
The air battles are good, but sometimes, especially in the Pearl Harbor introduction, feel ARCADEISH and GAMEY. But the graphical representation of a task force at sea seems to be taken directly from photographs of the era.
Dive bombing attacks are done really well but exaggerated in some points due to drama and script requests.
Midway, in the end, is a DECENT war movie, it has the taste of old glories with a side of modern quirks. Does this save the movie ?
Nope. But it's 'fun'. Definitely not for the historical buff, but it's ok.
This review of Midway (2019) was written by Warlord8 on 05 Dec 2019.
Midway has generally received positive reviews.
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