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I have. EXCELLENT. At the beginning of the movie the producers claimed it was historically accurate. I didn't believe them. Hollywood never does that. At the end of the movie, I had to admit, if it wasn't, I could find where it wasn't. E
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Woody numbnuts as Nimitz.
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I agree, they could have cast someone, anyone, other than Woody Harrleson as Nimitz, but overall, I liked the movie. Much better than the old Charleton Heston, Robert Mitchum movie.
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At least no Alec Baldwin or John Travolta in 'commanding' roles.
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Woody numbnuts as Nimitz.
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Modern special effects make that movie worth seeing. I didn't realize until later that the hero sailor who was thrown overboard by the Japanese was one of the Jonas Brothers.
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It will be on TV before long.
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The one made in the 70s with henry fonda...
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I agree it is well worth seeing. I generally don't hold with making the same movie over and over. After the previous Midway movie and Tora Tora Tora I thought they should spend their efforts on something else, but this was an excellent effort that justified one more try. Now I'd like to see someone in Hollywood do the Battle off Samar as told in "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" by James D. Hornfischer.
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I agree, they could have cast someone, anyone, other than Woody Harrleson as Nimitz, but overall, I liked the movie. Much better than the old Charleton Heston, Robert Mitchum movie. Loved the movie, overall. Hated Woody Harrelson as Nimitz. His acting sucked. Why does he continue to get these types of rolls?
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Richard Halsey Best scoring bomb strikes on two different Japanese carriers the same day. Awesome. Liked the movie in spite of Woody Harrelson.
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I really liked it. I watched a documentary on youtube about it before the movie and it was pretty accurate
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Maybe it’ll make Netflix soon.
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It was worth seeing at the matinee discounted price.
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I think it was worth seeing regardless of when you go. I saw them both and the new one is far better than the first. I don't care for Woody Harrelson but he does have somewhat of a resemblance to Nimitz. My guess is that's why they used him. I don't know what CGI stands for but the computer work was fantastic, and I'll tell you right now when they are diving on the Japanese ships, your butt will be puckered. I highly recommend.
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I think it was worth seeing regardless of when you go. I saw them both and the new one is far better than the first. I don't care for Woody Harrelson but he does havesomewhat of a resemblance to Nimitz. My guess is that's why they used him. I don't know what CGI stands for but the computer work was fantastic, and I'll tell you right now when they are diving on the Japanese ships, your butt will be puckered. I highly recommend. Computer Generated Imagery, so you got it right.
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Movie was very good. Producers sought out information to try to make it as accurate as possible from authors and some of the few participants of the battle who are still alive and active on a website devoted to the battle, "Battle of Midway Roundtable."
Movie was too narrowly focused for my taste, in that it focused almost solely on the actions of the flyers from Enterprise, and glossed over the story of the flyers from Yorktown and Hornet, as well as the USMC flyers. So many great story lines and heroics that didnt get covered, but still a great movie.
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Watching Dick Best bounce his SBD off the Hiryu’s deck and then drag his wingtip through the ocean was oh so realistic
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That is still one of my favorites. My dad missed Midway by being sent to a school at Pearl Harbor after he had been on Yorktown at Coral Sea. He was a young Lt JG and in communications. He went to coding/de-coding classes as Yorktown rushed off half repaired to Midway. He ended up on quite a few islands and decoded messages, both ours and the Japs'. Right at the end of the war he was assigned to Yorktown II and was shocked at the estimates of invasion of Japan. He decoded messages that were estimates of losses. 'Til his dying day he loved the atomic bomb.
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