What Midway movie do you like better?

[Enceladus828]

I really like a lot of scenes in the 2019 movie but agree that some scenes like the bombings of the Akagi and the Hiryu were quite Hollywood. There were omissions of the B-17s, Wildcats, F2As and the B-26s attacked at low altitude, not at high altitude.

 

Overall, both movies are good.

Edited June 4, 2022 by Enceladus
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[Gambit21]

2019 movie was silly for the most part. The only thing it had over the original was tech, and the tech was abused.….and yeah WTF no Wildcats. ?

[Missionbug]

I was really surprised to find that I actually did like the 2019 version, some of the action stuff seemed over the top but

then how do you successfully reenact such a pivotal moment in time in a movie?  These days I try and take my air enthusiasts

head off and just try and get into the story that the director has provided, all the aircraft stuff will by necessity be full of

compromises historically and otherwise.

 

Take care and be safe.

 

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[Vig]

I generally don't like any movies of this genre because the errors grate and the grafted-on love stories are cloying.  Tora! Tora! Tora! is an exception.

[DBFlyguy]

The original Midway is a pretty piss poor production honestly... it used a ton of re-hashed footage from "Tora Tora Tora" and stock war footage that didn't really fit (there are several clips of F6F Hellcats and F4U Corsairs in the movie...)while the newer one used way too much CGI...  I do like the newer version better since it dives more into the actual battle than the 1976 version.  Neither movie is as good as  something like "Battle of Britain" which was older than both movies or even "Pearl Harbor" (crappy love triangle story aside).