Trak-Tor Posted July 1, 2019 Posted July 1, 2019 (edited) ...set to be released on November 8th, 2019 Quite a lot of aircraft in there... www.imdb.com - Midway Juraj Edited July 1, 2019 by Trak-Tor Jan_G, kkarlsen, Mel and 1 other 4
Dave Williams Posted July 1, 2019 Posted July 1, 2019 Yeah. I’m having a hard time warming up to this. Looks like another overblown CGI spectacle. MikeC, Vandy 1 VX 4, CATCplSlade and 1 other 4
robertmro Posted July 1, 2019 Posted July 1, 2019 I hate to be negative but it looks like a video game to me. I wish Hollywood would go back to using miniatures. I hope Peter Jackson finally makes his Dambusters which will probably have better VFX. esarmstrong, daveculp, MikeC and 2 others 5
D.B. Andrus Posted July 1, 2019 Posted July 1, 2019 Rated LoDM* - (not suitable for accuracy buffs) * Lots 'o Dramatic Music dmthamade, daveculp, Big Tex and 2 others 2 3
ade rowlands Posted July 1, 2019 Posted July 1, 2019 2 hours ago, D.B. Andrus said: Rated LoDM* - (not suitable for accuracy buffs) * Lots 'o Dramatic Music Music so loud and dramatic you can’t gear the cast talking. Seems to be a trend in TV and movies of late. Big Tex 1
vince14 Posted July 1, 2019 Posted July 1, 2019 That looks like utter steaming pile of dog turd. daveculp, reconspit and MikeC 3
LSP_Ron Posted July 1, 2019 Posted July 1, 2019 Swing..... and a miss. MikeC, LSP_K2 and D.B. Andrus 3
John1 Posted July 2, 2019 Posted July 2, 2019 I’ll skip the movie and read Shattered Sword again. D.B. Andrus 1
CATCplSlade Posted July 2, 2019 Posted July 2, 2019 Roland Emmerich is a hack. Why they let him touch this topic is beyond me. This is the turd responsible for Independence Day, 2012, and The Day After Tomorrow. DOOMED FROM THE START! MikeC 1
MikeC Posted July 2, 2019 Posted July 2, 2019 15 hours ago, Dave Williams said: Yeah. I’m having a hard time warming up to this. Looks like another overblown CGI spectacle. 14 hours ago, D.B. Andrus said: Rated LoDM* - (not suitable for accuracy buffs) * Lots 'o Dramatic Music 10 hours ago, vince14 said: That looks like utter steaming pile of dog turd. Yes indeed. I'll definitely pass on this. Makes one appreciate the 1976 Charlton Heston et al film all the more. Pup7309 1
Markjames1968 Posted July 2, 2019 Posted July 2, 2019 looked ok to me, airplanes and action on a big screen , what's not too like? I'm sure it wont be an Oscar winner, or for that matter particularly historically accurate, but when else do we see Dauntlesses etc on the big screen? dmthamade and Trak-Tor 2
Bstarr3 Posted July 2, 2019 Posted July 2, 2019 I'll definitely go to see this. It will be overblown, overly dramatic, and there will be historical and technical inaccuracies that aren't even necessary to the story. But, on the other hand, pew pew pew! Vroooom! dmthamade 1
Big Tex Posted July 2, 2019 Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) The original Midway movie was an attempt to capture what Tora Tora Tora brought to the screen. But, it was a failure. To much melodrama and not enough factual history. To this day, I still don't care about "Tom's" girlfriend! LOL! As for this new movie, the CGI thing looks a bit much, but can be tolerable if what they portray is factual, like Tora Tora Tora did, and not a melodramatic nightmare, much akin to Pearl Harbor with Afleck and Baldwin. I guess we'll see. By the way, Tora Tora Tora is 100% accurate. The vignette stories in it are straight from Gordon Prang's books, At Dawn We Slept and Tora Tora Tora. The same for the Longest Day by Cornelious Ryan! All the little side stories in it, are based on actual accounts. Actual accounts make for better movies when it comes to stories about war. Edited July 2, 2019 by Big Tex dmthamade and Alain Gadbois 2
esarmstrong Posted July 2, 2019 Posted July 2, 2019 This looks like the sequel to Pearl Harbor. Persons wanting accuracy without the phony melodrama need not attend. The ridiculous scenes of Zeros flying between trees at about ten feet off the ground to strafe pedestrians is just more than I can bare... MikeC, williamj and Alain Gadbois 3
CATCplSlade Posted July 2, 2019 Posted July 2, 2019 12 hours ago, Markjames1968 said: looked ok to me, airplanes and action on a big screen , what's not too like? I'm sure it wont be an Oscar winner, or for that matter particularly historically accurate, but when else do we see Dauntlesses etc on the big screen? Oh, I don't know. Maybe the movie 'Dauntless'?
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