Jump to content

Midway - a new Roland Emmerich's movie...


Trak-Tor

Recommended Posts

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.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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 by Big Texan
Link to comment
Share on other sites

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'?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...