Trak-Tor Posted July 1, 2019 Share 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 kkarlsen, Vandy 1 VX 4, Jan_G and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Yeah. I’m having a hard time warming up to this. Looks like another overblown CGI spectacle. Vandy 1 VX 4, CATCplSlade, MikeC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertmro Posted July 1, 2019 Share 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. MikeC, esarmstrong, daveculp and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Rated LoDM* - (not suitable for accuracy buffs) * Lots 'o Dramatic Music dmthamade, Big Texan, daveculp and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ade rowlands Posted July 1, 2019 Share 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 Texan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince14 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 That looks like utter steaming pile of dog turd. MikeC, daveculp and reconspit 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Swing..... and a miss. D.B. Andrus, MikeC and LSP_K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 I’ll skip the movie and read Shattered Sword again. D.B. Andrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted July 2, 2019 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted July 2, 2019 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markjames1968 Posted July 2, 2019 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted July 2, 2019 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Texan Posted July 2, 2019 Share 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 Texan dmthamade and Alain Gadbois 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esarmstrong Posted July 2, 2019 Share 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... Alain Gadbois, MikeC and williamj 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted July 2, 2019 Share 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'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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