Midway (Collector's Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Midway (Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: Must See
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie must be played on Memorial Day if you have any family members that served in the US military. It's one of the last of the great WWII movies but it's more than that. This movie has great actors, great acting, is fairly curret, tells a national story, and gives us a glimpse at WWII, and it has Charlton Heston who plays a Navy Captain (Colonel) involved in the Midway defense.
If you don't know, Midway was the defining battle of WWII. Until that point, the Japanese Navy had been advancing steadily (although the battle of Coral Sea slowed them down) but after Miday (where Japan lost), the Japanese Navy began a decline that led to the end of the war.
The movie is surprisingly current and is pretty easy to follow. Its not as dated as some of the movies of that time (to me, some of them are unwatchable). This is a good movie, tells the story of this giant battle where so many Americans and Japanese perished near island of Midway.
The movie is interesting in that it shows the movie from the perspective of both sides and it touches on some of the Japanese concentration camps in the US. It's a movie that tells us quite a bit if we pay attention.
The acting was first rate and although not perfectly correct from a historical standpoint, it comes pretty close.
It's a definite, must own for any collection.
Movie Review: As Sun Tzu said: A good leader surprises his enemy by being were he is least expected
Summary: 5 Stars
As a retired army officer and an adjunct history professor I thought it was important to review what I consider the best war movies depicting the challenges of leadership and the command of men.
The biopic "Midway" is one of the best movies showing how important it is for good leaders to deceive their enemy by being were they are least expected, and using this element of surprise to enable an inferior force defeat a superior force. This concept is expertly portrayed in the film through the character of Admiral Chester Nimitz (Henry Fonda). By having his intelligence staff give him enough information on the whereabouts of the Japanese fleet; Nimitz was able to lay a trap and destroy the effectiveness of the Japanese fleet for the rest of the war. From that time period on the Japanese were on the defense. This movie has an all star cast but they do not overshadow the importance of this epic naval story!
Like the "Longest Day," this is a great movie showing the leadership challenges of conducting such a large military operation.
Movie Review: A classic war film. Very underated.
Summary: 5 Stars
People complain about how this film uses some of the same historic footage "Tora Tora Tora" uses. This WWII footage is great and should be used in different war films. Just because it was used in that film dosent mean it can't be used in "Midway". It's not like they took scenes made for "Tora Tora Tora" and put them in this film. Historic footage is used and reused in many films. How many times have we seen scenes with President Kennedy in different films? The same populer footage of him? This film is an epic war masterpiece. The acting is superb. People complain about the Japanese speaking English. You are supposed to imagine them to be speaking Japanese. It's not like a mistake the film makers made that makes the film appear cheaper or something. This film gets very little credit, and is always in the shadow of "Tora Tora Tora". I think, if you collect war films, you should own both. "Midway" is a true classic.Movie Review: Perfect followup to Pearl Harbor and Doolittle Raid
Summary: 5 Stars
Very few movies can capture the historical significance of a wartime battle and dramatize it in an interesting and efficient way. Midway does it all. This would be a perfect movie if not for the contrived love story. It deserved something much more insightful and comprehensive. The battle scenes are top notch, the fair and honorable treatment of the Japanese story, although somewhat stiff and typical, is still refreshing. The vital part that the counter intelligence office played is well represented. This is one movie that I can watch over and over again, as long as my family lets me. This was a most critical and pivotal battle is our nation's fight with Japan and our own struggle with isolationism. The amazing combination of strategy, calculated risk, determination, skill and just dumb luck that allowed the Navy to make this stand is portrayed with honesty. We owe these men our lives. We owe these movie makers our respect.Movie Review: WWII BUFF
Summary: 5 Stars
In response to Mr. Neal's review, the U.S. Navy did show poorly until well after Midway. U.S. pilots became notorious for being poorly trained in flight, target identification and damage assessment. Errors were made on both sides, particularly before during and immediately after Midway. Luck was on our side. As Nimitz well new, Washington feared and the film portrayed, this battle could have gone very badly. Fortunately, we won and gained the momentum and morale. The film shows, in two hours, the Japanese arrogance, U.S. good fortune and even touches (perhaps too dramatically) into issues such as Japanese internment. It's not perfect cinematography, but does a good job of representing one of the most important battles in U.S. history.