The Battle of Midway-1970's Hollywood Styleby mustanggabe

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February 16, 2009: The battle of Midway was an important turning point in the Pacific during World War II. There was enough human drama to go round, without having a contrived love story taking up precious flim. The internment of Japanese-Americans was a horrible blight in American history. The love story between the navy flier (Edward Albert) and the Japanese-American woman (Christina Kokubo), could have been made into its own feature film. The movie barely scratches at the loss of an entire navy torpedo squadron based off the USS Hornet, and the effect that had. Other film flubs are the use of documentary footage shot during World War II, spliced in with footage taken from the movie "Tora Tora Tora". To me if your going to make a film on war, any war it has to be visually and historically accurate. The footage shot to represent Midway Island, looked like 100 feet of California beach. That was suppose to represent all of Midway Island. As for the performances, Charlton Heston's over the top performance is what you would expect from him. Henry Fonda's performance as Admiral Nimitz was very good, and enjoyable to watch. The other actors, seemed a little stiff in their performances (some had very little dialogue). If you do not know anything about the battle of Midway, this would be a good starting point, but I suggest reading about it and also look for documentaries about it.

I Also Recommend: Battle Of Midway & Global War, History Channel Ultimate Collections - World War II, Midway, The Battle of Midway: The Destruction of the Japanese Fleet, The Big E: The Story of the USS Enterprise.

INCOMPLETE MOVIE VERSIONby Anonymous

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June 05, 2003: Would give it 5 stars if the whole thing were there!!! Certainly a turning point in the war in the Pacific, Midway was a monumental battle that is inspiring to all those who study history. The movie does a very good job of accurately depicting most of the battle scenes and superb performances by the likes of Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Glenn Ford, and of course, Charlton Heston, make this a real keeper for the video library. The DVD bosts bonus scenes from the network television version, but buyer beware! You may be familiar with the network version that is, in fact, the full length movie. This DVD or VHS that is 2 hrs, 12 min is NOT the full movie! It is missing approximately 45 minutes of scenes showing the Battle of the Coral Sea which happened about 3 weeks before Midway that ARE in some versions. I have written the movie producers twice complaining about it, but alas, I, like you, am a peon who is ignored. I was even dumb enough to buy it on DVD and VHS thinking I would get the whole thing. Wrong! If enough people would write and DEMAND the full version of the movie (which I have recorded from network TV, so I KNOW it exists), maybe they would make it! ??