One of Hollywood’s best movies (Midway). Saw it in the theaters in SENSURROUND! “We’re we just better than the Japanese or just luckier?”
All Star cast; Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Hal Holbrook, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum and of course Pat Morita (aka Mr Miagi and Arnold from Happy Days)
Basically a sappy chick flick with some action scenes. Certainly not in the top 10 of war movies, probably not in the top 50.
“One of Hollywood’s best movies (Midway). Saw it in the theaters in SENSURROUND! “We’re we just better than the Japanese or just luckier?”
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At that time, being very early in the war for us, the Japanese had the best fighter in the world, carrier crews and pilots were thoroughly trained and battle hardened. So, to answer your question, you might say it was luck or you might say it was the hand of God. We had a other things in our favor as well. We had broken the Japanese communication code. Thereby, we knew their plan. Also, the Admiral of their carrier battle group made a couple of unrecoverable tactical errors. Lastly, our carrier pilots, although green, did not lack in courage.
I saw it in 1976 at the theater. It was good on the big screen.