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Is anyone going to see the Midway Movie that is coming out Vets Day Weekend?
27 Oct 2019 | US Navy Vet

Posted on 10/27/2019 6:37:26 PM PDT by US Navy Vet

Is so(or Not) Why?


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KEYWORDS: battleofmidway; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; hollywood; midway; movies; worldwareleven; ww2
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To: Tax-chick

There’s another thread running, started by someone who had seen it and loved it.


141 posted on 11/09/2019 4:04:00 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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To: MayflowerMadam

Thank you. I’m just starting to see articles about it and will strongly consider seeing it.


142 posted on 11/09/2019 4:10:18 AM PST by Tax-chick (Tomado de la mano, yo voy con Cristo a donde El va!)
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To: dfwgator

Back in the ‘70s there was a TV mini-series, “Pearl” , that I liked a lot. I don’t recall that it was heavy on historical accuracy or anything, but I did enjoy it.


143 posted on 11/09/2019 4:10:38 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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To: Spktyr

“It looks like (for Hollywood) they’re making a credible effort.”

I’ve read that it’s an independent film, so that could make it watchable.


144 posted on 11/09/2019 4:19:22 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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To: ealgeone

They are called, “Japs”, according to another thread.


145 posted on 11/09/2019 4:20:20 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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To: OldMissileer

“1941. A great movie!”

It was for sure! And I pretty much don’t “do” war movies. I liked, “Patton” , too.


146 posted on 11/09/2019 4:23:24 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("I've read the back of The Book, and we win.")
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To: VeniVidiVici; al_c

A few years ago I watched a Russian film called “Russian Ark” that was shot in one continuous shot.

Pretty impressive.


147 posted on 11/09/2019 5:00:02 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: US Navy Vet

No need to care what he wrote of course. My post wasn’t confrontational. I was weighting whether to go see it or not, saw this very funny review and figured I post it here.


148 posted on 11/09/2019 5:36:28 AM PST by Krosan
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To: US Navy Vet

Midway 2019 is FAR superior to Midway 1976. Saw it Sunday. Midway 2019 is not only a great war film, it’s a great movie, period.

It’s historically accurate, offers interesting character studies of dive bomber hero Richard Best and military intelligence commander Ed Layton, and it incorporates the key new research from “Shattered Sword.”

And there’s no political correctness or apologist taints. “Japs” is uttered quite a bit, and why not? That all happened.

Midway 2019 is a story of American exceptionalism, determination, and heroism. It depicts the forbidding landscape and dire straits of late 1941 and the first half of 1942. It tells the tale brilliantly of how we created one of WW2’s three “hinges of fate.”

It shows how we got knocked down, got off the mat, and then delivered a haymaker that crippled a literal evil empire.

Against all odds, the underdog USA, our citizen pilots and sailors, triumphed in one of the greatest victories of all time. And that’s what this movie shows.


149 posted on 11/11/2019 4:36:23 PM PST by Calif Conservative
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To: Krosan

couldn’t care less if he writes for Military Times - he’s a journalist - maybe he was trying to prevent people from seeing a movie that’s great and shows America in a good light.

Either way, he can buzz off

Plus Midway is #1 at the box office, so I’m sure that triggered this journo-dolt even further.

https://collider.com/weekend-box-office-midway-doctor-sleep/


150 posted on 11/11/2019 4:49:31 PM PST by Calif Conservative
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To: ealgeone

And you’d be wrong.
Japs is uttered, and not just once.

Saw Midway 2019. A great movie. And a great war movie.

It’s not politically correct.


151 posted on 11/11/2019 6:32:51 PM PST by Calif Conservative
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