The status of the 4 carriers, specifically Kaga, Soryu and Akagi, was detailed brilliantly in “Shattered Sword,” which debunked the lies Fuchida told that historians swallowed for decades.
Shattered Sword proved that it wasn’t just sheer luck that allowed the dive bombers to wreck the first 3 carriers.
The Japanese were nowhere close to launching a strike on the US carriers at the moment when the dive bombers zoomed down.
So props to the 2019 movie for showing the sacrifice of the torpedo planes.
Yes, Shattered Sword is mentioned in the video I linked. I think the movie is going to be interesting not only for itself but for the reactions of people who ‘know’ things we’ve found out in the last decade were wrong.