The new Midway movie is good and seems to follow the history in the definitive book on Midway “Shattered Sword”.
The movie prompted me to reread the book. I am just about to get to the place where the actual battle begins.
My criticism of the movie has to do with what I consider very excessive antiaircraft fire. There is footage made during the actual battle that clearly shows the lack of AA and certainly no where near the rate depicted in the new movie.
One of the factors noted in Shattered Sword is the Japanese battle doctrine of attack, attack, attack with overwhelming force. The result of that doctrine was vessels lacking enough antiaircraft capability and un armored zeros that got pilots killed.
The computer graphics guys making the movie let the AA get out of hand to make the movie more exciting
Thanks for pointing that out, bert. The anti-aircraft fire was overwhelming in the movie.