Posted on 10/27/2019 6:37:26 PM PDT by US Navy Vet
Is so(or Not) Why?
Let’s hope its better than that last Pearl Harbor movie, which was a complete dud.
LOLOLOL!!! That movie STILL cracks me up!
“LEMME HEAR YER GUNS,. BOY!!! AT-TAT-TAT-TAT!!”
“LOLOLOL!!! That movie STILL cracks me up!
“LEMME HEAR YER GUNS,. BOY!!! AT-TAT-TAT-TAT!!””
“One authentic early American hari-kari knife. Pass it around, boys. Maybe somebody’s got a use for it.” — Hollis “Holly” Wood
Yeah... WWII was caused by global warming.. Everybody knows that.. /s
Yes
Hadn’t heard a thing about it. I wonder if it’s some small independent film. If Clint Eastwood is director id go.
I have a very large collection of DVDs,blurays and 4Ks starting with films from the 40s,TV shows from the 50s and such classics as Upstairs/Downstairs and Downton Abbey.
Yeah, the battle scene was pretty well done. The love triangle story was horrible.
You didn’t miss anything.
That reminds me of the manner in which the movie company collaborated with "re-enactors" during the filming of "Gettysburg." It was said at the time that the "re-enactors" often loaned actors some of their precious relics so as to boost authenticity and to make sure they "...got it right."
Back in the Eighties, I recall reading about terrorists in Lebanon who would mouth anti-American lines for the news media -- but when the cameras were off, they would ask questions of the crews about American popular culture, tell of cousins and friends who had happily settled in the US, and ask how one got a visa and a green card. Since then, despite terrorism and military conflicts, I have heard and read enough similar accounts to be convinced that America and Americans are deeply admired and genuinely appealing throughout the world.
Moreover, as we enter a cold peace with China fraught with the potential for armed conflict it cannot but be helpful for the US that Midway will arrive showing the Americans clobbering the last aggressor with hegemonic plans in Asia. This will facilitate our emerging strategy against China to cultivate local allies and build up their military potential. Amazingly, the US is quite popular in Vietnam, which is now suffering from Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. I imagine that Midway will be popular with audiences in Vietnam, who are likely to cheer even physically implausible combat feats by Americans fighting the Japanese.
1941. A great movie!
Did you go see it? Here is a review by a Military Times editor.
https://twitter.com/simkinsjourno/status/1192672574477492225
He rated it -27/5 stars.
I liked it. Just got back from seeing it.
“The Pacific” is fairly good, but why do we need to see it first?
That series doesn’t even mention, IIRC, Midway. Or Leyte Gulf. Or Coral Sea. Or the Marianas Turkey Shoot.
It’s fine for representing ground combat.
But it provides zero info about the crucial naval battles.
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.
I am going to see it today at 1230. AND just WHY should I CARE WHAT this PUNK says?
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.
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