I haven’t seen the movie yet and can’t wait to see it. My late father-in-law and I were WWII buffs and my wife and my mother-in-law hated watching WWII movies with us because we would pick apart inaccuracies that were especially glaring. The 76 film would show wrong planes and wrong ships for points in the battle and I would say, wrong plane for a dive bomber and he would call out the correct plane that should be there, the girls would roll their eyes. Since his passing my wife and family have proclaimed me the sole heir to the keeper of useless knowledge and trivia.
Thankfully, in this incarnation there is no maudlin, multiCulti J-finacee distraction, with the whole father/son tension annoyance.
Yes, I remember that from the ‘76 version. They would show an F4U when it was supposed to be a dive bomber, etc. I picked out inaccuracies all throughout even then and I was only 16 (but a huge military aviation geek - still am)
I saw this movie on Veterans Day and was glad I did. My son was waffling a little and didn’t go but now he wants to see it.
Taking him this weekend.
Some Freepers have complained a lot about the CGI effects in the movie. They are actually quite good, and encompass a lot more than just the battle scenes. Shots of the carriers just sailing, and wartime Washington DC are CGI effects.
I think the reason some people think the CGI “looks fake” in the battle scenes is because our minds expect to see flying airplanes photographed by conventional means. If the filmmakers had managed to have actual flying replicas of all the planes, the planes would be photographed from the ground, or from other planes or stationary objects. With CGI, it’s like Superman is the cameraman flying right along with the planes. so you see planes flying in areas where you normally would not get a good shot if everything was “real”.