Posted on 11/11/2019 10:47:29 AM PST by Calif Conservative
Heading into the weekend we were anticipating a top ten that would deliver around $110 million, as it turns out the top ten currently falls just short of a combined $100 million as Lionsgate's Midway delivered a surprise #1 finish, topping WB's Doctor Sleep, which slipped to second and well below expectations.
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At the top of the weekend box office is Lionsgate's Midway, finishing ahead of expectations with an estimated $17.5 million from 3,242 locations. The film also scored an "A" CinemaScore from opening day audiences and should expect a strong performance over Veteran's Day tomorrow that should push the film's four-day gross over $20 million.
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It really is a great film. Don’t wait and watch it on TV. You need to see it on the big screen. I plan on seeing it again.
My grandfather was in a tin can at Surigao Strait. That was the last opposing battleships action in naval history. Leyte Gulf indeed would make a great movie.
Oh, I am really sorry.
They just found the remains of the USS Johnston recently, she was pretty torn up. Those men had stones.
Best WWII Pacific war movie I have ever seen!!!
Thanks for responding to my post and for that useful information.
Wow! That’s one heck of a spread. I suspect it says a lot more about the critics than it does the film itself.
As I said in my original post, it’s becoming obvious they’re mostly America-hating sodomites.
If the critics hate it and the audience loves it, it is probably very good - at worst, entertaining and worth seeing.
Thanks for posting that link, I will check it out.
Have you seen Drachinifel’s YouTube piece on the Battle Off Samar? Worth watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AdcvDiA3lE
“With an enemy whose turret weighs more than her, the Johnston decides that... running is boring.”
“It will take the (Japanese) formation a half-hour to work around into a Johnston-free firing position.”
He does make a few errors about years, but did catch it upon posting.
The problem with a movie on the Battle Off Samar is that nobody would believe it and say that Hollywood made it up.
It was implied, but if you’re not aware of the story it definitely would go over your head. Good observation.
That was depicted in the movie. They gave Dick Best the credit. Dont know if he actually did it or not.
Even for those of us who know of it and know it is a reality, it is still hard to believe. To have no hope, but to do it just the same.
Thanks for that link, I will check it out tonight.
He did.
Richard H. Best was appointed to the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in 1928. Having graduated with honors in 1932, he served for two years aboard the light cruiser USS Richmond. In 1934 he was transferred to the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, as a naval aviation student. He completed his flight training in December 1935. His first assignment was Fighting Squadron Two (VF-2B) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, flying the Grumman F2F.
In June 1938, Best was given the choice to either join a patrol squadron at Panama or Hawaii, or become a flight instructor at Pensacola: he chose Pensacola, and was assigned to instruct Training Squadron Five. Anticipating what was probably coming, after a year and some months of instructing, Best decided that he could be of most use as a dive bomber pilot. He put in a request for a transfer to the Pacific Fleet in that capacity.
On May 31, 1940, Best received orders to join Bombing Squadron Six (VB-6), which was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. Upon arrival at the squadron's base on land, Naval Air Station North Island, California, on June 10, Best was made flight officer (operations officer) of the squadron, who was third-in-command. By early 1942, after the war in the Pacific had begun, he had advanced to executive officer, a standard navy term for second-in-command, under his close friend and USNA classmate, William Hollingsworth, known as "Holly," as commander. Best subsequently became squadron commander in time for the Battle of Midway.
I suspect that based on his background, Best was a solid pilot, not a hotdog as depicted in the movie, and that he was well prepared for command and not unsure if he was 'ready for leadership', as depicted in the movie.
So, does that mean his gunner really wasn’t a tranny midget?
Took my sons and grandson, 13 to 27 (four 0f them). Money well spent and I almost NEVER go to the movies anymore. Straight up, tells the story, no pc crap. Later was able to tell the kids that both their grandfathers served in the Pacific. One as a 17yr old medic going ashore w the Marines and one as a reporter on the surrender ship. Good solid family history day
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” - Mark Twain
“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” Gen. George S Patton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd8_vO5zrjo&t=0s
No super graphics, but in 5 minutes I think you will be drawn in, and held to the finish.
Makes it all really clear, 5 million views.
Thanks for posting. Amazing videos on Midway, Pearl Harbor and Battle of Coral Sea. Worth watching.
There were a few scenes in the new movie that appeared to be digitally enhanced versions of original film footage. Things like the familiar scenes of planes attempting to land with damaged landing gear - a lot of it looked tweaked and detailed, but authentic.
When comparing the CGI anti-aircraft fire to the actual footage from, say, last year's The Cold Blue, it seems overdone... but that's an imperfect measure. An air attack against the Japanese surface fleet at that point in time would have been a hellish prospect in terms of the concentrated defense fire a pilot would face.
The pace of the film does seem rushed at times, but it's a solid movie, well worth seeing.
Patton was an ass. A very successful ass, but an ass nonetheless. Pistol whipping your soldiers who have been driven mad by a concentrated prolonged artillery barrage is not cool.
I would point out that the British survivors of Operation Chariot, the Commando raid on the drydock at Saint-Nazaire, either quoted Mark Twain directly or paraphrased him when asked about it their courage and fear. They knew the operation was likely to be a one way trip and they still all volunteered. They rejected Patton’s view when questioned.
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