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To: dfwright

It’s good but different. I liked the new one, loved the original. A little too much CGI in the new one. Better story lines and bigger stars in the original. You couldn’t assemble a cast with as much gravitas like the original anymore. Heston, Fonda, Holbrook, Mitchum, Coburn, Ford, Wagner, Nelson and Albert.


54 posted on 05/28/2023 7:42:24 PM PDT by redangus
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To: redangus; dfwright
I would agree that both versions of Midway are great films.

But don't pass by the 2019 version. The CG realism of the Pearl Harbor in it is stupendous. Also there's far more depth of understanding you'll gain such as the importance of intelligence gathering to the U.S. victory at Midway.

So except for the great actors in the first Midway, the greater context you learn about the battle and especially the super-realism of the latest cinematography will knock your socks off in Midway 2019. And I do agree that the CGI of views from the dive-bomber pilot's perspective were too much.

Let me add that I found a great Youtube analysis of Midway that you should check out: How did the US Navy win the Battle of Midway?

55 posted on 05/29/2023 12:57:39 AM PDT by poconopundit (Hard oak fist in an Irish velvet glove: Kayleigh the Shillelagh we salute your work!)
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