Yeah, having just finished reading Conquering Tide, I was surprised at how

Jul 5, 2020
10:19:16pm

IrishBlue All-American

accurate Midway was at presenting the historical facts of the battle. Yes, there were some liberties, but overall it was one of the most historically accurate war films I have seen.

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IrishBlue

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I’m watching the 2019 remake of MIDWAY....what piece of garbage

Lifi

7/5/20 9:07pm

Hm.. I enjoyed it. Watched on Memorial Day and was inspired.

Cougarrr

7/5/20 9:08pm

Corniest dialogue I've heard in a movie in a long time. I turned it off.

Manti

7/5/20 9:14pm

Yep, they talked differently then; it's hard for people today to understand that

2FarGone

7/5/20 9:46pm

My comment about dialogue has nothing to do with how they talked back then.

Manti

7/5/20 9:51pm

Not a great war movie but it was entertaining enough.

eddog

7/5/20 9:17pm

Historically inaccurate?

2FarGone

7/5/20 9:32pm

Yeah, having just finished reading Conquering Tide, I was surprised at how

IrishBlue

7/5/20 10:19pm

As a history teacher, I was pleasantly surprised at just how accurate it actually was.

BlueBlood94

7/6/20 12:22am

I haven’t seen it, so I can’t really judge. But when I saw the trailer, I wasn’t

m0resn0w

7/5/20 9:44pm

the trailer sucked; the movie was surprisingly good and accurate

2FarGone

7/5/20 10:00pm

The worst of the dialogue and acting is in the first part of the movie. I almost

StutterOfTheCougar

7/5/20 10:09pm

I saw all the critics pan it and went in with low expectations. I enjoyed it.

IrishBlue

7/5/20 10:19pm

It made Pearl Harbor look really good in comparison.

mudpupper

7/5/20 10:53pm

TBF...that wouldn’t be hard to do...

m0resn0w

7/6/20 5:14am

Terrible from an acting standpoint. Great from a historical standpoint.

StalwartBraveTrue

7/6/20 10:09am

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