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Midway movie
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11/06/19 05:02 PM
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I went to buy tickets, and saw this. Not a very good review, but we're still going.
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Re: Midway movie
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#7653908
11/06/19 05:03 PM
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bigbob_ftw
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can't beat the first one. Pass.
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Re: Midway movie
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11/06/19 05:20 PM
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CGI-garbage……….
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Re: Midway movie
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#7653926
11/06/19 05:21 PM
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CGI-garbage………. Yeah, it looks like they over did it......
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Re: Midway movie
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#7653927
11/06/19 05:22 PM
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bill oxner
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can't beat the first one. Pass.
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Re: Midway movie
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#7653932
11/06/19 05:27 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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can't beat the first one. Pass. CGI-garbage………. Yeah, it looks like they over did it...... They always do....can't help themselves....been making too many marvel comic movies....
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Re: Midway movie
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#7653996
11/06/19 06:19 PM
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NORML as can be
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WoW, Isn't this Original.....Not
Millennial's need to stay out of the movie making business, they suck at it.
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Re: Midway movie
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#7654128
11/06/19 08:05 PM
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Cool Mo D
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WoW, Isn't this Original.....Not
Millennial's need to stay out of the movie making business, they suck at it. And most everything else.
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Re: Midway movie
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#7654171
11/06/19 08:48 PM
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SR025
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I generally wouldn’t use rotten tomato as a good metric but movie looks way over the top.
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Re: Midway movie
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#7654194
11/06/19 09:09 PM
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bigbob_ftw
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Re: Midway movie
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#7654782
11/07/19 01:53 PM
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If it keeps people thinking about and remembering WW2 then it’s fine by me. Maybe some young people will read about it.
To be determined
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Re: Midway movie
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#7654845
11/07/19 02:41 PM
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In the original they pretty much pieced the battle scenes together using other movies as well as battle footage that had nothing to do with Midway. You will see Heston crash a jet at the end, Essex class carriers (none at Midway), carriers with angled flight decks, a German He-111 being shot down, an American battleship (none at Midway) and various other errors. I point these out to show the original is by no means perfect. I agree with TurkeyHunter, if this helps people remember and even become interested in history, then that's a win-win. I like war movies in general and will give this a shot when it comes out on cable...which won't be long.
That being said, two of my very favorite movies are "Midway" and "Tora! Tora! Tora!". I overlook their errors because they are not recreating events but are merely films for entertainment purposes.
I saw "Midway" when it first came out. Bob, what was the sound system called? Sensaround? You sure felt like you were there.
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Re: Midway movie
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#7654916
11/07/19 03:48 PM
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I may see it largely to see what they did with CGI. I don't expect it to be better than the original.
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Re: Midway movie
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#7654923
11/07/19 03:51 PM
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bigbob_ftw
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In the original they pretty much pieced the battle scenes together using other movies as well as battle footage that had nothing to do with Midway. You will see Heston crash a jet at the end, Essex class carriers (none at Midway), carriers with angled flight decks, a German He-111 being shot down, an American battleship (none at Midway) and various other errors. I point these out to show the original is by no means perfect. I agree with TurkeyHunter, if this helps people remember and even become interested in history, then that's a win-win. I like war movies in general and will give this a shot when it comes out on cable...which won't be long.
That being said, two of my very favorite movies are "Midway" and "Tora! Tora! Tora!". I overlook their errors because they are not recreating events but are merely films for entertainment purposes.
I saw "Midway" when it first came out. Bob, what was the sound system called? Sensaround? You sure felt like you were there. Yep. just incredible!
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Re: Midway movie
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11/07/19 03:52 PM
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I just realized why my wife wants to see it........ Nick Jonas is in it. she played for a sucker!
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Re: Midway movie
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11/07/19 04:06 PM
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Choctaw
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I just realized why my wife wants to see it........ Nick Jonas is in it. she played for a sucker! Well, you're going no matter what. lol You will be expected to give a full review so that we can insult your film appreciation skills.
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#7654961
11/07/19 04:15 PM
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I wonder what Glenn Ford thought about playing a Navy Admiral in the movie, since he was a Marine fighter pilot in WW2. Could you see any of the actors today climbing into an FA-18
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Re: Midway movie
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11/07/19 04:21 PM
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I just realized why my wife wants to see it........ Nick Jonas is in it. she played for a sucker! Well, you're going no matter what. lol You will be expected to give a full review so that we can insult your film appreciation skills. Lol, will do. Next week will be Ford vs Ferrari
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Re: Midway movie
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#7655123
11/07/19 06:31 PM
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can't beat the first one. Pass. CGI-garbage………. Yeah, it looks like they over did it...... They always do....can't help themselves....been making too many marvel comic movies.... I noticed one of the trailers included a scene with far too many planes than you would ever see grouped together. Saw a report today where CGI is being used to bring James Dean back from the dead to appear in a new movie.
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Re: Midway movie
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#7656682
11/09/19 06:01 AM
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It was pretty good! I'd give it a 75. Worth the money for sure. It followed Admiral Nimitz quite a bit, that's who Woody Harrelson plays.
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Re: Midway movie
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#7656713
11/09/19 01:00 PM
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It was good. Not omg great but good. I did like that the main characters were actually real people instead of fictionalized randoms like in the movie Pearl Harbor.
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Re: Midway movie
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11/09/19 01:44 PM
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It was good. Not omg great but good. I did like that the main characters were actually real people instead of fictionalized randoms like in the movie Pearl Harbor. Agree, saw it last night, The best part was at the end where they showed what happened to the main characters in real like. Special effects were very good along with the "surround sound" bouncing me out of my seat.
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11/09/19 04:43 PM
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It was good. Not omg great but good. I did like that the main characters were actually real people instead of fictionalized randoms like in the movie Pearl Harbor. Agree, saw it last night, The best part was at the end where they showed what happened to the main characters in real like. Special effects were very good along with the "surround sound" bouncing me out of my seat. Where did you go? Stonebriar AMC?
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Re: Midway movie
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#7656976
11/09/19 08:02 PM
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Cool Mo D
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Going to see it Tues. Who the Sam Hill is Nick Jonas?
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Re: Midway movie
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#7657205
11/10/19 12:28 AM
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bigbob_ftw
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Going to see it Tues. Who the Sam Hill is Nick Jonas? One of the Jonas brothers. Major boy band.
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