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Originally Posted by Capt. Mike
I am on the fence about Midway. I know that battle very well, and am concerned about the accuracy of the telling. Gloss-overs and poetic license would jar me. An accurate depiction of Torpedo 8 would break my heart, and a Hollywood one would piss me off.
I thought Dunkirk stunk. There is a real story to be told about it, but that film was not it. So I am leery of Midway.
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Yes, but it is a Hollywood production, so what can you say? I enjoyed watching it, but the version made in the seventies was better at telling the story. The wrinkled uniforms were pathetic. I thought that was very disrespectful. I don’t know if they just didn’t want to take time to press them or if they were trying to make a statement.
The drama of McCluskey diving through the incoming fire was adequately dramatic, but I think he was one of them without bombs due to the foul up of the auto arming mechanisms.
The Doolittle raid was poorly described also.