Daniel Mason

Just saw Midway. Review, some spoilers. It's historically accurate and the main characters are all real people. The CGI is stunning. To see the Enterprise and those ships come alive was really something. As I had previously read, the story picks up before Pearl Harbor and continues through the end of the battle. It covers the Japanese attack in Hawaii, early Enterprise action in the Marshall Islands, mostly skips over Coral Sea (the Enterprise is pretty much a main character and it was not at Coral Sea), includes the Doolittle raid, and the buildup and action at Midway. Most of the movie was far superior to the 1976 version but the battle itself was actually better explained in the original. There just wasn't enough time I suppose to fully cover certain events that have almost become legend, such as the sacrificial attacks by the Buffalo fighters based on Midway Island and the torpedo planes. Overall, recommended. Better than most WWII movies but not in the same class as Saving Private Ryan, etc.