If you want to understand the back and forth of the Battle of Midway watch the 1976 version. If you want to see explosions mixed with corny dialogue watch this version. It isn’t exactly bad. But it’s not good either. Its main redeeming quality is that it attempts to place Midway within the greater context of the war to that point. But that burns like an hour of time that could be spent on Midway. It’s worth a rental.