pcsimonson1651 Midway is a decent movie filled with great actors, and it follows the actual event during WW2 pretty closely. What kept this movie from being a truly great movie was all the dumb goofs, and bad actual footage of the battle. Someone needs to remake this important movie, but make sure the battle scenes are kept accurate by showing the correct airplanes, and ships of that time. Example: The 5 inch guns turrets , and a battleships main turret guns were not used to shoot down airplanes coming in for attack on a ship.

gilligan1965 I've loved this movie ever since my Dad brought me to see it at a theater in 1976 (when I was nine)!This movie is literally a 'who's-who' of great American and Japanese stars and super-stars, such as Charlton Heston; Henry Fonda; James Coburn; Hal Holbrook; Glenn Ford; Toshiro Mifune; Pat Morita; Robert Mitchum; Cliff Robertson; Robert Webber; Robert Wagner; James Shigeta; John Fujioka; Robert Ito...and, many more.I love this movie, and, I love how actual World War 2 footage is inserted into the film to add to the scenes. Yes, ha-ha!:D Sometimes, a certain type of plane is shown, and, in the next scene, it suddenly becomes another type of plane; but, who cares, the movie is great! The black-and-white scenes at the beginning of the movie are from "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (1944) with Spencer Tracy, Van Johnson, and, Robert Mitchum (also in this movie). And...of course, a love story (a controversial love story for this period) is fitted into the movie, as in almost every other war movie ever made.A lot of people 'bash' this movie, but, I happen to love it; and, any and every library and collection of war movies isn't complete without this! :)

LeonLouisRicci If You are Young and not that Familiar with the Stock WWII Footage that was used in this Film for that "The way it was." Feel, this Might be a Somewhat Satisfying Entertainment and a Primer for the Important Naval Battle. You also have to be a Youngster and New to Movies to Gloss Over the Bad Acting and Dialog and the Cartoonish Presentation of the Non-Battle Scenes and the Battle Scenes that were Lifted from Numerous Other Movies.Problem is that the Non-Battle Scenes are So Bad that Wading through the Waves of Anachronistic Haircuts and Over the Hill Actors Paraded Out for a Scene or Two do Nothing but make the Whole Exercise Quite Laborious.This is a Bomb. A Misfire. It is a Bad Production with Clunky Intertwines and Confusing Scenes of Aircraft and Flattops Floating and Flying Around with Hardly a Hint at their Position and what it All Means. Despite the Laughable On Screen Titles like...such and such Airplane, 30 Miles from such and such Ship. Even the Filmmakers Knew that None of this made much Sense to the Audience and so They Literally had to Spell it Out.Listing the All-Star Cast is Futile (some are only on screen for half a heartbeat and others like Glenn Ford just stare out a window), but Suffice to Say that Charlton Heston and Crew All Look Bored and Firmly Planted in the 1970's not the 1940's both in Style and Script.

TankGuy December 7th 1941,the Japanese attack Pearl harbour, destroying many US navy ships and killing and wounding thousands, on April 18th 1942,in retaliation to this event, Lieutenant Colonel James "Jimmy" Doolittle of the US army air force leads an extensive bombing raid on the Japanese mainland which would later become known as the "Doolittle raid". This caused heavy damage to Japanese cities, namely Tokyo and morale too, the Japanese now knew they were no longer invincible to American attack and planned to attack Midway, a small island just off of Hawaii, hoping to draw the American forces out into the open and obliterate them. The Japanese hoped to also occupy Midway in order to extend their defensive perimeter, therefore enabling them to repel future American attacks, the battle that would decide this provides the basis for this film,MIDWAY,made in 1976.First of all, I fail to understand why everyone hate this movie so much, nearly every reviewer on IMDb bashes it.I thought this movie was awesome,I really enjoyed it and was absolutely awestruck by the way it was filmed and put together. The cast and crew seemed to have put a huge amount of effort into making the film and looked to have given it all they had and what do they get for their pains?, nothing but stick, the film as a whole looked extremely ambitious. Even though it does appear a little cheap, I'd rather have this film over the CGI crap of today, but that's just my opinion.MIDWAY depicts the battle superbly and the battle scenes in the film are just spectacular. Real battle footage and footage from other war movies is used to an amazing advantage, the first battle where the Japanese attack the airstrip on Midway was just fantastic, even though half of it was taken from TORA!TORA!TORA!(1970),the shots of the Machine Gun being fired, Trucks furiously exploding and crashing and a watchtower crashing to the ground were excellent. The two main air battles,especially the first one where the American planes battle it out with Japanese planes and a Japanese battleship really blew me away. The final 3 battles were the best parts of the movie, my favourite one being the first where the American dive bombers destroy 3 Japanese battleships whilst being bombarded with heavy Cannon and Anti-aircraft fire was exciting and really impressive, the explosions were so epic and realistic. The second battle where the Japanese attack the Yorktown was equally impressive and spectacular, watch out for the part where a Japanese Zero comes crashing into the ship's bridge(which is taken from Universal's very own AWAY ALL BOATS from 1956),causing an explosion and engulfing it in flames, again the shots of the heavy artillery giving the Japanese planes hell are ear shatteringly magnificent. The final explosive battle in which Charlton Heston's character and a squadron of Dive bombers destroy and sink the last remaining Japanese battleship was riveting and packed with adrenaline.The special effects were outstanding,especially during the final 3 battles, the shots of the planes and battleships exploding were extremely exhilarating, as were the shots of flames tearing across the decks of the ravaged battleships. The use of real World war two footage was a great idea and looks remarkable spliced into the battle scenes, the fact that this footage is in colour makes it ten times better, this footage was expertly chosen. I was really impressed with the images of Cannons and Anti-aircraft guns bombarding and battling it out with attacking aircraft but what really looked amazing were the shots of two different aircraft crash landing and exploding on the deck of the aircraft carrier.John William's soundtrack is excellent and gives the film a modern feel as does the camera-work, the way certain shots linger add to the seriousness of the film. The acting is top notch, Charlton Heston is perfect as the main character and other stellar performances come from Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Robert Mitchum,Cliff Robertson and Toshiro Mifune.Yes,the dialogue does get corny at times, but that's only to be expected of a Hollywood war movie. The romantic subplot between the American pilot and the Japanese girl was irrelevant to the plot but soon becomes forgotten about as the planning and battle scenes take over, so it doesn't spoil the film.MIDWAY is a terribly underrated and spectacular war drama packed with some of the greatest action scenes ever seen in a movie, explosive special effects and excellent acting also compliment the film and make it definitely worth watching, MIDWAY is up there with all the other war classics.10/10.