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Midway (2019)
Terrible, inexcusable depiction of the Battle of Midway
This atrocious movie was nothing but CGI.
Anyone who was unaware of the events of the title battle and Pearl Harbor would have no more idea of what actually happened after seeing the film than he or she had before watching it. Almost every important step was either glossed over or not included at all. The pathetic script focused instead on a few main characters, their individual combat action, and almost nothing else. What an insult this movie is to the brave sailors and avaiators who fought and won this pivotal battle, which is the single most important one in the entire history of the U. S. Navy. Some have compared it favorably to the 1976 film with Fonda, Ford, Heston, Holbrook, Mitchum, et al; that is beyond absurd. I gave it two stars only because the cgi was pretty good, but the way they chose to tell the story would require negative stars to rate fairly. Blech!
Despite the Falling Snow (2016)
Terribly simple plot
This movie was insipid and boring and never should have been made. (The two stars I have it are for the score.) My guess is that it never had a theatrical release and went straight to cable. To say that the script and plot were amateurish is an insult to amateurs. One reviewer wrote that it would be understandable for Russians to believe that Americans are stupid after watching it, but, sorry, this was a British/Canadian production, NOT American. I've great fondness and admiration for English movies and TV, but I'll bet they wish they could get this one out of circulation. No matter; no one will ever remember this pathetic drivel, anyway