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Well, based on Russ' review, I'm definitely going to see it. It's about time we had some decent modern movies of the pivotal moments of the world wars.

I've got a couple of premium movie ticket vouchers that the wife and I can use for the occasion, but unfortunately the movie doesn't come out in Oz until the 30th of Jan!

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Go if you enjoy a largely proper telling of the Battle of Midway and the events leading up to it. The story is largely told within the historical record, with a few "dramatic enhancements". The CGI aircraft are pretty good, but the aerial combat scenes are somewhat unbelievable (if you know anything about flying). However, I was impressed the producers and director at least attempted to get the story told. The contributions (and great sacrifice) of the Torpedo squadrons are almost totally ignored though, which is a great disappointment, but I suppose there's only so much you can cram into 138 minutes. It's touched on, as are other relevant facts of the story, but this movie is still head and shoulders above other similar block buster movies of the Pacific war. I guess the final judgement should be given to my loving wife who bought the tickets in the first place-- she told me she didn't know much about the war in the Pacific (even though both of our fathers fought there--one in the CBI and one on an aircraft carrier), but she learned a lot from the movie about why Midway was important. And she was impressed with Halseys bout with Shingles, as she's just recovered from them herself!
VR, Russ