[CaptainCrunch]

That's a tough question, because I did watch the movie and there were parts of it that were actually pretty good and the cast was decent. But it felt like Midway lite to me and at times it felt like the focus went to the wrong place.


One of the crucial aspects was really the breaking of the Japanese Naval Code and the 1976 movie did an outstanding job of making it a pivotal moment in the film and dedicating some time to it, and better yet explaining that when a code is broken your lucky if your reading 1 out of 4 words of the message.


The actual action scenes in the 2019 film was good. I felt that the Japanese side of the equation was light. If you go back and watch the 76 film it did a great job of making the Japanese characters real and whole and resisted the temptation to make them an over the top enemy.


Also while the cast itself was really good, I felt like there was a disconnect in the casting. Dennis Quaid wouldn't be who I picked to play Bull Halsey. The effects were a bit subpar in my mind as well.


If your going to watch a midway movie, you'd do yourself a favor by finding the 76 version. It usually shows up once in a while on like the rewind channel etc. I think you can still rent it on Shaw as well.