Hoped for something better

Rating: 6/10 (19 April 2020)

This is a movie called Midway, but it does not get to Midway until about halfway through the 2 hour movie. It spends time at Pearl Harbor, and briefly hits on some other battles in the 6 months between Pearl Harbor and Midway.
Because it spends an hour pre Midway and 1 hour at midway, the details are lost and become somewhat vague. For example, you are not really told or have a clue how many or which ships were at the battle from each side, or their losses. So unless your interest meant you read up on it before hand, or after, you are not aware of the size of the battle.
Same with the importance of the battle, it was turning point that had a massive impact on the rest of the war, but that is not really conveyed in the movie.
My other thought was just how white the movie was. Not a single black dood. Sure i understand back then it was rarer, but one of the most incredible stories of the men at Pearl Harbor was an African American cook who jumped on a Browning machine gun and took down at least 4 enemy aircraft and maybe as many as 6.
My other issue with the movie is that it seemed to show that just 3 men did everything, everyone else was brave and risked their lives, died valiantly, but ultimately was these three guys that did everything. Yes these three men went above and beyond that day, but heck, everyone else failed and died bravely apparently. Somehow lessened the sacrifice of everybody else.