Hugely disappointing in spite of itself

Rating: 3/10 (17 November 2019)

Movies take a lot of work to get right. High quality writing can be undermined by poor acting. Conversely, poor writing can hamstring otherwise good performances.
Rarely do those two things complement one another as perfectly as the do in Midway.
Both writing and acting were so bad that they somehow worked as a force multiplier on each other. The combined effect in this movie yielded a maelstrom of suck that was so powerful we could feel wind rushing in beneath the theater doors.
This movie was about genuine American heroes from the greatest generation and I am grateful for them. The studio probably assumed patriotism would be enough to keep this vessel afloat but it just wasn't good enough.
Lots of cool 'splosions and stuff but even they weren't enough to right this ship. Watch it streaming if included in your entertainment package but don't go out of your way beyond that.