Should Be Required Viewing By High School Students

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 2019)

Midway, a very accurate depiction of the battle that turned the tide in the Pacific in the first year of the United States involvement in WW2, stirs the soul in illustrating the sacrifices of thousands of young Americans turning the powerful Japanese tide.
Ignore all those who say the CGI were amateurish. Pushing technology to its limits, the special effect experts working on the movie convincingly portrayed how close to realistic the historic series of events appeared. Short of getting antique WW2 planes and naval carriers, with would be impossible today, the magic of computer-generated images made this film drench in heroics virtually unmatched in aviation history.
The science fiction films of Star Wars, et al, cannot come close to the real life experiences of these brave airmen. Midway should be required viewing to all high schoolers who either fail to appreciate the ultimate sacrifices these brave naval and air men took after Pearl Harbor, or are ignorant through the failings of today's education to understand what it took for all of us to have the freedoms we enjoy today. Midway, the movie, serves as a rewarding memoir to those men.