Parts are decent, but amateurish and too fantastic

Rating: 6/10 (14 February 2020)

This hopefully will replace my last review, which was a bit hasty. I still think the movie does the audience a disservice by not portraying the action as it actually happened, and that the characters are more more caricature than real, but there are moments. Over-dramatized moments, but moments where I didn't find it completely unworthy.
The air action is fantastical at best, with flights of planes in stupidly close proximity being shot down by Japanese AA fire, which in reality, was not very effective. Most planes were lost to Japanese fighters. I could go on, but realistic it ain't--more Star Wars than Pacific.
The backstory is actually very accurate, so kudos there, even if it is relayed in ham-handed fashion. Don't get me started on the ominous, melancholy soundtrack. The acting, given what there was to work with is actually quite good. But there really wasn't much to work with, and the mood is non-stop dark, as it the color treatment. The Pacific at that latitude is generally blue skies and bright sunlight. The color editors know that, don't they?
In short, this is yet another movie that relies on CGI rather than good dialog and assumes everyone has the sensibilities of a 13-year old. Actually, that's insulting to 13-year olds.
This is a great story that deserved to be told and shown more as it actually happened, but at least it was told. I'll give them that.