Perhaps the most complete telling of the Battle of Midway

Rating: 10/10 (20 February 2020)

The Battle of Midway starts with the invasion of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941. From a statement in the beginning of the movie, "The Battle of Midway turned the tide of the war in the Pacific."
This is a more complete story because of the expertise of the code breakers, numerous books about Midway and the people involved. But also because Joseph Rochefort (Brennan Brown) and his cryptologists who surmised that AF is the Japanese code for Midway and another clue mentions the water supply (at AF) is down. Admiral Nimitz (Woody Harrelson) is impressed and goes with that info and now knows the Japanese target is Midway.
The CGI in here is most incredible and credit must be given to the person who edited all the aerial fight scenes. Kudos.
Notables: Ed Skrein as Dick Best, a cocky pilot under Commander McClusky (Luke Evans); Patrick Wilson as Edwin Layton an intelligence analyst and aid to Adm Nimitz; Mandy Moore as Ann Best, wife of Dick Best; Dennis Quaid as Admiral Halsey; Aaron Eckhart as Jimmy Doolittle; Nick Jonas as Bruno Guido, a seaman promoted for jumping into a plane and firing and destroying a Japanese fighter plane and who also was captured by the Japanese who wanted information from him and he insulted the Japanese officer who threw him overboard with an anchor tied to his feet; Tadanobu Asano as Japanese Admiral Yamaguchi; Etsushi Toyokawa as Japanese Admiral Yamamoto; Geoffrey Blake as Movie Director John Ford who was in the process of making a movie on Midway when the Japanese attacked.
Ed Skrein as Dick Best is given most screen time in here and he is quite a character. But my vote for any Oscar goes to Woody Harrelson as Admiral Nimitz. As I have said before, when Woody Harrelson is in a movie, just give him the Oscar for Best Actor and move on. He is always that good. Got it?
The cinematography is simply outstanding. It's like you are actually there in every battle scene. Am glad this wasn't in 3-D otherwise I may have had to check myself into the ER. Might anyway. The pacing is excellent and there are no long drawn out CGI battles.
I remember the MIDWAY movie with Charlton Heston back in the day. In that movie I recall that Navy Pilot, George Gay, played by Kevin Dobson was shot down and watched the Battle of Midway from the water. I mention this because George Gay was from my hometown and later became a pilot for TWA. But no George Gay in this one. I kind of missed it.
Watching this movie I can only hope that all who see this movie are reminded that very brave men and women fought in these battles and allow us to live the way we do because of their heroics. God Bless them all. (10/10)
Violence: Yes. Hey, this is war.
Sex: No.
Nudity: No.
Humor: There are some good lines in here.
Language: One S-word and one F-bomb.
Rating: A