Good but still lacking in this oh by the way day of movies.

Rating: 7/10 (19 November 2019)

This IMHO is a much better outing in so far as covering the actual battle as apposed to Pearl Harbor. That being said it glossed over so much of the meat and bones of the battle in favor of added drama, (love store and such). I'm not against such things just not a fan of covering a half a year on a 1 day battle. While Layton's arc is excusable as the code breakers journey. The motivation for the Enterprise pilots could have been done in flashbacks as opposed to a nearly full retelling of Pearl Harbor yet again. The Doolittle Raid did motivate the Japanese to push for an engagement that would expose our Air craft Carriers but again to much time wasted on ANOTHER Battle. All that aside I liked the movie and it's cast immensely and thought some of the revelations quite interesting. The special effects while generally good IMHO could have been better. They were to clean and glossy they lacked a tactile feel of having been real. While I can recommend this film as fun just don't expect high art or a sense of wow after the fact.