Disjointed, poor continuity due to filming it in bits and pieces.

Rating: 5/10 (11 November 2019)

Too many camera changes, well over 2000. I had to watch this a few times to figure out just what was wrong with it; there was just something not quite right. The scenes didn't 'flow' together, it seemed like it was all just stuck together. Then it hit me; it was just 'all stuck together'. Each scenes is almost all just quick one or two second video clips, joined to create the final product. Then that is joined to make another. No cohesion. No continuity. You very rarely see both characters in a conversation at the same time, because they weren't there at the same time; each was filmed from behind so you saw the other person without any camera behind them. So it feels disjointed. I watched it three tijmes, and averaged 2136 separate video clips for the entire movie. All were taken separetely. No wonder if feels like it's not together; because you don't get to see the characters interact; you only see one at a time; when that one is done speaking, the other takes a turn. Same with the flying. You see the pilot, they cut away and all you see is feet, or all you see it stick, or all you see is throttle. It's never the whole person. When two people are in a conversation, you have no idea what the other person is feeling/thinking while the other character speaks, because you can't see their face. They may as well be talking to a manniquin. Perhaps it's cheaper to do it this way? Short solo scenes are easier for actors do to, less to memorize for each couple of sentences, and of course, with only one person speaking in each clip, it's easy to just have one person do it. Watch the 1976 version and see the difference (that one, BTW, has a total of 1023 scenes). Don't take my word for it. Watch both. See which flows better. Yes, the 2019 film has plenty of explosions, lots of shooting, but the story? Nope. Plane appears to be flying directly into the side of a ship, but comes out high on the other side. HOW? We never see it. All the flying here is CGI and special effects. Nothing real like you see in the 1976 version.
Oh yes, and the first 25 minutes of this 2019 film, were of the attack on Pearl Harbor, then some more on the Doolittle raid on Tokyo. So they apparently had to rush through the story about Midway. Perhaps a terrific movie for a Saturday matinee for the kiddies.