Very Good, Well Done

Rating: 9/10 (24 November 2019)

Midway is an historically accurate, intense, and exciting portrayal of one of the most important battles of WWII. They do a nice job of giving the back story so those not familiar with the history can understand the battle in its historical context. The plot is fast paced and at times riveting. It was a pleasure to sit through a movie of over two hours that kept your attention the whole time and didn't lag. No looking at your watch in this one.
While there is some Hollywood bending of the facts, overall the movie is very historically accurate, much more so than many war movies, and close enough to the truth that people with no knowledge of the battle will leave with a pretty good understanding of what actually transpired. The CG is very good, perhaps overdone in places but that is the nature of movies today. The ships and planes are quite accurate and only the rivet counters among us will quibble over the inaccuracies; none of which detract from the story.
I'm not a Woody Harrelson fan, but he does a really nice job in this movie as does Dennis Quaid.
Good flick. Two thumbs up, worth seeing.