Product: Midway (Collector's Edition) (1976)
Rating: 4.0
Great war movie to watch.But with a few flaws
I hate to say this but im old enough to have remembered seeing Midway when it originally released in theatres.This is a really good movie on the Battle for Midway, they stress the points in the movie of the battles importance and of some of the strategies that each side evolved to fight it.My big problem with the dvd release and the so called collectors edition is that they do not include some very important scenes - yes i realize that the movie has to be compressed for time constraints - such scenes are the one where a young japanese navy reconnaissance pilot confronts admiral nagumo i believe about the error of japan having started a war against the US and the possibility of trying to negotiate a peace with america.The most important scene missing though is the one referenced by commander rochefort about a japanese amphibious operation somewhere south of Rabaul - Coral Sea Area - this was in the original movie release and the full movie with this scene was broadcast on TV. The Coral Sea scene was very important in naval history as it was the Very first encounter between both sides naval air arms in which neither commander would ever see the opposing fleet in front of him. Universal - or whomever has the rights to the film - should release the full version on future releases.I would also like to know why these scenes were cut as they set up the movie for the midway battle and give it more intensity and the more of a feeling as to why the battle was such a great american naval victory.Battle 360: Complete Season 1 [Blu-ray]Torpedo Squadron 8: Fallen Soldiers of the Battle of Midway (1942)