Product: Midway (Collector's Edition) (1976)
Rating: 4.0
A Flawed Classic & a Sentimental Favorite
I'll start by saying I TOTALLY agree with my fellow reviewers regarding the use of recycled footage from Tora,Tora,Tora! & other WW II movies, footage of aircraft & ships either not present at Midway or not even in service until well after the battle as well as the incomplete feeling you get watching the film without the Coral Sea scenes.I first saw this movie during it's 1976 theatrical release as a 9-year old & as flawed as it is Midway is the movie that inspired my interest in WW II, military & naval avation of 1914-45 & history in general so for that I'm grateful. I'll simply add that this movie needs to be reissued in a restored edition to reflect the original release......even the dopey scenes with Matt Garth's girlfriend!"I think his only problem might be......Enemy identification"