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Movies On HBO: MIDWAY (2019)

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War movies have always been associated with patriotism and heroics. So, the theatrical movie that debuts this holiday weekend is a war picture. It is the update telling of a war conflict told before but this time the enhanced VFX males for a different movie. We go to the Battle of Midway in this picture from Lionsgate. called MIDWAY. 

The conflict was a turning point in WWII in on the Pacific front and was famously told in a 1976 movie starring Charlton Heston, m Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson and Robert Wagner. The ensemble cast of the 2019 film includes Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid, Tadanobu Asano, and Woody Harrelson. Here is the trailer.

Of course, the big questions for such a movie are – Is it exciting? Is it accurate? Well, I’m sure the real WWII buffs can pick apart some inaccuracies, but don’t forget most of the characters are likely fictitious creations to fit into the time & scene. The battle scenes, all under the direction of Roland Emmerich, I’m sure to hold impact. But what did the critics say? Should the 1976 Universal picture have been enough? The Washington Post liked it saying, “it tells a story that’s vividly and viscerally rendered, with all the entertainment value of a big, old-fashioned Movies_Midway2019Thumbwar movie, cutting back and forth between the home front and front line.” and Variety stated, “The film’s drama is B-movie basic. But the destructive colliding metal-on-metal inferno of what war is what makes “Midway” a picture worth seeing”; and Time Out said, “Steel battleships and raining fire are Midway’s primary colors; the movie flaunts its hugeness at every turn. You’ll never mistake it for the real thing, but Emmerich’s eye for historical detail is scary.”

So, the VFX is good. But other critics didn’t get on the bandwagon for this one. The Wrap says, “There’s no denying that he fills his film with breathtaking images of aerial action and naval warfare, but like many of Emmerich’s movies, even the better ones, Midway loses sight of the humanity inside its vast vistas of devastation.” Chicago Sun-Times lets us know that “These terrific actors and many more are stuck playing one-dimensional characters who have to deliver lines straight out of a second-rate, mid-20th century war movie while competing with 21st century CGI pyrotechnics.” So, the screenplay failed it, which is exactly what Rotten Tomatoes summarizes:

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At any rate, you can find MIDWAY (2019), which debus SATURDAY, July 04 at 8:00pm, across HBO’s platforms. As for me, I’ll stick with the 1976 version & William Daniels’ 1776 musical for my dose of 4th of July patriotism.

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