Bay’s best, and one of his last that’s any good. An attempt at an epic, and admittedly long. They got a lot of accurate historical details in there, but left out the beaching of the Nebraska and the counter-flooding of another ship. Not sure about the ending.
It all really happened, almost too much, sad to watch, hit home. But it’s also a blockbuster at their expense, a big celebration with release of movie, lots of publicity. It would be nice if a portion of gross goes to military or veterans. I bet it would have made even more money.
A second wave of attacks give us a nice second wind. The addition of Midway was a nice bonus. Didn’t know we bombed Tokyo like that. How come no mention of the A-bombs?
The action was awesome and seemed realistic for the most part, few fuzzy CGIs. Well-shot, realistic dogfighting.
Good cast, and a lot of really good-looking people. Affleck’s best, but he’s not terribly good actor. Beckinsale has a nostalgic look, and she’s beautiful, but there are too many “dramatic” shots of her walking towards the camera. Sizemore seems to have a thing for war films. Goose is hilarious, wanted more from him. Cuba is not intrusive, but it’s true that they could (and should) make a whole other movie about his story. I was glad when camera guy got blown up. I’m glad the captain (Baldwin) lived. I would have liked to see Affleck get her pregnant and then die, and have his brother raise the baby.
I wonder what Japanese opinion of movie is.
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