Post by Rey Kahuka on Nov 12, 2020 16:16:38 GMT
First I'll reprint my thoughts from a previous post elsewhere on the site when it originally came out:
It just blows my mind how historically accurate this film is. The specific details of how the battle played out, the failed early American bombing runs, the Japanese being unable to quickly determine the priorities of the attack once they knew that we knew they were there. All of it. The attention to detail in this film is stunning. They even depict a FOD walk on the carrier deck in the background. There's literally no reason to put that in the film other than for authenticity.
I love the flick. As I stated in my original review, it's corny at times and suffers from some hammy dialog with the Americans, and features kind of an odd cast that can be distracting, but holy shit is it action packed and true to life. I think the major complaint it got was its lack of practical effects (the battle scenes are almost 100% CGI), and that's fair. If this kind of film appeals to you, you want to see real planes in the air and real ships in the sea. But keep your expectations in check, the budget for this film was never going to afford that stuff. Again as I said earlier, I can't believe this film was made at all in 2019. Special thanks to my wife who had to watch this again with me last night and deal with me pausing it 150 times to explain the finer details behind every scene, even though I already did that over dinner when we saw it in theaters last year.
I thought it was pretty decent - but then they had me at "WW II aerial battle scenes".
Have you seen the Japanese movie The Eternal Zero ? I really liked it, even though I watched it on one of those tiny screens in an airplane, which really doesn't do it justice.