All Hokie, All the Time. Period. Presented by

The Lounge Board

Joined: 09/18/2001 Posts: 67691
Likes: 83565

50000+ Posts

Lifetime Subscriber

Board Member 20+ Years

10000 Likes

10000 Likes

10000 Likes

10000 Likes

10000 Likes

10000 Likes

10000 Likes

10000 Likes

2000 Likes

1000 Likes

500 Likes

What's this?

Yeah, I watched it too.

I'm always highly critical of Roland Emmerich's movies. The're big on graphics, and short on storyline and dialogue (and historical accuracy, if it's a movie based on history).

It was better than I thought it would be. I thought the writing was poor, as I figured it would be. I thought the battle scenes were overcooked, as expected. And of course, he made early WW2 divebombers do things they couldn't do. But it wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be. I give it a 5.5 out of 10.

I gave it an extra 0.5 because Emmerich managed to avoid writing in a scene where Randy Quaid goes back in time and sinks the Akagi with an F-18 while screaming "Up yours!"

[Post edited by Chris Coleman at 07/06/2020 10:55AM]

(In response to this post by Hokie360)

Posted: 07/06/2020 at 10:50AM

+7

PREV NEXT REPLY

Insert a Link

Enter the title of the link here:

Enter the full web address of the link here -- include the "http://" part:

Current Thread:

So I watched Midway over the weekend. During the attack on Pearl Harbor -- Hokie360 07/06/2020 10:39AM

I was not a fan. Ed Skrein (as Dick Best) was just horrible IMHO. ** -- VTNuke 07/06/2020 2:09PM

I watched it too. Someone had mentioned it the other day. ** -- IB4TECH 07/06/2020 12:57PM

Opted to watch A Bridge to Far on netflix -- Hokie1992 07/06/2020 12:50PM

That crossing was actually the Waal River. The Rhine River was the -- Hokie360 07/06/2020 1:07PM

The Rhine loses its name in The Netherlands. Both the Waal and Nederrijn -- lilhokie525 07/06/2020 5:12PM

Well, you know more about the geography than I do. I guess I just -- Hokie360 07/06/2020 5:17PM

Where can I watch it? Netflix? ** -- bluehokie 07/06/2020 11:21AM

99¢ @ redbox ** -- astrohokie 07/06/2020 1:36PM

According to the google.... -- B777Fr8Dog 07/06/2020 11:27AM

Got it. I wish I still had HBO. ** -- bluehokie 07/06/2020 11:35AM

I'm OK having dropped HBO -- EDGEMAN 07/06/2020 12:00PM

I got HBO years ago due to a lot of good original content -- Tafkam Hokie 07/06/2020 12:11PM

Have you checked if Cinemax cable subscription gives you access to HBO Max? -- Hokie360 07/06/2020 12:07PM

There used to be a Cinemax app, but not sure if it's still operational -- EDGEMAN 07/06/2020 12:21PM

Yeah that's why I asked. I have a Cinemax app on my iphone, but don't have -- Hokie360 07/06/2020 12:28PM

I dropped back to the basic Youtube TV which is now raising price -- bluehokie 07/06/2020 12:03PM

Buy a good OTA antenna, and consider a OTA DVR -- EDGEMAN 07/06/2020 12:06PM

If you have a Samsung TV, they have streaming channels too ** -- EDGEMAN 07/06/2020 12:07PM

Cool, thx for the recommendations! ** -- bluehokie 07/06/2020 12:13PM

I saw it on HBO. ** -- Hokie360 07/06/2020 11:26AM

Definitely a Midway weekend. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 07/06/2020 11:01AM

Yeah, I watched it too. -- Chris Coleman

07/06/2020 10:50AM

Emmerich needs to not also be the producer for his movies to be OK -- Synaesthesia 07/06/2020 2:11PM

I kept thinking how nice it was the Japanese had that giant bullseye on the -- HortHokie 07/06/2020 11:49AM

Lol, yeah, that last scene when we took out the 4th carrier... -- Chris Coleman

07/06/2020 11:51AM

FYI - this is the best film scene of naval warfare ever... -- bluehokie 07/06/2020 12:12PM

Agry, the actual story of the battle was lacking due to a poor screenplay. -- Josey Wales 07/06/2020 11:25AM

I give him a 5.5 because he should have included "Up Yours!". ** -- Stork 07/06/2020 11:07AM

Agree...good battle footage but way short of the original in story line and -- Tuckahokie 07/06/2020 11:04AM

Is this the new one? -- EDGEMAN 07/06/2020 11:03AM

Yes. ** -- Hokie360 07/06/2020 11:04AM

Yeah - if I hadn't been familiar with the story already I might have been -- Hokie360 07/06/2020 11:01AM

I made a note of it... they got 50 minutes in before the Doolittle Raid. -- Hokie CPA 07/06/2020 11:04AM

Yeah, I caught the two-engine aircraft, too. -- Chris Coleman

07/06/2020 11:04AM

“they’re” ** -- B777Fr8Dog 07/06/2020 10:53AM

Wrapped up the book last week and watched the movie. Not bad. -- Suffhokian 07/06/2020 10:53AM

Which book did you read? ** -- Hokie360 07/06/2020 11:31AM

The Battle of Midway, by Craig Symonds, published in 2011. Excellent read. -- Suffhokian 07/06/2020 11:53AM

Thx. ** -- Hokie360 07/06/2020 11:59AM

Maybe the bombs disrupted his wifi? ** -- RhinoVT 07/06/2020 10:40AM

Then he could've used a drone - duh! ** -- TD-Tech 07/06/2020 10:48AM

Why not his cell phone as a hotspot? ** -- RhinoVT 07/06/2020 10:49AM

Oh yeah - I forgot about that! ** -- TD-Tech 07/06/2020 10:55AM

I would have used SATCOM. ** -- B777Fr8Dog 07/06/2020 10:58AM

RDP! ** -- FfxStationHokie 07/06/2020 10:40AM