So just watched Midway (the new one) and it was...ok, I guess.
The acting was great, but they tried to condense far too much into one film. Also, I know enough about ships types and what they looked like to cringe at a lot of the background shots which were full on inaccuracies.
The big ones I noticed:
1) Fubuki/Shiratsuyu-family DDs with a torp launchers on the front instead of a turret in a few scenes
2) The Nautilus crew calling out a 'Jintsuu' type cruiser, instead of a Sendai-class
3) 5+ Yamato-class on screen at once, when none of them were in the carrier force
4) Mixing up the Arizona and the Oklahoma when they did the Pearl Harbor scene (they made it look like the Arizona rolled like the Oklahoma did)
5) Either a Nagato-class or Kongou-class at the Marshall Islands attack (I don't think any of the IJN BBs were present there during the attack)
6) Fairly sure Best's last attack was a relatively normal dive bombing run, not the near-kamikaze run shown in the film.
Edit:
7) Completely skipped the the air attack by Midway's B-17s
Edit 2: Also, was hilarious seeing the guy who played Rodney McKay on SGA in the film; haven't seen him in anything for years.
The acting was great, but they tried to condense far too much into one film. Also, I know enough about ships types and what they looked like to cringe at a lot of the background shots which were full on inaccuracies.
The big ones I noticed:
1) Fubuki/Shiratsuyu-family DDs with a torp launchers on the front instead of a turret in a few scenes
2) The Nautilus crew calling out a 'Jintsuu' type cruiser, instead of a Sendai-class
3) 5+ Yamato-class on screen at once, when none of them were in the carrier force
4) Mixing up the Arizona and the Oklahoma when they did the Pearl Harbor scene (they made it look like the Arizona rolled like the Oklahoma did)
5) Either a Nagato-class or Kongou-class at the Marshall Islands attack (I don't think any of the IJN BBs were present there during the attack)
6) Fairly sure Best's last attack was a relatively normal dive bombing run, not the near-kamikaze run shown in the film.
Edit:
7) Completely skipped the the air attack by Midway's B-17s
Edit 2: Also, was hilarious seeing the guy who played Rodney McKay on SGA in the film; haven't seen him in anything for years.