Midway - Für die Freiheit

Originaltitel: Midway

2019
16
2 Std. 18 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,7/10

97.722

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

152

2.734

Dennis Quaid, Aaron Eckhart, Mandy Moore, Etsushi Toyokawa, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, and Ed Skrein in Midway - Für die Freiheit (2019)

Midway - In theaters Nov. 8, 2019. Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Etsushi Toyokawa, Tadanobu Asano, Luke Kleintank, Jun Kunimura, Darren Criss, Keean Johnson, Alexander Ludwig, with Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid and Woody Harrelson.

trailer wiedergeben2:30

42 Videos

99+ Fotos

War Epic Action Drama History War

Die Geschichte der Schlacht von Midway, erzählt von den Anführern und den Seeleuten, die sie bekämpft haben.Die Geschichte der Schlacht von Midway, erzählt von den Anführern und den Seeleuten, die sie bekämpft haben.Die Geschichte der Schlacht von Midway, erzählt von den Anführern und den Seeleuten, die sie bekämpft haben.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,7/10

97.722

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

152

2.734

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 1 Nominierung insgesamt

Videos42

Midway: Bombardement En Pique (French Subtitled)

Featurette 1:25

Midway: Real Wings (Featurette)

Fotos250

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Although it can be seen as an embellishment by the filmmakers, Bruno Gaido's daring shooting of the damaged Japanese bomber that was about to crash into the USS Enterprise is genuine. All details, from his jump into the cockpit to the Japanese bomber almost hitting the deck and clipping Gaido's plane, to the exact words of his promotion by Admiral Halsey, are historically accurate.

Patzer
During the dive bombing of the Hiryu, Best is shown holding the dive until at mast level, and then releasing bomb while pulling out, putting it into the rising sun logo. In reality, Best released his bomb at 1000ft while aiming for the logo, In reality, no one would drop a dive bomb while in a glide or pull-out phase of flight. Good chance the bomb would simply bounce off, or explode taking the bomber with it.

Zitate
Raymond Spruance: Layton, how reliable are these estimates of the Japanese positions?
Edwin Layton: They represent our best guess based on the intelligence that we have.
Raymond Spruance: I can't plan around your guess.
Chester W. Nimitz: [to Layton] I understand that we're asking the impossible but we need you to be specific.
Edwin Layton: [sighs, pauses a moment] The Japanese will attack on the morning of June 4th from the northwest at a bearing of 325 degrees. They will be sighted 175 miles from Midway at 0700 local time.
Chester W. Nimitz: I trust Layton and his team. Make your plans accordingly.
Chester W. Nimitz: [later, on the morning of June 4th, after receiving the report the enemy fleet was spotted on a bearing of 320 degrees and 180 miles northwest of Midway and glancing at his watch] Well, Layton, you and Rochefort were only off five minutes, five miles and five degrees.
Edwin Layton: Well, we'll endeavor to do better next time, sir.

Crazy Credits
The opening credits, including the LIONSGATE logo, are sepia-toned and grainy, resembling old film of the 1940s, played over by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Quarantine Speech.

Verbindungen
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Soundtracks
Getting Some Fun Out of Life
Performed by Ana Maria Lombo (as Annie Trousseau)
Written by Joseph A. Burke and Edgar Leslie
Courtesy of Round Hill Music, BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, Warner Chappell Music Publishing
Arranged by Dan Reckard
Produced by Ana Maria Lombo

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6/10

Both good and disappointing - depends on the target audience

As someone very knowledgeable about the subject, I was somewhat disappointed. Whether it was the wrinkled uniforms, the painful dialogue, the over-the-top dramatics and exaggerated explosions (hey, it's Emmerich!)... it was clear the film was not made for people like me who know the details and the characters very well.

The rating depends greatly on the target audience. It's clear this film was made for a younger audience, and as such, it does a very good job of conveying the history quite accurately. It's a lot to take on with a 2:20 movie (complete with a 6-month summary of events leading up to the title battle) and it does a fine job of that.

Correct history of this great nation tragically just isn't taught anymore, so I heartily applaud any effort to do so. I just wonder if younger audiences have any desire to learn it. So if I'm rating from that perspective, it jumps up a few points.

I just wish a little more care with the details and script had been taken to leave the older audience satisfied from our knowledge level.