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Roland Emmerich tapped to direct movie about Battle of Midway
Posted on 9/11/17 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 9/11/17 at 3:58 pm
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The film is an epic telling of the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II. The story follows the real soldiers and aviators who pulled off the unbelievable to turn the tide of the war in June 1942.
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Posted on 9/11/17 at 4:02 pm to RollTide1987
im down for any WWII film
Posted on 9/11/17 at 4:03 pm to RollTide1987
I hope they dont push a love story in the middle of this like Pearl Harbor.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 4:04 pm to dallastiger55
This will be more along the lines of Pearl Harbor than Saving Private Ryan.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 4:07 pm to RollTide1987
quote:= Discount Michael Bay
Roland Emmerich
Posted on 9/11/17 at 4:17 pm to RollTide1987
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Roland Emmerich
Tell me, why should I trade 1 island 3,000 miles away for 3,000 islands 1 mile away?
Posted on 9/11/17 at 4:35 pm to RollTide1987
The first Battle of Midway movie was great.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 4:39 pm to RollTide1987
Midway is an historic, fantastic battle.
I hope they do it justice.
My grandfather was on a destroyer escort for it. Said it was the most intense naval battle he took part in during the war
I hope they do it justice.
My grandfather was on a destroyer escort for it. Said it was the most intense naval battle he took part in during the war
Posted on 9/11/17 at 4:59 pm to RollTide1987
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Roland Emmerich
If his other movies are any indication, this is going to be the worst arse whipping on the Japanese military by one person since the days of putting a man in the Godzilla costume.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 5:16 pm to RollTide1987
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Roland Emmerich
Posted on 9/11/17 at 6:32 pm to TigerintheNO
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The first Battle of Midway movie was great.
This.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 6:35 pm to RollTide1987
Still waiting on the Tin Can sailors movie I guess.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 7:02 pm to RollTide1987
Anyone but Roland Emmerich, and I'm including Michael Bay or M Night Shyamalan. No director of his generation has been so consistently shitty.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 7:05 pm to vilma4prez
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I hope they do it justice.
At best it will be glorious schlock like The Patriot. Expect something more attune to Godzilla where there will be silly ridiculous Japanese people and completely fail to sell them or the American troops seriously. Also expect some minority that people were pleased to fight alongside.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 7:37 pm to OMLandshark
Let Nolan direct it. You'd only need one Japanese dive bomber and one American carrier.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 9:12 pm to alajones
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Still waiting on the Tin Can sailors movie I guess.
That could be a great movie without adding a bunch of bullshite to the story like Bay's Pearl Harbor.
I recently watched "WWII in HD" and one of the featured vets was on the Samuel B. Roberts. He was 17 years old at the time of the battle and ~65 years later (it was filmed around 2010, IIRC) you could tell he was still haunted by the battle and its aftermath. Those DD and DE skippers, and crews, had gigantic brass balls.
Posted on 9/11/17 at 9:55 pm to TigerintheNO
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The first Battle of Midway movie was great.
It was, but it was hampered by a love story they tried to shoehorn into it - a lesson that Michael Bay didn't learn for Pearl Harbor.
But, the non-Chuck Heston's son scenes portions of Midway (1976 - in motherfrickin' Sensurroud) - is a fantastic and underrated war film.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 12:01 am to Ace Midnight
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It was, but it was hampered by a love story they tried to shoehorn into it - a lesson that Michael Bay didn't learn for Pearl Harbor.
this
Posted on 9/12/17 at 9:07 am to asurob1
In terms of old WWII movies (so not including SVP), the movie "Midway" from 1976 is one of the best. I'd rank it below "Tora, Tora, Tora," "The Longest Day," and "A Bridge Too Far," but it's one of my favorites.
There's a lot of good ones I'm forgetting but those are some of the best. No reason we can't make modern movies about WWII but I could watch a rotation of those and be just fine.
There's a lot of good ones I'm forgetting but those are some of the best. No reason we can't make modern movies about WWII but I could watch a rotation of those and be just fine.
Posted on 9/12/17 at 9:09 am to Ace Midnight
I loved the 1970's Midway growing up. If this one is done correctly, the air combat scenes should be incredible.
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