Midway (DVD, 2001, Collector's Edition)

This movie tells it all, what the war in the Pacific was all about. From our side and the Japanese, how much danger and risks were involved. The mistakes and the all important factor of luck that plays an important part in every great battle. The actors really played the famous characters authentically as possible. So many great well known and soon to be known actors in this movie. This was the most important battle of the Pacific war on both sides, we americans needed a big morality boost after the crushing blow at Pearl Harbor 6 months earlier. Boy oh boy did we get it, the whole story resembles a reversal of fortune. The Japanese took us by surprise when they attacked Pearl Harbor and we Americans took them by surprise when we attacked their 4 #1 aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu what a comeback. I answer to the question that this movie asks, "Were we better than the Japanese or just luckier?" I would have to say we were luckier. SETH WETZEL