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crockett_john
I like watching movies and TV shows. I can't stand reality shows. I'm not sure exactly what's supposed to be real about them, but if I wanted to see people bicker, I'd invite some of my friends over.
On the message boards, I like to talk about shows I like, why I like them, and what I notice about them. Not all of my comments are positive, but I don't try to be mean, either.
I think it was my dad who really got me to start paying attention to detail in shows. When I was eight or nine years old, we were watching some western on the late show and my dad kept cracking up at parts that weren't supposed to be funny. When I asked him what was so funny, he started pointing out things I hadn't noticed before, like how a guy's hat would appear and disappear depending on which camera angle was used and how these cowboys seemed to always to camp in the same spot with the rocks rearranged.
Another time, we were watching Black Sheep Squadron and he pointed out how many times they reused footage and pointed out how the same two zeroes always seemed to be getting shot down. From then on, I started paying attention to those types of details, too. I find it interesting to catch these goofs.
I think it's funny to read some of the comments others make on this forum, too. Some of my favorites are when people say, "It's only a tv show/movie," or when someone can' separate an observation from a personal attack.
Reviews
Dauntless: The Battle of Midway (2019)
Not horrible, but pretty bad.
Spoilers Below:
Okay, like others have said, the CGI isn't great and the acting is pretty bad, too. I could get over that if it wasn't for the bad story.
My problem with the movie is two-fold. First, it's supposed to be based on the actual accounts of real people, but the details provided about the real people, the parts that would be really interesting, are about two characters who die in the movie with no one witnessing their demise, so a big portion of the movie is entirely made up.
Secondly, at a key point in the movie, when you're seeing the ill-fated Dauntless pilot being rescued by his old friend, it's just a fake-out scene. He's not really being rescued at all. It's just his dying fantasy as he slips under the surface of the water.
Those two things: "true story" made up of fabrications no one possibly could have known and a fake-out like the dude is being rescued, both of these make the movie bad.