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Lifeline: Pearl Harbor's Unknown Hero Narrated by Gary Sinise (2018)
A true Pearl Harbor Hero
Well made documentary on what might be the final medal awarded for valor on December 7th 1941.
Generally excellent choices of images including posting the film shot from the hospital ship USS Solace properly so that the bow of USS Nevada is on the left side of the frames and the pre-refit observation mast of the USS West Virginia on the right side of the frames.
However, they should have highlighted the sky Control Deck in at least a few of numerous photos that where shown to truly drive home visually the act of crossing between the burning USS Arizona and the USS Vestral. The one exception of choices was the use of twin engine land based bombers when talking about the horizontal bombers are believed to have delivered the fatal hit on the Arizona.
Midway (2019)
Questionable CGI
I will have to give credit that at least at the start of the movie they did show that USS Enterprise losing aircraft over Pear Harbor on Dec. 7th. That is an often overlooked event. In act almost the whole SBD flight was lost.
Beyond that, whoever story boarded most of the rest of the battles from Pear Harbor to Midway did a piss poor job. There is no way that Japanese fights repeatedly flew down Battleship Row between that ships at mast level.
As to the Midway battle, no sub is going to sound a loud audio alarm in range of being heard by enemy ships. Too many shots of American torpedo Planes already through the fleet pickets without any anti-aircraft fire.
Dramatic, but not realistic.
Dates That Made History (2017)
Almost Alternative History
Season 1 raises a number of interesting non-traditional view points. Then again history is often viewed differently by different people.
One often sited today is the use of nuclear weapons on Japan. When I personally agree with shows statement that the entry of the Soviet Union likely played as big or bigger influence on the Japanese surrender, there are however out and out mistakes in the dialogue.
The most notable is the statement that the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII was done on the American "aircraft carrier Missouri".
The USS Missouri is a BATTLESHIP. There were no aircraft carriers in Tokyo Bay on 1945-09-02.
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017)
Big Chicken Con
The story of how Big Chicken and for that much any Big (Oil, Pharma, Sugar, Tech, etc.) all play games with both our minds and wallets.
The phrase "it's better to look good than feel good" applies along with Caveat Emptor.
The production quality good and it is generally fun to watch the highlights of what it takes to get mass produced chicken from egg to sandwich.
The Old Man (2022)
Great Leads, Some questionable plot items
Bridges and Lithgow are it rare form.
However some of the staging makes no sense, too much Hollywood magic timing.
How can Bridges run over an agent in the open that is actively searching for him and who's dogs that run off like that are going to magically appear 1/4-1/2 mile down the road again.
Given Bridges back story, how would he ever leave a hitman that just tried to kill him behind.
Then there is Zoe not covering herself with her son only to get totally controlling later. It just does not flow.
Man I want to like this more than 8, but .....
Dark Winds (2022)
Some Anachronism
So far the show has been good although the prop Dept seems to miss more than little things.
Staging a show placed 50 years ago is bound to have some items that slip thorough, but really, the bag of Royal Basmati Rice with the 25 years logo (ep3)? That import company was only formed in 1992.
If props wanted a burlap bag, they should have at least gotten an older one without that logo. This looks like props just bought a bag a Walmart or Sam's because some 20 something thought it looked "PERIOD"