imo i think midway was a bomb because it was not a joint japan/us production as it was with tora tora tora, as the japanese parts had that unique toyo feel to them, also midway seemed to use footage from ttt and i also think that unlike ttt which used japanese actors the use of american actors playing the japanese in midway is just plain goofy(no disrespect to them of course) it just does not jive, heck i like subtitles in a film just gives it that realistic feel you know