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Havan_IronOak · 12-08-15, 08:40 PM

It's on Netflix now and it was a sub movie with Robert Mitchum so I thought "How bad can it be?"

Answer is pretty bad. The film has a night scene aboard a destroyer where the Captain is talking about what they'll do at dawn. One of the hands even has a flashlight with a red filter. Problem is it was filmed in broad daylight.

It was also kinda weird seeing David Hedison as the destroyer's exec rather than aboard the Seaview's "flying sub."

Course the destroyer they're on in WWII has a top speed of 25 knots and the hydrophone guy doesn't have a headset, guess he just listens over the room's speaker.

The 50 something Nazi captain avoids the destroyer by putting her on the bottom (in the south Atlantic) at just over 300 meters.

At that point I was too crushed to watch much more. I checked the IMDb and the reviews were mostly raves, several for the film's reality.

Maybe later.

12-08-15, 08:40 PM	#1564
Havan_IronOak Navy Dude Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 175 Downloads: 233 Uploads: 0	Just watched The Enemy Below (1957) It's on Netflix now and it was a sub movie with Robert Mitchum so I thought "How bad can it be?" Answer is pretty bad. The film has a night scene aboard a destroyer where the Captain is talking about what they'll do at dawn. One of the hands even has a flashlight with a red filter. Problem is it was filmed in broad daylight. It was also kinda weird seeing David Hedison as the destroyer's exec rather than aboard the Seaview's "flying sub." Course the destroyer they're on in WWII has a top speed of 25 knots and the hydrophone guy doesn't have a headset, guess he just listens over the room's speaker. The 50 something Nazi captain avoids the destroyer by putting her on the bottom (in the south Atlantic) at just over 300 meters. At that point I was too crushed to watch much more. I checked the IMDb and the reviews were mostly raves, several for the film's reality. Maybe later. __________________ If I can't be a good example, I'll be a glaring warning! AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor, 3700 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s) Windows 10 Home Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB NVidia RTX2070 16 Gig Last edited by Havan_IronOak; 12-09-15 at 10:57 AM.