This. A million times this.

Das Boot is the "Citizen Kane" of submarine movies. You don't go out of your way to remake a classic like that...unless it's nothing more than a cash grab.

Put your money on please no. :down:

They are bound to fudge it. :/\\!!

DAS BOOT REMAKE? HUMMMMM......
 

The film "Das Boot" is a classic "cult" about German submarines in World War II. With it we realized how many inaccuracies had Hollywood movies to show alleged German submarine. In fact, "Das Boot" marked a change that was reflected later in films like "U-571".Achieve a remake of "Das Boot" it will not be easy, because the original 1981 is very well done despite not then have current technical advances such as computer animation. Neither you will find a list like the one I had "Das Boot" led by Jurgen Prochnow that became popularly known since. Actors should be like the German language, then listen aboard phrases like "yes sir" We produces a complete anticlimax. And no alarm use "horn" to plunge, is a German submarine and not one American.

Please don´t!
 

A Remake of an excellent movie doesn´t seem to make any sense to me.

1) The original cast was awesome. Jürgen Prochnow is and always will be "Herr Kaleun". Any new actor would end up pretending to be Prochnow instead of pretending to be a U-Boat commander. German actor Til Schweiger did just that in a low budget U-Boat movie and failed. There´s more to it than scratching your beard. The same goes for all the other iconic characters.

Furthermore, the original cast consisted of many (totally) unkown actors, so the audience could easily identify with the bunch without being judgemental.

2) Das Boot lives from its atmosphere and real life appeal which derives from the fact that most of the things in the movie are real. Buchheim visited the U-Boat interiour model and was impressed how "real" it felt. He said: "I would have expected wood and cheap stage props, but no, they used solid metal and authentic stuff!" The movie is far from being a clichee and the best Thing about it is accuracy and historic Detail. Did you know the beer bottles they drink are actually historic ones?

Das Boot doesn´t need modern Special effects simply for the obvious reason that in WW2 there was nothing Special about "effects". We don´t Need CGI torpedoes. And don´t give us laser beams like in Steel Fury...

3) Notalgia. Do I have more to say? A-Team the movie might work for Kids, but it didn´t work for old me. The same goes for Star Wars...speaking of which:

PLEASE DO NOT STAR-WARIZE "Das Boot"!

Why not continue the original story?
 

Unlike in the movie, the real Kaleun of U-96 survived the war. Buchheim merged 2 or 3 patrols into one to make his book more exciting and dense. The air attack happened, but it didn´t kill half the Crew and didn´t sink U-96 which was lost later in war.

If they want to milk the Das Boot cow, why not continue the original story?
Buchheim wrote about his adventures escape from Brest in his novel "Die Festung" (don´t know the English title, literally it is "The Fortress").

I think a terrific war movie could be made about the Battle of San Bernardino Straits and Taffy 3. The film could actually encompass the battle in Real Time.

i can imagine it already, english speaking germans. like in the battle of the bulge :damn:.
i would also like to see new naval and sub movies, but touching classics is just a step too far. we have had enough examples released this and last year and the upcomming ones arent much more promissing.
for example: kindergarten cop was a fantastic movie to see but to remake it? -.-

Actually, the original Das Boot was dubbed into English by the original German actors, so they certainly do sound like themselves. I much prefer the German version anyway, but I would have to say that the English is adequate!

@CCIP: good point, im more the fan of the fact that if they make a movie about germans they need to use the german language and same goes for other films about france, ...
its just the idea of german sailors speaking english or getting dubbed in other countries like france that they speak french.
for some reason i just cant stand it :D

Nor can I. I don't speak any other language than English, but I too feel like I'm not getting my money's worth when I watch a dubbed version. The original language is always best.

I feel the same way about my games. :sunny:

@sailor steve : oh in games? i got the same feeling, a few weeks ago i was playing assassins creed unity. the game portraits itself in Paris. its always fun to hear the nice french people speaking english with a brittish accent :hmmm:

Oh, I know that feeling - and often it's even worse if you know the language, but it's not even just the words, it's even stuff like mannerisms and behaviour. It's the worst when the director and actors are not aware of these cultural specifics - one reason I can't stand Enemy at the Gates, for example, is that the characters in it don't remotely sound, look, act or think like Russians, and that's pretty infuriating to me as a native Russian speaker. Conversely, in K-19 Widowmaker, Harrison Ford pretty much nails the role of the Soviet submarine captain - I watched a Russian dub of it too, and he was basically indistinguishable from how a Russian actor would've played that role. Good example of an American film about a foreign submarine, by the way, and it's not a bad movie at all.

So it really varies I guess, but more often than not Hollywood gets it wrong.

Couldn't agree more!

I hope this movie will be better than previous monster, Das boot!

Update: German U-boat 'real star' of new Second World War drama

So, if I read this correctly, this will be a sequel that starts where Das Boot ended. Maybe going through to the end of the war?

I'd be OK with that. It could be an entirely different film in both scope and character. After all the original followed one patrol by one boat.

David I

PS. IMDB says there are 6 to 8 episodes.

One of the mille-sabords member (Lazuli), who lives in La rochelle got a little job as extra in Das boot .
He post some photos and describe his adventure in the series Das boot (since he can't take photos while working, it's formally prohibited). It's in french but you can use google to translate.

http://www.mille-sabords.com/forum/i...pic=57030&st=0

I can tell you, that they are going for subtlety and quality, with a high emphasis on practical effects. This is from first hand experience.

welcome aboard!
 

I really wish you could board the floating replica they've originally built.
To stand on the bridge, watching the harbor entrance, with a U-boat bunker behind me...
Maybe take it for a spin!