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perisher · 06-05-06, 08:28 AM

My only problem with the U-571 movie was that it was sold as reality. It's as accurate a depiction of submarine warfare as James Bond movies are of the real world of espionage. Sold as entertainment they are both fine.

One of my favourite sub movies is "We Dive At Dawn", which is as believable as U-571. A sub, short of fuel, sails into an enemy held harbour and boards a tanker, from which it then refuels, whilst under fire!! However, it never claimed to be a true story. It was also made during the Second World War so it must be seen as propaganda.

Pearl Harbor is in a class of its own. It is an insult to just about everyone, especially any fool, like me, who paid money to see it. Rather than write the longest post in history, listing its faults; I'll list its good features, which are :-:hmm:
Well none, actually.

06-05-06, 08:28 AM	#35
perisher Frogman Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England Posts: 300 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	We are all as bad. My only problem with the U-571 movie was that it was sold as reality. It's as accurate a depiction of submarine warfare as James Bond movies are of the real world of espionage. Sold as entertainment they are both fine. One of my favourite sub movies is "We Dive At Dawn", which is as believable as U-571. A sub, short of fuel, sails into an enemy held harbour and boards a tanker, from which it then refuels, whilst under fire!! However, it never claimed to be a true story. It was also made during the Second World War so it must be seen as propaganda. Pearl Harbor is in a class of its own. It is an insult to just about everyone, especially any fool, like me, who paid money to see it. Rather than write the longest post in history, listing its faults; I'll list its good features, which are :-:hmm: Well none, actually.