Mission: Get Girlfriend to watch Das Boot

kiwi_2005 · 02-05-10, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Chad

The first attempt didn't last long, she fell asleep while they were still in the bar/brothel.

We watched thirty minutes of it tonight. She started getting tired around the time the Captain starts making fun of Churchill and Goebbels, describing Churchill as a, “rotten pig, fat ball, paralytic.” I don't want her to miss anything so of course I offered to stop it for tonight so we can go to bed and watch some more tomorrow or another time.

Falling asleep not once but twice, that right there is signs she's bored sh*tless with Das Boot. Tis far better for a couple to be different in some ways as it keeps the relationship going otherwise if you both like the same things there's no longer any surprises and when there's no surprises the relationship becomes boring. Good luck anyways.

Professor Kiwi PHD in the opposite sex signing out.

August · 02-05-10, 08:38 AM

Knowing the movie i'd say that if she isn't interested in the beginning she isn't going to like the middle or end any more.

You are going to have to pay for making her watch that war movie at some point.

frau kaleun · 02-05-10, 08:49 AM

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my girlfriend wants me off the computer to spend time with her, and she used the term, I'll do anything.

And you picked... watching a movie?

I don't know whether to be impressed or very, very sad.

(Just kidding. Sort of.

)

If she's an English major, how about giving her a copy of the book and let her get started on reading it? She may get more into the characters that way.

Being female, hardheaded, and something of an English lit geek myself, I can tell you that these things do not predispose one to a lack of interest in or appreciation of Das Boot. It was the human element of the story that first captured me when I watched it, as well as the fine performances of the actors and the overall quality of the film as work of art.

Of course being something of a military history geek as well as an "oooh shiny how does it work?" geek didn't hurt either.

NeonSamurai · 02-05-10, 09:00 AM

Personally I recommend rope and a riding crop.

Wait wrong forum

SteamWake · 02-05-10, 10:07 AM

My wife saw Das Boot as a child with her father in the theater.

In german

She vividly recalls him covering her eyes at the fireboat drill

bookworm_020 · 02-05-10, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

Personally I recommend rope and a riding crop.

Wait wrong forum

My wife watched Das Boot, because I had watched her favorite film, Butterfly effect. I still believe I got the worst end of the deal!

Ishmael · 02-05-10, 10:47 PM

My wife called it:

"The only war movie longer than the actual war."

But she still calls me Herr Kaleun on occasion. Das Boot's effects ARE insidious.

breadcatcher101 · 02-05-10, 11:00 PM

Well, my wife loves that movie, cries at the end when the captain dies.

I got my daughter to watch it and explained the history of it, she also got a bit tearful at the end.

When it was time for her to get up and get ready for school, I would always stick my head in the door and yell at the top of my lungs "AALLAARRMM!!!"

Never failed. Today we still laugh about it. She still watched the movie whenever she can and tells her friends about her "arlarm clock dad".

I-25 · 02-06-10, 04:50 AM

3 weeks into my relationship with my girlfriend i got her to watch the directors cut non stop in one session, amazingly she did not fall asleep and actually paid attention to it! i was explaingin the tecnical odds and ends to keep her entertaind but not even i could believe it

kiwi_2005 · 02-09-10, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by bookworm_020

My wife watched Das Boot, because I had watched her favorite film, Butterfly effect. I still believe I got the worst end of the deal!

Butterfly effect loved that movie

thats about a guy who can go back and forth in time where he lives a different life each time if i remeber right. First is good the sequels are rubbish . She will mosty likely like 'The Time Travellers wife' (2009) another 'where the hell am I' movie.

TarJak · 02-09-10, 05:58 AM

I've subjected my missus and 3 daughters to DasBoot on two occasions. Managed to get 3 out of the 4 to sit through the first go around but only the wife sat through the second watching.

Must give it another go. It's been a few years since trying the last time.

My girls always say "Not a submarine movie!" when it's my turn to choose what we are watching.

Jimbuna · 02-09-10, 07:16 AM

Put a tv in each of their rooms....cheapskate

Kapitan_Phillips · 02-06-10, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

Personally I recommend rope and a riding crop.

Wait wrong forum

Das Gespenst · 02-06-10, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

I don't know whether to

or

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02-05-10, 08:38 AM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,244 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Knowing the movie i'd say that if she isn't interested in the beginning she isn't going to like the middle or end any more. You are going to have to pay for making her watch that war movie at some point. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	My wife saw Das Boot as a child with her father in the theater. In german She vividly recalls him covering her eyes at the fireboat drill __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,265 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Put a tv in each of their rooms....cheapskate __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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02-05-10, 10:47 PM	#7
Ishmael Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Morro Bay, Ca. Posts: 659 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	My wife called it: "The only war movie longer than the actual war." But she still calls me Herr Kaleun on occasion. Das Boot's effects ARE insidious.

02-05-10, 11:00 PM	#8
breadcatcher101 Captain Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Southeastern USA Posts: 546 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Well, my wife loves that movie, cries at the end when the captain dies. I got my daughter to watch it and explained the history of it, she also got a bit tearful at the end. When it was time for her to get up and get ready for school, I would always stick my head in the door and yell at the top of my lungs "AALLAARRMM!!!" Never failed. Today we still laugh about it. She still watched the movie whenever she can and tells her friends about her "arlarm clock dad".

02-06-10, 04:50 AM	#9
I-25 Commodore Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 629 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	3 weeks into my relationship with my girlfriend i got her to watch the directors cut non stop in one session, amazingly she did not fall asleep and actually paid attention to it! i was explaingin the tecnical odds and ends to keep her entertaind but not even i could believe it

02-09-10, 05:58 AM	#11
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I've subjected my missus and 3 daughters to DasBoot on two occasions. Managed to get 3 out of the 4 to sit through the first go around but only the wife sat through the second watching. Must give it another go. It's been a few years since trying the last time. My girls always say "Not a submarine movie!" when it's my turn to choose what we are watching.