U-boat movies : SHIII and SHIV!

mr chris · 09-04-06, 08:34 AM

It's got to be run silent run deep.

WilhelmSchulz. · 09-04-06, 08:49 AM

If you read the book the Movie Run Silent Run Deep sucks.

mr chris · 09-04-06, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by WilhelmSchulz.

If you read the book the Movie Run Silent Run Deep sucks.

Never read the book. Is it any good?

WilhelmSchulz. · 09-04-06, 08:57 AM

A whole lot better than the movie. The movie is nothing like the book.

mr chris · 09-04-06, 09:00 AM

Ah just like most movies that are based on books.
Will have to look in to getting the book me thinks.

Captain Nemo · 09-04-06, 09:56 AM

What about "Torpedo Run" starring Glenn Ford. Not in Das Boot's class by any means, but not a bad film and it's in colour.

Nemo

mr chris · 09-04-06, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Nemo

What about "Torpedo Run" starring Glenn Ford. Not in Das Boot's class by any means, but not a bad film and it's in colour.

Nemo

I remember watching that flim with my dad when i was growing up.

Kruger · 09-04-06, 08:56 AM

Run silent, run deep....is unfortunately very old, even if it was a remarkable piece of achievement. Hollywood..uhm...let's not talk about it. I'm sure that a Hollywood movie about Pacific submarine war..would be something like...an american sub gets crippled while charging 20 japanese destroyers on the surface,,,,it manages to sink half of them with the deck gun and AA's....half of it's crew dies heroically...then it dives to the bottom...DC's....more crew dies....only one man survives (Steven Seagal maybe)....and he manages to surface the boat all by himself....he mans all the stations in turns.....aims and launches the last working torpedo...which hits the biig tanker in the convoy...the whole sea explodes, destroying the remaining ten destroyers and half of japanese merchants navy....and he returns home....entering the harbour saluting, and with the cigar in his mouth.

P_Funk · 09-05-06, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Kruger

Run silent, run deep....is unfortunately very old, even if it was a remarkable piece of achievement.

Your point? A movie being old ought not to condemn it. In fact American cinema since the mid 70s has consistenly sucked more and more each year. Especially war movies. Even Saving Private Ryan was mired in overwrought Hollywood garbage. My dad swears it began with Star Wars; when special effects became more important than a real story and good characters.

No, older movies are best. They are certainly more believable and ultimately more satisfying. I sure thought Snakes on a Plane was fun to watch but I'm not gonna buy the DVD.

Run Silent, Run Deep, black and white or not, still kicks the ass of any modern war movie.

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WilhelmSchulz. The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Virgina Beach Posts: 1,301 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	A whole lot better than the movie. The movie is nothing like the book. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink… others require our assistance."

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mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Ah just like most movies that are based on books. Will have to look in to getting the book me thinks. __________________

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Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	What about "Torpedo Run" starring Glenn Ford. Not in Das Boot's class by any means, but not a bad film and it's in colour. Nemo

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Kruger Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 476 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Run silent, run deep....is unfortunately very old, even if it was a remarkable piece of achievement. Hollywood..uhm...let's not talk about it. I'm sure that a Hollywood movie about Pacific submarine war..would be something like...an american sub gets crippled while charging 20 japanese destroyers on the surface,,,,it manages to sink half of them with the deck gun and AA's....half of it's crew dies heroically...then it dives to the bottom...DC's....more crew dies....only one man survives (Steven Seagal maybe)....and he manages to surface the boat all by himself....he mans all the stations in turns.....aims and launches the last working torpedo...which hits the biig tanker in the convoy...the whole sea explodes, destroying the remaining ten destroyers and half of japanese merchants navy....and he returns home....entering the harbour saluting, and with the cigar in his mouth.