Best sub movie ever seen?!

[Dogfish40]

Since there was a post about the worst sub movie, I thought, why not post the best!! It's probably been done all the same but why not? Of course this is a hard decision, I've got three.
1. The Hunt for Red October. I think I paid to see this one two times before buying the video. Edge of my seat the entire time....
2. Run silent, Run deep. I just got the DVD in the mail and it's a great movie. Of course it's not perfect but they do address things like the TDC and several other technicalities that other older sub movies pass over. It's got a little bit of the "Capt Ahab" theme with the Skipper going after his white Whale.
3. And of course "Das Boot". I feel a little masochistic every time I watch this one, asking myself, why...why do I want to put myself through this again. However, I watch it again and again. Once a year.
Let's have some feedback
D40/Currently riding the Snapper

[Armistead]

Das Boot for realism. I love all the old WW2 movies, but most unrealistic, so Das Boot would be close.

Torpedo Run, OK.

[aanker]

- "Run Silent, Run Deep" - (my favorite) followed by:

- "Das Boot" - The German language with English subtitles version.

I will watch a WW II era submarine movie no matter how many times I have seen it.

However I do enjoy "Down Periscope". Some good shots of PAMPANITO which stood in for the fictitious "USS Stingray SS-161" - (the real USS Stingray SS-186 was sold for scrap).

Happy Hunting!

Art

PS: of course I watched "Yellow Submarine" in 1969 (and yes, I do remember )

[Alky]

U-571 was realistic not exactly sure how factual though.

[xnavytc]

Graylady down, very realistic, so much so, that when it came out in the theaters many years ago, the submarine squadron in charleston sc sent a letter to all th wives of gf, asking them not to go see it, and then they had a special showing of it, on base, for the squadron wives and gf, moms and dads. The admiral came out and spoke, then afterwards, the CMC came out and answered questions for about an hour

[Rip]

Originally Posted by xnavytc

Graylady down, very realistic, so much so, that when it came out in the theaters many years ago, the submarine squadron in charleston sc sent a letter to all th wives of gf, asking them not to go see it, and then they had a special showing of it, on base, for the squadron wives and gf, moms and dads. The admiral came out and spoke, then afterwards, the CMC came out and answered questions for about an hour

That used to be our initiation film. It was always scheduled for the first night out on patrol.

Lots of fun being underway at extreme depth with the bottom many thousands of feet below and watching the noobs watch this flick. We usually watched for the guys that joked through it as candidates for the damage control team. Guys on that team should be unfamiliar with fear.

[Sailor Steve]

Das Boot, hands down. There are a lot of good ones out there, but the question was the best?

Originally Posted by Alky

U-571 was realistic not exactly sure how factual though.

Not factual at all, nor particularly realistic.

[WernherVonTrapp]

I concur with Dogfish. Though fictional and very loosely based on an actual event, I found The Hunt For Red October to be a very good movie. I too own a copy on DVD. As far as realism, well, one aspect of realism, I liked Das Boot. Especially since, when it first showed in theaters, it gave a different perspective than what I had been previously experiencing or had learned.
On the other hand, I thought U-571 was rubbish, sheep dip, but what do I know?

[Swabbie]

Das Boot and Hunt for Red October are great movies. But I grew up with the old back & whites stuff. My list of three favorites are:

Run Silent Run Deep, great picture. Too bad it was almost nothing like Beach's book though.

Operation Pacific, John Wayne. Need I say more?

The Enemy Below, classic destroyer vs submarine story.

Two other great submarine movies. That probably wouldn't otherwise be mentioned in this thread. Because they are not factual nor realistic are:

Operation Petticoat, the 1959 version with Cary Grant. Can you think of a better submarine comedy?

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the Disney 1954 version with James Mason as Captain Nemo. Who did love that one when they were a kid?

U-571 was a good movie if you didn't know anything about submarines.

I guess after movies will come television shows.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Alky

U-571 was realistic not exactly sure how factual though.

FYI; http://www.uboat.net/boats/u571.htm

[Diopos]

Das Boot. There are moments where you almost "smell" it. (People that have lived with others, in "close quarters", will understand what I mean ...)

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[Alky]

Originally Posted by Diopos

Das Boot. There are moments where you almost "smell" it. (People that have lived with others, in "close quarters", will understand what I mean ...)

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In an interview I saw with Werner Hirschmann, the engineer on U-190, mentioned that the scenes in Das Boot where they were being depth charged was very unrealistic. He said the boat doesn't roll around like in the movie, it's more of a violent shudder.
I do however like Das Boot and have the full length version (5 hrs?) and have watched the German with english sub-titles and the english version. Reading the movie was a pain but the lip syncing was just as annoying but slightly easier to watch

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Alky

U-571 was realistic not exactly sure how factual though.

[danurve]

Run Silent Run Deep was BS, the sub / story line - whatever had the sub doing neither.

The Enemy Below was a good story but the details made it boderline BS.

U571 is based on complete fiction but had good details and special affects.

Red Oct. - Needs no words, holds it's own.

Same goes for Das Boot.

There will most likely never again be another movie like it. So how about all the spoiled self proclaimed historicaly accurate whiners get over yourselves. The rest of us are going to watch and enjoy what we want to dispite your opinion.
Deal with it.

[Sailor Steve]

That was rude.