My personal top 5 submarine movies

[Red October1984]

1: The Hunt For Red October
2: U-571
3: Das Boot Directors Cut

That's all I've got in my list

[Sailor Steve]

I've just added The Sinking Of The Laconia to my list. Real history (with a couple of fictional characters to give it a little personality) told well.

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

1: The Hunt For Red October
2: U-571
3: Das Boot Directors Cut

That's all I've got in my list

I have yet to see U 571, as it has been attacked relentlessly. I heard Jon Bon Jovi was in it, and want to see any flick with a famous rocker from new Jersey. Only way to get my wife to watch a war movie

I must agree with the others.

My personal list is this.

1. Das Boot. So gritty, and I am a Wolfgang Peterson fan.
2.K-19 The Widowmaker. True story, Liam Neeson, and Harrison Ford. What more do you need?
3. Hunt for Red October. Sean Connery, need I say more? Tom Clancys Jack Ryan series, in case I needed to say more.
4. I will ad the classic Run Silent Run deep. Great considering movies of those times relied more on acting, than camera effects.
5. The (CSS )Hunley. Donald Sutherland is awesome in any movie he does (From Kellys Heroes to Space Cowboys, a true actor), the story is really amazing, and true.

[CCIP]

I know what they say about different strokes and everyone having different opinions, but just...

HOW DO PEOPLE LIKE U-571

Just... does not compute. I'd concede it being a good throwaway hollywood flick to chow some popcorn to but, best sub film? Really?

My own list

1. Das Boot
2. K-19 Widowmaker (I watched it dubbed into Russian... and was pretty much shocked how good Ford's portrayal of a Russian officer is. IMO the only Hollywood actor who can play a Russian character well.)
3. Operation Petticoat (a bit ridiculous but fun!)
4. Run Silent, Run Deep
5. The Hunt for Red October (not as convincing at portraying Russians, but still quite good!)

[soopaman2]

My cousin just dropped by with a copy of U-571. I love having a cinema-nut within 3 miles. He spends money on movies like I do on power tools and games.

Give me a few hours to watch, I will give my honest opinion. Though if you look back at my list above, you will see that it will have a hard time.

Though I will be objective, lets see, shall we?

[Gerald]

U-571

[frau kaleun]

I can think of only two reasons to watch U-571.

1. Harvey
2. Keitel






Okay, three if you count the fact that it's buried somewhere in my Netflix queue and I'm too lazy to go look for it and delete it even though I've seen a good bit of it on cable TV already.



Always surprised that Below doesn't come up more often, although to be fair it's less of a "submarine movie" and more of a ghost story that just happens to be set on a submarine. Still, I enjoyed it and it gave me a couple of pretty good *shiver* moments when I saw it.

[Gerald]

When would you have time to watch a movie, when you're doing animation around the clock,but you're right about the actor, a sufficient motive

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I can think of only two reasons to watch U-571.

1. Harvey
2. Keitel

Yes!!! Harvey effing ruled!

After watching it, and digesting it, I must say Harvey, and Mr. Tyler were great in this movie.

Though the realism hits me at points.

First of all, the one black man on the boat.
Americas military was nowhere near integrated at that point.

Second, and most importantly.

The Brits found the first enigma box. It takes away from them, which is not fair. There are a thousand stories of heroic American deeds during WW2, and finding the enigma machine is not one of them, nor should it be. (this movie fools morons who get history from Hollywood)

Very entertaining movie, and I did like it, not enough to put in my previous top 5 though. But it was pretty entertaining, if you like movies and not history.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by soopaman2

I have yet to see U 571, as it has been attacked relentlessly. I heard Jon Bon Jovi was in it, and want to see any flick with a famous rocker from new Jersey. Only way to get my wife to watch a war movie

Well, the only way to find out is to watch it. If you're looking for a mindless war flick, you might like it. If you know anything about submarines or naval operations at all, you'll probably become one of the ones who attacks it relentlessly.

Bon Jovi? Rocker? I've always thought of him as sort of 'Rock Lite'.

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Well, the only way to find out is to watch it. If you're looking for a mindless war flick, you might like it. If you know anything about submarines or naval operations at all, you'll probably become one of the ones who attacks it relentlessly.

Bon Jovi? Rocker? I've always thought of him as sort of 'Rock Lite'.

He used to do the hair metal thing in the 80s. I selectively choose to remember him as that.

And yes, mindless.

Not a waste of time watching it though.