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12-26-12, 06:46 PM | #1 |
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The Enemy Below
I got this for Christmas from a friend. Going to watch it in a bit. Ive heard it was great. Can't wait to watch it!
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12-26-12, 11:26 PM | #2 |
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Oh, it's BRILLIANT! Not quite Das Boot, but easily a match for The Hunt for Red October!
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12-26-12, 11:35 PM | #3 |
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Finished it about an hour ago. Really love it! The only one complaint I have is that they got the U-boat all wrong. VIIC doesnt have 2 stern tubes and the interior is all wrong. Too wide. But other than that, I loved it. It earns it's place on my submarine movie shelf.
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12-27-12, 07:15 AM | #4 |
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Agree about the inaccuarices but still pretty good considering its age (the year I was born).
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12-27-12, 07:35 AM | #5 |
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If they are the only things wrong it can't be a bad movie.
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12-27-12, 07:59 AM | #6 | |
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Still, if you can forgive that, they did a great a great job of building tension, portraying a fair fight, and also showing both sides of the story. Great film.
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12-27-12, 09:01 AM | #7 |
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Good Classic movie
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12-27-12, 09:58 AM | #8 |
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The silliest part of the film IMHO:
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12-27-12, 11:16 AM | #9 | ||
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But the shots aboard the real DE are partly what made me choose destroyers when I joined the navey. Truly a great sea movie! Also one of those rare cases where the movie is actually better than the book (or so the reviews I've read say). [edit] I was just reading the description at Wiki, and they have some interesting details about the crew of USS Whitehurst, which played the fictional USS Haynes in the movie. Quote:
I love it when they do stuff like that.
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12-27-12, 03:28 PM | #10 |
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Me too. If you've got extras behaving the way an actual crew would, because the extras are an actual crew, it just adds that bit of realism.
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12-27-12, 07:03 PM | #11 |
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Couldnt have said it better.
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12-27-12, 07:13 PM | #12 |
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01-08-13, 10:11 AM | #13 |
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Another obscure fact:
For those of you who watch(ed) the original STAR TREK televison show the episode called "Balance of Terror" was based on "The Enemy Below". I remember the first time I watched TEB (must have been around 1965) I was so upset when I saw that at least one of the torpedoes was going to hit. Salute !!! AD "The Miami yacht races were never like this !!" |
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01-21-13, 01:28 AM | #15 |
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Wonderful Movie
I have just watched this movie yesterday, a wonderful movie, it’s now definitely my second best naval movie after "Das Boot" off course. It’s one of the rarest movie which show you the two sides and no good/bad guy distinction.
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