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Old 06-04-06, 03:43 PM   #1
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the worst thing about U571 is its just a load of Hollywood b*ll*cks

The enigma codes were not captured that way or by the US but by the Royal Navy from 2 different submarines...etc.
We've all known that was the real problem with U-571 from the day it was released. Of course it has nothing to do with history, or with much of anything else. The point of the thread was the funny parts...we know the rest.
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Old 06-04-06, 03:45 PM   #2
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I love U-571!

Best submarine movie ever!
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Old 06-04-06, 07:31 PM   #3
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I love U-571!

Best submarine movie ever!
Except for all the others...
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Old 06-04-06, 08:21 PM   #4
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To be honest I liked this movie and Pearl Harbor and for that matter most war films I ever watched.


I was never under any illusion that they were made with the idea in mind of satisfying my vision of a historically correct film.

I am happy to sit back and be satisfied and say when I see an inacurracy ....that hey....I know better. If it is an entertaning flick then I got my money's worth.
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Old 06-05-06, 07:37 AM   #5
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I am happy to sit back and be satisfied and say when I see an inacurracy ....that hey....I know better. If it is an entertaning flick then I got my money's worth.
Thing is, you can make an entertaining movie that is reasonably historically accurate. Pearl Harbor and U-571 have excellent and pretty much historically accurate counterparts, 'Tora Tora Tora' and 'Das Boot'. The story line in 'Enigma', outside of the romance and spy in Bletchley Park, is historically accurate and based on actual events.

It can be done.
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Old 06-05-06, 07:45 AM   #6
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There is a big difference between U-571 and Pearl Harbor. U-571 changes history. Pearl Harbor just pretties it up. I think the former is worst.
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Old 06-05-06, 07:51 AM   #7
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There is a big difference between U-571 and Pearl Harbor. U-571 changes history. Pearl Harbor just pretties it up. I think the former is worst.
Yeah, I can't fathom (pardon the pun) U-571 for this very reason. It's non-conformance to history just ruins it for me. Pearl Harbor - at least beyond the American flag waving - is kinda sorta nearly based on something that actually happened, so is more palatable to me.
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Old 06-05-06, 07:49 AM   #8
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Thing is, you can make an entertaining movie that is reasonably historically accurate. Pearl Harbor and U-571 have excellent and pretty much historically accurate counterparts, 'Tora Tora Tora' and 'Das Boot'. The story line in 'Enigma', outside of the romance and spy in Bletchley Park, is historically accurate and based on actual events.

It can be done.
If they made a movie along the lines of Tora Tora Tora or Das Booty, nobody would go and watch it. Movie making has moved on. You have to include something for the girls (romance) etc.

Though Das Boot is definitely a movie to watch on your own. Certainly hide it if a girl you're trying to impress comes round to your house.
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Old 06-05-06, 11:54 AM   #9
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If they made a movie along the lines of Tora Tora Tora or Das Booty, nobody would go and watch it. Movie making has moved on. You have to include something for the girls (romance) etc.
Bull. You have fallen for Hollywood propaganda. Ever since 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars', the studios have been looking for the next big blockbuster, which is why they make movies that try to be all things to all people, all people being defined as the 12 to 24 year old demographic. So, they won't take a chance on a film that might be somewhat quirky by their standards, because they don't see it bringing in a bazillion dollars of gross.

By the way, I don't go to movie theaters anymore. I can see no advantage in paying 9 or 10 bucks, along with overpriced concession stand crap, to sit in a theater with people who hold inane discussions or worst yet, use their cellphone, to see a movie I could rent for 5 bucks and watch in the comfort of my own home in 3 or 4 months.

But I'm not bitter...
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Old 06-05-06, 11:45 AM   #10
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The story line in 'Enigma', outside of the romance and spy in Bletchley Park, is historically accurate and based on actual events.
Enigma is a pretty good movie .
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Old 06-04-06, 08:21 PM   #11
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Except for all the others...
I already thought this way BEFORE i ever used this forums. If others dislike a movie, why should i?

If others dislike Darth Vader, why should i?

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