Tom Hanks' new convoy war movie: Greyhound

[Onkel Neal]

Why are the U-boats roaring?

[StimpsonJCat]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Why are the U-boats roaring?

They aren't. It's clearly part of the film score edited to the rhythm of the trailer. It's about creating a mood to help market the film. For all we know that may not be the films actual score. It sounds very Dunkirk-esque.

[Subnuts]

Pretty sure I never read about that part of the Battle of the Atlantic where U-boats with goofy conning tower emblems were doing Age-of-Sail style drive-bys on American destroyers which massively outgunned them.


Yes, I know I'm an idiot for expecting slow-burn tension or realism in a modern war movie.

[Rufus Shinra]

Originally Posted by Subnuts

Pretty sure I never read about that part of the Battle of the Atlantic where U-boats with goofy conning tower emblems were doing Age-of-Sail style drive-bys on American destroyers which massively outgunned them.


Yes, I know I'm an idiot for expecting slow-burn tension or realism in a modern war movie.

That's obviously because it was so effective no Ally commander survived to tell about it. And the submariners don't talk about it to this day because it's a highly classified and effective tactic even using nuclear submarines.

Duh.

[Lasstmichdurch]

IMO, we have better such an maybe unrealistic naval war-film as none...
Cause we have one naval war-film in 10? years...

[Onkel Neal]

Local coverage of the making of.

[AVGWarhawk]

Hanks is involved. The movie will be good. Embellished a bit? Perhaps. Some oddities? Certainly. However, the movie gets the events that occurred in the Atlantic during the war out there for all to see and remember. If the movie spurns interest to look deeper into the events for just one individual then it has done it's job.

[Dietger]

Originally Posted by Rufus Shinra

That's obviously because it was so effective no Ally commander survived to tell about it. And the submariners don't talk about it to this day because it's a highly classified and effective tactic even using nuclear submarines.

Duh.

Confirm this. My Opa talked about this. But only in his sleep... °°

[Jeff-Groves]

Originally Posted by Subnuts

Pretty sure I never read about that part of the Battle of the Atlantic where U-boats with goofy conning tower emblems

Looks to me that they were using the 'Turms Your Way' mod.

[iambecomelife]

Nice trailer! I say give it a chance - I know we hard core sub simmers like to take potshots at Hollywood cliches, but this looks passable. I doubt it will be as bad as, say, U-571.

Looks like a nice roster of WWII - era units - I noticed Fletcher DD's, Catalinas, a Flower Corvette, what looked like a C-2 Cargo, and plenty of period-appropriate merchants and liners. Much better than Pearl Harbor, which had several ships that were way too modern.

The "good luck surviving zee night" - lol - not entirely inaccurate; I have read at least two accounts where German subs/planes mocked the Allied escorts with English messages.

Would have preferred a film focusing on the British role in the Battle of the Atlantic, since of course they shouldered most of the load (and my own family fought for Britain in WWII). Still, I understand the need to keep a US audience interested.

[Mork_417]

The trailer has me snagged. I will be going to see this.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by iambecomelife

Nice trailer! I say give it a chance - I know we hard core sub simmers like to take potshots at Hollywood cliches, but this looks passable. I doubt it will be as bad as, say, U-571.

Looks like a nice roster of WWII - era units - I noticed Fletcher DD's, Catalinas, a Flower Corvette, what looked like a C-2 Cargo, and plenty of period-appropriate merchants and liners. Much better than Pearl Harbor, which had several ships that were way too modern.

The "good luck surviving zee night" - lol - not entirely inaccurate; I have read at least two accounts where German subs/planes mocked the Allied escorts with English messages.

Would have preferred a film focusing on the British role in the Battle of the Atlantic, since of course they shouldered most of the load (and my own family fought for Britain in WWII). Still, I understand the need to keep a US audience interested.

I'll go along with you, I will give it a chance, I plan to see it on Day 1. Love Tom Hanks and even if this is Hollywooded out, glad to the the subject covered.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by iambecomelife

Nice trailer! I say give it a chance - I know we hard core sub simmers like to take potshots at Hollywood cliches, but this looks passable. I doubt it will be as bad as, say, U-571.

Looks like a nice roster of WWII - era units - I noticed Fletcher DD's, Catalinas, a Flower Corvette, what looked like a C-2 Cargo, and plenty of period-appropriate merchants and liners. Much better than Pearl Harbor, which had several ships that were way too modern.

The "good luck surviving zee night" - lol - not entirely inaccurate; I have read at least two accounts where German subs/planes mocked the Allied escorts with English messages.

Would have preferred a film focusing on the British role in the Battle of the Atlantic, since of course they shouldered most of the load (and my own family fought for Britain in WWII). Still, I understand the need to keep a US audience interested.

Must agree with you there but seeing as my father spent most of the war in the Atlantic I feel honour bound to give it a viewing.

I think your words will be much kinder than those of the majority of critics after the film is released (June 12).

NOTE: The majority of Greyhound was filmed on The U.S.S. Kidd, a Fletcher Navy destroyer, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where it has sat as a staple local monument and tourist attraction.

[Jeff-Groves]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

NOTE: The majority of Greyhound was filmed on The U.S.S. Kidd, a Fletcher Navy destroyer, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where it has sat as a staple local monument and tourist attraction.

I Toured The U.S.S. Kidd some years back when I was working in Baton Rouge.

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Subnuts

Pretty sure I never read about that part of the Battle of the Atlantic where U-boats with goofy conning tower emblems were doing Age-of-Sail style drive-bys on American destroyers which massively outgunned them.


Yes, I know I'm an idiot for expecting slow-burn tension or realism in a modern war movie.

Hi!

You may want to read about the duel between USS Chatelain and U-515 on April 9, 1944. Here's a picture taken by an aircraft assisting Chatelain. As you can see from the wake of the Chatelain, they were very close indeed. Chatelain is weaving to try to avoid being torpedoed as it crosses the U-boat's bow. You can see the smoke from the ship's guns and the shell splashes around the U-boat.

For SH3 fans, you can read about this in the GWX Manual, where we put in an historical scenario based on this event.