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07-12-20, 05:32 AM | #151 |
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It was almost unwatchable.
It's hard for me to believe that Tom Hanks could be involved in something this bad. Hanks' previous work as a producer in Band of Brothers, The Pacific and as an actor and producer in Saving Private Ryan were all beyond reproach. One has to wonder if anyone involved in this movie ever watched Das Boot? Or read up on U-boat tactics during WW2. I'm going to say they didn't or decided to ignore basic military history to make a Hollywood version of reality. I give it zero stars.
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07-12-20, 06:05 AM | #153 |
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After seeing the trailer I despair for this film. Will give it a go at some point but fully expecting to be waist deep in bull****. You cannot mess about with this stuff. U-boat drive by wtf...
Been a long time fan of Tom Hanks work especially with regard to attention to detail in the WW2 era but 'this' does not look good. Always a problem when it's a topic close to one's heart. Edit Watched it... Howling on the radio - taunting on the radio - Periscope so high out of the water ... Kiss my ass ... Hollywood garbage. Last edited by Becker67; 07-15-20 at 10:59 AM. |
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07-12-20, 02:01 PM | #157 |
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I really enjoyed it!
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07-12-20, 04:27 PM | #158 |
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Really liked it also.
I'd give it an 8 or a 7 out of 10.
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07-14-20, 09:06 AM | #159 |
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I liked it quite a bit
Not sure why people are panning this film. I thought it was great!
No stupid side plots, just all naval action and much of it true to life. Sure perhaps subs typically didn't go after escorts, but it did occur during the war. UBoats would often attack from the surface using their deck guns, especially at night. I agree they probably would not do that with escorts about, but I just chalk up to making it exciting. For example the taunting by the German uBoats was a bit ridiculous as the safest place to be in a convoy was a destroyer and no sub skipper would transmit like that as it would give away their position. Heck that was one of the ways the Allies managed to track uBoats. Dönitz kept requiring frequent checkin-ins from the uBoat commanders. I also thought the acting was very good, including Hanks. I would give it a 9/10 personally. |
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When I saw the trailer, I thought the U-Boats had no watch crew on deck because they were just diving/surfacing when shown. But goddammit the UBoats in this movie actually don't have any watch crews
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07-15-20, 11:48 AM | #162 |
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Hollywood know...that the common person isn't interested in actual historical correctness...they want action...a lot of it
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07-15-20, 01:23 PM | #163 |
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Apart from the historical inaccuracies (surface battles...really!? Frickin' surface battles...), this movie is just so poorly made. The effects are mediocre and there's no real suspense as there should be in an escorts v uboat situation. This movie is just so much worse than "the enemy below", for instance.
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absolutely not. even the very idea is egregious and goes against every imaginable u-boat SOP.
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07-16-20, 05:55 AM | #165 |
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Did u-boats even have the technology to "call" other ships like they do in that movie? Because normally, sending sending radio messages meant sending mesages in morse code as far as I know.
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