Tom Hanks' new convoy war movie: Greyhound

Pri3n47 · 09-19-20, 02:46 PM

The movie is really pleasurable to watch, constant action, etc... That's why I like it, but it's totally unrealistic in my opinion. Which u-boat commander would behave like this in real life!? He wouldn't survive too long

Jimbuna · 09-30-20, 10:44 AM

Had an afternoon to myself so watched it again and I'll readily admit the more I see it the more I like it.

Aktungbby · 09-30-20, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

To each there own I suppose.

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Had an afternoon to myself so watched it again and I'll readily admit the more I see it the more I like it.

To each their own I suppose.

As I pointed out in my meager critique post (#151): I go to movies to be entertained-and was; and Das Boot and The Enemy Below need not worry...really, only the radio harassment by kaleuns was most flawed...they should have used an Axis Sally or Lord Haw Haw for that
Implausible scenario.

I'll watch it again I'm sure.

Von_Fleming · 10-18-20, 07:31 PM

The main oddity of the film is how it portrayed the U-boats as having some personnel vendetta against Greyhound to the extent that they all ultimately revealed their own positions, in trying to sink Greyhound, where realistically they would have used their inherent stealth to avoid the escorts and sneak into the convoy. At this point in the war, escorts by and large still had an extremely hard time even 'generalizing' the location of submerged U-boats.

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Pri3n47 Swabbie Join Date: May 2015 Location: Poland Posts: 13 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	The movie is really pleasurable to watch, constant action, etc... That's why I like it, but it's totally unrealistic in my opinion. Which u-boat commander would behave like this in real life!? He wouldn't survive too long

10-18-20, 07:31 PM	#4
Von_Fleming Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2020 Posts: 8 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	The main oddity of the film is how it portrayed the U-boats as having some personnel vendetta against Greyhound to the extent that they all ultimately revealed their own positions, in trying to sink Greyhound, where realistically they would have used their inherent stealth to avoid the escorts and sneak into the convoy. At this point in the war, escorts by and large still had an extremely hard time even 'generalizing' the location of submerged U-boats.