My personal top 5 submarine movies

[CCIP]

I know what they say about different strokes and everyone having different opinions, but just...

HOW DO PEOPLE LIKE U-571

Just... does not compute. I'd concede it being a good throwaway hollywood flick to chow some popcorn to but, best sub film? Really?

My own list

1. Das Boot
2. K-19 Widowmaker (I watched it dubbed into Russian... and was pretty much shocked how good Ford's portrayal of a Russian officer is. IMO the only Hollywood actor who can play a Russian character well.)
3. Operation Petticoat (a bit ridiculous but fun!)
4. Run Silent, Run Deep
5. The Hunt for Red October (not as convincing at portraying Russians, but still quite good!)

[soopaman2]

My cousin just dropped by with a copy of U-571. I love having a cinema-nut within 3 miles. He spends money on movies like I do on power tools and games.

Give me a few hours to watch, I will give my honest opinion. Though if you look back at my list above, you will see that it will have a hard time.

Though I will be objective, lets see, shall we?

[Gerald]

U-571

[frau kaleun]

I can think of only two reasons to watch U-571.

1. Harvey
2. Keitel






Okay, three if you count the fact that it's buried somewhere in my Netflix queue and I'm too lazy to go look for it and delete it even though I've seen a good bit of it on cable TV already.



Always surprised that Below doesn't come up more often, although to be fair it's less of a "submarine movie" and more of a ghost story that just happens to be set on a submarine. Still, I enjoyed it and it gave me a couple of pretty good *shiver* moments when I saw it.

[Gerald]

When would you have time to watch a movie, when you're doing animation around the clock,but you're right about the actor, a sufficient motive

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I can think of only two reasons to watch U-571.

1. Harvey
2. Keitel

Yes!!! Harvey effing ruled!

After watching it, and digesting it, I must say Harvey, and Mr. Tyler were great in this movie.

Though the realism hits me at points.

First of all, the one black man on the boat.
Americas military was nowhere near integrated at that point.

Second, and most importantly.

The Brits found the first enigma box. It takes away from them, which is not fair. There are a thousand stories of heroic American deeds during WW2, and finding the enigma machine is not one of them, nor should it be. (this movie fools morons who get history from Hollywood)

Very entertaining movie, and I did like it, not enough to put in my previous top 5 though. But it was pretty entertaining, if you like movies and not history.

[frau kaleun]

Now here's a crazy coinkidinky, I have the TV on AMC just for background noise and one movie finishes and another one starts and suddenly I hear German voices which I can immediately tell are talking u-boat lingo and I turn around and sure enough they're on a u-boat so I hit the Info button on the remote and whaddya know....





Edit: Dude playing the kommandant is hot, guess I gotta leave it on.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Now here's a crazy coinkidinky, I have the TV on AMC just for background noise and one movie finishes and another one starts and suddenly I hear German voices which I can immediately tell are talking u-boat lingo and I turn around and sure enough they're on a u-boat so I hit the Info button on the remote and whaddya know....





Edit: Dude playing the kommandant is hot, guess I gotta leave it on.

These 3D things, have made you hallucinate

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Vendor

These 3D things, have made you hallucinate

Well he looks far better in the white cap than I already know Matt McConnawhosis is gonna look.

[Gerald]

Women have different tastes in the usual way, but I have no immigration by your answers, it just feels good to be a real man,

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Vendor

Women have different tastes in the usual way, but I have no immigration by your answers, it just feels good to be a real man,

[Gerald]

You take what you want,

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by soopaman2

I have yet to see U 571, as it has been attacked relentlessly. I heard Jon Bon Jovi was in it, and want to see any flick with a famous rocker from new Jersey. Only way to get my wife to watch a war movie

Well, the only way to find out is to watch it. If you're looking for a mindless war flick, you might like it. If you know anything about submarines or naval operations at all, you'll probably become one of the ones who attacks it relentlessly.

Bon Jovi? Rocker? I've always thought of him as sort of 'Rock Lite'.

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Well, the only way to find out is to watch it. If you're looking for a mindless war flick, you might like it. If you know anything about submarines or naval operations at all, you'll probably become one of the ones who attacks it relentlessly.

Bon Jovi? Rocker? I've always thought of him as sort of 'Rock Lite'.

He used to do the hair metal thing in the 80s. I selectively choose to remember him as that.

And yes, mindless.

Not a waste of time watching it though.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by soopaman2

Yes!!! Harvey effing ruled!

After watching it, and digesting it, I must say Harvey, and Mr. Tyler were great in this movie.

I like Harvey Keitel, and he some great lines, but they lost me when they had him sound the klaxon three times to dive. Nit-picking? Sure, but if they can't even get the smallest detail right...

Though the realism hits me at points.

First of all, the one black man on the boat.
Americas military was nowhere near integrated at that point.

Fifth row, far left. Black cooks and stewards were not uncommon, even on a submarine.

Second, and most importantly.

The Brits found the first enigma box. It takes away from them, which is not fair. There are a thousand stories of heroic American deeds during WW2, and finding the enigma machine is not one of them, nor should it be. (this movie fools morons who get history from Hollywood)

In fact such a big fuss was made over that point at the time that a disclaimer was put into the credits. It might have been more fun if someone in the movie had complained that they had to do this because the Brits weren't sharing. Still untrue, but more fun.

Very entertaining movie, and I did like it, not enough to put in my previous top 5 though. But it was pretty entertaining, if you like movies and not history.

I complain about it, but on the other hand I'm a fan of an arguably much worse movie.
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