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Kruger · 09-16-06, 06:22 PM

http://imdb.com/title/tt0276816/

Has anyone seen this movie ? It's pretty bad actually. I was wondering if those hooks that the german destroyer was dragging through the water in order to damage the us sub, are purely fictional or not. Another thing that I;ve never thought about, is that the ballast tanks of a sub really get so much debris and dead fish and all other things inside them. There is a scene at one point, when three men of the crew get out in the water (did these Balao class boats really have floodable dive chamber fitted for outside divers ?),,,totally *******(d up movie.

Any oppinions ?

CB.. · 09-16-06, 06:38 PM

i read a report somewhere of british destroyers dragging chain loops along the sea bed trying to find a sub that was sat on the sea bed in shallow water (near scapa flow if i remember right)..only mention i've heard that might suggest something similar..:hmm:

Kruger · 09-16-06, 07:29 PM

That's something I read about too. Anyway...don;t lose your time in this movie (except if you want clear new images of a Balao).

Torplexed · 09-17-06, 10:56 AM

I never understood why the movie's scriptwriters felt they had to set it in the Atlantic. Why not the Pacific? Make the American sub's German pursuers Japanese and their unexpected British passengers Australians.

Maybe they felt the grey gloomy Atlantic would give the movie a creepier atmosphere than the sun-dappled Pacific. Although the Pacific isn't always sunny.

WutWuzDat · 09-23-06, 09:48 PM

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=97233

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/below/

WutWuzDat · 09-30-06, 01:51 PM

I just saw this movie about a week ago, and I was wondering how safe would it be to fire a .45 in a submerged sub? or was that one of the many flaws?

Torplexed · 09-30-06, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AdamWarren

I just saw this movie about a week ago, and I was wondering how safe would it be to fire a .45 in a submerged sub? or was that one of the many flaws?

Depends on who the bullet hits.

Don't forget the kaluen in Das Boot was about to put a bullet in poor Johann with his Luger.

WutWuzDat · 09-30-06, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

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Originally Posted by AdamWarren

I just saw this movie about a week ago, and I was wondering how safe would it be to fire a .45 in a submerged sub? or was that one of the many flaws?

Depends on who the bullet hits.

Don't forget the kaluen in Das Boot was about to put a bullet in poor Johann with his Luger.

Wouldn't the bullet ricoshade around the sub though?

In Das Boot, I don't think that was a Luger... it looked more like a Walther P38 to me.

09-16-06, 06:22 PM	#16
Kruger Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 476 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Below - 2002 http://imdb.com/title/tt0276816/ Has anyone seen this movie ? It's pretty bad actually. I was wondering if those hooks that the german destroyer was dragging through the water in order to damage the us sub, are purely fictional or not. Another thing that I;ve never thought about, is that the ballast tanks of a sub really get so much debris and dead fish and all other things inside them. There is a scene at one point, when three men of the crew get out in the water (did these Balao class boats really have floodable dive chamber fitted for outside divers ?),,,totally *******(d up movie. Any oppinions ?

09-16-06, 06:38 PM	#17
CB.. Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,278 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i read a report somewhere of british destroyers dragging chain loops along the sea bed trying to find a sub that was sat on the sea bed in shallow water (near scapa flow if i remember right)..only mention i've heard that might suggest something similar..:hmm: __________________ the world's tinyiest sh3 supermod- and other SH3/SH2 stuff http://www.ebort2.co.uk/ The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. W.B.Yeats

09-17-06, 10:56 AM	#19
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I never understood why the movie's scriptwriters felt they had to set it in the Atlantic. Why not the Pacific? Make the American sub's German pursuers Japanese and their unexpected British passengers Australians. Maybe they felt the grey gloomy Atlantic would give the movie a creepier atmosphere than the sun-dappled Pacific. Although the Pacific isn't always sunny. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

09-23-06, 09:48 PM	#20
WutWuzDat Planesman Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: I can't remember... In front of a PC? Posts: 185 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=97233 http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/below/ __________________ - Adam ©1988 - 2008. All rights reserved. Life is like a roll of toliet paper, the older you get, the faster it goes!

09-30-06, 01:51 PM	#21
WutWuzDat Planesman Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: I can't remember... In front of a PC? Posts: 185 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I just saw this movie about a week ago, and I was wondering how safe would it be to fire a .45 in a submerged sub? or was that one of the many flaws? __________________ - Adam ©1988 - 2008. All rights reserved. Life is like a roll of toliet paper, the older you get, the faster it goes!

09-16-06, 07:29 PM	#18
Kruger Commander Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 476 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	That's something I read about too. Anyway...don;t lose your time in this movie (except if you want clear new images of a Balao).