My personal top 5 submarine movies

[rokvam]

Hi...

Just felt the need to inform you that Das Boot originally was shot as a television series... this explains how the long version might seem a bit to long. It is! It was never intended to be watched in a five hour sitting!

To this day I cannot understand why they had to release it on DVD as a five hour film? They should at least give the wiewer the chance to select an episode wiew.

I have the original series on old VHS tape, and each episode opens with a narrative giving you the "this has happened so far".

It is much easier to watch when you can take it in in shorter "bursts"...

When it comes to realism, no other submarine film comes close!!!

[Laffertytig]

i have to totally disagree about the length of das boat being an issue. the full length version is miles better than the shortened one imo.

for me i would have it in my top ten best EVER films.

the only downside to it is the ending, it always saddens me to see their fate after all they went through.

top top film.

[foz]

bbc four`s dive dive dive a good watch

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by Cohaagen

Above Us The Waves, a superb John Mills film about a British submarine's mission to sink a German pocket battleship. While the technical details are generally very good, the real strength of the film lies in the well-drawn, sympathetically-realised characters. The crew and their personal lives are all depicted superbly without ever falling into the realm of soap opera.

It's on YouTube in its entirety:

It's almost 1am here. Watched all 9 parts. Not bad.

Will look for it on Amazon.

[NealT]

Hope I am not resurrecting a dead one but...

5 - U-571
4 - Run Silent Run Deep
3 - Down Periscope
2 - Das Boot
1 - Hunt for Red October

[Platapus]

U-571?



In the top five sub movies?

Why is that one of your favourites?

[gar]

1. Das Boot (director's cut is best) (1981) Jurgen Prochnow - What can I say

2. Operation Pacific (1951) John Wayne - Depicts many true events, good
story

3. The Enemy Below (1957) Curd Jurgens/Robert Mitchum - good story

4. Submarine Command (1951) William Holden - Great views of the
interior of real boats

5. Operation Petticoat (1959) Cary Grant - Just a fun movie

My two cents

Garry

[Kaluen Miechiel]

Ya can't trust anyone who wasn't in Viet Nam.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by gar

1. Das Boot (director's cut is best) (1981) Jurgen Prochnow - What can I say

You can say you're sorry for not liking the 'Uncut' version best.

[nikimcbee]

1. Run Silent, Run Deep
2. Das Boot (director's cut- can't beat the improved sound)
3-5. I'll have to think about.

[Stev1]

My Top Five are:-

1) Das Boot Directors Cut)
2) Operation Pacific
3) Run Silent Run Deep
4) Above us the waves
5) We Dive at Dawn

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by Platapus

U-571?



In the top five sub movies?

Why is that one of your favourites?

Clearly for it's realistic portrayal of what actually happened in real life!

Unless you know different?



Oh, that U-571, yeah, crock o' shistorical inaccuracies

[Red October1984]

1: The Hunt For Red October
2: U-571
3: Das Boot Directors Cut

That's all I've got in my list

[Sailor Steve]

I've just added The Sinking Of The Laconia to my list. Real history (with a couple of fictional characters to give it a little personality) told well.

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

1: The Hunt For Red October
2: U-571
3: Das Boot Directors Cut

That's all I've got in my list

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

I must agree with the others.

My personal list is this.

1. Das Boot. So gritty, and I am a Wolfgang Peterson fan.
2.K-19 The Widowmaker. True story, Liam Neeson, and Harrison Ford. What more do you need?
3. Hunt for Red October. Sean Connery, need I say more? Tom Clancys Jack Ryan series, in case I needed to say more.
4. I will ad the classic Run Silent Run deep. Great considering movies of those times relied more on acting, than camera effects.
5. The (CSS )Hunley. Donald Sutherland is awesome in any movie he does (From Kellys Heroes to Space Cowboys, a true actor), the story is really amazing, and true.