Well Sea Dogswhat Is The Very Best Submarine Movie?

ENEMY BELOW · 01-08-09, 02:56 AM

I Personally Don't Know About Best But I Recon I Still Prefer The Hunt For Krazny October I Think It's The Confident Manner In Which Scott Glenn Commands The 'Dallas' And I Have Some wierd Attraction To All Things Soviet Except Their Economy And Politics. They Made Great Tubes For My Guitar Amps and really nice warm Ushanka hats that get me some wierd looks in my little east Central Illinois town.

FIREWALL · 01-08-09, 03:14 AM

Das Boot

Thomen · 01-08-09, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Das Boot

QFE

and might I add " Enemy Below"?

Herr_Pete · 01-08-09, 08:52 AM

Das Boot! Enemy below is a good film thought but Das Boot is in a league of its own!

Dowly · 01-08-09, 03:06 PM

Das Boot all the way. And if you're planning to get it, get the Original Uncut ~5 hour version. I know, 5hrs seems like a lot, but it'll fly watching it.

Sailor Steve · 01-11-09, 03:25 PM

I like a lot of them, but I agree: The 5-hour 'Original, Uncut Version' of Das Boot is the best representation of life inside a sewer pipe, bar none.

A Very Super Market · 01-11-09, 03:28 PM

Apart from living in said sewer pipe, Das Boot is the highest level of Submarine cinema, and quite possibly German film as well.

ENEMY BELOW · 10-18-10, 10:39 PM

I tried to watch Das Boot once but I felt like paint drying would move along better. Iknow it's recognized as a classic, though
"yep." 'Enemy below' is right near the top if not there. and couple WWII vintage; 'Run Silent Run Deep'. for a hoot there's always 'Voyage to see what's on the Bottom as 'Mad' Magazine retitled it in my youth

Axeman3d · 10-19-10, 03:13 AM

Das Boot in the original German, not the redub.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was a terrible movie, not merely in comparison to the classic Das Boot but in comparison to the Dukes of Hazzard. The plot makes little sense at all, the science no sense at all and the submarine interiors are awful. Also the lead character comes across as an overbearing asshat rather than the loveable, take-charge guy the cast refer to him as, either due to bad writing or bad direction. Das Boot is Oscar material, VttBotS couldn't win a gonk at a fair.

Sailor Steve · 10-19-10, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ENEMY BELOW

I tried to watch Das Boot once but I felt like paint drying would move along better.

For me that's exactly what makes it great. You experience the boredom, and the things the crew does to counter it. I hate 'action-adventure' movies, and am glad that we have at least one submarine move that avoids that trap.

The Enemy Below is one of my favorites, and one of the things that made me select destroyers as my ship-of-choice when I was in the navy, but the 'u-boat' interior is about as fake and as bad as it can get. As a chess-player's drama it is outstanding, but as a 'submarine' movie I would rate it a two at best.

frau kaleun · 10-19-10, 11:37 AM

Add another vote for Das Boot.

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The Enemy Below is one of my favorites... but the 'u-boat' interior is about as fake and as bad as it can get.

Agreed - I enjoyed it, but when the u-boat's commander would invite another crew member into his "cabin" to have a drink and a chat...

FIREWALL · 10-19-10, 01:11 PM

Operation Bikini. Not a comedy sub movie. Not a bad flick.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057387/

10-19-10, 02:17 PM

Ice Station Zebra.

Takeda Shingen · 10-19-10, 02:17 PM

'Best' is very subjective, but I'll cast another vote for Das Boot.

FIREWALL · 10-19-10, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Operation Bikini. Not a comedy sub movie. Not a bad flick.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057387/

I doubt many here have even heard of it.

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FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Das Boot __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I like a lot of them, but I agree: The 5-hour 'Original, Uncut Version' of Das Boot is the best representation of life inside a sewer pipe, bar none. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Apart from living in said sewer pipe, Das Boot is the highest level of Submarine cinema, and quite possibly German film as well. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

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ENEMY BELOW Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: central illinois Posts: 8 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	the sub movies I tried to watch Das Boot once but I felt like paint drying would move along better. Iknow it's recognized as a classic, though "yep." 'Enemy below' is right near the top if not there. and couple WWII vintage; 'Run Silent Run Deep'. for a hoot there's always 'Voyage to see what's on the Bottom as 'Mad' Magazine retitled it in my youth

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Herr_Pete Commodore Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 623 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Das Boot! Enemy below is a good film thought but Das Boot is in a league of its own!

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Das Boot all the way. And if you're planning to get it, get the Original Uncut ~5 hour version. I know, 5hrs seems like a lot, but it'll fly watching it.

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Axeman3d Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Central Scotland Posts: 127 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Das Boot in the original German, not the redub. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was a terrible movie, not merely in comparison to the classic Das Boot but in comparison to the Dukes of Hazzard. The plot makes little sense at all, the science no sense at all and the submarine interiors are awful. Also the lead character comes across as an overbearing asshat rather than the loveable, take-charge guy the cast refer to him as, either due to bad writing or bad direction. Das Boot is Oscar material, VttBotS couldn't win a gonk at a fair.

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FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Operation Bikini. Not a comedy sub movie. Not a bad flick. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057387/ __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

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The Third Man Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Ice Station Zebra.

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Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	'Best' is very subjective, but I'll cast another vote for Das Boot.