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• Das Boot! - Troy 07:54:21 07/22/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Ya don't even like Das Boot??? posted by YECH on July 21, 2002 at 12:50:54:

  Sure, the best film in the genre because of it's grittyness and it's un-cliche characters. That sense of impending doom that appears in all sub flicks actually paid off in Das Boot, a rarity. It had a very European downbeat ending. Comparing Das Boot to K19 is like comparing John Wayne's "Green Berets" to "Saving Private Ryan".
  
  

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• Re: Ya don't even like Das Boot??? - mikenyc 15:38:04 07/21/02 (2)
  In Reply to: Ya don't even like Das Boot??? posted by YECH on July 21, 2002 at 12:50:54:

  Let's see..."Das Boot", ""Run Silent, Run Deep", "Destination Tokyo",
  "Hunt for Red October", "Operation Pacific", "Crash Dive", "On The Beach", "Enemy Below", "The Bedford Incident"...which only showed
  a periscope during the whole film, "Hell and High Water", "Crimson Tide"...to name just a few.

  The genre, is one, that you can't really screw up, unless you try, and really hard. It's story elements are basic, and in and of themselves, create compelling, constantly interesting drama, by just saying the word "submarine".

  Which only leaves one other area, open, for screwing up...casting.

  It goes to show, a "Harrison Ford", does not a film, solely, make for entertaining viewing.

  I wonder how nervous George Lucas is now, just in the "planning" stage for Indiana Jones 4 ? I would be, if I were him !
  
  

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  • Re: Ya don't even like Das Boot??? - Patrick UITZ 12:04:57 07/22/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Ya don't even like Das Boot??? posted by notify on July 22, 2002 at 12:04:08:

    Red October, is way underrated....But, of course, Das Boot, is much more realistic, in a way...that it is not made in hollywood..
    
    

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  • I like submarine movies - YECH 16:40:32 07/21/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Ya don't even like Das Boot??? posted by mikenyc on July 21, 2002 at 15:38:04:

    But then I like being wrapped in Saran Wrap and beatin about my testicles with a wiffle ball bat.
    And I enjoyed most of those movies you mentioned.But what seperates Das Boot from those is the gritty realism of Das Boot.Which if you knew anything about submarine warfare,which I doubt,you would realize.
    YECH aka Lance Romance
    
    

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