naval film

stuglo said:
Superb. Must see.
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Yes... I saw it myself just a few days ago...... Only just a very few historical errors. Some for dramatic reasons, some for screenplay reasons, and at least one for CGI reasons that I could pick up. I won't spoil it by pointing out the errors unless people ask......

But by all means.... if people like WWII naval action.... Especially, Fletcher Class Destroyers.... see this film!! It is one continuous battle... start to finish...
 
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shota70 said:
Please send us a link and details of where to watch the movie :)
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Apple TV+ is the only place you can see it (at least legally).... LOL

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I saw it this weekend as well, Excellent work by Tom Hanks.

Short story line, Tom Hanks is Head Escort commander for fleet crossing from US to England, and it's his first Atlantic crossing!

Glad it had pause function, to much action to miss for bathroom break.
 
I also watched older movie called Greyhound, same basic story of Atlantic, but much different twist to story plot.

This is about sinking survivors in raft, and waiting and hoping another convoy would come back thru area and rescue them, with a twist of Nazi U-boat thrown in.

Not near the high action of new movie.
 
I wasn't aware this film existed, so was surprised to find it. Not the usual gung-ho American tripe. Hanks plays an almost retired Captain in command of his first ship after a lifetime of service. This is his first convoy and he's on his feet the whole time and he remarkably doesn't put a foot wrong (pardon the pun). Apart from Hanks usual brilliant acting, the big revelation was the CGI. Now they can do the ship at sea thing convincingly, there's a lot of historical maritime subjects which could be dramatised. Top of my wish list would have to include a good movie about the Battle of Jutland (for obvious reasons, long neglected).
Can't see that happening anytime soon, as no Americans were involved!
 
pugwash said:
I wasn't aware this film existed, so was surprised to find it. Not the usual gung-ho American tripe. Hanks plays an almost retired Captain in command of his first ship after a lifetime of service. This is his first convoy and he's on his feet the whole time and he remarkably doesn't put a foot wrong (pardon the pun). Apart from Hanks usual brilliant acting, the big revelation was the CGI. Now they can do the ship at sea thing convincingly, there's a lot of historical maritime subjects which could be dramatised. Top of my wish list would have to include a good movie about the Battle of Jutland (for obvious reasons, long neglected).
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Hanks is credited with script-which is brilliant. Based on C S Forester book. This was the author of the "Hornblower" series of novels- adventure stories about a naval officer at the time of the Napoleonic wars. I loved them as an older child and reread them some years ago. Fantastic for all especially those interested in making ships of this period. Are available as audio books, so as not to reduce actual building time.
 
Just found the trailer on youtube


The only thing more dangerous than the front lines was the fight to get there. Screenplay by Tom Hanks, Greyhound premieres July 10 on Apple TV+ https://apple.co/_Greyhound In a thrilling story inspired by actual events from the Battle of the Atlantic, Tom Hanks stars as a first-time captain who leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the “Black Pit” to the front lines of WW2. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war. The film is directed by Aaron Schneider from a screenplay by Hanks.
 
mrshanks said:
I would love to see a movie about Jutland as well!!!! Talk about a battle!!
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Yes, it wasn't just the battle. There was a substantial back story to the event. A good script would find it difficult to be dispassionate about the key characters involved. To this day, historians are scratching each others eyes out. So much material to ad excitement and intrigue. To my mind, you'd find more than enough to justify the project.
 
mrshanks said:
Perhaps a series instead of just a movie!!! I do think I recall seeing an old documentary on it somewhere.
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Now you're talking! Unfortunately, the use of cine-cameras was in it's infancy at the time, so documentary film is almost none existent and very poor by the standards we are used to now. I think I read there were only three or four ordinary cameras on the British ships, and the few images I've seen published are no better than a bad drawing.
The first world war was the beginning of the end of centuries of pernicious social and economic tyranny, which the navies of the time were the ultimate expression.
The entire episode is rich in futile human endeavor. Technically it hasn't been possible to portray this seminal event; but CGI has changed all that.
The Battle of Jutland deserves better than it's had.
 
The first world war was the beginning of the end of centuries of pernicious social and economic tyranny, which the navies of the time were the ultimate expression.
The entire episode is rich in futile human endeavor. Technically it hasn't been possible to portray this seminal event; but CGI has changed all that.
The Battle of Jutland deserves better than it's had.
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If this subject interests anyone may I strongly suggest reading :

Dreadnought: Britain,Germany and the Coming of the Great War Paperback – 13 Dec. 2007
by Robert K Massie (Author)
 
I've never got my head around how the Kaiser was able to abdicate and live the rest of his life undisturbed in Holland. On that basis, Hitler could have hopped over the border into Switzerland at the end of his reign of terror. Like that was going to happen? (There's a good conspiracy novel in the making).
 
mrshanks said:
I would love to see a movie about Jutland as well!!!! Talk about a battle!!
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There are several docos about the Battle of Jutland

BBC - Battle of Jutland: The Navy's Bloodiest Day (2016)
BBC - World War One Remembered: The Battle of Jutland (2016)
Ch4 Secret History - Jutland: WW1's Greatest Sea Battle (2016)

They are available on the net if you look. (cough cough)
 
pugwash said:
I've never got my head around how the Kaiser was able to abdicate and live the rest of his life undisturbed in Holland. On that basis, Hitler could have hopped over the border into Switzerland at the end of his reign of terror. Like that was going to happen? (There's a good conspiracy novel in the making).
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Keep in mind that Europe at the beginning of the XXth century was much less stable than what the world is now. Borders changed all the time. War was a regular and quite expected thing to happen once in a while, albeit not on that scale.
The Kaiser's only crime was to have initiated (or been drawn to) a war, and lost it.
(also remember he was still family with a lot of the allied sovereigns, who would see any drastic punishment of the Kaiser as a threat to their own position if and when)
The crimes of the NAZI regime have less to do with the war than what they did inside their own controlled domain, different story altogether.
 
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