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#2875099 - 10/07/09 07:42 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: PHilA]  
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Some other Navy movies are worthy of mention:

Damn the Defiant!
Away All Boats
PT-109
Billy Budd (maybe too "talky" for some)
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Action in the North Atlantic


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#2875238 - 10/07/09 11:26 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: PHilA]  
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Originally Posted By: PHilA
Some other Navy movies are worthy of mention:

Damn the Defiant!
Away All Boats
PT-109
Billy Budd (maybe too "talky" for some)
Corvette K-225
Action in the North Atlantic


I haven't seen a single one in this list. Looks like I have a lot of movie viewing to do!

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#2875246 - 10/07/09 11:41 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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There's some good ones there, PHiLA. Billy Budd is one of my favorite short stories and we watched the movie version when I was in high school. I saw PT-109 when I was in Boot Camp, and Damn the Defiant somewhere along the way too...


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#2875293 - 10/08/09 12:52 AM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: NavyNuke99]  
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PT-109 was a very good Cliff Robertson movie.
The subject matter wasn't bad either. wink

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#2882498 - 10/19/09 01:40 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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"The Hunt for the Graf Spee" aka "The Battle of the River Plate" was on TCM on Saturday/early sunday am. It's british film from the mid 50s directed by Michael Powell ("Colonel Blimp", "A matter of Life Death (aka "Stairway to Heaven" etc.) that is pretty much a docudrama on the Graf Spee business. I had heard alot of good things about this movie, but couldn't really get past the fact that USS Salem was the stand in for Graf Spee, with its radar arrays and "modern" AAA mounts. Also seemed kind of boring, but I think alot of that had to do with the fact that I was fighting to stay awake while switching back and forth between the Angels/Yankees game. Tried to tape most of it as I was just too tired.


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#2882502 - 10/19/09 01:45 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: PHilA]  
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Originally Posted By: PHilA
"The Hunt for the Graf Spee" aka "The Battle of the River Plate" was on TCM on Saturday/early sunday am. It's british film from the mid 50s directed by Michael Powell ("Colonel Blimp", "A matter of Life Death (aka "Stairway to Heaven" etc.) that is pretty much a docudrama on the Graf Spee business. I had alot of good things about this movie, but couldn't really get past the fact that USS Salem was the stand in for Graf Spee, with its radar arrays and "modern" AAA mounts. Also seemed kind of boring, but I think alot of that had to do with the fact that I was fighting to stay awake while switching back and forth between the Angels/Yankees game. Tried to tape most of it as I was just too tired.


Damn, I missed it and I would have at least been curious to check it out. I did finally see "Sink the Bismarck" several years ago and I really liked it. Yeah, it was obvious they were using models in some of the scenes but I just had to keep in mind that the film came out in 1960.


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#2882515 - 10/19/09 02:19 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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"Bismark" is the better movie from what I saw. Can't believe you only saw it just a few years ago. It was always on the independent "U" stations when I was kid.


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#2882518 - 10/19/09 02:25 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted By: PanzerMeyer
All of this recent Navy talk on SimHQ has got me thinking about all of the great and terrible movies I've seen that centered around a military naval theme. What would you say are 5 of the best you've seen and 5 of the worst you've seen?

My best

1. Hunt for Red October
2. Master & Commander
3. Tora Tora Tora
4. Das Boot
5. Sink the Bismarck

My worst

1. U-571 - So full of cliches its absurd.
2. McHale's Navy
3. Pearl Harbor
4. Down Periscope
5. I'm drawing a blank right now but I'll remember my #5 pick soon. smile


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#2882524 - 10/19/09 02:35 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: Blade_RJ]  
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add "In Harm's Way" to the good list.

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Originally Posted By: HarryM
add "In Harm's Way" to the good list.

In Harm's Way was a great movie. thumbsup


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#2883214 - 10/20/09 03:07 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: HarryM]  
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Originally Posted By: HarryM
add "In Harm's Way" to the good list.


Wow, I just looked it up and noticed it was directed by the highly talented Otto Preminger and starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas. I must watch this one!


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#2883221 - 10/20/09 03:10 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Kirk Douglas's character in it was the basis for Col. Tigh in new BSG.

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Originally Posted By: HarryM
Kirk Douglas's character in it was the basis for Col. Tigh in new BSG.


That's right! I remember Ron Moore mentioning that in one of the season 1 commentaries.


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Common, it was a joke,do i really need to put a smiley after ? the caps in awesome should be a hint.
but whatever, aint bothering doing it again.

#2883435 - 10/20/09 07:08 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: Blade_RJ]  
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I never liked "In Harms Way" all that much because the model work can pretty bad at times (the doll crewmen on the model PT-Boats is pretty blatant etc). However, the women in the movie were pretty attractive. It also has some goofy island names (like "kakabootu") and the love interest subplots didn't seem to make much sense sometimes.

I don't really see much of a resemblence between the Kirk and Tighe characters other than the alcohol. Kirk is a real cad in the movie--with very serious repercussions.


As an aside, I was thinking about "Sink the Bismark" and how as kids we always use to make fun of the difference between the German and British "talkers" during the battle scenes. The German guy was this burly dude who would yell "Feuer!" while the British counterpart, in snappy uniform and ascot would simply say "Shoot!"


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#2883440 - 10/20/09 07:16 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: PHilA]  
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Originally Posted By: PHilA
The German guy was this burly dude who would yell "Feuer!" while the British counterpart, in snappy uniform and ascot would simply say "Shoot!"



LMAO!! I remember those closeups of the talkers very well and yeah, the German Navy talker seemed to have more of a military composure. The British talker seemed too formal and proper. biggrin


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#2883473 - 10/20/09 07:43 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Also the Admiral Lutjens character kinda comes off like an early version of Galactic Emperor Palpitine: "Good!...Good!...That is good!"


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#2883577 - 10/20/09 09:48 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: PHilA]  
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I have to differ on the "Midway" thumbs up. I went to see it in the movies and woah Nelley, it is a stinker. The best part was ripped whole from "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo", the rest was a "travesty of a mockery of a sham". TBD's going to attack without arms, turning into TBFs. Japanese American actors with a 'Hey Dude" California accent. And the very worst was the SENSE-AROUND!" , which featured a subwoofer attached to the movie seat that rumbled at the oddest of times. Unfortunatelty to me it was a typical late '60s early '70s historical epic that had virtually no history in it. As good as "Tora Tora Tora" was (yin)there had to be a bad (yang) reaction. You know, basic Newtonian stuff.
(Also in the yin-yang catagory was "A Bridge Too Far" vs "Battle of the Buldge") , but that is for the best war movie thread.

You missed "A Wing and A Prayer", great propaganda on the same subject.
And, "The Bridges At Toko-Ri"
And "Flight of the Intruder"
And, Cary Grant's other sub movie "Destination Tokyo"

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#2883580 - 10/20/09 10:00 PM Re: Best and Worst Naval Movies [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Best:

Das Boot
In Which We Serve
The Cruel Sea
Run Silent, Run Deep
The Sand Pebbles
Mister Roberts
The Enemy Below
The Caine Mutiny

Victory at Sea (* not a film)

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Another vote for The Cruel Sea.

The worst has to be U571


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