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#4585740 - 11/23/21 01:44 AM Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound"  
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#4585741 - 11/23/21 01:47 AM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: JimK]  
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#4585757 - 11/23/21 07:09 AM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: JimK]  
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Saw it and was quite disappointed by the degree of unrealism, such as all U-Boats attacking on the surface in broad daylight. It was a night tactic, to attack on the surface.

Such a disappointment after Saving Private Ryan. frown


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#4585766 - 11/23/21 11:49 AM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: JimK]  
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The movie was a stereotypical bombastic and overblown action-movie with the patented Hollywood high degree of unrealism as Herman mentioned.

Heck, even the recent "Midway" movie from Roland Emmerich of all people was a much better film than this dross.

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#4585786 - 11/23/21 04:00 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: JimK]  
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Haven't watched it yet and probably won't if the reviews are correct :-/
Anyway YT indicates the movie is only 71min in length, really?

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#4585794 - 11/23/21 05:33 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: JimK]  
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Only 71 min? Wow, it felt like forever to me. frown


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#4585796 - 11/23/21 05:49 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: JimK]  
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I have not watched it and doubt I will. I think all Hollywood war films are terrible. The best ones I have seen in recent years were all foreign language ones.


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#4585798 - 11/23/21 06:01 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: Chucky]  
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Originally Posted by Chucky
I have not watched it and doubt I will. I think all Hollywood war films are terrible.



The 1980's was really the last decade that Hollywood consistently made well-thought out and largely historically accurate war movies in my opinion. Films like "Platoon", "Full Metal Jacket" and "Glory" fall in this category.

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#4585799 - 11/23/21 06:12 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: JimK]  
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I think that the earlier films like Zulu and A Bridge Too Far, were perfectly fine examples of good historical accuracy in movies.


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#4585804 - 11/23/21 07:01 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: JimK]  
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The Longest Day and 12 O’clock High were also very very good.


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#4585805 - 11/23/21 07:05 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: oldgrognard]  
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Originally Posted by oldgrognard
The Longest Day and 12 O’clock High were also very very good.



The Longest Day is truly a gem. Not only was it overwhelmingly accurate but it also had 4 different perspectives on D-Day AND it used all of the correct and relevant spoken languages.


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#4585806 - 11/23/21 07:42 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: JimK]  
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I should have clarified I meant more recent Hollywood war movies. They just don't appeal to me, although I thought 1917 wasn't too bad and Dunkirk (2017) was just about passable.


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#4585810 - 11/23/21 08:21 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: JimK]  
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"The Bridge over River Kwai" is one of my all time favorites.

#4585812 - 11/23/21 09:21 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: JimK]  
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I'd say "Saving Private Ryan" does a pretty good job.

I saw a history reviewer discuss Emmerich's Midway, and his reaction was basically the same as mine: I can't believe I'm saying this, but it was surprisingly historically accurate.


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#4585813 - 11/23/21 09:28 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: JimK]  
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Always loved The Bridge at Remagen, but it didn't seem to get much popular traction. The actual events of that battle were absolutely amazing. I would have liked to see more of those in the movie itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Remagen

#4585815 - 11/23/21 10:27 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: LB4LB]  
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Originally Posted by LB4LB
Always loved The Bridge at Remagen, but it didn't seem to get much popular traction. The actual events of that battle were absolutely amazing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Remagen

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#4585830 - 11/24/21 11:36 AM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: Mr_Blastman]  
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Originally Posted by Mr_Blastman
"The Bridge over River Kwai" is one of my all time favorites.


A very good film and it unjustly often gets criticized for portraying a sanitized version of what it was like to be in a Japanese POW camp during WWII. I guess those critics forget that the film came out in 1957??? There's no way that a realistic portrayal of what actually happened in Japanese POW camps would have made it past the censors.


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#4585835 - 11/24/21 01:13 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: Herman]  
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Originally Posted by Herman
Only 71 min? Wow, it felt like forever to me. frown


IMDB reports 1h31m .

So maybe something is missing?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6048922/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0


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#4585836 - 11/24/21 01:28 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: JimK]  
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Still, 91 minutes for a war movie is a bit on the short side.


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#4585838 - 11/24/21 01:50 PM Re: Never seen the full movie of "Greyhound" [Re: JimK]  
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Depends on how long the war is I guess. smile


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