Reply With QuoteDisappointing. I thought it would be about dog racing. ;-)
Yes! Looks good!
Disappointing. I thought it would be about dog racing. ;-)
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I thought it was going to be about Tom Hanks on a bus.Originally Posted by magirus
It does look good.
My late Dad was in a North Atlantic convoy in 1942 when the U-boat pack were travelling between the convoy lines so the escorts couldn't depress their guns sufficiently.
Hope it rings true.
Cheers,
Neil.
Does Tom hanks make a bad film ?
I'm not actually keen on him in most films.
He always plays the goody goody all American boy.
Cheers,
Neil.
Which he is, of course. Still, he gets things across, like Private Ryan and Band of Brothers as producer just to name two. I admit that your observation is true when you compare his roles with Robin Williams' characters in Insomnia and One Hour Photo. Williams was always 'a funny guy' but not so 'funny' in the aforementioned movies!
Menno
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My dad who ran a large machine shop for the maritime industry had a staff member who had sailed to Murmansk several times in various convoys. My dad was always worried about him because the guy drank so much and had a gung-ho mentality that had to be contained from time-to-time. My father, who himself had encountered serious problems with the Germans during the war, always spoke with a lot of respect about his staff member and the what he'd seen and experienced during those trips to Russia.
If Hanks manages to produce a movie with the level of reality of Band of... and Private Ryan, then we can see a disturbing and gruesome story.
Menno
The Ladykillers.
Me neither.
My uncle was on the Russian convoys during the war. Pretty scary from what he said about it. Ending up in the sea would not have been a good option.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
I thought it was going to be about the Corps of Queen's Messengers.
Menno,
I think drinking too much is often a side effect of people who have seen such fierce action, often for years at at time.
My Dad was keen on a drink but in the Navy could not draw his rum ration until he was old enough. Prior to that he was given lime juice.
As he said, it was OK to get killed as long as you didn't drink under age!
Cheers,
Neil.
A lot of people didn't like Dragnet - I did
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The accompanying soundtrack single was worth the price of admission alone!
https://youtu.be/eNS4TQ-vM1o
im a big fan of Tom so will watch it regardless
I haven't seen Dragnet or of I have I don't remember it. I'm one of those strange people who enjoyed The Ladykillers.
I think he's been very lucky with his choices, never a bad one in my opinion.
Did they get a batch lot of CGI ships when doing Midway?
From this trailer it seems to suffer the same problem as that film, far too heavy a reliance on obvious CGI effects.
A story worth telling, no doubt, but I'm not very confident, despite being a fan of Hanks generally (sure he'll be good anyway).
M
Apparently the movie is based on a CS Forester novel called, "The Good Shepherd", which is a great read.
Great book.
My favourite naval novel is HMS Ullysses by Alistair MacLean. I've often thought that if some right this would make an amazing film.
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Damn autocorrect in my mobile cant wait from it either!
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used to know a guy who did those convoys. talked about watching the Heinkels dropping their torpedoes - at him! All they could do was hope the Captain could manoeuvre the ship. This plus the freezing seas, snow/ice storms where the decks were covered in ice. of course you didnt get paid if you were in the merchant Navy and went into the water.
The poor sailors who's ship was torpedo'd were often not saved. Saving drowning persons made the rescuers a 'sitting duck' for U-boats. The destroyers ran (sailed?) at high speed, criss-cross between the drowning man, making sure that the stern wave was as high as possible, so that they would drown as quickly as possible. Horrible times with true heroes.
On the other hand: NE of Kiel (Germany), just opposite of Schilksee (the '36 and '72 Olympic sailing marina) is the small but beautiful village of Laboe. There's a U-boat museum. The Germans lost >28,000 sailors out of ±40,000 men drafted. There's a monument for those German sailors who stayed at sea in Möltenort, adjacent to Laboe.
The Germans had launched an effecitive campaign, the Allied forces provided a better answer.
Menno
Thanks Menno,
But Christ that puts it in proportion doesn't it? 28K souls out of 40K, regardless of 'which side' that's an awful attrition rate, only matched by the losses on both sides on the Russian Front I guess?
just watched that trailer, should be a good one!
Thanks for posting that :)The accompanying soundtrack single was worth the price of admission alone!
https://youtu.be/eNS4TQ-vM1o
Tom and his wife - confirmed COVID-19!!!
That's pretty Big news. I hope it's not Terminal.
ISWYDH
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
My dad was on the Arctic convoys but rarely talked about his experiences even though he was very proud of the numerous medals he received. He passed away about 4 years ago at the ripe old age of 91, Shortly after he died a Russian envoy turned up at the house to present him with a medal on behalf of the Russian people. It was very humbling to know that even after all this time he was remembered, puts things into perspective when you consider how awards are handed out in the present day for seemingly mundane achievements, we owe his generation so much.
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