Das Boot

[odanny]

I've seen many war films, some of my favorite are foreign films that don't include Hollywood jingoism, and if I was forced to pick the best one of them all, I would choose this one.

'Das Boot' Provides an Unvarnished Look at the Battle of the Atlantic

Wolfgang Petersen's 1981 film conjures something that every veteran knows about military service: It sucks.

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[Flopper]

I saw the German subtitled version and English version. I think German version is better even though you many have to read subtitles. This is one the best submarine movies. I found it interesting how small and cramped U Boats were and how long they stayed at sea.

 

[hjmick]

I think German version is better

You would be correct.

 

[Sunni Man]

Years ago I was at a museum that had a WWll German submarine on display that you could go inside and look around.
It was way smaller inside than I thought it would be. ...

 

[Sunni Man]

Only 25% of German submariner's survived WWll

 

[Flopper]

It's awesome if you can watch the version in German. It adds...perspective.

Dubbing movies changes them. Dialog is changed to match movements of the lips. Voice actors can not delivery the lines as well as the real actors because neither the actors nor director is there to explain the scene or how the lines should be delivered. Thus dialog seems stilted and often does not match the scene. After the movie is complete, an audio production company gets the movie, hires voice actors and strips the audio out and creates a new sound track.

 

[odanny]

I can't recommend this book enough, it's unforgettable, and very well written. The author beat the odds, he survived.

 

[Sunni Man]

As the wife and I hearing has deteriorated, we tend to cc everything but the news. We've gotten good at reading and now watch more foreign stuff and British stuff.

My hearing is still good, but nowadays tend to CC everything and also have gotten into watching a lot of foreign films.

 

[Failzero]

Hell in the Pacific ( Lee Marvin / Toshiro Mifuni
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[Flopper]

As the wife and I hearing has deteriorated, we tend to cc everything but the news. We've gotten good at reading and now watch more foreign stuff and British stuff.

When I got my hearing aid from Cosco earlier this year, they had a device you could connect to the tv and it would transmit the sound directly to my hearing aid. So I could cut the volume down on the tv and still hear it plus I could hear others in the room.

 

[Sunni Man]

Hell in the Pacific ( Lee Marvin / Toshiro Mifuni

Great movie and acting but had the most pathetic ending in cinema history.