I have not seen Das Boot. I have heard that it is Wolfgang Peterson's best film, and possibly the greatest submarine film ever. Having said this.... my personal favourite so far is probably Crimson Tide.
But this has much to do with my personal admiration for Mr. Washington as an excellent actor (although somewhat stereotyped.... Training Day was such a refreshing change..), and the fairly decent support by Gene Hackman. The music accompanying was good enough to sometimes distract from the palpable tension.
My second favourite.. with a certain amount of thought is Hostile Waters. This was a made for TV movie (HBO films, which has made other very watchable movies like the 'Tuskegee Airmen'). With a surprisingly good cast.. Martin Sheen as a USN commander and Rutger Hauer as an anguished SSBN captain who is forced to make decisions which will certainly kill his men, but avert a potentially greater disaster.. this movie hits very hard. It is worth thinking about the Kursk disaster in 2000 when the pride of Russia's submarine fleet, an Oscar II class ballistic missile nuclear submarine went down with all hands in the Barent's Sea. Hostile Waters brings to your mind the horrific claustrophobia and the ever present feeling of being entombed with the carriers of death.
Why this discussion? Because I am going to watch 'The Hunt for Red October' tonight, frequently called the best Hollywood sub movie.
But this has much to do with my personal admiration for Mr. Washington as an excellent actor (although somewhat stereotyped.... Training Day was such a refreshing change..), and the fairly decent support by Gene Hackman. The music accompanying was good enough to sometimes distract from the palpable tension.
My second favourite.. with a certain amount of thought is Hostile Waters. This was a made for TV movie (HBO films, which has made other very watchable movies like the 'Tuskegee Airmen'). With a surprisingly good cast.. Martin Sheen as a USN commander and Rutger Hauer as an anguished SSBN captain who is forced to make decisions which will certainly kill his men, but avert a potentially greater disaster.. this movie hits very hard. It is worth thinking about the Kursk disaster in 2000 when the pride of Russia's submarine fleet, an Oscar II class ballistic missile nuclear submarine went down with all hands in the Barent's Sea. Hostile Waters brings to your mind the horrific claustrophobia and the ever present feeling of being entombed with the carriers of death.
Why this discussion? Because I am going to watch 'The Hunt for Red October' tonight, frequently called the best Hollywood sub movie.
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