...the single most immersive movie EVER?
I've just watched it - all 4 hours - for the umpteenth time and I'm gobsmacked everytime I watch it at how stifling and chlostrophobic they managed to make it. The sense of tenstion is almost unbearable.
And what a very sad an poingnant ending!
What an amazing movie!
in terms of tension, and 'oh man theyre f*****' with relentless action, the only other film i would credit with the same is Black Hawk Down
Quote from: undercovergeek on October 11, 2012, 03:33:08 PM
in terms of tension, and 'oh man theyre f*****' with relentless action, the only other film i would credit with the same is Black Hawk Down
I would agree with that. I almost felt exhausted after the first time I watched Black Hawk Down.
I felt exhausted the first time I watched Debbie Does Dallas.
^It was the Audience Participation Edition DVD I take it?
Is there another edition?
I was pretty engrossed with The Devil Wears Prada the other night.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on October 11, 2012, 10:10:42 PM
I was pretty engrossed with The Devil Wears Prada the other night.
You would wear anything to get laid so that doesn't really matter.
dont you remember the Prada Steampunk line?
that was some great stuff there!
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on October 11, 2012, 10:45:10 PM
dont you remember the Prada Steampunk line?
that was some great stuff there!
Whatever keeps the tears away.
And, no, I don't remember their Steampunk line. Though I'll bet Azz does.
wow that was low.
I hope your memory loss is somehow covered with your AARP card. ;)
It must be a record! From film praise to self abuse and porn in 4 posts, never let it be said that we aren't here to tackle the big issues :P
Records are made to be broken.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 11, 2012, 01:22:26 PMat how stifling and chlostrophobic they managed to make it.
when I was in 6th grade, we got a tour of the studio in Munich where they filmed it. The sets felt like they were tiny, and we were all kids at the time. I can't imagine how they squeezed adults into those spaces.
Truthfully, though, most of the class (me included) were more interested in the sets where they filmed The Neverending Story.
Ive been through the U-boat in Chicago. the thing had to be crewed by midgets!
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on October 12, 2012, 08:25:03 AM
Ive been through the U-boat in Chicago. the thing had to be crewed by midgets!
That's what she said.
It gets worse.
The Type VII Uboat, like the U505 in Chicago, had one head for the entire crew. The ships stank in no time, and the wait to use the one toilet could be interminable. Chamber pots were used in every space, for those who couldn't wait.
To avoid accidents, there was a special crewman who was trained on venting the waste in the head.
It was so involved and complex, that it is pretty well accepted that one Uboat was sunk by its crewman who got the valves mixed up and instead of emitting the waste, opened up the system to the ocean.
The boat flooded and was evacuated.
I'm not sure that story about the head is correct.
This is a great read by the last man out of the boat. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932714316/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1932714316&linkCode=as2&tag=grogheads-20
Didn't mean the U505 which is in Chicago.
http://www.omg-facts.com/Facts/A-U-Boat-was-sunk-by-a-broken-toilet/50395?id=50395&c_val=1
Quote from: besilarius on October 12, 2012, 07:53:13 PM
Didn't mean the U505 which is in Chicago.
http://www.omg-facts.com/Facts/A-U-Boat-was-sunk-by-a-broken-toilet/50395?id=50395&c_val=1
Ah. Sorry. I stand corrected. Didn't figure I would be correcting you on naval history, but wanted to offer the story just in case :)
Correct away.
There's always new things to learn.
It wouldn't be Grogheads if we couldn't have a food fight!
I recently watched Das Boot in German.
Besides this movie, "Wahoo" and "Clear the Bridge!" are great non-fiction reads.