Scanialara
You won't be disappointed!
SpuffyWeb
Sadly Over-hyped
Billy Ollie
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
twidgetbubblehead
This movie is so far below awful, it defies description. I thought that U-571 was the worst, but, compared to this, U-571 rates a very strong 10.Let's start with the German side of the picture, shall we? The movie starts somewhere in the vicinity of Kiel, in Shleswig-Holstein. The German being spoken and written is Bavarian German. The two dialects are about as far apart as the Deep South and Bostonian English. They can't be further apart if they tried and, usually, cannot be understood by each other. That pretty much ends the German involvement in the film.The C-47 has a bomb sight (?!). The pilot and co-pilot are flying without benefit of headsets. The co-pilot has a bullet hole in his forehead while he struggles with an inept Japanese soldier trying to bayonet him in the throat. The Japanese soldier survives being shot. The pilot knows how to repair radios. Does the stupidity of this movie ever end? The remainder of the film centers around a small handful of American sailors. We see officers, both flag rank and commanding officers, wearing neatly groomed beards, something never done during WWII. We see one officer playing poker with the Chief and other enlisted and losing his shirt in the process. Uh, officers fraternizing with enlisted? And this officer is referred to as only "Officer" Cutter. What kind? What rank? For that matter, no one else wears any insignia of rank other than the admiral and Executive Officer Roitman. And he's wearing the insignia of an ENSIGN, the lowest officer rank. The Chief (why aren't there other Chiefs on board?) regularly pops off at officers and even slugs one. He's also under foot during Battle Stations Torpedo instead of being Diving Officer, as would normally be the case. The Captain goes ashore AND STAYS THERE! The rubber "raft" has a rigid hull.The periscope goes up and down much too slowly. This is not a good thing. The feather attracts attention. The "destroyers" look much more like corvettes. The exterior shots of the hull show rivets, not a welded hull. Torpedoes come out of the same tube or the wrong tube. The Pharmacist's Mate, a pill pusher, performs an amputation -- shall we go on? The crowning touch to this farce of a movie is when the boat is at 350'. The fans are off, rigged for quiet, and the crew is up and about carrying on as if nothing wrong was happening. They should have been in their racks, stripped to the waist and drenched in sweat.One more thing -- US submarines of that era were named after denizens of the deep, not some made-up mythical creature.If I were still on the boats, I would consign this piece of dreck to the TDU and drop it to the ocean floor.
tangkanman
Since the DVD cover marked with "Treasure Coast International Film Festival" awards, I bought this DVD. After watching the whole movie, I believe this film is made by Movie Lovers with insufficient skills but with great enthusiasm. The actors tried their very best to act. You could feel how hard the Japanese solider is pushing when he kills the US solider by just looking at his facial expression. Also, the special effects of the Submarine is not too bad. At least it does not like a toy. Since, the cost is only about USD4, I do not regret buying this DVD too much for paying USD4 to support Movie Lovers making films. By the way, I think the DVD cover is quite attractive. ^O^
M Schaffer
So this is second time around to write a review for this movie as my last one got removed for some unknown reason.I'm an avid fan of most war movies especially WWII so I looked forward to watching this movie one evening. The IMDb review had given it 7.1 out of 10 so I thought this must be good. It is now reflects a lowly 2.1, which in my opinion is still too high, and probably due to the handful of 10/10 reviews that some people are making. Maybe they are related to the cast or crew or just like punishing themselves.However, as soon as the first scene came on it became apparent that all was not quite right. It's one of those feelings that you get when you know something is not quite right but you can't put your finger on it straight away. The acting just did not feel correct. The production and direction was straight out of the dummy's guide on how to make a movie. The script was stilted in many places and the actors looked like they had just stepped out of the shower, donned their neatly ironed shirts and trimmed their beards.The further in it went the special effects and sets just seemed cheap. The characters were like cardboard cut-outs, one dimensional and very stiff. The Germans are portrayed as stereotypical evil Nazis with no humanity and the Americans are the good guys who can do no wrong.This ranks as one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time. It was so bad that I had to give up watching during the movie. Life is way too short to waste it watching any of this movie. Read a book instead.
jjsopoci
I don't go out of my way to watch war movies, but this film grabbed my interest and held my interest throughout the whole movie. It has a very good story, with very real characters. I cared about the characters and I learned a lot of details about WWII that I didn't know. Compared to other films that are released today, this one has a story, whereas the new movies today usually are boring and stupid. This one has a plot and an ending. It's not filled with graphic violence, sex, and abusive language. I was able to view this movie with my older grandchildren, which is not something you can do too much of anymore in a society that lacks decency and respect. I would recommend this film to families with older children.
