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Spoilers: like most modern trailers, it shows some of the best scenes but in mixed context. But, it's what we've got.
I thought it was good. I was the best opening film on Apple+ apparently.
It's just an action movie, taken from a CS Forster novel "The Good Shepherd".
Plot: First-time sea commander shepherds a convoy through the Atlantic wolfpacks soon after America enters WWII.
That's it, that''s the plot. The film concentrates on things like how the Navy communicates, which is a unique thing that only shipboard Navy people understand. I think they do a good job showing this and how it affects battles and how a ship is maneuvered and fought in the context of WWII.
The CGI wasn't that great, I always knew I was watching CGI. But then it was better than the other terrible Chinese movies like Midway. So not distracting, just not totally great. Maybe it would better in a theater? Still, didn't take away from the film at all.
So, it's the best Navy-related war film for a long time, and maybe the best since In Harm's Way in 1965 at showing a surface combatant fight. I won't say that all of the details about how Hanks commands his ship were perfect, but I will say they are the best ever depicted on screen. The only equivalent would be Das Boot.
Greyhound lacks a lot of the character and dramatic development of Das Boot, so it's not as good a film, but then Greyhound is not a character film. It's about a Fletcher-class destroyer protecting a convoy. And it's very good at depicting that. 4/5.
What is building is a demand for a depiction of the Battle off Samar. And with the Navy commissioning 20 new FFGs, this would be a good time to have it. A popular book was written a few years back, 'Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors', which has about reached critical mass. And, there's a popular set of video games which depict warfare from this era, Warthunder, World of Warships, and a few more.
The Battle off Samar is probably the most heroic battle ever fought by the US Navy and one of the most heroic battles ever fought period. It's basically Thermopylae but with ships. Not as much was at stack, we were definitely going to win the overall Battle of Leyte Gulf, which was actually 4 separate battles, and we were going to win WWII. But taken alone, Samar is... pretty remarkable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_off_Samar
I'd like to see this turned into a 2-3 hour epic, and so would a lot of other people. Maybe with Hanks bringing a super-rare surface battle to prominence, some momentum would get built.
I thought it was good. I was the best opening film on Apple+ apparently.
It's just an action movie, taken from a CS Forster novel "The Good Shepherd".
Plot: First-time sea commander shepherds a convoy through the Atlantic wolfpacks soon after America enters WWII.
That's it, that''s the plot. The film concentrates on things like how the Navy communicates, which is a unique thing that only shipboard Navy people understand. I think they do a good job showing this and how it affects battles and how a ship is maneuvered and fought in the context of WWII.
The CGI wasn't that great, I always knew I was watching CGI. But then it was better than the other terrible Chinese movies like Midway. So not distracting, just not totally great. Maybe it would better in a theater? Still, didn't take away from the film at all.
So, it's the best Navy-related war film for a long time, and maybe the best since In Harm's Way in 1965 at showing a surface combatant fight. I won't say that all of the details about how Hanks commands his ship were perfect, but I will say they are the best ever depicted on screen. The only equivalent would be Das Boot.
Greyhound lacks a lot of the character and dramatic development of Das Boot, so it's not as good a film, but then Greyhound is not a character film. It's about a Fletcher-class destroyer protecting a convoy. And it's very good at depicting that. 4/5.
What is building is a demand for a depiction of the Battle off Samar. And with the Navy commissioning 20 new FFGs, this would be a good time to have it. A popular book was written a few years back, 'Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors', which has about reached critical mass. And, there's a popular set of video games which depict warfare from this era, Warthunder, World of Warships, and a few more.
The Battle off Samar is probably the most heroic battle ever fought by the US Navy and one of the most heroic battles ever fought period. It's basically Thermopylae but with ships. Not as much was at stack, we were definitely going to win the overall Battle of Leyte Gulf, which was actually 4 separate battles, and we were going to win WWII. But taken alone, Samar is... pretty remarkable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_off_Samar
I'd like to see this turned into a 2-3 hour epic, and so would a lot of other people. Maybe with Hanks bringing a super-rare surface battle to prominence, some momentum would get built.
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