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fizzwheel
21-04-12, 08:07 PM
On Film 4 started 5 minutes ago. DAS Boot.

You'll be in for a long night if you want to watch it all the way through though...
HoL
21-04-12, 08:12 PM
Are they angry or is German just an angry language?
andrewsmith
21-04-12, 08:20 PM
FFS two decent films on tonight.

Das Boot it is :D
German is very blunt
HoL
21-04-12, 08:21 PM
What else is on?
tigersaw
21-04-12, 08:24 PM
Seen it and its brilliant alright, though I couldn't manage it a second time
andrewsmith
21-04-12, 08:27 PM
What else is on?

The art of war- 5USA
Wideboy
21-04-12, 08:27 PM
on sky+'d as i know i cant manage all that in one sitting
MisterTommyH
21-04-12, 08:28 PM
Cheers, F4+1 record sent!
Mr Speirs
21-04-12, 09:07 PM
German is such a beautiful language
Stingo
21-04-12, 09:22 PM
Brilliant film Fizz. Good find. I remember watching this on a Sunday when it was serialised...my dad loved it. I'd just joined boats not long before and empathised somewhat...still do I suppose. I can almost smell that diesel.....




Edit...it's loosely based on the memoirs of the war correspondent that appears on this particular vessel. I think it portrays the submariner ethos and camaraderie quite well.
DJFridge
21-04-12, 09:30 PM
Made the boys watch Italian Job this evening - they loved it
HoL
21-04-12, 09:38 PM
New one or old one?
Stingo
21-04-12, 09:41 PM
Thomson!!!






Brilliant, just brilliant.
DJFridge
21-04-12, 09:43 PM
New one or old one?

Proper one of course!
HoL
21-04-12, 09:44 PM
The Benny Hill bits messed up
DJFridge
21-04-12, 09:47 PM
Benny Hill WAS messed up. Still bl00dy funny though
Stingo
21-04-12, 09:54 PM
Dive! Dive! Dive!
DJFridge
21-04-12, 10:01 PM
Dive! Dive! Dive!

and we're back with Das Boot again
fizzwheel
21-04-12, 10:12 PM
Edit...it's loosely based on the memoirs of the war correspondent that appears on this particular vessel. I think it portrays the submariner ethos and camaraderie quite well.

This is the book its based on

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Das-Boot-Cassell-Military-Paperbacks/dp/0304352314/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335046208&sr=1-1

A very good read IMHO. But you dont get that feeling of claustrophobia and fear from the book, the film portrays that side of it really well I think.
Stingo
21-04-12, 10:15 PM
Every day a school day Fizz! :smt083
Mrs DJ Fridge
21-04-12, 10:17 PM
Youngest was going round the house going "You're only supposed to blow the bl00dy doors off" before bed tonight, I was doing my best not to laugh at him. That would be The Italian Job, not Das Boot.