Sink the Bismarck

[Rich46yo]

Just got this movie in the mail. Now if I have to go 2 weeks without being able to get this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KecIdlEAKhU song out of my head then so do you.

A classic flight movie. Offhand can you name the 3 airplanes in the movie?

[avionix]

PBY

Spitfire

Swordfish

That is at least from the movie from 1960. 

[Bark0]

The Blues Brothers Sing it better.


  good song though. Can't wait until we do an Battle of the Atlantic Scenario.

[Rich46yo]

Very good. 

PBY

Spitfire

Swordfish

That is at least from the movie from 1960. 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

The handheld 8mm amateur footage of the Bismarck fight is unreal to watch. That giant ship going flank speed in heavy seas and 200-foot high hit splashes trailing it 500-1000ft behind.

[Scherf]

Sadly, it's about as grotesquely inaccurate as it's possible for a war movie to get.

One to remind the Brits about next time they get shirty about Hollywood.

[Rich46yo]

Sadly, it's about as grotesquely inaccurate as it's possible for a war movie to get.

One to remind the Brits about next time they get shirty about Hollywood.

Oh its far from that. Dont underestimate Hollywood, and dont "overestimate" the Brit. film industry.

Closer attention should have been paid to actual History yes, in "Sink The Bismarck". But its still a good story with a lot of fine acting.

[Fulmar]

Still not sure why people complain about historical accuracy in films.  What do you expect?  Perhaps in a perfect world.

Go read a book.

[Scherf]

Well, yeah, I kind of did read a book.

Ludovic Kennedy's tale is one of the best ones out there, real drama.


As for the film, *sigh*. "Nevar forget zhat you are Jhermans! Nevar forget zhat you are Nahzis!"

[Rich46yo]

Just got the Japanese "The Yamato" in the mail and spent last night watching it, "yes I lost an evening of playing AH".

It sure looked awfully Historically accurate to me. Mind you I haven't read up on Yamato in years. There are two main battle scenes in the movie. The first one, which shows Yamato at the Philippine Sea battles, is short but bloody. And the second one, at the end, has all the impact and emotion of Private Ryan when the landing ships come in off of Normandy. Yamato had a huge AA component and there was a big battle between the USN Jabos strafing her and the many AA guns shooting back. The Producers went out of their way to make it look real, the scenes of IJN sailors getting raked by the 0.50 cal MGs of the USN. It is pretty brutal on a large HD home TV.

But the movie is more a story about a group of friends who were drafted into the IJN at 15yo and assigned to the Yamato. This is a great movie, a great flight movie. I thought the efx of the USN Jabos was well done, tho a few cuts were used again to often. Lots of TBMs and Hellcats and they looked pretty good. You can only find the movie with English subtitles but I'm 1/2deaf and am used to reading subtitles.

"Yamato" is going to be a treasured member of my war collection. Thats for sure. I give it 3 & 1/2 stars.

[Curlew]

The Blues Brothers Sing it better.

good call

[Angus]

Sadly, it's about as grotesquely inaccurate as it's possible for a war movie to get.

One to remind the Brits about next time they get shirty about Hollywood.

So did the Bismarck survive?

[Die Hard]

Sadly, it's about as grotesquely inaccurate as it's possible for a war movie to get.

In what way was it "grotesquely inaccurate"?

Maybe I've forgotten something, but apart from the sinking of a British destroyer (which in real life was only damaged) and the portrayal of Lütjens as a Nazi I though it was very consistent with what was actually known in 1960 about the Bismarck engagements and final battle.