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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8tpClQVVhs

Some scenes from making the Sand Pebbles. :cool_1:
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Great flick for sure but my vote still goes to Captain and Commander or Das Boot... :thumbs_up_1:
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Fine choices indeed! :thumbs_up_1:
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Walt wrote:Great flick for sure but my vote still goes to Captain and Commander or Das Boot... :thumbs_up_1:

Captain and Commander???
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Undoubtedly "Master and Commander" translated into Chinese and retranslated back in to English...
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In that case it might emerge as "the Lord of the ship and the mandarin who issue orders." :big_grin:

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Even if you don't appreciate "sewerpipe saiing". Das Boot is worth the price.
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The greatest naval movie ever made will be made when they do a spot-on version of HMS Ulysses.
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I would say the CGI has gotten to the point where we could do an epic on the Grand Fleet from 1914 to 1919.
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chuck wrote:
Walt wrote:Great flick for sure but my vote still goes to Captain and Commander or Das Boot... :thumbs_up_1:

Captain and Commander???
Opps..Too much Bally hoo on the Holiday....But on a ship is not the Captain the Commander?? I know "A" Captain in rank is not always a commander but "The Captain" which can be a Seaman, a Petty Officer on up to an Admiral is always the Commander.. It's a Navy thing for sure, Now on my boat the wife is "Commander" and I am Crew...
Thanks for the correction... hic!
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"The Cruel Sea" and the TV version of "Das Boote".

Both have their faults, but otherwise they are head-and-shoulders above the others.

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Timmy C wrote:Undoubtedly "Master and Commander" translated into Chinese and retranslated back in to English...

Unlikely, Walt's from Connecticut ....
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I still think "The Gallant Hours" with Jimmy Cagney as Admiral Halsey is the best non-action movie about WW.II.

As a non-naval movie, I recently saw "Joyeux No�l", which was one of the best war movies I have ever seen.
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I don't know, for those lovebirds out there Pearl Harbor might be the best non-action movie of WWII :heh:
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kennylibben wrote:I don't know, for those lovebirds out there Pearl Harbor might be the best non-action movie of WWII :heh:
You can't be serious. See my post above. The best non-action movie is "The Gallant Hours"!
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Werner wrote: As a non-naval movie, I recently saw "Joyeux No�l", which was one of the best war movies I have ever seen.
I couldn't agree more...
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Werner,

I was joking - by calling Pearl Harbor a non-action movie for reasons I'm sure everyone understands.
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To be a non-action movie, it still had to be a movie - which it most certainly was not.
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chuck wrote:To be a non-action movie, it still had to be a movie - which it most certainly was not.
I presume you mean Pearl Harbor with Affleck?

You're just upset because it couldn't stand up to the Batley Townswomans Guild presents the Battle of Pearl Harbour
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Werner wrote: You're just upset because it couldn't stand up to the Batley Townswomans Guild presents the Battle of Pearl Harbour
Well, one has to admit that they did better things - definitely Nazi War Atrocities comes out top of the list.

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