Greyhound - new Tom Hanks WWII film

[Ayahuasca]

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/eyzxu26-Wqk

Looks good. Based on a CS Forrester story. Not too many films about the Battle of the Atlantic.

[Europa1]

It does look good.

A Cruel Sea for our age?

"Snorkers. Good-oh!"

[popeyewhite]

Looks interesting, not too gung ho I hope. A friend of my mothers was on the convoys and survived being sunk by a U boat.

[Mark-C]

popeyewhite said:

Looks interesting, not too gung ho I hope. A friend of my mothers was on the convoys and survived being sunk by a U boat.

My Grandad too ... he never stopped banging on about it ... and I never tired of him doing so :-)

Shame he's not around anymore to see this.

[magpie215]

Mark-C said:

popeyewhite said:

Looks interesting, not too gung ho I hope. A friend of my mothers was on the convoys and survived being sunk by a U boat.

My Grandad too ... he never stopped banging on about it ... and I never tired of him doing so :-)

Shame he's not around anymore to see this.

[popeyewhite]

Mark-C said:

popeyewhite said:

Looks interesting, not too gung ho I hope. A friend of my mothers was on the convoys and survived being sunk by a U boat.

My Grandad too ... he never stopped banging on about it ... and I never tired of him doing so :-)

Shame he's not around anymore to see this.

IIRC the chap I'm referring to sees his 99th birthday this weekend! I only know him as uncle Morris. Never really spoken to him as he's lived at the other end of the country... .

[Riley Blue]

That CGI is ridiculous.

[Dont like rolls]

Riley Blue said:

That CGI is ridiculous.

It always is and they never learn it seems.

[and31]

My grandfather served in the Royal Navy in ww2-so this is a subject close to my heart.
This will just be a film about how the yanks won the battle of the Atlantic..I bet the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy don’t even get a bloody mention.
As for the cgi?-no thanks.

[and31]

I’ve just watched the trailer again- “greyhound,safe travels to England”.....
Did US navy destroyers escort convoys all the way to the U.K.?....
Whilst it will undoubtedly be a great film for cinema goers it’s not for me I’m afraid
I’ll watch the cruel sea again lol

[Ayahuasca]

The story was written by a Brit.

[FourWheelDrift]

and31 said:

I’ve just watched the trailer again- “greyhound,safe travels to England”.....
Did US navy destroyers escort convoys all the way to the U.K.?....
Whilst it will undoubtedly be a great film for cinema goers it’s not for me I’m afraid
I’ll watch the cruel sea again lol

Yes, some did like this one - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kearny_(DD-432) their Battleships also went all the way across, such as USS Arkansas, USS New York and USS Texas escorting convoys to Iceland and Scotland.

[and31]

FourWheelDrift said:

and31 said:

I’ve just watched the trailer again- “greyhound,safe travels to England”.....
Did US navy destroyers escort convoys all the way to the U.K.?....
Whilst it will undoubtedly be a great film for cinema goers it’s not for me I’m afraid
I’ll watch the cruel sea again lol

Yes, some did like this one - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kearny_(DD-432) their Battleships also went all the way across, such as USS Arkansas, USS New York and USS Texas escorting convoys to Iceland and Scotland.

Then fair play to them-I stand duly corrected !!

[Cold]

Oh. I see. Like that is it?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Ayahuasca]

Cold said:

Oh. I see. Like that is it?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Soz. Didn’t see that. Did look. A bit.

[wolfracesonic]

Seems to be Saving private Ryan with u boats, first time leading his men into combat, as Captain of a destroyer, pretty good destroyer Captain too, till he had a crisis of confidence...or is that the other Tom? I agree about the effects, they look amazing, yet totally unconvincing at the same time, the scale model used in Das Boot was far more realistic.

[popeyewhite]

I'm sure we'd all love to see a true to life retelling of the story of the Arctic Convoys (not forgetting the Malta Convoys), but without actors, CGI, a more entertaining storyline and dramatic music the nearest feeling you could get to the reality would be sitting outside at night in a freezing bathtub full of water in the rain whilst someone tried to tip you out. No one would pay for that. It's supposed to be entertainment not an epitaph for the brave souls that perished on the Convoys. Whilst the Hollywoodisation of a piece of history we hold close to our hearts and identify with always feels cheap it's the only real way the masses will get to experience this piece of history... .

[Smollet]

popeyewhite said:

I'm sure we'd all love to see a true to life retelling of the story of the Arctic Convoys (not forgetting the Malta Convoys), but without actors, CGI, a more entertaining storyline and dramatic music the nearest feeling you could get to the reality would be sitting outside at night in a freezing bathtub full of water in the rain whilst someone tried to tip you out. No one would pay for that. It's supposed to be entertainment not an epitaph for the brave souls that perished on the Convoys. Whilst the Hollywoodisation of a piece of history we hold close to our hearts and identify with always feels cheap it's the only real way the masses will get to experience this piece of history... .

Jeremy Clarkson did an excellent documentary about one Arctic convoy PQ17 a few years ago . Well worth watching

[Steamer]

Stephen Graham - doing an accent. Hes done alright for himself!

Looks good.

[and31]

popeyewhite said:

I'm sure we'd all love to see a true to life retelling of the story of the Arctic Convoys (not forgetting the Malta Convoys), but without actors, CGI, a more entertaining storyline and dramatic music the nearest feeling you could get to the reality would be sitting outside at night in a freezing bathtub full of water in the rain whilst someone tried to tip you out. No one would pay for that. It's supposed to be entertainment not an epitaph for the brave souls that perished on the Convoys. Whilst the Hollywoodisation of a piece of history we hold close to our hearts and identify with always feels cheap it's the only real way the masses will get to experience this piece of history... .

Yes ,a very good point,well made.