Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Das Boot (1981)

This is certainly a film which came out of nowhere. It took me completely by surprise - a war epic set almost exclusively inside a submarine? How could it possibly be gripping, or exciting, or even interesting? 

How wrong my thinking proved to be, when I began watching Das Boot and was sucked into life onboard this vessel. The performances are wholly believable and exciting. The captain - a stereotypical war movie captain - is given a heart and a mind and proves to hold the ship together. The whole movie is an exercise in tense situations, and succeeds in being extremely well done.

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