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WargamerScott
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Ha! No I didn't! The movie had a big cast I see.... |
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WargamerScott
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Bill Nichols wrote: | Bedford Incident - Read the book, it ends much differently from the movie (better ending IMO).  \ |
PM me with the real ending. I am curious how it differs. |
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Bill Nichols
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| WargamerScott wrote: | | Bill Nichols wrote: | | Bedford Incident - Read the book, it ends much differently from the movie (better ending IMO). \ |
PM me with the real ending. I am curious how it differs. |
Instead of a PM, here's the book's ending so everyone can know:
After the US destroyer sinks the Russian sub, the NATO liason officer (a former German U-boat commander who has been reliving his wartime experiences while the DD was hunting the Russian sub) goes crazy, takes his pistol, and fires it into a warhead in the ship's magazine. The magazine explodes and kills everyone onboard.  |
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WargamerScott
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| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm...not so sure that I liked that ending. I think the movie ending might be better.
I watched it again the other night and it struck me how much the movie is yet another interpretation of Moby Dick. Why does every movie that deals with naval warfare feel obliged to reinterpret that great tale? Widmark had his Russian sub, Master and Commander had the French warship as the whale, Robert Mitchum had Kurt Jurgens' sub in the Enemy Below, heck, even Kirk had Khan!  I think Crimson Tide was the only movie that didn't feel obliged to provide a white whale. Of course, that film was based on the Caine Mutiny and/or Mutiny on the Bounty. |
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DAB
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| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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| WargamerScott wrote: | Hmm...not so sure that I liked that ending. I think the movie ending might be better.
I watched it again the other night and it struck me how much the movie is yet another interpretation of Moby Dick. Why does every movie that deals with naval warfare feel obliged to reinterpret that great tale? Widmark had his Russian sub, Master and Commander had the French warship as the whale, Robert Mitchum had Kurt Jurgens' sub in the Enemy Below, heck, even Kirk had Khan! I think Crimson Tide was the only movie that didn't feel obliged to provide a white whale. Of course, that film was based on the Caine Mutiny and/or Mutiny on the Bounty. |
The sea chase is the classic story...but the focus is not about the chase. Its a mechanism to put the protagonist under stress and bring out his or her character. |
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