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U-571

Another work of historical fiction, vividly illustrated by the ending credits: it was mostly the Brits who captured and deciphered Enigma, not the Americans. The acting was fairly decent, but the characters were too stereotypical; I placed bets on who was going to end up surviving, and was mostly correct. Historicity and probability were both stretched in the interest of drama, but it managed to retain the enivornment of WWII submarine well enough despite missing those minor and major details. This movie stands intermediate between the old John Wayne WWII flicks and more realistic (and better) war movies: cheap emotional manipulation with a bit of the horror and dirt of real war.

* CurtisVinson would give it a three out of five, for average summer fare. The plot was exciting if cliched, and the movie was the right length for it.
* AriNieh thought it was somewhat standard in terms of war movie plot and had decent character development. It wasn't innovative, but what it did, it did well. I did like the tension they built in the submarine.

U-571

Another work of historical fiction, vividly illustrated by the ending credits: it was mostly the Brits who captured and deciphered Enigma, not the Americans. The acting was fairly decent, but the characters were too stereotypical; I placed bets on who was going to end up surviving, and was mostly correct. Historicity and probability were both stretched in the interest of drama, but it managed to retain the enivornment of WWII submarine well enough despite missing those minor and major details. This movie stands intermediate between the old John Wayne WWII flicks and more realistic (and better) war movies: cheap emotional manipulation with a bit of the horror and dirt of real war.

* CurtisVinson would give it a three out of five, for average summer fare. The plot was exciting if cliched, and the movie was the right length for it.
* AriNieh thought it was somewhat standard in terms of war movie plot and had decent character development. It wasn't innovative, but what it did, it did well. I did like the tension they built in the submarine.
* AlexBobbs thought it was pretty good. Nothing amazing, but it was exciting and had a decent plot.

U-571

Another work of historical fiction, vividly illustrated by the ending credits: it was mostly the Brits who captured and deciphered Enigma, not the Americans. The acting was fairly decent, but the characters were too stereotypical; I placed bets on who was going to end up surviving, and was mostly correct. Historicity and probability were both stretched in the interest of drama, but it managed to retain the enivornment of WWII submarine well enough despite missing those minor and major details. This movie stands intermediate between the old John Wayne WWII flicks and more realistic (and better) war movies: cheap emotional manipulation with a bit of the horror and dirt of real war.

CurtisVinson would give it a three out of five, for average summer fare. The plot was exciting if cliched, and the movie was the right length for it.
AriNieh thought it was somewhat standard in terms of war movie plot and had decent character development. It wasn't innovative, but what it did, it did well. I did like the tension they built in the submarine.
AlexBobbs thought it was pretty good. Nothing amazing, but it was exciting and had a decent plot.