Das Boot goes Hollywood and Fails

Rating: Null/10 (24 April 2000)

Wolfgang Peterson and the British are going to be pissed when they see this movie. Wolfgang because they took his movie and stole scenes verbatum e.g., the party at the beginning right down to eating oranges with the peel still on. The Brits because it insinuates that the Americans were the ones who captured the enigma machine (Hello Macfly!). Watch the PBS special to get the real story.
I was very disapointed with this movie. The characters undeveloped(Bill paxton looked like this was his fisrt acting role). The story jolty. The score atrocious, and the ending, my god how Hollywood unrealistic can you get. I could go on but the spoiler clause forbids me
Redeaming features are as follows: Good underwater effects and photography. Young cast (minus Matthew) are likeable and did a good job with what they had. Jon Bon Jovi doing a backflip off the deck of the sub.
If you haven't seen Das Boot (subtitled of course) you might like this. if you have seen it, rent it again.
Rating of 3 out of 5