Greyhound (2020) - Tom Hanks WW2 movie

Malevolence · 5 Mar 2020 at 22:13

The North Atlantic this time.

Looks like some liberty's (pun not intended) have been taken, but this is one movie I am looking forward to

Too Tall · 6 Mar 2020 at 10:11

Excited for this, just watched the trailer.

There's not many bad Tom hanks films so I'm optimistic.

ianh · 6 Mar 2020 at 11:10

Looks good, although I think trailer shows far too much of the story TBH.

MookJong · 6 Mar 2020 at 13:19

Watched the trailer with the sound off and clicked through it a bit so I didn't see everything.

First impressions are that it looks a bit over the top.

Fubsy · 6 Mar 2020 at 13:48

Is he the Captain now?

Destination · 6 Mar 2020 at 15:20

Fubsy said:
Is he the Captain now?

He's going back for Wilson!

Minusorange · 6 Mar 2020 at 17:04

It's no Das Boot

Malevolence · 6 Mar 2020 at 17:41

Minusorange said:
It's no Das Boot

Obviously, seeing as how Das Boot was set on a U-Boat and this is on a surface ship.

Minusorange · 6 Mar 2020 at 17:56

Malevolence said:
Obviously, seeing as how Das Boot was set on a U-Boat and this is on a surface ship.

Well you could say it's Das Boot from the view of the allies, but it's no Das Boot

wolfie138 · 6 Mar 2020 at 18:20

must admit i didn't think U-boats made the habit of surfacing and going into drive-bys w/ their intended targets :-/

Stumble Bum · 6 Mar 2020 at 18:25

Seems a bit meh.

Not sure it works embellishing WW2 stories so much. WW2 films / series work better when the events are more realistic to what actually happened.

Too Tall · 6 Mar 2020 at 19:52

Stumble Bum said:
Seems a bit meh.

Not sure it works embellishing WW2 stories so much. WW2 films / series work better when the events are more realistic to what actually happened.

Tell that to inglorious ********

ianh · 6 Mar 2020 at 21:42

wolfie138 said:
must admit i didn't think U-boats made the habit of surfacing and going into drive-bys w/ their intended targets :-/

They technically "sank" more ships by gunfire than by torps as they often used a torp to hit a ship which, if it didn't sink immediately, was then left behind by the convoy as it slowed to a stop and it was then finished off by the surfaced U-Boat hours later using the deck gun.

Additionally, as torps were very limited but deck gun shells were plentiful, a lone ship wouldn't be torped but hit with the deck gun instead, leading to the invention of allied Q-Ships, which looked like a normal unarmed ship but was actually heavily gunned and designed to engage the surfaced U-Boat thinking it was about to get a easy kill.

Stumble Bum · 7 Mar 2020 at 01:12

Too Tall said:
Tell that to inglorious ********

No great story ever started with a glass of milk..... wait!!

Rroff · 7 Mar 2020 at 02:22

wolfie138 said:
must admit i didn't think U-boats made the habit of surfacing and going into drive-bys w/ their intended targets :-/

I might be wrong but in passing I seem to recall hearing that a lot of the U-boats weren't like proper submarines - for any real speed travel or combat they had to operate on the surface or partially sub-merged - they'd only dive to try and stay undetected.

wolfie138 · 7 Mar 2020 at 11:31

ianh said:
They technically "sank" more ships by gunfire than by torps as they often used a torp to hit a ship which, if it didn't sink immediately, was then left behind by the convoy as it slowed to a stop and it was then finished off by the surfaced U-Boat hours later using the deck gun.

Additionally, as torps were very limited but deck gun shells were plentiful, a lone ship wouldn't be torped but hit with the deck gun instead, leading to the invention of allied Q-Ships, which looked like a normal unarmed ship but was actually heavily gunned and designed to engage the surfaced U-Boat thinking it was about to get a easy kill.

interesting, thanks.

Scam · 9 Mar 2020 at 12:09

It looks like Michael Bay put on a disguise and managed to hire Tom Hanks :confused:

EddScott · 9 Mar 2020 at 16:02

Scam said:
It looks like Michael Bay put on a disguise and managed to hire Tom Hanks

Got the same vibe from that trailer.

Meridian · 9 Mar 2020 at 21:11

Rroff said:
I might be wrong but in passing I seem to recall hearing that a lot of the U-boats weren't like proper submarines - for any real speed travel or combat they had to operate on the surface or partially sub-merged - they'd only dive to try and stay undetected.

More or less true: a U-boat could do about 17 knots on the surface, but a maximum of about 4 knots submerged. And that would flatten the batteries pretty quickly. Convoys were usually about 8 knots, and "Fast" convoys about 12 knots. The U-boats would try and get in front of the convoy, then submerge, hoping the convoy would sail overhead. Then they would go to periscope depth and try and hit a ship or two. The escorts would aim to force them deeper and stop an attack, knowing that they would almost certainly never catch up again. This is up to about 1942. After that the there were enough escorts to make it worthwhile for them to attempt sinkings - a process which could take hours.

And Tom Hanks is way too old.

Subzero85 · 9 Mar 2020 at 21:47

always have time for a Tom Hanks film, will check it out