Das Boot Torpedoes U-571 Again

Advantages: The best submarine drama to date
Disadvantages: Very long

...It was only after watching my newly acquired copy of U-571 the other day that prompted me to dust-off my DVD of Das Boot (Director’s Cut) and give it another look. In the past, this movie has been seen in several formats. Serialised on BBC2 and in standard movie length being two of them. The DVD version runs for 200 minutes – and that’s just the movie! I suspect that this is closer in length to the TV mini-series in content than the normal movie. The advantage of the DVD format, is that you can hear the soundtrack dubbed into English, or for the purist, in German with or without English* subtitles, which is, of course, much closer to the original. Tip – If you speak any German, see if you can spot the points where the somewhat primmer English subtitles deviate from the more lavatorial German dialogue...

BNibbles 07.02.2001 (08.04.2001) · Read review
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DAS BOOT NEEDS THE BOOT

Advantages: NONE?
Disadvantages: LONG, SLOW, BORING - NEED I GO ON

...After watching U-571 for the first time (which I didn’t really like) – my step-dad brought his copy of Das Boot – the directors cut on DVD. He then preceded to tell me about the various versions of Das Boot there are, (surprisingly there are quite a few), yet this is one of the great versions as it is in it’s entirety and lasts for around three and a half hours. The film is situated on a U-97 and the crew that man it. There is nothing else you can say about the story-line really. There are depth charges surrounding them, they do their best to maneuver around them, with a do they survive or not element (I don’t want to spoil it but there is a small twist at the ending (nothing great but un-suspecting). There are several advantages to having the DVD I am told as you can choose which language to...

JPARRY 11.05.2001 · Read review
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Putting Das Boot in

Advantages: Best submarine film I've seen
Disadvantages: German language (subtitles)

...What can I say about this classic Wolfgang Petersen film? Well, I have to admit that knowing a smattering of German does help: it is subtitled, but you miss out on a lot by following that, since not every word is included. But don't let that put you off, this is *the* submarine film of all time. Forget 'U-571', forget 'Red October' or any of the others, Petersen's film gives the other side's view of WW2. Yes, all the creaking, the diving beyond maximum depth is there, but so is some superb characterization, some excellent (and genuine tension) and (how rare in a war film?) some humanity - when they are unable to pick up survivors from a sunken ship, for example. 'Das Boot' is available on video, but comes around every now again serialised on the BBC. See it....

rwsweet 07.08.2000 · Read review
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Das Boot (The Boat not (The Boot).

Advantages: Dvd's last forever
Disadvantages: 4 hrs is a long time

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Review of Das Boot - The Mini Series (DVD)

Nerve Racking

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...Das Boot is one of the most emotionally involving movies I have ever seen. The characters are developed richly, without those awkward moments in movies when you realize that the director is doing so. You sympathize with the crew, and FEEL their plight as they struggle, cramped in a rickety U-boat against the odds. At times the movie grows slow and drawn out, but that is intentional- to make you feel like you are trapped in an underwater coffin with nothing to do, no where to go. The directing is great, the sound is fabulous! I've never heard faint noises tell a story like this before....

ros145 15.07.2000 · Read review
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boots

Advantages: great
Disadvantages: n/a

...Boots the chemist is a great shop when it come a shop that caters for a wide variety of your needs. You have the chemist, photo development, opticians along with the wide variety of products, from perfume, hair care, cosmetics, toiletries, baby care, sunglasses, baby clothes, medication, food, digital camera's and may other electrical beauty products. When it comes to Christmas they have a wide variety of gifts for people of all ages to suits a wide variety of price ranges. At Christmas boots is great as they have a special offer that they have every year, which is 3 for 2 which is when you get the cheapest product out of the three for free, which is fantastic as that is what you need when it comes to Christmas is to save money where possible. Boots also have a great invention called a boots advantage card which allows you to...

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Classic Warfilm Drama where Others Fear To Tread

Advantages: Too Many To Mention other than its a definate MUST SEE
Disadvantages: None

...Without question Das Boot (The Boat) is the best U-boat film of all time. forget the pap and factual inaccuracies of "U571" & humdrum "Saving Private Ryan", if you want the realities of war track down The Boat. I was fortunate to view & tape all 6 hourly episodes when it was broadcast on the BBC 10 years ago, and even though the sound quality back then was very basic stereo you don't really need all this pro-logic & DVD kit to "feel" the claustrophobia smother you within a cramped u boat. I've seen the Director's Cut, and the dubbed DVD version and although good they don't do the film justice. It's typical of the Germans to take an objective view of their part in the war. There is no sterotypes here, no jackbooted thickos waving their arms in the air. Just ordinary young men serving their country for an ideal they do...

dreamstar70 28.01.2001 · Read review
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Life aboard a German U-Boat

Advantages: A good war film with a different perspective, a well made film, well directed
Disadvantages: At 3 hours and 20 minutes the film is quite long

...I decided to buy this DVD because I wanted to watch a war film with a different perspective. I had heard from other people how good this film was and it was obviously evident because it had been nominated for six Academy Awards and an Oscar. Das Boot is a German made film and is about the German crew of a U-Boat who patrolled the Atlantic during World War 2. In most American or British World War 2 films the Germans tend to be dehumanised and looked upon as cold and evil, because Das Boot is German you get to see how normal most of the Germans really were. The characters on board the U-Boat are presented as people who are doing their military service, trying their best to fight for their country. Members of the crew tend to have a healthy lack of trust for most politicians including Hitler and Churchill. Das Boot has been extremely...

gorvifal3 04.02.2003 · Read review
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Boots - the Store

Advantages: Quality products all under one roof
Disadvantages: None

...Everybody's favourite High Street chemist and beauty store! The Boots Company PLC is a chain of high street stores known for their pharmacy and beauty/health products. You can find a Boots on just about every high street in Britain. In fact Boots has approximately 1,500 stores in the UK and abroad. This is the thing I like most about it, you are always guaranteed to find a store wherever you are in the country which makes it easy when you need to buy a repeat brand or just need to pop into one quickly because you have left your toothbrush at home on a weekend away. Boots was founded in Nottingham in 1849 by a gentleman called John Boot, hence the name and turned into a chain by his son Jesse. Boots stores are very easy to spot and recognize on the high street. They include a big blue sign with Boots written on it in cursive white...

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Review of Boots

Boots!

Advantages: You can buy most things here
Disadvantages: Some things are slightly more expensive than other places

...Ive been thinking about writing an op on Boots for months, but theres just a million and one things to say about it, so Ive been holding off. But since Ive been gone for such a long time I might aswell come back with some big ops! "Boots The Chemist" is one of the best known retail names in the UK, providing health & beauty products that "enhance personal wellbeing." This covers everything from home essentials like toothpaste and deoderant to high end makeup products from Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. Boots employ around 75,000 people and their products are sold in 130 countries worldwide. As well as retailing, they have international sales and marketing operations and also develop and manufacture their own products. They have loads of their own ranges, such as No7, 17, and Natural Collection to name just a few. Boots stores...

NataliePhelan 21.03.2005 · Read review
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