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Das Boot - Anti-War Film?
Posted by: Robert Eno ()
Date: January 25, 2001 04:23AM

<HTML>Greetings mates,

The time seems right to bring this up, seeing as how the movie is fresh on everyone\'s minds.

Das Boot has often been touted as an anti-war film but somehow, I just don\'t see it as such (and I have seen it a dozen times). In my estimation, it is simply a movie about a bunch of U-Boot guys just trying to do their jobs and survive till the end. Period. I suppose the nasty comments about their fearless leaders (like the skipper referring to Goering as a big fat slob)might be construed as \"anti-war\", however, I believe that these attitudes are common to all military forces. There is always a handful of pompous leaders to despise. Otherwise we wouldn\'t have anyone to bitch about eh?

So, what do you think? Das Boot: Anti-War, or just a movie about war?

regards,

Robert Eno

P.S. my favourite character was the navigator if only because navigation is a passion of mine.</HTML>

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Das Boot - Anti-War Film? Robert Eno 01/25/2001 04:23AM
RE: Das Boot - Anti-War Film? George Roumbos 01/25/2001 12:10PM
RE: Das Boot - Anti-War Film? Alice 01/25/2001 05:05PM
RE: Das Boot - Anti-War Film? Katerina 01/26/2001 03:56PM
RE: Das Boot - Anti-War Film? Tristan van Putten 01/31/2001 07:55AM
One minor difference Phil 02/02/2001 12:15AM


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