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The Cruel Sea (1953)

posted 3 years ago by huwdj (4571)
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Is a much better film about this particular time in history. It feels better paced perhaps because it covers the while period of the war so doesn't have to maintain the level of intensity this film attempts with it's story of a single convoy.
I though Greyhound was OK overall - it exceeded my low expectations anyway. I found the sound track intrusive and inappropriate, and the CGI was excessive.
I'm wondering if they could model the look of a film like this on the films of the 1940s and 50s and stop trying to produce panoramic CGI seascapes and not very believable almost collisions and similar close encounters all the time. Or maybe that would be deemed too old fashioned an approach these days?

[–] Ed (527) 3 years ago

Thanks for the recommendation! The trailer on youtube looks very good, I’ll try to catch this film.

[–] huwdj (4571) 3 years ago

I hope it works for you. It's always been one of my favourites but my preference for older British films may seem a little old fashioned.

[–] Ed (527) 3 years ago

Vintage British films are far superior to modern films. Brief Encounter, Pygmalion, I Know Where I’m Going, Colonel Blimp, Black Narcissus, etc.

[–] liscarkat (18932) 3 years ago

"The Cruel Sea" is very good. When it was made, it was common to use model ships, projected in slow-motion. They don't generally look any more real than CGI, but the trouble with CGI is that it often looks like a video game, with ships and aircraft moving in cartoonish ways that they don't in real life.