R/C Naval Combat

What are your favorite, sometimes bad movies to have playing when you are in the shop working on boats. Last night on Turner Classic there was Kelly's Heros followed by Where Eagles Dare.

You should watch top gun or the greatest day or saving private ryan. I think that those movies would be good building movies, as long as you can pay enough attention to the boat.

Bordello of blood,In harms way,A bridge to far

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Originally posted by Gettysburg114th

What are your favorite, sometimes bad movies to have playing when you are in the shop working on boats. Last night on Turner Classic there was Kelly's Heros followed by Where Eagles Dare.

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Bad movies?

I guess Operation Petticoat would work, though I sure did dig the nurses...

Or maybe 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It's campy enough that it sort of has a charm of it's own but the acting leaves a lot to be desired.

Tora, Tora, Tora would qualify in terms of a technically bad movie but I sure loved the action sequences when I was a kid.

PT-109 is pretty pathetic but was another favorite as a kid.

I'll throw out The Sand Pebbles with Steve McQueen but I must admit I never made it all the way through that one.

There's a stop animation version of Sinbad that was made in the late 50's or 60's. Oh man was that bad, even as a kid!

The remake of The Poseidon Adventure was pretty lousy.

But I think my all time worst boat related movie would have to be Waterworld. They should have confiscated Costner's Oscars after that dud!

I'm still waiting to purchase my first hull but I imagine these would make some decent build movies:

Lifeboat (I'm a huge Hitchcock fan)
The Caine Mutiny
Master & Commander
Mister Roberts
The African Queen
Captain Blood
The Crimson Pirate
Run Silent, Run Deep
Das Boot (would have to forgo subtitles and get the dubbed version for a build)
Midway
Sink The Bismark! (The Dark-Side wanna be in me always roots for the Bismark)
Under Siege
The Sea Hawk

Hmm, looks like I'll need to add a dvd player to my workshop....

War movies..
The enemy below.
Pursuit of the Graf Spee.
Hunt for Red October.
Battleground.
Captain Horatio Hornblower.
Battle of the bulge.

Non-war movies.
The man with two brains.
Deep rising.

Mikey

Hey Frog, That movie was an instant classic. :)

Froggy: where is this "Pursuit of the Graf Spee" movie u seen? is it like "hunt for the Bismark" black & white movie?? I for get the group who made them.

Sarge
It is just like "Sink the Bismarck".
It is a great show, although the Pocket-battleship is a Des Moines class I think. The two British light cruisers are actually the Ajax, and Achilles, on loan from the Indian navy just for the movie.
I only have a copy that I got from someone years ago, but it is a fun one to watch while building.
It is called "Pursuit of the Graf Spee", and one might be able to find one at Belle and Blade. (a movie store catalog).
Mikey

guys.
What about action movies Like Twister
Nikki

Action in the North Atlantic for me, with Sink the Bismarck! for seconds, of course.
Run silent, Run deep gets in there too.

Das Boot (in original German, the english dub sucks), The Enemy Below and Tora! Tora! Tora!

Guys,
The Enemy Below, Was a good movie!!! So was Das Boot and Tora! Tora! Tora!
Nikki!

I got my hands on a copy of Das Boot: The extended cut last year. 5 hours of awesome.

Don't forget the 2010 Space Battleship Yamato movie. Plenty of building time with occasional breaks for lasers and explosions and "fire the wave motion gun!"

Hey Nick!
I got the Das Boot: The extended cut two! Great movie!!!
Nikki

Just not with the english dub.

yep! some here!
Nikki

Two of my favorites: The Great Escape and The Dirty Dozen. PLus I ahve many more that have already been mentioned.
Das Butts