A fun action/thriller movie that does drag on a bit. Basically, the crew of a German submarine in WWII goes on the hunt for British warships, and tries to survive counterattacks. The best part of the movie is the cinematography. Both the scenes of crashing and the claustrophobic scenes in the submarine are shot so that you constantly go from this feeling of being in the wild open, and being closed in on all sides. All the sets are gorgeous. The music is okay; sometimes it feels a little over-the-top on the synths, but it isn't too bad. I think the acting is good, though it's hard to tell with the foreign language. The characters are hard to keep track of - there's a few too many of them, and their names aren't distinct enough for my American ears. The real downside I found with this movie was the length - a lot of scenes go on too long, and a lot of them are the same thing presented over and over (the crew stumbling while the submarine shakes happened like 8 times). Overall not a bad movie, but I wouldn't sit down and focus on all 3.5 hours of it again.
Review of Das Boot
