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Patriot (2015)
The pipe engineering talk is comic invention, not real engineering terms.
Here is the best example of invented, and very funny, engineering lingo:
From the 4th episode:
Leslie Claret: "And now to explain the core of Donnely nut plate spacing and cracked reconfiguration. . . my associate John Lakeman."
Lakeman: "Ready to talk plate processing and residue transport plate funneling? Why don't we start with joust jambs? Plates and jousts, can we couple them? Oh yeh. We fit Donnely nut spacing grip grids and splay-flexed brace columns against beam-fastened derrick husk nuts and girdle plate jerries while plate flex tandems press task apparati of 10 vertpin-plated pan traps at every maiden clamp plate packet. Knuckle couplers plate alternating sprams from the T-Nut to the S.K.N to the chim line."
Q. from audience: "How do you account for lift slippage if your girdle plate jerries cross the prim fixture?"
Lakeman: "You mean the prasm span fixture rig, Guy? We haven't used the prims since 2004.
Let's get serious. Hunched Howzer heat rails. Let's talk about 'em."
Just so's we all know its just good fun.
The Cruel Sea (1953)
We weep for ourselves
I read the book when I was very young. It was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection and my mother was a member. I was very interested in learning all about WWII and wasn't sure it was OK to read fiction to improve my knowledge. I don't know when I first saw the film. There were only two first-run theaters in my hometown in the early 1950's. But I eventually saw the film and 40 years later purchased the DVD.
Now I probably watch the film twice a year. I watched not so long ago with a friend when my wife was out for the evening. He became completely engrossed. I think he teared up in the scene where Erickson says "There are some men in the water just there." At the end, all my friend said was, "Well!"
There are any number of superb reviews here. So this is added only as a heartfelt "Yes!"