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I avoided watching "U571" because of the fictionalization. Should I go back and watch it?
by chiph 11y ago
I avoided watching "U571" because of the fictionalization. Should I go back and watch it?
- arethuza 11y agoIf you want a fictional account of an American obtaining crypto material from a sinking U-boat I'd recommend the one included in Cryptonomicon....
- Symbiote 11y agoI don't know if you should watch it... But https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-571_(film)#Historical_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-571_(film)#Historical_events : "David Balme, the British naval officer who led the boarding party aboard U-110, called U-571, "a great film"[9] and said that the film would not have been financially viable without being "Americanised"." And there's a bit more of his opinion and recollections in a BBC article from when the film was released: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/774427.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/774427.stm
- balls187 11y agoDo you like WWII based movies? It's decent enough.