tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post3599374219144657181..comments2024-03-28T10:44:41.756-05:00Comments on The War Movie Buff: DUELING MOVIES: USS Indianapolis moviesWar Movie Buffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-50417987897461203852024-02-22T23:33:35.994-06:002024-02-22T23:33:35.994-06:00I knew and worked with a retired Marine by the nam...I knew and worked with a retired Marine by the name of Jake Greenwald who was on the USS Indianapolis at that time and he told me the story just as described here. He said a buddy of his who was behind him in the water was half eaten by a shark. Also he told me that they would put their pants or underwear on their heads to keep the heat from the sun off. He ended up having salt water ulcers on his legs that were treated. He showed me a book that was written about it and it had a photo with him in it. His wife was expecting their 1st child named Gary who later became a Pastor of the church I went to and worked for and who recently passed away. Rest in Paradise Jake and Pastor Gary. You are both greatly missed. 😔✝️Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-64202702983201366912022-05-30T02:01:09.946-05:002022-05-30T02:01:09.946-05:00The special effects were horrible. They used a Sou...The special effects were horrible. They used a South Dakota class battleship for the onboard scenes, but came up with some bastardized cartoonist view of the ship that didn't even look like a WW2 heavy cruiser. At least they could have shot the onboard scenes on a real WW2 museum ship cruiser and taken a vue from World of Warships to produce a realistic image of USS Indianapolis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-46677063554886228122021-06-23T10:34:02.850-05:002021-06-23T10:34:02.850-05:00Agree.Agree.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-30879172714176492442021-06-07T00:30:17.254-05:002021-06-07T00:30:17.254-05:00Just came across this movie on Amazon free movies....Just came across this movie on Amazon free movies. It's awful. Filled with Hollywood cliches and little else. As noted in the blog, the realities of things like secrecy (only a tiny handful of people knew about the A-bomb - Truman wasn't even told until after the first successful test). In the movie, the crate is labeld 15 kilotons. Really?<br />Fact: no one on board knew what they were carrying. And so on. Hollywood didn't even get the paint scheme right: the Indianapolis had Navy camouflage paint. The whole effect is if Disney and Spielberg made a movie together. Sadly, most people today don't care about accuracy or reality.<br />Suggestion to movie-goers: read some of the wonderful, riveting books about WWII in the Pacific (for starters). Movies like this will never be acceptable after you do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-59753782799896986442020-04-19T10:35:11.528-05:002020-04-19T10:35:11.528-05:00Thanks for the recommendation of "Ambush Bay&...Thanks for the recommendation of "Ambush Bay". I'll put it on my TBW list.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11169012097762455094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-85510401365978177962020-04-10T23:46:18.952-05:002020-04-10T23:46:18.952-05:00Courage is under-rated and unfairly judged. It se...Courage is under-rated and unfairly judged. It seems to be the vogue thing to do to put it down, to trash it. Then, I think how it would be difficult to make a movie to fit events, the narrative. I can do without the extra-curricular parts (spoilers) of the wedding and racism but having relatives who were on ships in the South Pacific in World War II, I've actually come to view the film as favorable. I mean, it is about the "men of courage".<br /><br />While here, and it's on youtube, "Ambush Bay", the Philippines, the part where they crash the Geisha Party. Probably a B-movie but it's got it's moments, James Mitcham looking like Robert, Hugh O'Brien, Mickey Rooney, worth a peek and fun. Maybe I like movies others don't... and the spirit of "Platoon", not for me but that's just me. <br /><br />Thank you for this blog.Jif Frommerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055971632403865140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-20748067314011987232019-08-27T05:40:21.943-05:002019-08-27T05:40:21.943-05:00Pretty good post. I have just stumbled upon your b...Pretty good post. I have just stumbled upon your blog and enjoyed reading your blog posts very much. I am looking for new posts to get more precious info. 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ดูหนังออนไลน์i like this movie .<br /><br /><a href="https://reviewmovie2016.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">ดูหนังออนไลน์</a>vaiyborahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095754542895387700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-24123090833910952522017-04-20T21:12:05.928-05:002017-04-20T21:12:05.928-05:00Excellent stuff. Thanks.Excellent stuff. Thanks.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-46542579429096268162017-04-19T12:42:12.571-05:002017-04-19T12:42:12.571-05:00Most Japanese subs sunk nothing or next to nothing...Most Japanese subs sunk nothing or next to nothing during the war despite the fact that the IJN had among the best (possibly the best) and most reliable torpedoes of any combatant navy. Japanese subs could theoretically have done a great deal of damage to allied merchant shipping and convoys, but their naval doctrine apparently regarded enemy capital ships to be the only truly worthy targets for their torpedoes. Contributing to the dismal record of the Japanese sub force in WW2 was the deterrent effect of superior allied anti-submarine technology and tactics and the relatively shallow test/crush depths of the Japanese subs then in use which would not permit deep diving to minimize the effect of depth charge and hedgehog attacks. Consequently, many escorted American convoys and task forces which would seem ideal targets for jap subs were, if detected, simply reported and not taken under fire unless the odds of a successful escape were in the sub's favour. U.S.S. Indianapolis, of course, did not have a destroyer escort when it was sunk, which made it the perfect target for jap subs, something that the American High Command should have been well aware of by that time in the war. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-51210325509035113952017-04-16T08:22:26.068-05:002017-04-16T08:22:26.068-05:00This movie is quite nice and worth watching also. ...This movie is quite nice and worth watching also. It is based on the incident for the U.S. Navy in WWII. It was one of the most horrific incident ever.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03693328314011739038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-80574331895316057042017-04-14T09:12:15.383-05:002017-04-14T09:12:15.383-05:00This would be a good movie for Mel Gibson to do......This would be a good movie for Mel Gibson to do...LCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146393047895889252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-71045654644163405992017-04-13T14:38:50.026-05:002017-04-13T14:38:50.026-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07730167719211002906noreply@blogger.com