Former US submarine commander L. David Marquet rated the realism of submarine scenes in popular movies, judging their technological accuracy as well as the depiction of life on board.
Marquet addresses the realism of nuclear crisis movies, such as “The World Is Not Enough” and “K-19: The Widowmaker,”. He also rated the accuracy of standoff scenes in “The Hunt for Red October,” “The Enemy Below”, “Hunter Killer,” and “Crimson Tide.” He also breaks down the realism of costumes, tactics, and terminology from “U-571.”
Is life on board a submarine, including confined conditions and drills, as depicted in “Das Boot”? Would Navy SEALs enter a submarine from a HALO drop similar to “Act of Valor”, and is it possible for a submarine to hear music from the water’s surface, like in “The Wolf’s Call”? Can holes on a submarine be plugged with pins and other metal objects, as we see in “The Simpsons”? Would nuclear missiles be triggered by dislodging in a ship interior, such as in “Aquaman”?
Marquet graduated top of his class from the US Naval Academy and served for 28 years on submarines, including as an engineer officer aboard the USS Will Rogers, then as captain on the USS Olympia and the USS Santa Fe. Having retired in 2009, he is now a Wall Street Journal best-selling author of “Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders.”
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US Submarine Commander Rates 14 Submarine Scenes In Movies | How Real Is It?
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While L. David Marquet is a former submarine commander he isn't a film maker or screenwriter.
K-19 Widowmaker - he's right thats not how SLBMs work but we're talking about the USSR in the early 1960s. How much does he know about 1960s subs and their reactor and the nukes they have on board. Soviet military equipment wasn't known for its safety features. While this happening on an Ohio class sub is impossible I wouldn't rule it out on 1960s USSR sub.
The Kursk sank because of leaking fuel from a torpedo and that was in 2000. 39 years later.
Well, Hackman was trying to subvert nuclear missile launch procedures, falsely claimed mutiny and was fat.
“Yeah we can hear what different torpedoes sound like and we study them”
Also, no Down Periscope, the most accurate submarine movie ever made?
I really wish he had watched the submarine tragedy at the beginning of The Abyss. James Cameron appears to me to be very thorough and tries to make his movie as realistic as possible. I wonder if that's true.
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