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Das Boot (1981) - Full Reaction (Patreon)

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2026-08-15 14:00:20
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Matthew Maxon

this is one of the best war movies ever.

Michael Gehrman

This great movie is a true classic that everyone should see.

Lemurian Jones

Is the forlorn look for the events of the plot or the sheer length of the film?

Michael Keenan

In a strange coincidence, I’m a a little vacation and I happen to be sitting next to someone who served 3 years on a nuclear submarine. He says you just got done watching the best submarine move ever. He said the submarines today are like palaces compared to the German U Boats. I’m with you it the only movie regarding the Nazi’s that I felt bad at the end. Great reaction.

Chester Beals

Best weekend treat ever! I'm so glad you chose the Director's cut. One thing that's different about this submarine movie compared to the other ones you've watched so far is that "submarines" during this time period were just surface boats that could submerge for a little while. The diesel engines need oxygen to run, and while on the surface they could run almost indefinitely, and at greater speed. While below, they would switch over to running much slower on electric motors driven by banks of batteries, and the air was limited to whatever they could keep in compressed tanks. Both would run out fairly quickly, and only after resurfacing could they replenish the air supply, purge out the built-up CO2, and recharge the batteries with the diesel engines. They weren't very good surface boats and they weren't great underwater either, they were a deadly combination of compromises. It wasn't until nuclear power that submarines became true masters of the deep.

Dan M

I’ve never seen this movie, so I was looking forward to a new experience with you. But the Director’s Cut isn’t available on any of the streaming services I have, and the YouTube version is the Theatrical Cut with ads. So I’ll have to wait for your YouTube edit…BUMMER!! ☹️

Damon Bruce

Remarkable film. Best portrayal of life aboard a submarine that I've ever seen. So glad you got to watch this one.

JM63

Fantastic reaction to this thrilling and phenomenal film. It's been a long time since I've seen it, but it hits as hard as ever. The camerawork and set design used to realize the cramped, claustrophobic environment of the sub are unbelievable. And the third act always amazes me -- I'm sure similar miraculous repair jobs under insane conditions were accomplished by all combatant nations at various points during the war. How can you fix leaks underwater in the dark and repair the batteries and engines with spare parts lying around? Incredible. You're right, the U-boat itself is one of the main characters of the film. On the one hand, it's a fantastic technological miracle that this machine can dive to the ocean floor and keep all these men alive in the most inhospitable conditions imaginable. But it's a terrible shame it was used to further the ends of the Nazi regime. Still, the main message I get from this film is empathy. Yes, the German soldiers and sailors were fighting for a horrific, hopeless cause; but at the same time the vast majority of them were conscripted, and most were deluded by propaganda. I still have respect for men like the captain, who really had no choice -- you could not be a conscientious objector in Nazi Germany -- but to take care of his men and serve with professionalism. (The film does not show him to be an enthusiastic supporter of the Nazi cause, in my view.) And the crew members, who were all literally in the same boat, had to give their best if they wanted any hope of surviving the horrific casualty rate of the U-boats. Even though they were on the opposing side, they were still human beings thrown into a nightmarish, unenviable situation. And in a larger sense, I see them as victims of vast historical forces beyond their control, such as the wave of nationalism that spread over Europe in the 19th century, the ridiculous cluster***k of events that started WW1, the overly punitive Treaty of Versailles, and the economic disasters of the 1920s (hyperinflation and then the Great Depression) that allowed the Nazis to ride a populist wave into power. The fact that such an outcome could occur in one of the world's most cultured, literate, and scientifically advanced nations is a permanent warning that it can happen anywhere and that we always need to be vigilant against racist and hyper-nationalist ideologies. Thank you for your heartfelt and empathetic reaction to this great film, which gives a unique and haunting perspective on the Second World War.

pvmt9761

Great reaction, Kate. You still have the eye and ear for detail while following the story. 🔥 I agree, the sound editing is 🥇for 1981. -I think this is first movie I watched on dvd or streaming when I realized I'd rather read subtitles than the English dubbed versions. Now it's habit. EDIT- Classic Kate line was "oh, there's the posh one. I bet he's never had crabs". 😂🔥🥇 It sounds like something Will Ferrell would say. 😉🤜🤛😄

Red-n-Silver

I really love your reaction to das Boot, my favorite movie! Thanks a lot! @14:24 you said, that last sentence kinda made you think, he didn't believe everything he said on stage... So, basically, he didn't believe any of it. It was full of irony and contempt—very dangerous at the time, since such things were often swiftly punished by execution. He just barely managed to save himself at the end of his speech. As far as I know, the authorities tended to turn a blind eye when it came to the U-boat crews, since they were hailed as heroes in propaganda. Of course, they didn't let them get away with absolutely everything, though. On Youtube is a documentary about "Das Boot", with parts of the making of. Really worth watching it! (maybe with a reaction as bonus? I would really appreciate it. :D ) The actors really suffered a lot during the shoot, some got actually hurt. There will never be another movie like that, because no actor will ever accept such conditions again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQrHB95smdk

pvmt9761

There's a book called "The Burning Shore: How Hitler’s U-Boats Brought World War II to America" by Ed Offley. When I first heard about German U-Boats looking at the Manhattan or Virginia Beach coastline lights I thought it was an urban legend. I checked out Offley's book from the library and got an education real quick. The German U-boats called it the "happy time". They were sinking US ships at will off the east coast for a few months in 1942. One part that always stuck with me from the book (that Kate should appreciate) is the British tried to explain to the American's how to spot and bomb U-Boats from the air (i.e. "we've been doing this for over two years). And the American's basically said "that's ok. We read the instruction manual, we got it". They didn't.

Bob McFadden

Kate, that was one of your best reactions. I can’t recall another film where you were on the edge of your seat as much as you were for this one. Can’t blame you, the tension and human drama created on screen was off the dial. This is one of the best films I can think of to illustrate the humanity of the other side of a war. Clint Eastwood’s Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) is right up there with it. The first movie I can remember that touched on this was The Enemy Below (1957) starring Robert Mitchum and Curt Jergens. It was very popular and has been on TV a million times. A cat and mouse war flick, it featured a war-weary U-Boat commander and his confidant, the XO, plus a junior officer who’s drunk too much of the Fuhrer’s Kool-Aid. It didn’t delve far into the sub crew and their psyches like Das Boot but, for the time, it was a change of pace from what you usually got in war movies. The reaction of the crew to the survivors of the burning tanker was as traumatic to the Germans as the audience and would have been true to life. A lot of people don’t realize that during the first half of the war, U-boats often lent aid to crews of torpedoed ships. That all stopped when a sub rescuing the crew and POWs from the RMS Laconia was strafed and bombed by an American aircraft, even though the U-Boat had made its intentions clear and was flying a Red Cross flag. German high command was rightly pissed and issued orders to stop lending aid to enemy crews in the water. The 1950s had a plethora of good submarine movies, usually set in the Pacific Theatre. Some of the leading films were Destination Tokyo; Run Silent, Run, Deep and Hellcats of the Navy. I was pleasantly surprised to find that you’re familiar with The Bedford Incident. That’s a great Cold War thriller right up there with my personal favorite, Fail Safe (1964). If you haven’t seen that one, you really should make time for it. Of all the films that have shown U.S. presidents, I think Henry Fonda’s portrayal is tops.