Sealemon,
It’s worth it for a couple of hours of entertainment, if you liike shoot’em ups. Historically it is inaccurate, but it’s at least as credible as something like Die Hard or True Lies. And endless stream of twists and what are supposed to be cliff-hangers that become predictable - you know for sure who the last casualty is about ten minutes before he gets it. It will draw you in, though.
As I say, worth it for the entertainment; not a classic.
beatle - I sent you an email with my arrival time. I need to purchase the ticket by this evening, so if there’s a problem tell me.
I do not merely dance. I bewitch. I seduce. I enchant and I bewilder. Throw money.
(Gee, Wally must have seen me dance!)
zyada - check your email.
TheNerd, my categorization was in reference to HouDope meetings, not the board. Sorry for the confusion. And now that you mention it, I think you did make the last one, but left before I arrived. Guess I flubbed it.
Johnnyharvard, ::glancing both ways, whispering:: Work was slow.
There’s a fund to fly in SwimmingRiddles? Hmmmmm.
H_thur, sorry to miss you. Hope you can make it to the next one. No, we haven’t started planning it yet. 
Ayesha, bring it on!
Sealemon, this probably should be a separate thread, but what the hey. I saw U-571 over the weekend too. It was pretty good. Don’t know what beatle means by “historically inaccurate” unless he means the plot itself. It was predictable, but that’s not always a bad thing. It was gripping.
A historical note: those boats are damn small. I toured the USS Batfish, a WWII submarine that is now a museum in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Sardines have more room. You do get the feel for it in the movie, especially in the crew room.
Next.
Irishman,
What I meant was that the story appears to be based on the May 9, 1941 (before we were in the war - officially) capture of U-110 by the HMS Bulldog, which did yield an Enigma machine. Realizing that news of a capture would alert the Germans that the Enigma was compromised, the 110 was allowed to sink before reaching port.
There was a U-571 that was sunk by an Australian aircraft much later in the war (January 1944).
So it was Brits in a surface ship before the U.S. got into the war who captured a wounded U-boat and snagged an Enigma machine, not U.S. naval commandos operating from a faux U-boat.
The U.S. did capture the U-505 a couple of days before D-Day; you can go see it at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.
You’re right, this is a sidetrack; sort of like a nested thread. But a bit more interesting than just posting, “Bump.”
And now for the just “Bump.”
For this last stretch, the bumps’ll be frequent. Check in, anyone.
Helping bump.
I’m sorry, I have to study for finals. I won’t be in towne.
I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids!
Another bump here.
P.S. Keeping The Faith was a pretty funny movie.
P.P.S. Dammit, Cess! I’m sorry to hear that. Good luck on your finals.
You say “cheesy” like that’s a BAD thing.
A weekend bump…
Only one more week! I can hardly wait.
(Oddly enough, I could never do the bump 
)
Another little bump.
I can’t wait to meet all of you next week! And, I even have a place to stay, nearby I think!!! And, I get to drive my new van, so no worries about breaking down on the roadside!! YIPPEEEE!!
And, I get to meet Irishman, a true master at flirting, when he’s around, that is… (only kidding, dear)
::Ahem:: Look who’s the last poster in the Flirting II thread? Been that way for days. Hmmmmmm.
And another little bump for all you weekday Dopers.
The third page of MPSIMS? I don’t think so.
A swift kick in the arse for this thread!