Did anyone watch Greyhound?

[usmc2427765]

That was the most intense 97 minutes of a movie that I have ever experienced. My dad served on the USS Philadelphia in the Atlantic during the second war and was locked below during battle stations and mentioned only once, hearing the Nazi UBOAT torpedos miss the ship. He took his own life some years later and as a Vietnam Vet, I know that he was a victim of PTSD that no one knew of at the time.

 

[Nevada Ed]

Oh man;
I was going to record it and got side tracked.

Hope it was a little better than the flick where he was captive in a life boat.

 

[delcrossv]

I imagine you can play it whenever you want if you're a subscriber?

I see they're doing Foundation, releasing in '21. It's one of my favorite sci-fi novels, hope they do it justice.

 

[IronSkillet]

We watched it last night, although a very good movie it left me with an impression that I expect more from Tom Hanks, feel as if it was a very abrupt ending.

 

[andy52]

I watched it yesterday afternoon mainly because I served in the USN and my first ship was a WWII class Destroyer, however not a Fletcher class shown in the movie. The movie was alright, not Oscar quality but not bad.

 

[Kurusu]

Looking forward to watch. I will get it as soon as the DVD comes out.

 

[6518John]

That was the most intense 97 minutes of a movie that I have ever experienced. My dad served on the USS Philadelphia in the Atlantic during the second war and was locked below during battle stations and mentioned only once, hearing the Nazi UBOAT torpedos miss the ship. He took his own life some years later and as a Vietnam Vet, I know that he was a victim of PTSD that no one knew of at the time.

Thank you for posting! I just got a new iPad and have Apple TV for free for 12 months. I had no idea and will watch the movie this weekend. I don’t think I have ever seen a bad Tom Hanks movie.

 

[Rammer Jammer]

I watched it last night and found it very tense and entertaining. A few reviews I read complained about no character development but that is not at all what the movie was trying to accomplish.

I read CS Forrester's book The Good Shepherd which Greyhound is adapted from and they did a great job with very minor changes. No spoilers but the slight changes they made to the captain's love interest (barely in the book or movie) and his eating habits were so slight to not make much to complain about.

Don't worry about all the naval jargon because the movie does a good job of moving along at a fast pace and making it fairy easy to understand what is going on.

 

[DWalt]

I read that some of the scenes were shot on the USS Kidd, on display in Baton Rouge, as it's the only remaining Fletcher. Most of the scenes were stock footage or CGI. Ship and Museum Tours in Downtown Baton Rouge | USS KIDD

 

[Dave_n]

Just one small problem, very few if any Fletcher class DDs ever served in the Atlantic on transatlantic convoy escorts. There may have been some as BB escorts. Most of the of the convoy escort vessels were DEs and some of the earlier pre-1940 DDs including some of the 4-stackers from WWI on the USN side. On the RN side, mainly corvettes, earlier V&W and A-H class DDs and Frigates, plus stripped 4-stackers handed over in 1940, plus DEs (which were originally designed for the RN). In fact even the hunter killer groups from mid 1943 onward that were USN (think Gallery and U505?) were jeep carriers (CVEs) and DEs. Dave_n

 

[kmyers]

We have seen it, actually very well done.

 

[Onomea]

Found this:

“ You don't need a VPN or anything extra to watch Greyhound, assuming you're in one of the 117 countries where the Apple TV Plus streaming service is available. All you need is a device that runs the Apple TV app – that's where all Apple TV Plus content is housed – and an active subscription to Apple TV Plus.

Apple TV Plus costs $5.99 / £4.99 / AU$7.99 per month depending where you are, but you're eligible for a week's free trial if you've not used one before. Scroll down for more on that.

You can use the link below to head to Apple's page to subscribe to Apple TV Plus, or you can simply head to the Greyhound listing page in the US, UK or Australia. ”

How to watch Greyhound online: stream the new Tom Hanks movie now | TechRadar

 

[swsig]

I read that some of the scenes were shot on the USS Kidd, on display in Baton Rouge, as it's the only remaining Fletcher. Most of the scenes were stock footage or CGI. Ship and Museum Tours in Downtown Baton Rouge | USS KIDD

There's one other Fletcher class destroyer left. The USS Cassin Young is berthed at the Boston National Historical Park's Charlestown Navy Yard near the USS Constitution. As I understand it, it is still the property of the USN, on loan to the Park Service. Here's its website:
USS Cassin Young - Boston National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)

 

[tlawler]

Just one small problem, very few if any Fletcher class DDs ever served in the Atlantic on transatlantic convoy escorts. There may have been some as BB escorts. Most of the of the convoy escort vessels were DEs and some of the earlier pre-1940 DDs including some of the 4-stackers from WWI on the USN side. On the RN side, mainly corvettes, earlier V&W and A-H class DDs and Frigates, plus stripped 4-stackers handed over in 1940, plus DEs (which were originally designed for the RN). In fact even the hunter killer groups from mid 1943 onward that were USN (think Gallery and U505?) were jeep carriers (CVEs) and DEs. Dave_n

I haven’t watched it yet, but the authenticity HAS to be better than Pearl Harbor, which showed Knox Class DE/FF’s and Spruance Class FFG’s in Pearl Harbor on 7Dec1941.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I guess in this day it would be stupid to put a movie out at the theater.

 

[Onomea]

The original idea was to release it in theaters, but Covid-19 altered the plan.

 

[Dave_n]

If you want to see one done in B&W using contemporary ships that is "almost" true to what happened, then try to find a copy of Monserrat's "The Cruel Sea". This was made in 1953, 8 years after WWII and it was possibly one of Jack Hawkins best acting roles. It is available as far as I know on You-Tube. There was also another I think called "The Enemy Below", Mitchum versus Jurgens. Made around 1958 or so and also available on You Tube. Both are much closer to what happened. Dave_n

 

[31FordA]

One of the best books on ASW in the North Atlantic is “Escort Commander” by Terrance Robertson. It’s a biography of Captain Frederic “Johnny” Walker RN. Walker was one of the best English sub hunters, an early advocate of Hunter-Killer groups.

A Fletcher class DD would be unusually large for a convoy escort in the North Atlantic. The USN relied heavily on older destroyers and even wooden WWI sub chasers early in the war, until the arrival of large numbers of DE’s. The Brits relied on a assortment of small ships, many being based on fishing trawler hulls. Bouncing around the North Atlantic in those ships was miserable even without having to fight U-Boats and Focke-Wulf 200’s.

There is at least one DE left afloat, I believe on the Great Lakes. The name and class escape me at the moment.

 

[Kurusu]

Just one small problem, very few if any Fletcher class DDs ever served in the Atlantic on transatlantic convoy escorts. There may have been some as BB escorts. Most of the of the convoy escort vessels were DEs and some of the earlier pre-1940 DDs including some of the 4-stackers from WWI on the USN side. On the RN side, mainly corvettes, earlier V&W and A-H class DDs and Frigates, plus stripped 4-stackers handed over in 1940, plus DEs (which were originally designed for the RN). In fact even the hunter killer groups from mid 1943 onward that were USN (think Gallery and U505?) were jeep carriers (CVEs) and DEs. Dave_n

I think that in the novel it was a Mahan class.

 

[andy52]

There are other Fletcher class out there besides the USS Kidd but it is the only one still in the WWII configuration that's why they used it as a set for the movie.