Absolutely ridiculous. John Wayne is tough as nails, which seems to have ruined his marriage, but then why does he win his ex-wife back by being . . . tough as nails? And the story's far too tidy -- what are the chances that the two rivals for the girl would meet up by chance in the middle of the Pacific Ocean -- and the good guys win too often. Still, a decent submarine picture with a half-decent love story between John Wayne and Patricia Neal for good measure. Though I've long had a thing for submarine pictures; I think this is the first one I've seen where the crew watches a submarine movie, namely Destination Tokyo with Cary Grant. They mock it for being unrealistic -- pretty funny, considering.
Dec 13, 2006
Operation Pacific, George Waggner (1951)
Absolutely ridiculous. John Wayne is tough as nails, which seems to have ruined his marriage, but then why does he win his ex-wife back by being . . . tough as nails? And the story's far too tidy -- what are the chances that the two rivals for the girl would meet up by chance in the middle of the Pacific Ocean -- and the good guys win too often. Still, a decent submarine picture with a half-decent love story between John Wayne and Patricia Neal for good measure. Though I've long had a thing for submarine pictures; I think this is the first one I've seen where the crew watches a submarine movie, namely Destination Tokyo with Cary Grant. They mock it for being unrealistic -- pretty funny, considering.
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