Shadow Divers -- The Movie

[Buoyant1]

Because one of them is golf.

And the other one is ...ugh...TENNIS!

 

[DiveGolfSki]

...I'll bet if the ship were in German waters they would not have been able to dive the boat since Germany would protect its war dead...
Sean

Hmmm, ever heard of the Cap Arcona - a passenger liner (not a UBoat)? I won't go into it's grisly history (500 SS guards and 4750 concentration prisoners, etc.) but it and a host of other WWII wrecks (including UBoats) are in the Baltic sea. The entire area seems to be open to diving without any restriction (the desecration type anyway).

...... They knew it was a gravesite. They continued to dive the boat regardless of that fact.

I haven't finished the book yet (so it's still fresh in my mind) but if you're inferring that these guys were disrespectful of the dead, in Chatterton's "bio", he ragged on a diver taking bones out of a wreck and berated him to such an extent that the diver returned the bones back in order to escape "Chatterton's wrath".

Are you saying that wreck diving shouldn't take place if it's a gravesite? Better tell all the wreck divers out there to stay away from the Doria, Truk Lagoon ... etc.

I haven't put down the book yet due to boredom. I love the way Chatterton, Kohler and Nagle went about finding the wreck and it's true identity. As far as fame and fortune, well that may have been one motivation (as well as a fringe benefit) but it doesn't appear to be the driving one.

I've never met Chatterton, Kohler or Nagle so I can't say for sure. Perhaps, I'm being naive in thinking that these men were explorers but I'd hate to be jaded and dismiss their exploits as boring and attribute their motive simply to something as selfish as fame and fortune. Otherwise the achievements of Charles Lindbergh, Sir Edmund Hillary, Lewis & Clark, etc. would be cheapened.

 

[james croft]

If you like double hose regulators and diving vintage gear it is hard to beat "The Creature From The Black Lagoon". As far as Shadow Divers go I'll buy the movie. I am sure it won't be as good as the book, but any one who did not like the book better stick with Harry Potter.

 

[Divegirl412]

If you take out the stupid diving maneuvers (a few people die on air over 200 feet), it's really just about finding out which sub it is...Sorta boring... I felt they were desecrating the remains of those German submariners. But they were seeking FAME, and look now, they have a movie!! I guess everything is working out well!!!

Sean

Everyone has different likes and dislikes and is entitled to their opinions. Personally, I have no interest in diving wrecks -- and still don't after reading "shadow divers". However, I enjoyed the book and found it very intense and interesting. I have already passed it on to another diver friend.

 

[Sean326]

Uhhh. Why can't you do all three?

I actually do... plus Ice hockey, hunting, skiing etc.... the one issue I have with life in general is the whole work thing...

Ya know that chunk of time between roughly 9 & 5, 4 or 5 days a week where people expect you to focus on other stuff. Maybe if I ignore work it'll go away??

 

[m3830431]

Read the book and thought it was the very good. To bad the movies are never the same.

 

[Tobagoman]

I already have the movie, well, actually its a two-hour documentary that was produced by the history channel that followed the book to the T. It includes footage that Chatterton shot while diving on and in the sub. It is a really good show.

 

[pieohpah]

The Abyss

Yep, the Abyss is awesome... and even better, the documentary about the whole project (50 min) on the director's cut dvd; with clips and interviews, training in the specially designed helmets and a lot of really good stuff.

Otherwise it's hard to think of any dive movies... the Big Blue, Leviathan... does anyone come up with more?

 

[dyarab]

Read the book and thought it was the very good. To bad the movies are never the same.

Hey... if anyone can do it, it will be Ridley Scott. Black Hawk Down was pretty close to the book. Well, as close to the book as it could be without the movie being 12 hours long and have a budget of 500 million.

Scott is a great director and very conscious of the details. I'm glad he is the one doing it. I would hate to see James Cameron or Ron Howard do something like this. Not saying they are bad directors (well Cameron is overrated in my opinion) they just wouldnt do the story justice. David Fincher could probably pull it off as well.

Anyways... the book is great and I'm looking forward to the movie.

 

[Canuk]

Just finished the book, read it in two sittings as you can't put it down. Chatterton took insane risks in the last two dives and just about lost his life -twice. I think he realized after the last dive he scraped the bottom of the luck barrel. Hell of a read though. I hope the movie captures the spirit of the book.

C