If you compare the two trailers, and the German version is far superior, it would seem that the film was made in English, then dubbed in German, a pity.
Compare this to ‘Das Boot’, the version dubbed in English isn’t worth watching, it lacks expression and just doesn’t work.
It also makes the use of German actors, speaking in English, have to produce the not so phoney, to them, accent that we have had to endure in war films over the past 60 years.
A pity it wasn’t made in the ‘Longest Day’/’Bridge too Far’/’BoB’ mould, Germans speak German, Englanders speak in English, that formula doesn’t seem to have affected the success of ‘Das Boot’ does it.
Apart from the usual over the top CGI, it looks good to me, the period town scenes look terrific, and the whole thing looks beautifully filmed, if it’s about the man and his personal life, and has to put bums on seats, it ain’t going to be an aviation enthusiasts dream is it, but then thats what films are all about and always have been, give it a chance, as someone previously stated, we don’t have to suffer Val Kilmer or Ben Affleck do we, mind you, I must admit that Kilmer has a bit of a resemblance to the great man, do you not think.

Kurt was always special, shame he let his lifestyle kill him.
One of my favourite videos. Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqyc37aOqT0

Agreed!!!

Did anyone see the top 40 ‘Rock Videos’ on Hits last night, wierd selection, who chose them, Mettalica, at number 2 I think, was pretty good, but that video of Teen Spirit at No1 was not very inspiring was it, Kurts spaced out effort on TOP was much more envigorating.

The problem with all preserved railways, wherever they are and whatever their high profile, is that they tend to have sidings full of rolling stock and even locomotives awaiting restoration and even then they can’t be guaranteed to be kept securely under cover when ready for service.
At the wonderful North Norfolk Railway, they have constructed a brand new secure shed for their expensively restored and unique Quad suburban set, which is situated in the middle of nowhere (not telling where).
However their day to day passenger carriages are kept in the station in the centre of Sheringham, I know, not exactly a depressed inner city area, but despite having internet accesible CCTV cameras, (try the NNR webcams), you can’t see owt when it’s dark, it only takes one moron with a few bricks in the adjacent public car park to cause mayhem, and one of these vehicles, the red and cream 1930’s LNER buffet car, is a beautifully restored gem.
The other problem is that commercial wagons, such as these at Bowes, aren’t revenue earners like passenger carriages, and tend to take a very low place in the restoration league, there’s currently a bit of a ding dong over the future of the famous Windcutter coal wagon set at the GCR based at Loughborough, it takes a lot of money and man hours to keep these things running, but they can’t carry passengers and make the money that these mainly charitable and volunteer run organisations need to earn in order to keep our railway heritage alive.
The Bowes Railway is a unique example of an industrial incline railway, but unfortunately it will never attract the neccessary public support, it ain’t going to feature A4 Pacifics straining at the leash with a line of restored LNER teak carriages, it needs government support and much publicity, but as Kev35 would say, their local grants are probably spent on one eyed, one legged, lesbian, illegal imigrant, single parent mothers from the Cayman Islands.

Was that a decent rant Newforest.

You had me worried there, they are NOT railway carriages, it must have been lost in the translation. I had images of glorious Victorian edifices of polished timber and horsehair seats being lost forever, not so.
We are talking flat trucks and 2 coal wagons, the timber structures may well be lost, but they have probably been replaced anyway in the past and timber has to be renewed eventually, and were probably rotten and neglected anyway. I doubt whether the main frames and general strucure have been affected, along with their builders plates.
This museum has been a source of concern for preservationists and English Heritage alike over the past few years.
Whatever their problems are, it could be a good kick up the backside for the obviously neglectfull local authority to rally round and give them some help, which is what they need.
Torching museums seems to be a fun project amongst local dickheads, a collection of Lincolnshire buses has been destroyed near Waddington Airfield, but worst of all, a collection of Nottingham buses, including the last NCT Renown has been destroyed in a fire at a museum in South Notts, and we are talking about a major museum here, well supported by the local authority.
Nothing is safe, but then, don’t forget the scumbags that were found guilty of causing umpteen thousands of pounds worth of damage to the carriages stored at the Carnforth site and used for the Harry Potter films.
Sentence, ‘Bad Lads, don’t do it again’, the *******s should have been tied to the railway lines outside Carnforth station and had their limbs removed by Pendolinos.
Is that OK NewForest.

Well, you’ve covered tadpoles, pikies (both types), rock and roll, probably governments, you must have another favourite rant?:D

I’m thinking about it, our local authority is top of the list at the moment, but I’ve only hinted at it on here, could be you, unfortunatley, as far as I’m concerned, the New and Black Forests are beyond the critism of a Grumpy Old Man, actually, I’m going to have a go at the Bowes Railway.

I thought the quiet came before the storm Pete ? 😉

So what would you like me to start, Jimmy!!