Victory At Sea: The Complete Series 3 Disc Collector's Edition
by M. Clay Adams
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Actor: Leonard GravesDirector: M. Clay Adams
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Box set, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Surround Sound
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 734 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: St. Clair Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Victory At Sea: The Complete Series 3 Disc Collector's Edition
Movie Review: Sea Sickness
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm a history fan and I was really excited when I got this set as a gift. The Series is a collection of footage from different countries that participated in the War. The idea of presenting the War from different vantage points was appealing, and this approach seemed ideal for bringing together complex naval operations. The best lessons that the Series presents are probably how not to make a naval documentary.
The starting credits for Victory at Sea is rolling ocean scene, with the camera bobbing up and down and the horizon shifting and tilting. After about two minutes of this you're ready for a Dramamine. This seems like a film making faux pas: don't make your audience vomit.
Broadway music and war epics don't mix. The music and the scenes seem to be mismatched: as German dive bombers are destroying London, the music almost whimsical. The music is constant, and unrelenting. Without the footage and the narrative, you could be watching a Looney Tunes cartoon and a chase scene with Foghorn-Leghorn.
If the opening credits didn't make you nauseous, the narrative will. The narrative is riddled with clich?s and hyperbole. As ships are getting bombed, the narrator seems to compelled to constantly explain: ships on fire, ships sinking and men dying. Between the music and the narrative, it almost seems like they made the film for radio broadcast.
The biggest failure of this series is that it does a terrible job with explaining history. There are few maps showing locations and positions of ships. The maps they do show are vague and not very useful. The documentary series "Why We Fight" does a better job at explaining wartime tactics and the Axis threat.
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