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Well,somebodysbeen brushing up on their naval jargon.
Tom Hanks actually wrote the screenplay for the WWII maritime thrillerGreyhound, adapting it from C.S.
Krause has to be a cog in a wheel, even though he is the biggest cog there.
The film clearly loves all that detail.
Who has to leave a room when the captain is being given a report?
When do you switch out your hat for a helmet?
What determines whether a sonar works properly or not?
Such attention to detail can occasionally backfire, too as the details can take over from the characters.
But these are mostly minor issues.
50 less Krauts, an underling crows.
50souls, Krause corrects him.
These all prompt their own decisions, and orders.
(They also prompt some terrific sound design.
Despite its slender run time and relatively spare narrative,Greyhoundlingers in the mind thanks to Hankss presence.
Come for the naval geekery, stay for the humanity.
