{"id":78982,"date":"2024-05-08T09:07:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T14:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=78982"},"modified":"2024-05-08T09:07:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T14:07:35","slug":"have-you-seen-lusitania-murder-on-the-atlantic-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=78982","title":{"rendered":"Have You Seen&#8230;&#8221;Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic (2007)&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By JOHN BILLINGER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, the month of April has passed and I still haven\u2019t finished the final review for <a href=\"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?s=titanic\">Titanic-a-thon<\/a>. Sorry. I have been busy. In the meantime, here\u2019s a review of a movie about the sinking of the Lusitania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to disasters at sea, two are mainly brought up. The Titanic and the Lusitania. For those who missed out on history class, the R.M.S. Lusitania was a British-built ship, and on May 7th, 1915 it was torpedoed by a German submarine during the First World War and sank in 18 minutes. A total of 1,195 people died, 123 of whom were American citizens, and it\u2019s partially credited for eventually leading to the United States joining the war on the side of the Allies. Despite its status of being one of the most famous sea disasters of all time, there haven\u2019t been that many films made about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are only two I could find. A 1918 Winsor McCay cartoon short, and a docu-drama made about by Discovery right before they went off the deep end (for the first time). Today, we\u2019ll review the latter. It is time to review \u201cSinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea,\u201d also known as \u201cLusitania: Murder on the Atlantic.\u201d I don\u2019t really have a lot to note about the production. Apparently, the scenes set on the ship were filmed off the coast of South Africa and the scenes on the U-20 were filmed aboard the restored U-boat set from the movie \u201cDas Boot.\u201d Not really much else to say on that, on to the actual film itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Sinking of the Lusitania  - Discovery Channel -  Commercial  - Trailer (2007)\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GKzNZcuCXYI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The film mainly follows three major plot lines. The main character of the film is Scottish professor Ian Holbourn (a real-life survivor played by John Hannah) who is traveling home to Scotland aboard the Lusitania. During the voyage, he befriends a young girl named Avis Dolphin (played by Madeleine Garrood). While that\u2019s going on, the German submarine U-20 is sinking ships off the Irish coast, its captain being told that the Lusitania is a viable target. Meanwhile, there are a bunch of officers at the British Admiralty who are intercepting messages from the U-20. They realize that the U-boat is in the same vicinity that the Lusitania is going towards, and they decide not to do anything about it. I\u2019m sure you can figure out the rest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also some more plotlines involving the Captain of the Lusitania, Alfred Vanderbilt (a wealthy passenger), a fictitious sailor on the U-20, and even some scenes featuring Winston Churchill. There also might be an alternate version floating around containing more scenes, but I couldn\u2019t find it now even though I\u2019ve known I\u2019ve seen it. Anyway, the plot is fine. It gives you exactly what you think it\u2019s going to give you. They don\u2019t have anything that\u2019s over-the-top fictional like you\u2019d see in a Titanic film, but it doesn\u2019t surprise you. There seems to be an attempt to relate the tragedy to the post-9\/11 era with the scenes with the British Admiralty, which is fitting for the story. But other than that, it\u2019s just the story of the Lusitania. The acting and the characters are also similarly serviceable. None of them are bad, but it\u2019s not mind-blowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The real highlight of the film, however, is the sinking scenes. What\u2019s really impressive about it is that unlike Titanic movies (where we typically get a condensed version of the events that took 2 and a half hours), the sinking of the Lusitania plays out in real-time &#8211; as in, 18 minutes and it\u2019s generally pretty accurate. The sets and effects are actually pretty good for a television budget in 2007, and it\u2019s well done. However, I will say that I don\u2019t know about the Lusitania disaster nearly as much as the Titanic, so I can\u2019t know for sure that it\u2019s 100% accurate, but it seems like they get the general idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, \u201cLusitania: Murder on the Atlantic\u201d is fine. It\u2019s not great or mind-blowing; it\u2019s just fine. If you\u2019re looking for a movie about a historical disaster at sea that\u2019s not about the Titanic, then give it a watch. You can literally watch it on YouTube for free, so if you haven\u2019t seen it, then what\u2019s your excuse?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By JOHN BILLINGER Tiger Media Network Well, the month of April has passed and I still haven\u2019t finished the final review for Titanic-a-thon. Sorry. 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