I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked this movie. Great look, generally good, understated performances, really put you in the world.
HOWEVER SPOILERS.............
I didn't buy the bit with the girl in the apartment, I thought it was wildly off tone, and not very believable.
And even more than that I was just shaking my head at the ending. How long have these guys been fighting American tanks? And they don't think to throw a grenade under the thing??!!! Seriously????!! And then when the guy spots the American soldier and spares him??!!! Are you ****ing kidding me??? At the end of the war with these guys being fanatical SS holdout no hopers, and by the way this tank crew just killed like fifty of this dude's comrades in arms, and he shines a light at him and just spares him??? Spares him also despite the fact that the tank crew was clearly there to kill as many Germans as possible and give their lives in the process and yet somehow this American isn't a threat?
This was seriously one of the dumbest most bullshit things they could have done to end this movie. Classic Ayers, so good, so good, and then some totally ****ing ridiculous and incomprehensible thing pops up in the movie in a major way.
Jesus Christ how annoying that was.
HOWEVER SPOILERS.............
I didn't buy the bit with the girl in the apartment, I thought it was wildly off tone, and not very believable.
And even more than that I was just shaking my head at the ending. How long have these guys been fighting American tanks? And they don't think to throw a grenade under the thing??!!! Seriously????!! And then when the guy spots the American soldier and spares him??!!! Are you ****ing kidding me??? At the end of the war with these guys being fanatical SS holdout no hopers, and by the way this tank crew just killed like fifty of this dude's comrades in arms, and he shines a light at him and just spares him??? Spares him also despite the fact that the tank crew was clearly there to kill as many Germans as possible and give their lives in the process and yet somehow this American isn't a threat?
This was seriously one of the dumbest most bullshit things they could have done to end this movie. Classic Ayers, so good, so good, and then some totally ****ing ridiculous and incomprehensible thing pops up in the movie in a major way.
Jesus Christ how annoying that was.
Comment