Is this some sort of spoof? Or is it Star Wars in a WW2 scenario?

Rating: 2/10 (11 December 2016)

First of, "Saving private Ryan" was an awesome movie which i rated a flat 10. This one here seems like a parody of it. At some point, i couldn't stop laughing out loud.
The story: Was there one, except for being all heroic and killing tons of enemies against all odds? The Message: Pitt was all about telling, that there is no space for mercy or feelings in war during the whole flick. In the end, a evil German SS soldier was the only one showing some. Odd.
Realism: This was so ridiculous, that i could laugh at least. So that is the reason why i gave it 2 points instead of 1.
First of, those shots that looked like star wars laz0rs. Amazing! I wondered the whole movie when Darth Vader would appear out of the fog. I guess that should just be tracers, but they went blue and red and all science fiction. Nice touch ! :D - At the beginning, you will see the US tanks advance to a camouflaged German anti tank fortification. Of course, the Germans had not some ordinary PAK, it was the notorious eight eight. Two of them actually. The situation: M4 Shermans advancing open field to a camouflaged position. The 8.8, who have so much penetration on long range, wait for the Sherman's to close in like 300-500 meters. Then, of course, missing or bouncing all their shots. While the Sherman's just shot in some trees and kill. Sure thing.

Later on, we get a fight between a Tiger and 4 Shermans. The Tiger is also equipped with the 8.8 anti tank gun. But like total idiots, the Tiger rushes in close range on 4 Shermans. Why not use fog or something, i could believe that 4 Shermans managed to outflank a Tiger and kill him? Totally stupid.

Last battle. A demobilized Sherman is facing 200+ German SS soldiers. SS soldiers, the elite German kinda marines, right? Not some inexperienced Volkssturm stuff with mainly kids in it. And again, the Germans approach the disguised tank without caution. Pitt and his crew wait until the troops are all around the Sherman. Not that it would make any sense to let enemies come so close. Usually, you would have opened fire when they were like 50-100m away in front. Nah, they waited. And the German elite corps just runs like chicken in all directions. OH MY GOD! Not to mention the stupid dialogues like "hey, this is the best job i ever had". Which Pitt actually said before this last battle started, and they were going to die. *facepalm* Not to mention all firing stopped, once a crew member of the Sherman tankers died. Like "hey, the Germans know one of our comrades just died. They are nice lads, so they stop firing so we can bring up stupid dialogues to the audience for our fallen, heroic friend".

If such a movie gets 7.6 stars average, then Hollywood is doing everything right. Just keep on with no plot, no realism. Just special effects and superman and you are fine ... :(