Great movie with some flaws

Rating: 7/10 (19 April 2020)

This movie is great, since it depicts war as it should be. There ar no good guys or bad guys, no heroes or villains, just people on the edge on both sides. I really liked how it included authentic and real WW2 vehicles, which boosted the atmosphere a lot. From various kinds of Shermans to the real Tiger borrowed from Bovington tank museum, amazing attention to detail! The scenes inside the tank were amazing, gave a realistic claustrophobic tone, as we can see how the crew lives, fights and struggles inside. The attention to details, like family photos, battle trophies in form of iron crosses or captured weapons, hidden booze it all gives a cool atmosphere. I also liked how the movie did not try to praise the USA or demonize the Germans as a whole and both sides had good and bad people. The acting was superb throughout the whole movie, everyone did an amazing job. Only exception might be the ones playing the US infantry. No soldier would ever shoot like they do.
On the other hand there are some serious issues as well. It doesn't seem logical to send tanks against AT guns in a tree line, especially when you do not know certainly where the guns are located. Also the fight with the Tiger makes no sense. It was a common practice by the Germans to target and take out the lead vehicle in a convoy first, then the last one to trap the inner vehicles. The Tiger going forward out of cover was plain stupid. Most likely the Fury should have been knocked down by the first hit as well. The whole scene looked amazing, but made no sense, just like the tree line attack. Same situation with final act. We see the Germans marching with the Panzerfausts (AT rockets) on their shoulders, yet when it comes to using them, suddenly they are stored in boxes for like the second wave. Also the German officer says those are the only ones, yet at the end of the movie you can clearly see more of them. The whole ending is so weird like, why would you send infantry to attack a tank like that? They clearly had all the tools to easily win this fight, but for some reason in this movie the German commander rather has his men mowed.
In general the movie is not perfect, but tries it's best to showcase the usage of tanks in WW2. The atmosphere is awesome, the acting is brilliant, only some story elements are illogical, but regardless of those it is a spectacular movie, that is definitely worth to see.