So dumb

Rating: 1/10 (4 February 2015)

I hated this movie! The tank crew characters were awful. I did not like any of them at all. There were many controversial scenes in this movie that just made it unrealistic, over the top, and just plain stupid.
Brad Pitt forcing the new guy to kill a surrendering German soldier in front of about 20-30 other GI's made me sick. Brad Pitt tells the new guy he promised to get his crew out of the war alive. Duhhhhhh.
The whole scene in the apartment with the German women was absurd. Brad Pitt just wanted to play house for a while for some unknown reason while the new guy fell in love. Then the misfit tank crew shows up and we get to see them act like animals and take about horse slaughter. You have to haze and shame the new guy after all. I hated the Mexican guy, the Jesus freak and the redneck. All the perfect cliché.
After being such an a-hole to the new guy Brad Pitt decided to take him under his wing and be his daddy figure. Then comes the ridiculous ending. The new guy is on lookout and sees hundreds of Germans approaching and runs back to tell the crew. Apparently the Germans march real slow because the crew debate and ultimately prepare for some epic battle to defend an intersection in the road. Not a bridge like in Private Ryan, which made sense. Remember, Brad Pitt wanted his men to survive, but in this particular instance retreat is not an option, despite what the outcome was likely going to be. Totally stupid and unrealistic. Despite all this chaos they somehow manage to have heart to heart moments in the tank during the battle.
One of the worst movies I've ever seen.