Thoughtful Portrayal

Rating: 8/10 (26 October 2014)

Having not seen a top level war film for some time this looked like it had all the elements to be one of the greats about the WW2 conflict No films have been made to portray the life of a tanker either German or Allied ,and being a fan of Das Boot "The Boat" I thought yes lets go and see this in the cinema.This would benefit from the larger screen and sound effects that these films need,remember "Saving Private Ryan" My thoughts post viewing were mixed .I think you have to try and see what the director is trying to portray and get away from the obvious entertainment value of the film .It is quite deep .
A young Rookie is thrust into a battle hardened crew of tank crewmen slowly becoming removed from civilised values in order to survive the day to day skirmishes against equally brutal and fanatical resistance As time goes by you see him trying to fit in to this impossible situation ,he has as he finds out no choice but to change or die He has to change to keep his team to survive Along the way he brings out the humanity and emotions in his teammates such is the strength of his character and you see the bonding process evolve that is needed to operate as a "single unit" capable of effective action I am writing this a day after watching the film and feel that this has been thoughtfully made ,dares to be different and has some excellent acting but the relationship between Norman "Logan Lerman" and "War Daddy" Brad Pitt who has a lot of facets to his character as elder and mentor is very convincing . Forgive the sometimes unbelievable but great action scenes I liked it and will be recommending it