bland, boring, cliché-riddled

Rating: 3/10 (2 December 2014)

I could add a whole lot more to the long list of wartime clichés already listed - my favorite one being the German Officer sending his troops into front line battle, but then walking back to safety himself.
The good thing about the movie is that it contains a LOT of I-need-to-go-to-the-toilet moments; with the scene with the two women allowing viewers to cook and eat dinner, and do the dishes. None of the emotional scenes had any added value, except creating annoyance ("what were the Germans DOING while you are all happily chatting in there?"). I could not relate to the emotions of any of the crew.
One thing I do wish to rectify about the "cowardly" shooting of the surrendered German: it is quite legal -and was quite common- to execute enemy soldiers posing as allies by wearing enemy uniforms. Objectable, yes, but legal (example: "Unternehmen Grief").