OKish.

Rating: 5/10 (11 March 2010)

Not a bad film, but not at all memorable. Of course the beginning and end are mawkish and irritating. The Omaha beach sequence it has to be said is exciting. Now i'll openly admit i'm a bit of an anorak....but some of the scenes during the final battle sequence were laughable. Firstly, considering they were likely part of an experienced Panzer division the Germans were ridiculously naive tactically. In reality they would have made life a lot harder for the Americans until air support arrived. (in the unlikely form of P51s, British Typhoons would have been most likely)
The second point i'd like cleared up is the matter of the sniper in the bell tower and his demise. He ls dispatched by what looks to me like a tank destroyer with a long barrel 75mm!? IF the piece could have been elevated that far it would have been firing an AP round which would most likely have passed straight through the tower doing little or NO damage. In reality the Germans would have kept their Panzers and tank destroyers largely static and used them for ambush only???