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	[quote name="E. L. Koba (former tanker)"]Best tank movie since... Kelly's Heroes? Note, that I am of course a sucker for tank movies. It was at it's best when it was trying to be 300, but with tanks. But you can stop watching once they fight the Tiger - the ending is terrible. The sound really did it for more. .50 cal sounded like a .50 cal. Being inside the tank really sounded like being inside a tank. [quote name="fabio"]I'm no expert on WWII ordnance, but I'm fairly sure that tank shells didn't glow green and blue while bullets were dark red. It looks like a GI Joe cartoon half the time.[/quote] Yep, that's pretty much what tracers do look like! [quote name="fabio"]Typist non-combatant new guy. Jesus freak. A dilemma about shooting a German prisoner or not? Struggling over a knife with a German before one is overpowered to be slowly stabbed? The opportunity to withdraw before the final attack but knowing that it would doom other American troops? Telling typist non-combatant guy to go live? All your <i>Saving Private Ryan</i> bits are here, beat for beat! Now with a 5 hour brunch scene! Plus loving, tender rape (it's okay for the pacifist to rape her because one of the rougher soldiers would have anyway!)[/quote] Fun fact: the typist cliche goes all the way back to "Hell is for Heroes", and apparently was a very common occurrence towards the end of the war. I'm not going to defend the 5 hour brunch scene, because it went on FOREVER. I think some people missed the point of it though, even as ham-handed as it was - the other crewmen were broken and could no longer function in normal society. (So naturally they have to die at the end of the movie) [quote name="fabio"]Did you know that war is hell and that it's dirty and muddy with muddy dirt everywhere[/quote] Ha, it was actually bothering me because they weren't dirty ENOUGH. Every time there was a closeup and you could see Brad Pitt's spotless leather gloves it drove me crazy. You can't touch a tank and not be covered in mud and grease. [quote name="fabio"]Shia LaBeouf[/quote] Yeah :( Anyway, recommended especially for the scene where they are assaulting through the town. But stop watching after the Tiger fight.[/quote]