I for one think the BOB scene of the 111's flying in formation made it a 4 star movie. I think the tank tactics in Fury did the same, as did the opening of SPR. If I want "character development" I'll watch Gone With The Wind.
It was a short violent life living in a tank crew in WW2. Many didnt even learn the first names of others in their tank. Most didnt want to. It was easier losing the noobs when you didnt know who they were. "Emotion" and "developing your character" didnt help you survive the war. Those guys turned into emotionless killers when thrown into a conflict that knew very little mercy. Of a scale almost unimaginable.
The scene of the Heavies flying back from Bombing Germany was awsome.
I would have liked a nod toward the Historical reason why the Germans were still fighting. As I already mentioned the Party had an iron grip on both the armed forces and especially the populace, "course the hacks always found a reason to avoid the front lines". But Germany, its populace, and its armed forces, were a very much different show after the events of 20 July 1944. History seems to forget the upheaval that the attempt on Hitler unleashed. I know my eyebrows raised after studying the after effects in a few books, "Im a book shop 'ho".
Its worth reading up on. Had they not tried to blow up Adi, and of course failed, the war would have been shorter and less bloody.
