This was overall good, not great like I hoped. Story was simple (tank crew has a tough job, tank crew does tough job). Acting was decent for most involved. Characters were decent though somewhat 2-demensional (simple hick, pious man, guy who does what needs to be done regardless etc.) Character development and interactions among the crew was varied from interesting to rather bland at times. Action sequences and sound is were this film shines.
Theater I watched it in has superb sound (theater George Lucas Sound did there magic in for Episode 1 back in the day), you felt every bullet and shell in your chest. I'd probably drop this a full point if I watched in it a crappy theater.
7.5/10 for me. If you don't like WWII flicks, you'll probably be bored.
Originally posted by dadudemon
Robtard, is this something my 10-year-old son could see? I usually keep the films I let him see down to PG-13 or lower.He loves WWII stuff/movies/facts. He loves planes and tanks from that period, as well.
Really depends how mature your son is at 10, but I'd err on the side of caution here and watch it first yourself then take him later if you deem he can handle it. It's an 'R' flick, btw.
It's a war movie and it gets all up in your face with the ugliness of war. Mutilations, decapitations, limbs sawed off with machine-gun fire, guts spilled etc.
edit: I'd not take my almost 10 daughter to see it, even if she was interested in WWII like your son is.
Well, the flick does start with some facial stabbing, but it's not so much gorey as just a hell of a lot of killing. There aren't ever scenes where someone is shot and it shows bullet holes and they bleed out on camera. It's more like
'Oh shot in the head, he's down."
That being said, probably not good for a 10 year old.
The acting was pretty wonderful, particularly surprised at Shia Labeouf. There was quite a few standout scenes that I was really impressed with, one in which the crew is sitting at a dining room table in an overrun city, and another a tense moment involving an Anti-Tank gunning for the protagonists in a big open field.
It was an odd but decent enough film. Acting is good for the poorly written characters they are given. The writing seems poor in terms of plot but I'm not sure if they were deliberately giving no context in order to show the viewer that the soldiers themselves were given very little direction other than "go there and do that" without knowing why.
Some brutal moments like someone getting obliterated when a tank shell smashes clean through them and their entire upper body just flies apart.
Visually it's spot on. Looks amazing.
Overall it gets a 7/10 from me.