Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Allissa .Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Trey Yancy This is a complete and BS movie that has been Hollywood-ized to death. Ike, Bradley, and everyone else of note who was involved totally rejected this movie - using such terms as "disgusting" and worse. The bozos who made this film couldn't even figure out that a key issue was the extremely harsh blizzard conditions. Viewers should not view this film as history. It is a show-biz alternate reality version made by lazy, money-grubbing Hollywood morons.

armoredtanker What can one say about a movie that even Gen. Omar Bradley refused to endorse. Simply awful.Any student of history will see how awful this movie is. First the tanks. Okay so there were no King Tigers, except for 3, left in the world. So you had to borrow M47 Pattons from Spain. The M24s used as Sherman okay guess they were to lazy to locate some. The Battle at the beginning in the forest, snow? There was none during the start of the attack. The Battle for the town. Using tanks to shell the town. That was dumb. Where is the German Artillery. They amassed large amounts for the attack. Germans would not waste time in attacking a town that tanks should bypass and leave to the follow up infantry. The final battle in the desert, yes desert, was so pathetic. By the time the Germans had reached the Meuse area the weather was horrible. Cold and snow, plus fog had descended on the battle. The tank column led by Col. Hessler was supposed to either represent the column led by Col. Peiper, SS, or the 2nd Panzer that was stopped at Celles by the US 2nd Armored. One part that bugged me was the Corp Commander, Robert Ryan asking for 155mm guns. Every US Infantry Division had a battalion of 155s. A US Corp would have several independent artillery battalions as well. Well for the most part I can watch this movie with the bad over the top acting. And the British Eighth Army was in Italy not north of the 1st US Army in Belgium. That was the 2nd Army UK.

cecilefiredog Why in the world would the Germans want to capture and American fuel dump and/or why in the world would the Americans ever want to capture a German Fuel Dump? Our Tanks used Av-Gas or Aviation "Gasoline" while the Germans Tanks used only Diesel! German Tanks that run on Diesel cannot use Gasoline and American Tanks that use Gasoline cannot run on Diesel so either opponents Fuel Dumps would not be "Captured" but would be blown up and destroyed instead! Another very important point is that Diesel when ignited does not explode so bullets hitting Germans tanks did not make them explode only their ordinance exploded, while bullets that hit the American Tanks would make them Explode and destroy them completely and these American tanks were so very dangerous due to the explosive effects of gasoline that was used that the soldiers could not smoke inside or near the American Tanks while smoking was OK in or on all German tanks. General George S. Patton himself actually sanctioned the use of Radial Air-Cooled Gasoline engines knowing full well the explosive problems! Our American Tanks were death-traps on tracks while the German Tanks were very safe using their "not" Explosive Diesel Fuel! This killed the movie for me like the Gasoline tanks did to a lot of Courageous American soldiers

SnoopyStyle It's December 1944. The Allies troops are confident to finish the war quickly. The Germans plan a major offensive to retake Antwerp. Former cop Lt. Col. Kiley (Henry Fonda) tries to warn his superiors about an imminent attack against the thin worn American lines but Gen. Grey and Col. Pritchard dismiss his concerns. Sgt. Guffy (Telly Savalas) is a tank commander who is more concerned with wheeling and dealing. Maj. Wolenski (Charles Bronson) commands a frontline position.The start is mostly Henry Fonda investigating the planned attack with a good side story of German Col. Hessler being put in command of the Tiger tanks. The tanks are obviously wrong but I understand the difficulties. There are a lot of rewriting of history in this movie. Henry Fonda being at every important place gets way too coincidental. Essentially, a massive battle in the war is boiled down to an one-man crusade. The fuel depot fight looks silly compared to the other parts of the movie. Nevertheless this is a compelling old-fashion big-action war movie. The tank battles looks pretty good.