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I saw it on Sunday night with my son and his GF.

Absolutely loved it... I held my breath for two hours! The tension was intense, it just builds and builds. I was truly immersed in the whole experience. Movie story telling at its near best. Private Ryan is the bench mark and this comes close. What really got to me is how young these lads were and also the dreadful waste. Why would they leave their rifles behind on the beach and walkways? Were they that desperate?* And the young lad dying like that on his father's boat! Can you even begin to imagine how the rescued soldier felt? That would haunt you for the rest of your life!

The Spitfire, Stuker (Junkers Ju 87), Heinkel scenes at the end? It's not easy to explain how a Spitfire could shoot down a Heinkel in that situation unless he was extremely lucky and lined up a shot from a long distance away. They spent a lot of time and ammunition siting in the guns of a Spitfire and they had a HUD so maybe but still difficult to believe.

The glide path of the Spitfire? Not really sure what to think about that. He seemed to be gliding at at very high speed (it looked too fast to me) and could of turned around and landed closer to the the British troops but he had to get his landing gear down so that may help explain what happened. Could the pilot even know were the Germans were?

What disappointed me was there was no German perspective. That could have been a very interesting part of the movie considering what happened. Imagine Hitler, Goering and Von Rundstedt discussing their options!

I'd recommend seeing it. It's not a perfect movie but it does a more than adequate job of telling this complex story.

(*As an ex soldier I can't imagine a situation were I would willingly leave my rifle behind)