don't get me wrong, this is a good movie and well worth the visit to the cinema. Some of the action shots of the fighter pilots were among the most realistic I have ever seen in a WW2 flick - but seriously the early reviews were completely overstating the movies credibility. Oscar clean up? - laugh out loud. Im a detail person, so to be worthy of an Oscar Id have to say continuity of the basics must be right. If you look at the boat crossing, whilst the wind is blowing in the right direction for the journey -the sea condition and weather are lacking consistency in each scene. they go from very choppy disturbed seas to almost flat calm. The beach shots are more of the same. crikey in some shots the tide is in, others its not. I could go on and on with goofs and inconsistencies throughout the movie but wont - you expect these things in a many average films - but please... if this is an Oscar nomination then standards have dropped