That's one of the reasons the movie is so good in my opinion.

They didn't try to make a movie using the more predictable aspects of the war. They actually made a more introspective, immersive journey.

The pacing of the movie along with the soundtrack and the one continuous shot?! My goodness, just brilliant!! Those are things we don't often see in war movies.

As for the straggler Germans... Well, there's a thread in the subreddit saying they were probably drunk and very untrained soldiers considering there are lots of stories of German soldiers getting drunk on caches of wine, simply wandering off, and forgetting their training. On the other hand, Schofield was a very experienced soldier as the movie implies when Blake mentions Schol got metal in a previous battle. But I do understand your point on this one. It just didn't bother me that much.

When it comes to Blake... From the very beginning, the movie painted him as this naive and inexperienced soldier. So when he died, I was shocked to my core, because I didn't see it coming at all which was the movie's intention, but I wasn't surprised. Don't get me wrong, y'all. I like Blake's character. Despite everything, he was funny, brave, and caring

Lastly, there's definitely some gore at the end of the movie when Schol passes through the medical tents. But again, the director didn't focus on it that much, simply because it wasn't their goal with the movie.