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Siskoid
I wish the tank had been haunted... Fury was one of those war films that seemed an appendix to Band of Brothers - same dingy look, battleground wisdom, exciting action scenes, and enough insight into what serving in a particular unit could have been like - but at this point, beyond a setting we're not used to seeing very often (an armored unit), there's very little here that feels necessary. Yeah, it's well done, but what is it bringing to a well-worn genre that we haven't seen or been told before in some way? The characters are fairly typical, with the required rookie shocked by war and eventually embracing its horrors, and writer/director Dick Ayer seems to have taken a page from Inglorious Basterds with the uncomfortable dinner scene (more obvious when your lead is Brad Pitt, I suppose). Ultimately, it awkwardly tries for te sort of verisimilitude Saving Private Ryan did, while also being rather sensationalistic in its presentation of violence. Lots of gory shots for "war is hell" shock value, and laser gun battles (those are some extreme-looking tracers anyway). So not a bad film, but its self-importance detracts from what should essentially have been an action flick.Jumping Elephant
Thought it could learn a few lessons from a far superior film, "The Dirty Dozen" with Lee Marvin.jdjudge
Intensely unbalanced, misjudged, hypermasculine bullshit. Tries REALLY hard to be Saving Private Ryan and emulate its points about the lack of humanity in war, without actually understanding that that film's graphic nature wasn't meant to inspire an us-against-"them" xenophobic shoot 'em up. Lerman's characterBonus: a guy in my screening got up afterward and shouted to me and my boyfriend "and we're supposed to be nice to THEIR kids!" Way to go, everyone.
mariannepaqn
Honest movie, that doesn't try to be anything more than what it is.JG94
Its a good movie, and the best part of it, its that kills the idea of a patriotic and saint war: War is horrible, bloody and stupid.Just because of that, I think I can appreciate it.
PS: Pitt's acting is simply horrible.
fjcaetano
This movie should have ended withZangin
I'm not a big fan of war movies. However, this one in particular I do not like. This movie is neither pro-war nor anti-war. This isn't bad for a movie and others have pulled it off well. However, rather than seeming neutral to the horrors of the war, it comes off as having split opinions on whether war is necessary/heroic or terrible. The first half seems to denounce the tank crew that the film focuses on as hopeless, wretched people corrupted by war and then in the second half, seems to praise their heroic glory in taking a valiant stand against the German scum. It just all doesn't fit together and really ruined what could have been a somewhat decent movie.ferchuparente
Regular movie.Based in the book: "How doing a war movie in a few steps".
Chikamaharry
Who, this movie was intense. Really solid, until the last "fight". Felt like that kind of fell through. Also, very little backstory on the people in this movie. Makes you not care for them so much. Probably just Pitt and Logan Lermans character you actually care for.The movies has the best action sequence in a tank you'll ever see. Overall, this movie has really cool action. But it is not able to build up the characters, and makes it ultimately fall kind of flat. That really important to a War movie, makes you care for them, their struggles and if the ultimately die. But, as I said the action is spectacular, so go see it as a decent action movie.
The_Comatorium
Writer/Director David Ayer has had an interesting career so far. We have seen his brilliant times with the writing of Training Day and shit, even U-571. We’ve also seen his horrible times with Sabotage, Harsh Times, and the absolutely atrocious SWAT. I’ll never forget a character in SWAT, before blowing his brains out, looking toward Samuel L. Jackson and delivering this gem of a one liner…”Goddammit Sarge!” If you’ve seen the film you know what I mean. I can’t look at Josh Charles the same anymore. Ayer is obviously talented but I feel like he slips into a bad crime novelist whose books frequent airports from time to time. Training Day was obviously amazing, but besides End of Watch, his work has been mediocre at best recently. Fury, was ultimately a frustrating film with some moments of brilliance. The likes of a full length film with no glaring problems might be behind Ayer for now.There hasn’t been a film dedicated to tank crews that I can remember. You see the air force, ground troops, hell, even fighter pilots highlighted in films, yet until now nobody has highlighted the work that tank crews did during WW2. For the most part, it was almost a death sentence. Like flamethrowers in Japan, a tank is like a huge target for enemy fire. You’re not going to last long unless you take the tank out FIRST. US tanks were also poorly made compared to superior German Tiger tanks. US tanks were slower and would routinely be taken out by enemy artillery. In short, tankers didn’t live long. This crew has though. Brad Pitt and company have been together for years and when a newcomer (Lerman) comes along, he needs to be broken in fast or else he’ll risk the lives of the entire crew. We’ve seen this before with Ayer. A newbie comes into the world of hardened veterans and has to see the horrors of the job before he can become one of them. Honestly, my interest in this film wasn’t the story. I’m a big WW2 fan and the concept of a film dedicated to tank crews scratched my history itch.
I had problems with the film. For one, the music in the film was just overbearing. The film was intense enough. I didn’t need a blaring orchestra to remind me that I should be in suspense. Somehow, the death and firebombs going off on the screen did it for me. It was distracting. I also had a problem with a few scenes that not only took the pace of the film and brought it to a grounding halt, but it also didn’t make a lick of sense. The biggest offender of this was the breakfast scene with the German girls. The only thing I liked about this was the performance of Shia LaBeouf but we’ll get to more of that soon. Jon Bernthal tries WAY too hard to be a crazy person and the film decided that rape didn’t exist in War and that every German girl who was being FORCED to cook and serve these troops would also sleep with them. It was insulting. The film had some of the most violent scenes in a war movie since Saving Private Ryan but they had to sprinkle glitter over these men when they interacted with women. It was just odd. The whole scene with the younger girl and Lerman was just a set up to what happened after they exited the house. It was cheap and amateur. The final scene was also completely nonsensical and dragged out. A particular scene, after the battle, after literally hundreds of people died, was laugh out loud bad. Those of you who have seen it will know what I’m talking about.
So, what was good? Well, the sound design was top notch. I expect nominations for that team because each round and explosion sounded like the real thing. There were two tank battle scenes that REALLY stood out thanks to amazing sound design and very intense interior shots of the tank crew in action from inside the tank. I was on the edge of my seat for these. The camerawork was also overall pretty great. The opening scene looked like a leftover scene from War Horse. Yes David Ayer, I just compared you to Spielberg. You can relish in that. The acting was also top notch from Pitt and LaBeouf, specifically Shit. These are the roles that the kid needs to be doing. He needs to take this crazy persona of his and stick it into his acting. He was a marvel in this film, showing an unbelievable amount of range. His character, Bible, was a God loving Christian outside of the tank, and a ruthless gunner inside. LaBeouf handled it wonderfully. I was very impressed. Pitt was also very solid as the leader although he really shined when interacting with LaBouf and Lerman. The rest held their own with Lerman giving a good performance and Pena and Bernthal just kid of slogging through.
The film was worth a ticket. It was a bleak look into war that didn’t stop when things got too hectic, unless German lasses were involved. There were some intense scenes and a whole storyline that was devoted to tank crews but there were some serious flaws in the logic behind some of the scenes in the film. It also serves as proof that Shia LaBeouf is still a talented actor when given the right role.
3/5
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A very good and gritty war movie. Basically the best tank war movie I have seen.lmkmoviemaniac
An authentic and brutal World War 2 movie centered on a battle tank (belonging to the US Allies) helmed by a seasoned sergeant who leads his battle-hardened crew by example. They go from one dangerous mission to the other, against the Nazis in their own land. The crew also comprises a rookie, who is thrown into the battle field and picks up the ropes slowly but surely.The film is packed with tremendous battle sequences, lots of raw emotions, scenes of team bonding and enjoyable war-lingo and nicknames. The music score is haunting and mood-setting, and the filming and detailing are as real as it can get. Brad Pitt lords over all his scenes, while the other main support actors fit the bill well.
Ought to be a favorite among war movie buffs.
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