Last friday I went to see Fury with my buddy Maurits!
First of all, this movie really had me moving, but I also have my doubts on some things. Feel free to comment and start a discussion with me.
I want to start of with the first scenes showing a German officer, on a horse, walking through the wreckage of shot up tanks. My first thoughts were “Why is he walking there all by himself?” Then Brad Pitt jumps out of a tank and kills the officer with a knife. I don’t get why the officer was walking through the battlefields all by himself, simply because it’s life threatening.
I’d also like to comment on the acting of the U.S. infantry soldiers. In my eyes they weren’t really acting like soldiers. My view on this could have been affected by the many war movies I’ve seen, but when the soldiers were walking behind a tank, it felt like they were too close up on each other. It looked like they were very excited waiting in a queue for something spectecular.
My last point of critique is about the morale of the SS troops before the last fight. Norman finds out that a whole SS batallion is marching towards them, singing, chanting and shouting. Especially at the end of the war this would’ve been less likely to me. On the other side we heard many stories of German soldier being proud after surrendering, as if they were not defeated. There were a lot of kids fighting for the German army at the end of the war. Their morale and self esteem might have been really high.
Overall I really enjoyed Fury, even though the beginning brought up some questions. I loved the brothership inside the tank, simply because I had never experienced this before, and we got to know every single character. I had never seen a film with Logan Lerman (Norman) before, but I can say I was really surprised by his acting. The development of Norman as a character was surprisingly good and I loved every bit of it! They perfectly displayed what war can do to people who have never seen war. Besides that, every character inside the Fury tank was unique, but they also had their flaws. Jon Bernthal (Grady) had a big mouth, but he definitely had his heart on the right place.
Material wise, I think the crew did a great job on tanks, weapons and outfits to make it as real as possible! The battles looked realistic and besides the infantry soldiers I mentioned earlier, I think they came really close to reality. The last tank fight where the Fury tank was still standing after two hits of the German Tiger tank had my questions, but after all they perfectly demonstrated how to destroy a Tiger tank.
One last point I’d like to mention, because I don’t want to spoil too much. The fact that the SS soldier doesn’t betray Norman after the last battle, shows that even the SS had some humanity left. Of course I’m not here to explain away what the SS did during the war, but I was definitely pleased to see this scene.
I’d like to rate Fury with a 8/10
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4 thoughts to “The Fast and the Fury – Fury Review”
the movie was really awesome, I agree with you about the first secne.
The SS who came down singing cloud be acurate, they were elitie soldier who generally speaking had better moral then most German units
Why travel completely around the Tiger to hit it on the rear hull plate, when the left and right ‘flank’ sponsons and turret sides have the same thickness of armour plate? Mind boggling literal use of the term’flanking’! Plus the 76mm HVAP of an ‘Easy 8’ could deal with an Ausf E and fair combat range… Not quite as effective as an M4 Firefly but not too shoddy!
I saw the movie and it was really realistic tbh. Some scene’s were very realistic and hearttouching. Really a good one would like to see Unbroken to
Bonjour, Guten Tag Joe Demadio, WWII aficianado:
I am currently researching the OISE sector for a book I am authoring and it will include a study of V-1 Nazi rocket launch emplacements that circled the perimeter of the Lucky Strike sector. These emplacements rained havoc on London. The research is in conjunction with several of my fellow Mensa militaria specialists. I was in Paris, Normandy and Brittany recently doing some ground work. To enhance your fine comments regarding “Fury,” the final battle sequence is not to attack a village as you alluded to. The point was made that their mission was to protect a U.S. Army field hospital very close to their final position at the crossroads approximately four foosball fields in length behind them over the bluff. The field hospital had no combat troops to guard them and consisted of strictly medical personnel so USA was in great danger of losing irreplaceable resources. Keep up your excellent efforts to continue to inform people about the super human heroism of America’s greatest generation. Happy New Year.
Paul J. Cassavechia, M.A. Balto USA Merci Beaucoup