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| The wicked flee when no man pursueth  |
I realize I'm ten years late, but I just watched Fury for the first time last night since it's free on Prime right now. It seemed to me like they took Saving Private Ryan, Kelly's Heroes, Full Metal Jacket, and Platoon, stuck it into a ChatGPT and said write me a generic WW2 tank movie script...and of course there was a shirtless Brad Pitt scene. Big thumbs down. T-34, while not a great movie, was ten times better for being a recent WW2 tank flick. Proverbs 28:1 | ||
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No. Not alone. It sucked. | |||
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It's nice looking. But I view it as a giant waste of potential. To me the whole thing one is one big WW2 war story cliche. Like you said, as if it was written by someone who'd read a few books, seen a few movies and felt the need to jam every unimportant point they remembered into one story. (what was the story again? I honestly have no recollection, other than Brad Pitt and that other fool in a tank) Hamburger Hill, while I've grown to appreciate the movie and the performances a lot more in the last 36 years, is a lot like it. It checked off the cliches one after another. (maybe cliche is the wrong word, but "this is what they did and this is what they said", like going down a check list) | |||
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| The wicked flee when no man pursueth |
@cas The characters are almost like archetypal cartoon character generalizations of how Hollywood depicts soldiers in WW2. I think it's because I grew up surrounded by WW2 vets (including a family member who was in 3rd Army during the Battle of the Bulge and through the post-war German occupation and would actually talk about it), but I greatly dislike how the US GI is depicted in this film. Proverbs 28:1 | |||
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I don’t think it quite sucked, but hanging around in the town in the middle of the movie really dragged it down. Haven’t watched it again since I first saw it at the theater. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
A war movie. Made this century. In Hollywood. Just what do you expect? I watched the first ten minutes, then, turned it off. Not going back to it. | |||
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I thought the ending battle was ridiculous. The Tiger would have wasted them all before they got close enough. But it's a war movie so I watched it. I like to look at the vehicles and weapons to see how accurate they are. | |||
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| The wicked flee when no man pursueth |
I know. Silly me. I enjoyed Downfall and T-34 (neither of which are American films). Proverbs 28:1 | |||
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| A man's got to know his limitations  |
I liked it. Glad I am easily entertained. "But, as luck would have it, he stood up. He caught that chunk of lead." Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock "If there's one thing this last week has taught me, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." Clarence Worley | |||
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I very much dont like the movie. I thought the Hitler/chocolate bar joke was hilarious and maybe the only solid interaction of the movie where they all seemed like actual people. Some good actors but I found I struggled to get through it and never put it back on. After the first scene it appears they made an anti-war vietnam movie set in WWII, which it seems many writers or directors have trouble breaking from. If someone asked I would suggest skipping it. | |||
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| Save an Elephant Kill a Poacher  |
I could not figure out that whole kitchen scene with the mother/daughter? and why the crew showed up and was all of a sudden turning/arguing with Pitt? Am I missing a story there? 'I am the danger'...Hiesenberg NRA Certified Pistol Instructor NRA Certified Rifle Instructor NRA Life Member | |||
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| Donate Blood, Save a Life!  |
No, I’m with you on that. However, I watched the whole thing because I’ve done a lot of reading about the M4 Sherman in its various models, the good and the bad. The story itself and most of the acting made it painful and rather unbelievable to watch. If I ever watch it again, it will probably be for modeling purposes with the remote in one hand speeding through to the tank scenes so I can get any screenshots needed. *** "Aut viam inveniam aut faciam (I will either find a way or make one)." -- Hannibal Barca | |||
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Saw it and didn't care for it, either. Didn't care for the characters or the plot. Will put on "Kelly's Heros" for tank action! | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
I think they were trying to paint it as Pitt's character trying to retain/regain some of his humanity after a long war being hardened and corrupted, probably only because of the kid being there and reminding him of the little bit of humanity left in him. Then the others come in and they're either too far gone, or more likely, weren't as educated and and cultured and too base to try to enjoy an attempt at a civilized meal in the middle of a war. I think it's a bit of an anti-war statement and as class statement as well. It's ham-handed and awkward, and it's meant to make the viewer really uncomfortable and goes on for far too long. The whole film is more of a masochistic snuff film than a war film. The intent of most, if not all of the film is entirely to make the viewer squirm and leave you disturbed, ostensibly because obviously war is bad, but I think more than that, it was to say that we were just as bad as the instigators of the war. It's a debate historians have, but I don't know what kind of credibility Hollywood has to try to step into that debate. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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| I have lived the greatest adventure  |
Gratuitously buffoonish characters and boring. Phone's ringing, Dude. | |||
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I have seen it once, & didn't like it, thought the characters were ridiculous, and, as others have said, cartoonish. I, too, grew up with young late-twenties to late-thirties WW2 vets all around and they weren't like these actors in the slightest. I almost gave up watching, but hung out thinking it had to get better. It didn't! Bob | |||
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The visual & prop details were good but, the story wasn't so much; as others pointed-out the characters all seemed to be stereotypes. It's up there with Inglorious Bastards, entertaining but, over the top and exaggerated in various aspects.
That's how I received it as. Pitt's character attempts to reign-in the visceral/crude aspects of his character in the presence of the two women who represent the more civilized, refined, parts of humanity that they're all fighting for. The women living in a war zone have seen life reduced to base needs & emotions, physically shown by the crew crashing in drunk, sloppy and vulgar. The overall scene wasn't very good and a pathetic attempt to show some humanity in a world of chaos. I remember critics and commentators attempting to get worked-up about the scene, attempting to describe it as a rape or, some non-consensual form of sex work, instead of just pointing out it was a poorly laid-out scene. | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
Pretty much this. The costumes, props, sets, visual effects, and sound effects are outstanding. The first two major battle scenes (the advance on the treeline and the Tiger fight) are good. Everything else, less so. I don't hate it, but it's not going to be on anyone's "best war movies" list. | |||
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E tan e epi tas |
This is where I am at with Fury. Its....meh. I don't think it SUCKS and it has its moments but overall its kinda meh. I liked Pitt even if he was a bit of caricature. I hated the rest of the tank crew. I like the actors and I kind of get what they were TRYING for but it just didn't land and they all came across as borderline, knuckle dragging, criminals and I just didn't think it fit. Oppham....errr I mean Norman  was ok. All in all its just ok. "Guns are tools. The only weapon ever created was man." | |||
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| Why don’t you fix your little problem and light this candle  |
This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson | |||
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