Fury

[JudgeDredd]

Totally agree

But it was still a visceral experience.

It was definitely Hollywood in a tank...but it was well shot, well filmed and directed.

[endfire79]

I will try to check out Fury tonite after a few beers with a fellow World of Tanks buddy. I'm going in for entertainment, not the holy grail :)

[endfire79]

I saw this with free movie passes.

Visuals: 8.0/10, very good, I enjoyed the Shermans vs Tiger battle (hand cranking that turret must have been a pain).  The firefight at the end was a nice spectacle, I'll leave it at that. 
Plot: 6.5/10: It's not Oscar material, but I don't think they were trying for that.  Not bad for a buddy movie.  The dinner scene was uncomfortable and I guess that was the purpose.

Overall rating:  7/10.  I love tanks, and there's not too many movies about them these days, pretty simple.  I still kind of felt this was in the same league as Windtalkers a bit for some reason.

[bboyer66]

 Saw it over the weekend.

Pretty disappointed.  The combat scenes were decent up until the ending scene, which was BS right out of a Rambo movie. In no way at all realistic, any tank fighting infantry at night in WWII is a dead tank. Try looking through a tank gun sight or a vision block at dusk through dawn, you cant see shit.

The non fighting parts of the movie were garbage. The whole scene in the town at the Woman's apartment seemed forced. The killing of the German soldier wearing the US army jacket overly dramatic.

Give it a 5/10

[Sir Slash]

Agree totally. I thought by now there would be more comment from WWII vets or some other such organization.

[GDS_Starfury]

I finally caught this today and I think the point is mostly missed by the people here.  its a condensed story of a virgin soldier losing his innocence in a 48 hour period.  ya, the girl part was somewhat forced but we had that same experience in Band of Brothers with the medic.  granted there were some continuity errors in the final fight but, Ive read enough to give it a pass as odder shit has actually happened.  thats where medals are given.  if someone watched a modern rendition of Audie Murphy's  brass balls in action without knowing the actual history you would cry bullshit all day and twice on Sunday.

[mirth]

if someone watched a modern rendition of Audie Murphy's  brass balls in action without knowing the actual history you would cry bullshit all day and twice on Sunday.

I've never quite thought of it like that, but you're absolutely right. If they remade To Hell and Back today, a lot of people would think it was some Michael Bay over-the-top fantasy.

[Sir Slash]

The truth is often more dramatic and less politically correct than fiction. Today's Murphy would have to been abused as a child, shoot unarmed Germans, and the Nazis' would be caused by Global Warming. Not on a soapbox here, just saying many of the greatest heroes wouldn't be acceptable to a certain sect of society. Today everybody knows Che and nobody knows Audie. Why isn't he on Tee shirts everywhere? Guess I am on a soapbox afterall.

[mirth]

Now I want an Audie Murphy t-shirt.

[Barthheart]

Now I want an Audie Murphy t-shirt.

Here ya go....

http://www.zazzle.ca/boy_hero_audie_murphy_t_shirt-235310884787295095

[mirth]

Awesome.

[Sir Slash]

I wonder if they have one with him kicking Che in the ass.

[mirth]

I wonder if they have one with him kicking Che in the ass.

moar awesome!

[GDS_Starfury]

I would prefer him gunning him down with a .50 while standing on the back of the Sherman.

[Sir Slash]

I'd buy that one.