Fury

I'm not a huge fan of war movies because they're always the same thing every time. A few exceptions are 300, Zero Dark Thirty, and Fury. Now, I'm obviously only going to go into detail with Fury because that's the title of the review, but what I'll say about all of them is that they're all very unique. Fury is a WWII film about a small group of soldiers and their tank. The tank is why I love this movie so much. The tank is their little home that they all share as they ride across Germany and kill people. They built a bond with the tank, just as they built a bond with each other, naming it "Fury" as the title suggests, and putting little posters up because it really was their home. A new addition to their team arrives in the beginning, totally unprepared for battle, and he has to learn to get comfortable in that home and with those people. At the beginning, they went through that whole process where the new guy had to learn how to kill people, and of course he was very hesitant. He didn't want that on his conscience, but he did and got over it surprisingly quickly. It's as if the writers created a good moral conflict for the story, then thought of a better one and forgot to take out the old one while completing the script. At one point, there was a break from the action, and all the guys got together in a lady's house to calm down for a bit. I liked seeing them try to get back to a normal life and settle down for a bit, but have it all blown up and lost in an instant. The acting was great, full of people you could really tell had been changed by the war. Each of the guys seemed to have too much experience in tank warfare. They all had tons of grit and looked toughened up by years of battle. My favorite thing about this was the thought that this is what every tank was like in that time. I wanted to believe that all the tank operators had a sort of brotherhood built up within their tank, but as time passes, it shows that isn't the case. This wasn't just a day in the life of a World War 2 tank operator, this was a special war hero tank and I didn't like that. I want to see what it's like to just be a part of the crowd, the everyday experience of an everyday soldier. I've seen too many scenarios where the protagonists are outnumbered, I just want to view the real experience. I think that's why I liked the beginning and not the end. The beginning was just a soldier getting used to living and fighting in a tank, the end was the small band of brothers fighting off a ton of enemies and saving the day. It's safe to say the last quarter ruined what was an almost flawless film. You should still see it because it's 75% good, and the last 25% actually did have some cool moments, so it totals about 80%. B-