Movie: Fury

[jdmcm]

Seriously Ed? "The tanks are coming" and "Go for broke" ? These are the movies that you cite as cinematic gems from the golden age of war movies? Ouch...The tanks are coming is probably worse than "Battle of the Bulge"...a cast of veritable unknowns with anchorman hair-do's casting each other knowing glances all the while looking like something out of a Rock Hudson Palm Springs pool party...wooden acting, a formulaic plot right out of the US War Office, laughable jingoistic narration and just plain painful to watch...twenty minutes in you are rooting for the Germans to kill them all! I think if you were trying to convince shoeless, dough-headed farmboys to join the army in 1951..this would be the ticket...makes war look like a pretty good time! (Grab a cup of "joe" Sarge then we will give them Krauts what for!) And "Go for Broke", Van Johnson's vanity project about discrimination in the ranks! Not entirely unwatchable...but I preferred him in "The Caine Mutiny"...a much better picture in my humble opinion...Hey I don't hate the old war movies (except "The Tanks are Coming"...it deserves to be hated) I even find myself watching Patton whenever it rears its ugly head on TV...but lets face it..."The Beast", "Saving Private Ryan", "Band of Brothers", "Lebanon", "White Tiger" and "Fury" among others, combine better writing, much better production values, vastly superior acting and I think make a much more realistic point of showing war for what it is...a horrible undertaking of last resort

[Ryan]

Bah!

Everybody knows the best war movie ever made is Kelly's Heroes.

Flame suit on.

[Wayne Henderson]

I saw this last week and as entertainment goes it was good. My opinion only.
Kind of knew going in it would be the same US soldier wins the war on his own type film but what the hey.
The treatment of how it was filmed inside the tank was impressive if not a little too roomy (is that a word?) but at least the rivet-counting-types have little to moan about regarding the Tiger Tank but they will find something, they always do.

It's a movie, it's not real... unlike Star Wars and Dr Who.

And speaking of model makers, how long will this take...

The NEW Tamyia "Fury Tank" complete with steel barrel, blown track, Sgt Wardaddy and bits of 300 SS soldiers to complete that diarama.

Fury gets from me.
Wayne

[Luke R]

Originally Posted by Wayne Henderson

The NEW Tamyia "Fury Tank" complete with steel barrel, blown track, Sgt Wardaddy and bits of 300 SS soldiers to complete that diarama.

I would buy it!

[Frank v R]

we at the museum helped do the Canadian media release for the film , that was a busy day for us , many interviews , but a great plug for the museum , Billy was all dressed up to play the part of Fury with Bart playing one of the other tanks, lots of footage shot by the media outlets and it gave our last tank day of the year a great boost, the movie had some great camera angles and CGI, the US infantry moving from behind the Sherman's was real bad Hollywood , and the close up of the MG-42 gave you a great idea of what never to get in front of, and the combat lock on the loader's hatch seemed to be NS,

[chris vickery]

Kelly"s Heroes, a true classic!
The time in which it was produced reeked of the 60's love and groovieness, man.
I still love Das Boot...

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Guys

Reading the comments on spotting equipment irregularities, thought what fun it would be get Fury on DVD and show it at the Weare Summer Rally nothing liken showing it in front of couple hundred MV enthusiasts.

When ever I start picking out the MV problems when watching a movie, my wife kiddingly tells me to shut up and watch the movie. But after all these years she spots the military vehicles particularly CMPs in the movie and records them.

Cheer Phil