It’s a bit too ambitious of me to 'critic' Fury as my first review,
but I just watched it so, might as well.
In general, it was a really great movie.
Everyone was neatly in character, and everything fell in place so well that one
could almost feel the characters' emotions themselves.
So it takes place in Germany, April 1945,
and shows the story of a tank crew in war. Brad Pitt plays Don 'Wardaddy'
Collier, the leader of said crew. I can't tell much more without spoiling, but
I suggest anyone to watch it. Obviously not for six year olds, but parents can
decide whether or not to allow their children to watch this.
(Spoiler Alerts)
I loved how each crewmember interacted
with each other. It really gave off that feeling of family-away-from-home.
After spending so many years fighting together, you're bound to get some
partnership/familiarity, but I haven't yet seen a movie that did it as well as
this one. You can really sense what's going on between them, and in their
thoughts: heck, even the tension between newbie Norman 'Machine' Ellison (played
by Logan Lerman) and the other members is obvious within the first few minutes
of his arrival.
Not only was the dialogue and interactions
between characters fantastic, the scenes themselves really hit home how war
works. Few movies are able to capture both sides of war. I'm not just talking
about how you have the obvious war heroes sacrificing themselves for their
country against the evil enemy warlords: I'm talking about seeing the war heroes
from the enemy's point of view. They explored the characters not only as the
protagonists, but also as the antagonists. A scene that I found exceptionally
amazing was when Pitt's character directly manhandled and forced Lerman's
character into killing a German soldier. You can really tell how badly this
affects Lerman, and goes against almost all his morals. But the reasoning
behind Pitt's actions is sound: in war, there is no right or wrong. There is
simply kill or be killed. Really, really interesting to see these two
characters grow alongside each other throughout the movie.
An overall amazing movie, and I recommend
it to anyone, for almost any type of day or mood (unless you're looking for
something happy-go-lucky. I don't know of any war movie that's so carefree.)
