Fury(2014)

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.

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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.)