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warspite1 -> RE: What program/film/documentary are you watching now? (7/12/2015 1:15:30 PM)
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Care - Spoiler alert
I finally got around to watching Fury. Certainly not the worst war movie I’ve ever seen, and reasonably entertaining to sit through once, but a few gripes:
- War movies I guess have always been clichéd, but parts of this struck me as a WWII Platoon. The young green rookie who the battle-hardened soldiers initially don’t take to (before becoming bosom buddies by the film’s end) and the battle-hardened soldiers – who are a pretty unlikeable bunch and who appear to be more at war with each other than the enemy (before becoming bosom buddies by the film’s end).
- Speaking of being an unlikeable bunch – what the hell was the scene with the two German girls about?? In an earlier scene the tankers tell the rookie how much they respect and admire the sergeant (who has got them from North Africa to Germany (less one crewman who appears to be sans visage (despite no outward sign of damage to the tank)) – and then they go and behave like that toward him??
- I know that film-makers appear to have been told that the C-word is the new F-word and the F-word is the new S-word, and now they all appear to be using as much foul language as possible (fortunately the C-word was absent here) but come on. Was the use of profanity that generalised in the 40’s – even in war? and would they all have been so happy to swear so profusely in the front of ladies – even German ones? That scene didn’t feel right on so many levels.
- I know there is a trade-off between making something realistic and making something that works on camera, but really was that final scene the best they could do? Was the crew of Fury facing an SS Battalion or the Keystone cops? Grenades going off in a tank? Mmmmm what would the effect really have been. Okay you don’t want to show the full horror, but the guy looked like he'd accidentally nicked his face while shaving.
- Anyway, seen it, glad I did, but won’t be hurrying back for a second viewing.
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