Dude, I appreciate how you can recognize a scene that sometimes requires silence to experience the moment. A lot of reactors feel like they have to talk for the sake of talking. Great reaction 🤙
Shia LaBeouf absolutely killed this roll. Dudes crazy AF irl, but he went all in for this role. The whole main cast was incredible. His line: "Wait till you see it" "See what?" "What a man can do to another man" is chillingly accurate to the atrocities of WWII. Absolutely loved this movie.
It’s complimented by that thousand yard stare he gives Norman as he says the line. It’s like he’s transported to a very specific time or scenario and he’s living it right again there and then instead of being next to Norman.
@@GlennShook my favorite is when he is about to read a bible verse in their final moments before the last battle scene. the emotion he portrays when he almost loses it in that moment seems so genuine.
51:20 very good observation about the age of the German soldier. One of the genius movie making moves was to show the face of the German soldier so we can see he is the equivalent of Norman. Similarly, the sniper who takes out Pitt purposefully removes the cover on his face to show us a wrinkled and scarred face indicating this is a very experienced sniper soldier and probably higher rank, the mirror of Pitt but in the German army. Little movie making touches like that make me appreciate this even more
In WW2 the US fought in two separate theaters; one against the Germans, and the other in the pacific against the Japanese. The pacific theater carried on past the defeat of the Germans. Germany was on the cutting edge with much of their military technology. They even had jet fighters when the allies had only propeller driven aircraft.
Yes they developed jetfighters but they were so few that they hardly mattered and were only seen in enagement in 1945 when the war was already lost for the germans. Also P-51 mustang pilots had no problems shooting them down after they discovered that the ME-262 pilots had a blindspot.
The Germans even developed rocket warfare, constructing missiles that could reach London. Ever hear of Werner Von Braun? He was a captured German rocket scientist who helped the U.S. develop its space program throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
The Germans wasted so much time and resources on wunderwaffe that it was a big factor in their downfall. Hitler's ludicrous ideas along with his abhorrent ideology along with his ego thinking he can blitzkrieg Russia as fast as he took over Belgium was pure stupidity on his part. I think there is a total that was worked out that of he kept to conventional aircraft alone he could have made literally thousands and thousands more bf109s. The guy was nothing more than a deranged junkie.
The tank they destroy was called the tiger 1, the one in the film is tiger 131 and is the only running tiger to date being 80 years old It still retains the title of the most feared tank of all time.
I've read where there's military inaccuracies in this movie but this movie totally drew me in and stuck with me. Whenever I'm channel surfing and I run across this movie, I will always settle back into it. One of my favorite scenes was Bernthal's character telling Norman how he's the better man and the Christening of Norman as The Machine. I love this movie.
At the end, the German was hitting Brad with a trench shovel, they've adapted over the years, the US military trench shovel would be an excellent melee weapon in a zombie apocalypse, it's like the Swiss army knife of shovels and has a lot of uses, I think it's even got a can opener. One more Fun Fact since I'm leaving another comment; In WW2 the Germans used green tracers on their heavy guns, planes, tanks, ships and the US used red tracers. George Lucas was a big fan of WW2 movies & history, he used green lasers for the Empire's ships & big guns like AT-ATs and red lasers for the Rebel Alliance ships in Star Wars.
It wasn't the Germans - the Russians and the Chinese use Barium in their tracers, vs NATO using Strontium, resulting in Russian/Chinese tracers being green and the NATO tracers being red. As far as I know it's down to which element is more abundant/cheaper in either continent.
@@gabsrants The Germans used green tracers dude, it's common knowledge. Stop trying to sound like you've studied this for years and years, you probably just looked up current practices on Google.
@@gabsrants ON top of all your other BS, NATO didn't even exist until 1949, 4 years after WW2 ended. Seriously, do actual research, you won't sound stupid.
@@ll7868 having been sufficiently vexed with both your comment and my ignorance, I actually did look up some stuff on google and I found that the German Wehrmacht had red, green, white, yellow and orange tracers (found in "Die Patrone 7,9 mm der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1930-1945")
Japan was WWII. US was fighting Japan as well. Japan was a part of the Axis power alliance. Which was Germany, Japan, and Italy against US & UK mostly. But we went to war with Japan for like 2 years before we stepped foot in Europe.
"Wait until you see" "See what?" "What a man can do to another man" Theres plenty of little stuff WW2 buffs can argue about with this movie, but it brilliantly portrays how war breaks people. I'm glad this movies finally getting more attention now with reaction channels checking it out.
2:44 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7th 1941. The next day Roosevelt declared war on Japan. 3 days later Hitler declared war on the US for declaring war on their ally, Japan.
Hey Major, you gotta react to Saving Private Ryan-a great friggin story, Hacksaw Ridge-base on a true story or Galippoli a 7 part series out of Australia, it's a friggin great story base on WWI. There are so many great war movies out there but if you want your emotions to go all over the place you gotta check out those three. I loved your reaction to Fury and want to watch more. Great job.
@@thegunbox81 Yeah, I've seen it, but I'm talking about a 7 part mini-series that came out 2015 from Australia. It's amazing and I think it's better than the Mel Gibson movie. You really should try to see it. Thanks
You know someone posted a reaction to this that was 12 minutes long? Basically by missing every major moment and not giving af. Thanks for respecting this film 🙏🏽 it’s one of my favorites of all time.
You might want to watch a movie called "The Red Tails" Do a little homework you will also find the M4 Sherman tank armor was like butter when faced against tiger tanks and anti tank weapons. The tactic at that time was to have more tanks and more men and swarm the tiger tanks and just hope your number was not up. Brad pit as a leader of a tank I would only given norman just alittle of time to get it together cause no way I would have a weak link on my tank that may cost the lives of the rest. Even if I had to shot him myself.
They had snipers in pre-gun times, bows and arrows did the trick back then. Silent and deadly, like farts. Fun Fact; In Germany the peace sign means "fuck you", back in pre-gun days Germans cut the first two fingers off enemy bowmen to wear as jewellery so enemy bowmen started using that sign at German soldiers to say "fuck you", there are a lot of pictures of US soldiers making the sign in old photos, it didn't mean "Peace", It wasn't used as a peace sign until the mid 1960s during Vietnam.
Another Fun Fact; The reason people thought it meant "Victory" is because Germans flashed it at their enemies when they won a battle, the German's were saying "fuck you" but the enemy took it as "We're victorious".
That was the French, not Germans. By the 1300s the British had large numbers of archers using longbows. These were strong bows with a long range and it took years of training to use them properly. But thousands of them on the field could rain arrows on the enemy 300 to 400 yards away. They could also penetrate armor at close range, sometimes. At the Battle of Crecy in France, the English used the archers to tear up a larger French army composed largely of mounted knights. The French swore to cut off the first two fingers of the right hand of any archers they caught since those were the ones primarily used to draw the bow. So the archers would hold up those two fingers as a taunt and insult, come and get them as it were.
Also, it made me remember my cousin who was a tank commander in Korea. His tank & crew were hit & disabled and on fire. When they tried to escape they were machined- gunned to death!
Two scenes in this film rub me the wrong way. 1. Being the Tiger charging at 3 Sherman tanks, while Fury's 76mm gun was able to penetrate a Tiger from the ranges they were engaged from. So the Tiger crew were stupid for not shooting the Fury first and even dumber for charging at the. Worse the Fury and their crew using a 76mm Sherman should know they did not have to shoot it in the rear to kill it. So the scene was basically tank jousting and relying on an outdated stereotype. Basically took a lot of the believability out of the scene. 2. The SS marching scene. They put background music over top of the song they were singing which was Gruene Teufel. Were they pretty much sang about laughing at the devil. Originally a German paratrooper song, it was popular among a lot of troops including the SS so is now very politically incorrect but was perfect for the scene. Censorship just sucks. A scene I really loved was the Bomber scene though. All those contrails. Then seeing 5 contrails approaching the armada of American bombers, such a sight and sadly, felt sorry for those 5 brave souls.
yea, the Tiger scene always bothered me they didn't shoot the first in line to stop the convoy (which would've been Fury), and afterwards they didn't shoot the one that had the biggest gun, which stood out massively (so, also Fury) well, also them advancing instead of just staying still and picking them off but tbh, apart from pushing forward an old myth that i really despise ("it takes 3 shermans to take out 1 tiger" or whatever), it doesn't really matter, it doesn't have to be realistic. it'd be a lot more anticlimactic if it happened they way it should've from either side of the ambush, and considering this was towards the end of the war you can just pretend it was a somewhat inexperienced crew, considering the shortages of those they've had
@@ToRcKHD angling helps but at that range it wouldn't be enough the firefly 76mm could pierce the front hull at around 600 meters so acounting for angling I'd say maybe 400-500 meters would be a safe bet for the 76mm to pierce.
In my entire life I've never seen people nitpick a war movie the way they do this one and it baffles me. It's a phenomenal movie that's dripping with realism and accuracy and there are THOUSANDS of complaints about obscure german tactical manuals and shit about this movie, it's the weirdest fucking thing. It's not perfect, of course, primarily for narrative reasons, but something about this movie REALLY just brings out the history nerds.
Japan was during the Pacific front of WW2. I'm from the Philippines. We were invaded as well. The Japanese also had a secret military faction that's as ruthless as the Gestapo from Germany. They were called the Kempeitai. Most of their grunt work was done by soldiers taken by Japan from Korea. So you'd expect the soldiers to be fueled by hatred. I heard stories that they would take babies from their mothers in public, throw them up in the air, and then catch them by impaling them with their bayonets as they fall to the ground. They operated on a different but more or less equal ball game to the Axis. I live close to one town where the Kempeitai couldn't infiltrate them because of a tactical disadvantage. The monument is by the center of the town proper. They were called the Voluntarios ( :
A good war movie will "rock you" like you said. My favorite movie & war movie that scarred me in the best ways imo is "The Deer Hunter" an oldy but a GOLDY
-Why should I shut up? -You shouldn’t… Brad Pitt exerts authority! What a scene that was! Shias teary eyes, Bernthals bullying Norman and the German chicks, Peñas whole story and how he told Norman “you weren’t there”. Just that whole entire scene! Plus Brad Pitts line before that “ideals are peaceful, history is violent” is so spot on! What a scene! What a movie!
Freedom isn't free . Someone has to pay for it. Are we perfect ? What country is? It's up to the next generation of Americans to make it better for all human beings. We've come a long way since then. The only way we will make it better is if we grow together. We have to stick up for each other. We have to be willing to fight for each other. What we look like should not matter. We are not going back to slavery or genocide. We need to be better fathers and mothers and sisters and brothers. Better sons and daughters. Better friends and coworkers. Better neighbors. We need to treat people the way we would want to be treated.
This is why soldiers are cold numb and blunt, people think they don't feel but it's feeling why they are this way, and never call a soldier a hero, this film shows why ,
Japan attacking Pearl Harbor started off world war 2 in which America fought BOTHA Japan (in the Pacific Ocean) and Hitler’s N*zis in Europe. Our allies in Europe were England and the Soviet Union. This movie takes place during that war (world war 2) and in Europe.
And in that scene where they're going in to camp if you're wondering what type of hospital that was a forward aid station And because of how close they are to the front sometimes those aid stations would take enemy fire
Women have always worked when their husbands, sons, and brothers have gone to war. They took more responsibility in farms and eventually took up jobs in factories. The first major industrialized war in the US was the Civil War. Then there was World War I where we actively tried to get women to do some work. But you're probably thinking of Rosie the riveter etc during World War 2. America's entry into World War II did start with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But it didn't follow that we always had superior weapons. We certainly didn't have the start of the war. The Sherman tank was superior to German tanks in 1942. The problem is that they upgraded their tanks and we kept producing slightly upgraded Sherman's. They added more armor and a higher velocity canon in the Panzer 4 and developed the panzer 5 ( Panther) and panzer 6 (Tiger). Some American shermans were given the high velocity 76 mm gun, but most of the short barreled 75 mm. The m4 Sherman was the most reliable tank, but it wasn't always the best armed or armored. German tanks existed primarily to destroy other tanks and then to support the infantry. American tanks existed to support the infantry. We had tank destroyers, which had more powerful guns but later armor to take on tanks. It's complicated and takes up more more than two sentences on screen.
Hey bro, I just wanted to say, I've been watching your videos for a very long time now and just realized I never subscribed, and I feel terrible for not doing it sooner, so I've remedied that now. I love your videos, and this one is no different. I'm currently processing into the army to be an M1 abrams tank crewman, so I watch this movie a lot to remind myself of what I might face in the possible event of active wartime. Even so, I'm committed to my job choice and am excited to get to be a part of the legacy of one of the greatest tanks on the planet. Love your content, bro. Keep being a real one.
These guys didn’t sign up for anything. They were drafted or would have been drafted. The ones that enlisted did so before they were conscripted. It gave them a choice as to which branch of service they were going to join. They technically could have chosen prison and:or becoming a social outcast as a coward for the rest of their lives.
@@YourMothersMan Sixty percent is a lot more than forty. Frankly I'm surprised the number of draftees was that high. You have to remember that this was a popular war. After the Pearl Harbor attack, men were lined up around the block to volunteer. My father, who was in high school at the time, doubled his classes his junior year so he could graduate a year early just because he was afraid the war would end before he could get in it, and that was a pretty common sentiment in WW 2.
The opening credits to this film just perpetuate the old myth. Allied tanks were out gunned and out armoured by German TIGERS of which the Nazis only produced 1,300. The US produced around 50 THOUSAND Shermans. Sure Tigers could knock out 3 or 4 Shermans before being disabled themselves but often some or all of the Sherman crew survived, got another Tank and re-joined the fight. Tigers required a lot of maintenance and were often out of action due to lack of spares. The German tanks weren't more advanced, they were more complicated. The Allies also had COMPLETE air superiority. Don't get me wrong, the Sherman crews still needed balls of steel. Tank crew losses were "tiny" compared to infantry and bomber crew losses though.
I had to look this up because I was confused, but brad Pitt is carrying around a German stg 43/44 rifle, the granddaddy of assault rifles. Hitler didn’t like them so the designers/generals changed the designation to get them to the front. Had hitler let these guns onto the battlefield en masse the war may have lasted longer. American soldiers loved these guns as did the Russians (the stg rifle sure looks like an ak47)
🪖 the best single tank crew ww2 movie was "Sahaha" B/W original with Humphrey Bogart, or modern remake with Jim Belushi 👍 You'll appreciate "Sahaha" bro
The reason why the U.S. could fight 2 different wars at once the European and the Pacific was because in the European it was mostly the Army and the Airforce, in the Pacific it was the Marines and the Navy. So we could use all four military branches 2 each in the 2 different wars. This movie is awesome and has my utmost respect for the men who fought, died and lived in it.
Most junior officers are young 20 somethings fresh out of college. They mostly let higher ranked enlisted run the show on a divisional level. They have more experience and know hie things really work. A junior officer trying to flex like that is going to rub enlisted the wrong way. Depends on your branch but U gotta be like an O4 at least before you are really respected beyond your positional authority.
Yes you are correct. That the U.S.A became the manufacturer for WW2. Yes this also the war. In which Japan attack pearl harbor. During WW2 the U.S made just short of 50,000 M4 Sherman tanks. The most amount of any type of German armored vehicles. Was the Panzer 3. Between the tank and what is called a Stug 3. The Germans only made around 10,000 of these vehicles. In all variations. Yes by the end of WW2. The M4 Sherman tank was under armored, and out gunned, but we had numbers. Plus by that time in the war. The allies (America, Britain, and Russia) owned the air. Which in really life. In the American army. They would call in air support, or artillery. That includes radio sets mounted on the back of tanks. So the infantry commander could talk to either the tank, artillery, or air support.
Pearl Harbor was WWII, December 7th 1941. This movie is also WWII, April 1945. German military technology during WWII was incredibly advanced, German science was pushing every boundary known to man. The Nuclear Bomb was built on science done by Germans. We won the war because the whole world came together, and because Hitler made several SERIOUS tactical errors.
7:43 well I mean they still had bows, cross bows and catapults... I can't imagine getting hit by a gaint piece a rock only to survive it and die in agony
You’re a very intelligent man the way you explained how important it was for America to be dependent on itself during WWII we had women working the factories and everyone did their part for the American people now we just order everything from china and fill their pockets while we struggle to feed our own people, I’d never wish for another world war but if it does happen I think we will bring back the true America and everyone will be proud to be American again
Subscribed bro 👌🏾. I rocks with your reaction. Appreciate the realness and emotion. Some of these other reactors out here I'm like... tf you doing reaction video for and they be so robotic, unmoved. Etc. Lol.. but you opposite of that bro. Keep reacting bro 👍🏾
Commissioned officers come straight in from College and are very green. Sergeants like Collier have been in the Army for years. Thus the teasing and lack of respect.
The name originally on the tank was "in the mood" and were a true tank full o savages with no regard for their lives. The true story is far more ballsy and the men having far for disregard for their own safety led by Lafayette G. Poole. Fat electrician does a great video on him and the real events of this movie you should react to
The US was a rising economic power before WWII. Even in WWI the Germans were afraid of the US entering the war because of its industrial capacity. They were just lucky that the US had no army to speak of before that war. It was much the same with WWII. Great industrial potential, which was making the country rich and powerful, but it had little in the way of a military. The navy was the strongest arm, but even then it was in some ways outclassed by the Japanese. The army was even worse: small, poorly equipped, not well trained, etc. This is why the Japanese hoped to cripple the US Navy at Pearl Harbor, to do enough damage that by the time the navy was built back up, Japan could have cemented its gains. The Germans were also worried because once US industrial might turned to war they could out produce the Germans by a wide margin. That is eventually what happened. Most German tanks were on par with the Sherman, but the Tigers and Panthers were better in many ways, but there were relatively few of them and they had mechanical issues. However, those few when handled properly caused a lot of damage.
Fury is a very unpreacited film, for me everything felt so real, never once did i feel oh this is dragging, every second something happened, the calmest moments, the scene of the innocent beautifal mother and daughter house blew up, u see her dead face, just beyond shocking, when Jon pulled him away said this is war you feel it, scene like that I love. people who critic this film just don't understand every moment in fury at all, very typical fan boy cristics.
A great war movie leaves you speechless no matter if its a sad ending or a "happy" ending, because "pro" war or anti war movies make you realize no matter what, there is a lot of death.
Great vid, Just want to mention, sometimes the volume is really low on certain copies, because it is encoded for 5.1 surround sound. So depending on where you get the release- that can be a reason. Sometimes u can find the stereo mix and it will be the normal volume.
Great reaction as always Maj, but can I offer a suggestion? I see other reactors edit it so that the movie screen is full size with a bubble for your face to the side. Half the time I can't see what your reacting to. I mean, think about it, what's the point of 50% of your screen being taken up with your blank wall? All love bro. 👍😎💯🔥
Norman didn't sign up for the war, most likely he was drafted into service. The United States haven't used the draft since the Vietnam war which ended in 1976 or so.
My elderly buddy at church was in the Hitler youth in Germany. Everyone was. He was used as a child soldier. My great uncle also German was shot on his doorstep in front of the village for not rendering a Hitler salute. This movie is loosely based off of a bunch of American Tanker stories.
Phew! "...he probably should have let them burn, but atleast..." at 28:00 gets me. Was already grumbling when you seem to be alright with Norman getting forced to kill a prisoner of war. Yes, I know, those are Nazis. And yes, shit like this happends in any war sooner or later, even though it`s recognized as a warcrime. But it`s nothing that you just shrug off like that. I served in a peace keeping mission in the early 2000s were our job was to protect people from doing shit like that, so this reaction... triggers me.
Great reactions my man. It’s movies like this that make me proud to be an American…you should watch black hawk down, the patriot and saving private Ryan if you haven’t. They’re great films that are worth the watch.
This is one of the few newish movies to come out that was actually good imo i just hate a lot of now a day stuff. The quality just isnt there imo but this one really blew me away in many many moments, there are some scenes that just seem "hollywood-y" but overal A imo gonna be a great reaction. (& to your video title: yeah. This one hurt lol only gets harder & more glorious upon rewatch in terms of emotion imo)
I love Shia. You don't have to react to it, but check out his Hot Ones episode. He was the first celeb to "Last Dab" every single hot wing beginning to end on that show lol and he did it like a champ. Plus the stories he tells on that show are funny AF haha
What's ironic about this war is that the country had an "America First" point of view, Isolationism ruled and the population didn't want to get involved in WW2. What happened in another country was their problem. If Japan had not attacked Pearl Harbor, and made Americans ticked off, It makes you wonder what would WW2 have ended up like. And if our foreign policies would be different than now.
This movie may be pretty inaccurate historically, but the bond that forms between these characters is about as spot on as it could be. That’s what I love about this movie. The story is pretty good but the bond is the best part.
The attack on pearl Harbor was world war 2 and was the main event that got the US involved.We were actually trying to stay out of this one because there was still a lot of veterans of the first world war And families who were still haunted by the horrors of that conflict We actually. Had one of the earliest anti war movements In this country because of the first world war most americans didn't want to get involved in another european conflict
The last shot is so powerful.... all those enemy bodies. Also lower your mic a little bro. The volume of the movie is so low compared to your commentary...thanks
Video: Norm should have known what he signed up for. In world war 2 young men were drafted. You got the draft notice and you HAD to go whether you wanted to or not. That being said, many young men volunteered and signed up. Today we don’t have the draft but American boys still have to register for the draft when we turn 18. On a side note, Norman frustrated the hell out of me. He had no sense of danger and how his inaction was endangering his life and the life of everyone around him. That character frustrated the hell out of me.
I can't believe you left out the scene when the Machine got his war-name. This is a reaction video and you left out what was arguably the most important scene of the movie.
You're right when you say war is no place for emotion. I've seen enough of it unfortunately. Spent about 6 years in combat zones out of my decade + in the Airborne. You tamp that shit down and deal with it later. Check your humanity at the door. Do your job and then you can grieve. War might have changed, but really it's always the same.
WW2 was a God honest miracle we won. Germany and Japan had far superior trained soldiers and far more advanced equipment. Most of our weaponry was WW1 surplus.
They are hero but the cost of being a hero is high ,I'm numb I don't feel anymore , soldiers have 2 side's numb action, and over whelmed by emotional after the bad time
Dude, I appreciate how you can recognize a scene that sometimes requires silence to experience the moment. A lot of reactors feel like they have to talk for the sake of talking. Great reaction 🤙
Shia LaBeouf absolutely killed this roll. Dudes crazy AF irl, but he went all in for this role. The whole main cast was incredible.
His line:
"Wait till you see it"
"See what?"
"What a man can do to another man"
is chillingly accurate to the atrocities of WWII. Absolutely loved this movie.
It’s complimented by that thousand yard stare he gives Norman as he says the line. It’s like he’s transported to a very specific time or scenario and he’s living it right again there and then instead of being next to Norman.
It's weird how many complete assholes IRL are some of the best actors. Shia definitely killed it with this performance.
@@GlennShook my favorite is when he is about to read a bible verse in their final moments before the last battle scene. the emotion he portrays when he almost loses it in that moment seems so genuine.
51:20 very good observation about the age of the German soldier. One of the genius movie making moves was to show the face of the German soldier so we can see he is the equivalent of Norman. Similarly, the sniper who takes out Pitt purposefully removes the cover on his face to show us a wrinkled and scarred face indicating this is a very experienced sniper soldier and probably higher rank, the mirror of Pitt but in the German army. Little movie making touches like that make me appreciate this even more
“That’s war! Ya feel it!!?” Bernthal was out of this world as usual. Man. That scene gets me every time.
yeah...it was a hard lesson norman had to learn
@@coreysmith9131 one of many. Stellar performances all around in that one.
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The way he screamed it is how I imagine it really was
In WW2 the US fought in two separate theaters; one against the Germans, and the other in the pacific against the Japanese. The pacific theater carried on past the defeat of the Germans. Germany was on the cutting edge with much of their military technology. They even had jet fighters when the allies had only propeller driven aircraft.
Yes they developed jetfighters but they were so few that they hardly mattered and were only seen in enagement in 1945 when the war was already lost for the germans.
Also P-51 mustang pilots had no problems shooting them down after they discovered that the ME-262 pilots had a blindspot.
The Germans even developed rocket warfare, constructing missiles that could reach London. Ever hear of Werner Von Braun? He was a captured German rocket scientist who helped the U.S. develop its space program throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
The Germans wasted so much time and resources on wunderwaffe that it was a big factor in their downfall. Hitler's ludicrous ideas along with his abhorrent ideology along with his ego thinking he can blitzkrieg Russia as fast as he took over Belgium was pure stupidity on his part. I think there is a total that was worked out that of he kept to conventional aircraft alone he could have made literally thousands and thousands more bf109s. The guy was nothing more than a deranged junkie.
Also in Africa
The tank they destroy was called the tiger 1, the one in the film is tiger 131 and is the only running tiger to date being 80 years old It still retains the title of the most feared tank of all time.
I've read where there's military inaccuracies in this movie but this movie totally drew me in and stuck with me. Whenever I'm channel surfing and I run across this movie, I will always settle back into it. One of my favorite scenes was Bernthal's character telling Norman how he's the better man and the Christening of Norman as The Machine. I love this movie.
Facts bro I love those scenes.
"military inaccuracies in this movie" every single movie has inaccuracies. Movies that don't are called Documentaries.
At the end, the German was hitting Brad with a trench shovel, they've adapted over the years, the US military trench shovel would be an excellent melee weapon in a zombie apocalypse, it's like the Swiss army knife of shovels and has a lot of uses, I think it's even got a can opener.
One more Fun Fact since I'm leaving another comment; In WW2 the Germans used green tracers on their heavy guns, planes, tanks, ships and the US used red tracers. George Lucas was a big fan of WW2 movies & history, he used green lasers for the Empire's ships & big guns like AT-ATs and red lasers for the Rebel Alliance ships in Star Wars.
It wasn't the Germans - the Russians and the Chinese use Barium in their tracers, vs NATO using Strontium, resulting in Russian/Chinese tracers being green and the NATO tracers being red. As far as I know it's down to which element is more abundant/cheaper in either continent.
@@gabsrants The Germans used green tracers dude, it's common knowledge. Stop trying to sound like you've studied this for years and years, you probably just looked up current practices on Google.
@@gabsrants ON top of all your other BS, NATO didn't even exist until 1949, 4 years after WW2 ended. Seriously, do actual research, you won't sound stupid.
@@ll7868 having been sufficiently vexed with both your comment and my ignorance, I actually did look up some stuff on google and I found that the German Wehrmacht had red, green, white, yellow and orange tracers (found in "Die Patrone 7,9 mm der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1930-1945")
@@ll7868 *eyeroll*
Ehrmahgerd, somone is wrong on the internet.
Japan was WWII. US was fighting Japan as well. Japan was a part of the Axis power alliance. Which was Germany, Japan, and Italy against US & UK mostly. But we went to war with Japan for like 2 years before we stepped foot in Europe.
I was a Abrams tank driver in Baghdad...this movie always hits home!! 😧
Did you enjoy that job?
@@darthmichael12 it was tough, I can't lie. I wouldn't want to go back to war and not be on a tank, that's for sure. I enjoyed the experience 100%
Man you guys saved my ass in Ramadi. I'll never forget my tankers and CAS.
@@chairmanofthebored6860 yea...we had to show muscle a few times out there for support 🫡
@@chairmanofthebored6860 appreciate you for putting boots on ground too
Fun Fact: That's a real Tiger tank- The last running one left in the world.
"Wait until you see"
"See what?"
"What a man can do to another man"
Theres plenty of little stuff WW2 buffs can argue about with this movie, but it brilliantly portrays how war breaks people. I'm glad this movies finally getting more attention now with reaction channels checking it out.
What a movie. The ending could bring any man to tears.
U cried over the last samurai too I bet..
@@chuckenomics never seen it
@@BadDubII what are u waiting for?? Make a video for THAT
2:44 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7th 1941. The next day Roosevelt declared war on Japan. 3 days later Hitler declared war on the US for declaring war on their ally, Japan.
Hey Major, you gotta react to Saving Private Ryan-a great friggin story, Hacksaw Ridge-base on a true story or Galippoli a 7 part series out of Australia, it's a friggin great story base on WWI. There are so many great war movies out there but if you want your emotions to go all over the place you gotta check out those three. I loved your reaction to Fury and want to watch more. Great job.
Gallipoli staring mel Gibson is a classic
@@thegunbox81 Yeah, I've seen it, but I'm talking about a 7 part mini-series that came out 2015 from Australia. It's amazing and I think it's better than the Mel Gibson movie. You really should try to see it. Thanks
Dude ww2 was rough & tough 100% we were fighting 2 wars at the same time. The Nazis in Europe & the Japanese in the Pacific
Shia's breakdown when Grady dies gets me everytime
You know someone posted a reaction to this that was 12 minutes long? Basically by missing every major moment and not giving af. Thanks for respecting this film 🙏🏽 it’s one of my favorites of all time.
Of course but I'm not gon lie this film was great but it hurt
@@MajorReacts yeah, Norman found his true love and lost her the same day. That was tough to watch.
You might want to watch a movie called "The Red Tails" Do a little homework you will also find the M4 Sherman tank armor was like butter when faced against tiger tanks and anti tank weapons. The tactic at that time was to have more tanks and more men and swarm the tiger tanks and just hope your number was not up. Brad pit as a leader of a tank I would only given norman just alittle of time to get it together cause no way I would have a weak link on my tank that may cost the lives of the rest. Even if I had to shot him myself.
You have to react to saving private Ryan, hacksaw ridge and band of brother
Don’t forget the pacific too
or Das Boot
They had snipers in pre-gun times, bows and arrows did the trick back then. Silent and deadly, like farts.
Fun Fact; In Germany the peace sign means "fuck you", back in pre-gun days Germans cut the first two fingers off enemy bowmen to wear as jewellery so enemy bowmen started using that sign at German soldiers to say "fuck you", there are a lot of pictures of US soldiers making the sign in old photos, it didn't mean "Peace", It wasn't used as a peace sign until the mid 1960s during Vietnam.
Another Fun Fact; The reason people thought it meant "Victory" is because Germans flashed it at their enemies when they won a battle, the German's were saying "fuck you" but the enemy took it as "We're victorious".
That was the French, not Germans. By the 1300s the British had large numbers of archers using longbows. These were strong bows with a long range and it took years of training to use them properly. But thousands of them on the field could rain arrows on the enemy 300 to 400 yards away. They could also penetrate armor at close range, sometimes.
At the Battle of Crecy in France, the English used the archers to tear up a larger French army composed largely of mounted knights. The French swore to cut off the first two fingers of the right hand of any archers they caught since those were the ones primarily used to draw the bow. So the archers would hold up those two fingers as a taunt and insult, come and get them as it were.
"At least when they had swords, noone was gonna snipe you out"
That one longbowman "hehehe yeah boi..."
Also, it made me remember my cousin who was a tank commander in Korea. His tank & crew were hit & disabled and on fire. When they tried to escape they were machined- gunned to death!
Two scenes in this film rub me the wrong way.
1. Being the Tiger charging at 3 Sherman tanks, while Fury's 76mm gun was able to penetrate a Tiger from the ranges they were engaged from. So the Tiger crew were stupid for not shooting the Fury first and even dumber for charging at the. Worse the Fury and their crew using a 76mm Sherman should know they did not have to shoot it in the rear to kill it. So the scene was basically tank jousting and relying on an outdated stereotype. Basically took a lot of the believability out of the scene.
2. The SS marching scene. They put background music over top of the song they were singing which was Gruene Teufel. Were they pretty much sang about laughing at the devil. Originally a German paratrooper song, it was popular among a lot of troops including the SS so is now very politically incorrect but was perfect for the scene. Censorship just sucks.
A scene I really loved was the Bomber scene though. All those contrails. Then seeing 5 contrails approaching the armada of American bombers, such a sight and sadly, felt sorry for those 5 brave souls.
Not if the tiger was angled it couldn't
yea, the Tiger scene always bothered me
they didn't shoot the first in line to stop the convoy (which would've been Fury), and afterwards they didn't shoot the one that had the biggest gun, which stood out massively (so, also Fury)
well, also them advancing instead of just staying still and picking them off
but tbh, apart from pushing forward an old myth that i really despise ("it takes 3 shermans to take out 1 tiger" or whatever), it doesn't really matter, it doesn't have to be realistic. it'd be a lot more anticlimactic if it happened they way it should've from either side of the ambush, and considering this was towards the end of the war you can just pretend it was a somewhat inexperienced crew, considering the shortages of those they've had
@@ToRcKHD angling helps but at that range it wouldn't be enough the firefly 76mm could pierce the front hull at around 600 meters so acounting for angling I'd say maybe 400-500 meters would be a safe bet for the 76mm to pierce.
In my entire life I've never seen people nitpick a war movie the way they do this one and it baffles me. It's a phenomenal movie that's dripping with realism and accuracy and there are THOUSANDS of complaints about obscure german tactical manuals and shit about this movie, it's the weirdest fucking thing.
It's not perfect, of course, primarily for narrative reasons, but something about this movie REALLY just brings out the history nerds.
@@TheGoIsWin21 I'm not complaining just pointing stuff out and having a discussion about it I mean you can't expect 100% accuracy.
Japan was during the Pacific front of WW2. I'm from the Philippines. We were invaded as well. The Japanese also had a secret military faction that's as ruthless as the Gestapo from Germany. They were called the Kempeitai. Most of their grunt work was done by soldiers taken by Japan from Korea. So you'd expect the soldiers to be fueled by hatred. I heard stories that they would take babies from their mothers in public, throw them up in the air, and then catch them by impaling them with their bayonets as they fall to the ground. They operated on a different but more or less equal ball game to the Axis. I live close to one town where the Kempeitai couldn't infiltrate them because of a tactical disadvantage. The monument is by the center of the town proper. They were called the Voluntarios ( :
A good war movie will "rock you" like you said. My favorite movie & war movie that scarred me in the best ways imo is "The Deer Hunter" an oldy but a GOLDY
Bro I really love the way this guy thinks, I know he’s sorta a history buff too but his love for war and historical movies is just like mine
-Why should I shut up?
-You shouldn’t…
Brad Pitt exerts authority! What a scene that was! Shias teary eyes, Bernthals bullying Norman and the German chicks, Peñas whole story and how he told Norman “you weren’t there”. Just that whole entire scene!
Plus Brad Pitts line before that “ideals are peaceful, history is violent” is so spot on! What a scene! What a movie!
That Panzer tank is one of the few German tanks that survived they brought it out of a museum for this movie war is brutal great reaction.
This film went in HARD, and kept you there.
A stunning piece of cinema, it always hits me in the feels.
Freedom isn't free . Someone has to pay for it. Are we perfect ? What country is? It's up to the next generation of Americans to make it better for all human beings. We've come a long way since then. The only way we will make it better is if we grow together. We have to stick up for each other. We have to be willing to fight for each other. What we look like should not matter. We are not going back to slavery or genocide. We need to be better fathers and mothers and sisters and brothers. Better sons and daughters. Better friends and coworkers. Better neighbors. We need to treat people the way we would want to be treated.
This is why soldiers are cold numb and blunt, people think they don't feel but it's feeling why they are this way, and never call a soldier a hero, this film shows why ,
Japan attacking Pearl Harbor started off world war 2 in which America fought BOTHA Japan (in the Pacific Ocean) and Hitler’s N*zis in Europe. Our allies in Europe were England and the Soviet Union. This movie takes place during that war (world war 2) and in Europe.
And in that scene where they're going in to camp if you're wondering what type of hospital that was a forward aid station And because of how close they are to the front sometimes those aid stations would take enemy fire
Women have always worked when their husbands, sons, and brothers have gone to war. They took more responsibility in farms and eventually took up jobs in factories. The first major industrialized war in the US was the Civil War. Then there was World War I where we actively tried to get women to do some work. But you're probably thinking of Rosie the riveter etc during World War 2.
America's entry into World War II did start with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But it didn't follow that we always had superior weapons. We certainly didn't have the start of the war. The Sherman tank was superior to German tanks in 1942. The problem is that they upgraded their tanks and we kept producing slightly upgraded Sherman's. They added more armor and a higher velocity canon in the Panzer 4 and developed the panzer 5 ( Panther) and panzer 6 (Tiger). Some American shermans were given the high velocity 76 mm gun, but most of the short barreled 75 mm. The m4 Sherman was the most reliable tank, but it wasn't always the best armed or armored. German tanks existed primarily to destroy other tanks and then to support the infantry. American tanks existed to support the infantry. We had tank destroyers, which had more powerful guns but later armor to take on tanks. It's complicated and takes up more more than two sentences on screen.
Im glad you mentioned the comments telling you not to read the descriptions which would've made my comment here be unnecessary. Great reaction bruh 👍
Nice react.
You gotta watch Enemy at the Gates (2001) awesome movie.
Hey bro, I just wanted to say, I've been watching your videos for a very long time now and just realized I never subscribed, and I feel terrible for not doing it sooner, so I've remedied that now. I love your videos, and this one is no different. I'm currently processing into the army to be an M1 abrams tank crewman, so I watch this movie a lot to remind myself of what I might face in the possible event of active wartime. Even so, I'm committed to my job choice and am excited to get to be a part of the legacy of one of the greatest tanks on the planet. Love your content, bro. Keep being a real one.
These guys didn’t sign up for anything. They were drafted or would have been drafted. The ones that enlisted did so before they were conscripted. It gave them a choice as to which branch of service they were going to join.
They technically could have chosen prison and:or becoming a social outcast as a coward for the rest of their lives.
Actually, about 40% of the US military in WW2 were volunteers.
@chardtomp... That's what they want you to believe but that's bullshavockey.. There were A LOT more men that were drafted.
@@YourMothersMan Sixty percent is a lot more than forty. Frankly I'm surprised the number of draftees was that high. You have to remember that this was a popular war. After the Pearl Harbor attack, men were lined up around the block to volunteer. My father, who was in high school at the time, doubled his classes his junior year so he could graduate a year early just because he was afraid the war would end before he could get in it, and that was a pretty common sentiment in WW 2.
The opening credits to this film just perpetuate the old myth. Allied tanks were out gunned and out armoured by German TIGERS of which the Nazis only produced 1,300. The US produced around 50 THOUSAND Shermans. Sure Tigers could knock out 3 or 4 Shermans before being disabled themselves but often some or all of the Sherman crew survived, got another Tank and re-joined the fight. Tigers required a lot of maintenance and were often out of action due to lack of spares. The German tanks weren't more advanced, they were more complicated. The Allies also had COMPLETE air superiority. Don't get me wrong, the Sherman crews still needed balls of steel. Tank crew losses were "tiny" compared to infantry and bomber crew losses though.
I had to look this up because I was confused, but brad Pitt is carrying around a German stg 43/44 rifle, the granddaddy of assault rifles. Hitler didn’t like them so the designers/generals changed the designation to get them to the front. Had hitler let these guns onto the battlefield en masse the war may have lasted longer. American soldiers loved these guns as did the Russians (the stg rifle sure looks like an ak47)
🪖 the best single tank crew ww2 movie was "Sahaha" B/W original with Humphrey Bogart, or modern remake with Jim Belushi 👍
You'll appreciate "Sahaha" bro
The reason why the U.S. could fight 2 different wars at once the European and the Pacific was because in the European it was mostly the Army and the Airforce, in the Pacific it was the Marines and the Navy. So we could use all four military branches 2 each in the 2 different wars. This movie is awesome and has my utmost respect for the men who fought, died and lived in it.
Most junior officers are young 20 somethings fresh out of college. They mostly let higher ranked enlisted run the show on a divisional level. They have more experience and know hie things really work. A junior officer trying to flex like that is going to rub enlisted the wrong way. Depends on your branch but U gotta be like an O4 at least before you are really respected beyond your positional authority.
Yes you are correct. That the U.S.A became the manufacturer for WW2. Yes this also the war. In which Japan attack pearl harbor.
During WW2 the U.S made just short of 50,000 M4 Sherman tanks.
The most amount of any type of German armored vehicles. Was the Panzer 3. Between the tank and what is called a Stug 3. The Germans only made around 10,000 of these vehicles. In all variations.
Yes by the end of WW2. The M4 Sherman tank was under armored, and out gunned, but we had numbers. Plus by that time in the war. The allies (America, Britain, and Russia) owned the air. Which in really life. In the American army. They would call in air support, or artillery. That includes radio sets mounted on the back of tanks. So the infantry commander could talk to either the tank, artillery, or air support.
Man i hate finding reactors late.. one of my favorite films.. Shia Lebouf was my favorite in this film!!! Dude straight killed it!
dude I susbcribed to your channel i love your reaction dude keep it up
Pearl Harbor was WWII, December 7th 1941. This movie is also WWII, April 1945. German military technology during WWII was incredibly advanced, German science was pushing every boundary known to man. The Nuclear Bomb was built on science done by Germans. We won the war because the whole world came together, and because Hitler made several SERIOUS tactical errors.
7:43 well I mean they still had bows, cross bows and catapults... I can't imagine getting hit by a gaint piece a rock only to survive it and die in agony
You’re a very intelligent man the way you explained how important it was for America to be dependent on itself during WWII we had women working the factories and everyone did their part for the American people now we just order everything from china and fill their pockets while we struggle to feed our own people, I’d never wish for another world war but if it does happen I think we will bring back the true America and everyone will be proud to be American again
Same here in britain mate, all it takes is for chinia to close the docks and were screwed, our nations have become mass consumers instead of producers
Subscribed bro 👌🏾. I rocks with your reaction. Appreciate the realness and emotion. Some of these other reactors out here I'm like... tf you doing reaction video for and they be so robotic, unmoved. Etc. Lol.. but you opposite of that bro. Keep reacting bro 👍🏾
Thanks bro I appreciate that
Commissioned officers come straight in from College and are very green. Sergeants like Collier have been in the Army for years. Thus the teasing and lack of respect.
The name originally on the tank was "in the mood" and were a true tank full o savages with no regard for their lives. The true story is far more ballsy and the men having far for disregard for their own safety led by Lafayette G. Poole. Fat electrician does a great video on him and the real events of this movie you should react to
The US was a rising economic power before WWII. Even in WWI the Germans were afraid of the US entering the war because of its industrial capacity. They were just lucky that the US had no army to speak of before that war.
It was much the same with WWII. Great industrial potential, which was making the country rich and powerful, but it had little in the way of a military. The navy was the strongest arm, but even then it was in some ways outclassed by the Japanese. The army was even worse: small, poorly equipped, not well trained, etc. This is why the Japanese hoped to cripple the US Navy at Pearl Harbor, to do enough damage that by the time the navy was built back up, Japan could have cemented its gains.
The Germans were also worried because once US industrial might turned to war they could out produce the Germans by a wide margin. That is eventually what happened. Most German tanks were on par with the Sherman, but the Tigers and Panthers were better in many ways, but there were relatively few of them and they had mechanical issues. However, those few when handled properly caused a lot of damage.
Watch saving private Ryan, danger close, or we were soldiers. There are many more but those stand out to me as war films.
Fury is a very unpreacited film, for me everything felt so real, never once did i feel oh this is dragging, every second something happened, the calmest moments, the scene of the innocent beautifal mother and daughter house blew up, u see her dead face, just beyond shocking, when Jon pulled him away said this is war you feel it, scene like that I love. people who critic this film just don't understand every moment in fury at all, very typical fan boy cristics.
A great war movie leaves you speechless no matter if its a sad ending or a "happy" ending, because "pro" war or anti war movies make you realize no matter what, there is a lot of death.
Being in a tank is like bring in a 3 person dons John with 5 people.is what my great uncle would say
Great vid, Just want to mention, sometimes the volume is really low on certain copies, because it is encoded for 5.1 surround sound. So depending on where you get the release- that can be a reason. Sometimes u can find the stereo mix and it will be the normal volume.
Great reaction as always Maj, but can I offer a suggestion? I see other reactors edit it so that the movie screen is full size with a bubble for your face to the side. Half the time I can't see what your reacting to. I mean, think about it, what's the point of 50% of your screen being taken up with your blank wall? All love bro. 👍😎💯🔥
There's a Russian movie called Tank from their perspective in WW2, true story and def worth the watch.
Norman didn't sign up for the war, most likely he was drafted into service. The United States haven't used the draft since the Vietnam war which ended in 1976 or so.
This movie was about WW2 in Europe. It's the same war as the one against the Japanese.
My elderly buddy at church was in the Hitler youth in Germany. Everyone was. He was used as a child soldier. My great uncle also German was shot on his doorstep in front of the village for not rendering a Hitler salute. This movie is loosely based off of a bunch of American Tanker stories.
25:34 bro's apart of the road now 🤣💯
Phew! "...he probably should have let them burn, but atleast..." at 28:00 gets me. Was already grumbling when you seem to be alright with Norman getting forced to kill a prisoner of war. Yes, I know, those are Nazis. And yes, shit like this happends in any war sooner or later, even though it`s recognized as a warcrime. But it`s nothing that you just shrug off like that. I served in a peace keeping mission in the early 2000s were our job was to protect people from doing shit like that, so this reaction... triggers me.
Great reactions my man. It’s movies like this that make me proud to be an American…you should watch black hawk down, the patriot and saving private Ryan if you haven’t. They’re great films that are worth the watch.
I had as many tears as Shia myself
My mom was cutting onions when i saw this movie...
This is one of the few newish movies to come out that was actually good imo i just hate a lot of now a day stuff. The quality just isnt there imo but this one really blew me away in many many moments, there are some scenes that just seem "hollywood-y" but overal A imo gonna be a great reaction. (& to your video title: yeah. This one hurt lol only gets harder & more glorious upon rewatch in terms of emotion imo)
I love Shia. You don't have to react to it, but check out his Hot Ones episode. He was the first celeb to "Last Dab" every single hot wing beginning to end on that show lol and he did it like a champ. Plus the stories he tells on that show are funny AF haha
this is one of the greatest movies ever made
what war did Japan attack Pearl Harbor ? Enough for me
What's ironic about this war is that the country had an "America First" point of view, Isolationism ruled and the population didn't want to get involved in WW2. What happened in another country was their problem. If Japan had not attacked Pearl Harbor, and made Americans ticked off, It makes you wonder what would WW2 have ended up like. And if our foreign policies would be different than now.
This was a very powerful performance by Brad Pitt.
I agree
he's in the damn army
Lol man you didn't sign up for WW2. You were drafted
This movie may be pretty inaccurate historically, but the bond that forms between these characters is about as spot on as it could be. That’s what I love about this movie. The story is pretty good but the bond is the best part.
The attack on pearl Harbor was world war 2 and was the main event that got the US involved.We were actually trying to stay out of this one because there was still a lot of veterans of the first world war And families who were still haunted by the horrors of that conflict We actually.
Had one of the earliest anti war movements In this country because of the first world war most americans didn't want to get involved in another european conflict
The last shot is so powerful.... all those enemy bodies.
Also lower your mic a little bro. The volume of the movie is so low compared to your commentary...thanks
You should check out the deleted scenes videos. They are on youtube thet really addd good context to what is already a good film
Ngl this movie really made me understand why we spend so much money on the military
Video: Norm should have known what he signed up for.
In world war 2 young men were drafted. You got the draft notice and you HAD to go whether you wanted to or not. That being said, many young men volunteered and signed up. Today we don’t have the draft but American boys still have to register for the draft when we turn 18.
On a side note, Norman frustrated the hell out of me. He had no sense of danger and how his inaction was endangering his life and the life of everyone around him. That character frustrated the hell out of me.
Same war. Pearl Harbor was when we entered
Thanks I look it up right after the video lol
Its sad how our history is so unknown by our younger generation
Dude ww2 was against japan Germany and multiple other countries
I can't believe you left out the scene when the Machine got his war-name. This is a reaction video and you left out what was arguably the most important scene of the movie.
You're right when you say war is no place for emotion. I've seen enough of it unfortunately. Spent about 6 years in combat zones out of my decade + in the Airborne. You tamp that shit down and deal with it later. Check your humanity at the door. Do your job and then you can grieve. War might have changed, but really it's always the same.
WW2 was a God honest miracle we won. Germany and Japan had far superior trained soldiers and far more advanced equipment. Most of our weaponry was WW1 surplus.
Your next war movie should be full metal jacket. Show should be band of brothers
“Best job I ever had”
Watch Midway (2019) no one is reacting to that movie and it’s very underrated
The extensive CGI and the (not too many) historical inaccuracies scared away some from that movie, but I absolutely love it.
But, Norman is costing lives!
I hate ur having trouble with the audio. The sound work on this movie is top notch.
Don't forget about victory gardens. Or men killing themselves because they couldn't join the service.
There's only one other great tank movie, "The Beast" (1988). Worth seeing even if the prospects for a reaction are low.
@Jordan Powell I don't know if it's exactly true, but it's set in that war.
This one hurt you? SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.
They are hero but the cost of being a hero is high ,I'm numb I don't feel anymore , soldiers have 2 side's numb action, and over whelmed by emotional after the bad time
You're wrong. In ancient times you could be killed by arrows launched from longbows. The history of the bow & arrow is the history of the world!
Gotta check out
lone Survivor
With mark walburg great movie and book!!