@@TerroristiRiku here's an example for you.. Freedom is an ideal but to secure your freedom it is usually only by violence. In world war 2, it was the ideals and morally important to stop the nazis but the world had to use violence to stop them. hope that helps some.
I was a Tank Gunner stationed in Germany in the 90's one night I was at a pub and met an old WW2 German tanker, He was a crewman on a Panther tank on the Eastern front. per his statements he hated Nazis but loved being a tanker. we talked for several hours downing several beirs neither of us paid for any drinks that night. The line in the movie "Best job I've ever had" is common amongst all Tankers. The comradery of the crew and tank, not the death and destruction we unleash. This is a hard watch but brings back both good and bad memories of my time in my Tank, great reaction.
I had an old German tanker tell me "Every time I knocked out a Sherman, there were 4 more right behind it." I personally think the Sherman was a piece of garbage, but the numbers made up for the deficiencies.
Most people in the military are just doing their jobs. Those German soldiers may have a vague feeling of "fight for my country" but they were not bad people. Mostly. I say that even though a huge percentage bought into the anti-immigration, anti-Jewish, arian superiority narrative. I'm sure most found their way out of that spiral of bigotry at some point.
I'm pretty sure (someone pls correct me if I'm wrong) but the four Shermans used were also all genuine, with Bovington also supplying the A2 used to portray Fury
@@heffatheanimal2200 I think the point being made here is that there’s no shortage of Sherman’s, or T-34s for that matter, available for movies. But virtually every “Tiger” seen in movies for the past several decades, from Kelly’s Heroes” to “Saving Private Ryan” to “Band of Brothers” were all T-34s made up to look like Tigers. Even German films like “Downfall” used dummy replicas of Tigers, not real tanks. The Tiger seen in “Fury” was the real deal, and (presently) the only operational Tiger in the world.
@@KevinThomas-ok2evyeah it really didn't help that Germany had a lower output of tanks overall with only like 2,000 tigers between the 1 and 2 variants being made compared to the 50,000 Sherman's made. That and they're just notoriously were really shitty to maintain broke down often.
@@fuoco1365 The crews also would destroy a Tiger with explosive charges if it was immobilized and might be captured. Thus the extremely low number of intact Tigers around today. Surprisingly there is a functional King Tiger in France.
@@heffatheanimal2200 The tank museum recently did a video about their part in the creation of fury. Give it a watch ua-cam.com/video/1TWTBkXTUm4/v-deo.html
The delivery of it is so well. Norman who’s all clean and proper, Bible who looks like he walked through hell staring him in the eye, not even blinking
I once heard a line from a military guy. He spoke about being tracked by the enemy and said its the worst feeling when a human is tracking another human especially when they are a real tracker. Being in the woods and not knowing weather your being watched would be very uneasy.
What I like about your reactions is not just how much you appreciate the stories and the actors but you really get into the art of film making. You catch how scenes are blocked and comment on cinematography, sound, costuming, the whole production. Your love of movies is always front and center and makes your content so enjoyable.
@@holddowna Part of why American tanks were vulnerable was a logistical reason, they had to be shipped across the ocean which meant they had to be smaller whereas the Germans could put theirs on trains. Later on, when the American tanks were equipped with longer range guns, they did better against the German tanks. The American tanks were more vulnerable because they were gasoline and the German tanks were diesel. Gasoline catches fire very easily and diesel fuel does not.
@@holddowna Wooooooah you say about all those airplanes. The sheer scale of that war is mindboggling. I read the trilogy of books by Ian Toll about the Pacific Theater, and the sheer volume of stuff showing up toward the end of the war was incredible.
@@holddowna Where that American tank was blown up just after Norman's girlfriend got killed, the Germans did it just that way, hitting the rear most tank so the front tanks couldn't easily escape by going the other way, they'd have to leave the road to get around the tank which wasn't always practical if there were ditches, mud or trees lining the roadway.
John Bernthal also was the first one to give Shia Leboeuf a stage, on his podcast, after all his allegations and gross behavior. Helped them both a lot, lots of human to human shit on that one.
Probably my favorite war movie. The absolute grittiness and horror it portrays juxtaposed against the camaraderie and brotherhood of guys put through extreme situations together is just perfectly done.
As a Marine Corps veteran, I always enjoy watching peoples reaction to what war is really like. Everyone thinks they understand, but they don't. Hopefully never will. "Only the dead have seen the end of war"
When I saw this my friends were kind enough to sit in the parking lot with me while I chain-smoked for half an hour, lol. I went home, got my stepdad (who invaded Iraq) and we came back and watched this together. Few movies ever got it right like this.
@@tappytibbons735as a combat vet, what the fuck are you talking about? This is a great movie that captures the energy, if not specific details, of the emotional toil of war . If I've learned anything from my experiences, there's plenty of vets that don't know what the fuck they're talking about either 😂
I knew a veteran who had been a tank commander whose tank was one of the first of Patton's relief of Bastogne. (He had a burning hatred for Patton, called him every name you can imagine). He told me that if he went to veteran's reunions and guys from the 101st AB were there, he never had to pay for his own drinks. It was an honor to know Harry.
Harry who? You gotta give enlm their due full credit to their name! And Patton's army came in eventually and didn't just singlehandedly relieve when the 101st and other units that held the line in Bastogne all the while...
so glad he hates patton, patton cared more about looking good on film reel than actually working with allies and not outrunning his own fuel supply lines
On a good day a Sherman would do about 30 on a hard road. The Abrams is supposed to be governed at 45, but I've seen it go almost 60. The helmets have commo hookups inside and are called "CVC" helmet (Combat Vehicle Crewman). My tank was called "Grim Reaper".
I wonder what it would have been like if we had the current day Abrams tanks during WWII and used them in the spear head of our attack? What would the Abrams do against the King Tigers? 🤔
A small throwaway scene that I like is when Wardaddy and others are passing other tank troops and a soldier asks for money that Don owes him. Don just tosses his coffee on him saying "Coffees too hot".
I was a tanker in the 00s and did a few tours of combat in Iraq and this movie is up there with Das Boot as one of my favorites. It really does a great job of showing how separate tankers are from the rest of the Army. Infantry think we're soft because we're in our shells all the time but that is some grueling, dangerous work. But you call on us for a mission? You might never see our faces we'll be buttoned up the whole time. Just a tank with a radio voice. We have different uniforms, we have different routines. Different lingo.
I read an article in a military journal years ago that said something similar of Apache helicopters, the jist was something along the lines of infantry saying how pilots in general (jets and helis) had it easy because in Iraq and Afghanistan the 'flyboys' had few real dangers and so with air supremacy they "had it easy up there". Those same grunts would also say how secure they felt any time an Apache was eyes-in-the-sky above them. When you're in a beast of a vehicle like a tank or a helicopter gunship you do have an extra layer of protection against the enemy that takes you a little out of the danger zone, but you also have some serious motherfucking firepower to protect those on foot who are nearby. Excuse my French.
@@krashd Yeah from my experiences, it's the value of the vehicle you're in that makes you the most juicy target. Having a big fancy Apache puts you at a very high risk in theater because what better way to 'scare off the occupiers' than to go after their high dollar equipment. And at least in a tank we have the ability to soak up damage (And we did a bunch of it). Helicopters get very little in the way of 2nd chances to survive an RPG hit. Although the Navy pilots were pretty much snug as a bug in a rug in high altitude they won't sweat much until the day we actually need to fight for air superiority again and aren't almost automatically gifted it by default lol.
@@krashd I should also add that modern infantry do get a bit of a right to complain here because we tend to stuff them in high dollar Bradleys and they're all mechanized now. And Bradleys were probably the first choice target the whole time I was there because they're soft and expensive. Look up SPC Charles Leonard I had to watch that man die on the street after our Bradley attachment got a rocket up the ass. One RPG takes that thing out, I've been hit in my tank with several and they didn't do shit.
"The tank will most likely be the tanker's tomb. They are built for speed and accuracy...not to take hits. Do your job, keep people alive." What we got told on the first day of AIT for 91A by our instructors. M1A1 and A2s are the most well-maintained pieces of equipment in the Army.
I’ve honestly never really thought about how wild it is that Brad Pitt can switch between such wholly different WW2 characters between Wardaddy here & Aldo in Inglorious Basterds. Every actor especially in the tank crew is phenomenal in Fury but I’m just now realizing Brad’s war movie crossover in particular lol
In addition to OCS 1st Lt. Aldo Raine, and 2AD Staff Sgt. Wardaddy, he's also RCAF Wing Commander Max Vatan going undercover in Casablanca in Allied (2016).
Tankers wear different helmets than infantry because they have built-in comms in the earmuffs (you can see Brad Pitt talking to his crew through a radio so he doesn't have to yell), which also muffle out the deafening sound of the inside of a tank. Also regular helmets catch on everything, so tankers wear padding that conforms more to the head. We used to splice an iPod into the comms system so that we could listen to music.
That White Horse at the beginning makes me think " I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat upon him was Death, and Hell followed with him."
There’s a film called “Come and See” the title of which comes from that passage in the book of revelation. The white horse could be a nod to either or both.
@@tyrionstrongjaw7729 Might not go well in today's generation with "Cancel Cop Culture", but it's a great movie and a realistic portrait of police honor and civility.
My one regret with him as The Punisher is, the series ends just as he's where I want to see him! His story was GREAT in the Daredevil series, but I didn't care for most of the stories written for him in the actual series. There were definitely a few shining moments, and he absolutely nailed the character.
Jon Bernthal as The Punisher in that series is one of the top 10 things Marvel has ever given us, regardless for the big movie screen or for screens at home.
Great film, awesome action. The Tiger and Sherman tanks from the film are on display near me in Bovington Tank Museum, Dorset, England if you are ever visiting! The Tiger tank is the only real working Tiger from the war that still exists (it was captured in North Africa, not Germany though).
First 'The Pacific' and now 'Fury.' You are doing an amazing job with these movies, Ames. Thank you for your great reactions and appreciate all of your hard work in editing.
Hands down my favorite reaction I've seen to this film, you have found the perfect balance of just watching the film intently and then commenting on the scenes without talking over them and missing nuance like so many others do. Film is an art. Art is a language. You get that better than most and have quickly become one of my top reaction channels to watch.
As someone who has watched a decent amount of your videos I was kind of surprised you didn't cry for this one. The scene where Shia says "here am I" always chokes me up.
The most tragic element to war is that those who've seen it never stop seeing it. Their war lives on in their minds till they die, they fight it in their dreams, they carry it every step for the rest of their lives.
That "you're a hero kid" at the end hits hard. Explains that feeling often expressed by those we call heroes when they answer "the heroes are those left on the battlefield". At least explains it as well as anything can to those who haven't lived it.
If I could, I’d really recommend the movie “Mosul” it’s about Iraqi swat fighting against ISIS and is perhaps one of the finest war movies I’ve ever seen. Telling an important story very unlike most stories we hear about American soldiers
Something that was in a deleted scene that tells you about Wardaddy & his burns, also shows who he was before the war. He was an alcoholic & a bad person, often getting into fights if I remember correctly, he got drunk & was driving him, his gf and brother I think it was and ended up crashing, killing them both & he ended up being trapped in the engine which burnt him. Given the choice of prison or the army, he picked the army
What a great reaction, pretty lady. 🤗 Fury did a fantastic job of showing the camaraderie that develops between individuals with very different backgrounds and personalities who become a tight-knit group because of the traumatic events they experience together. Such an incredible movie. Tanks so much! 😉
Another great reaction, Ames. I've been waiting for you to react to Fury. It's probably my favorite of all war movies. And you didn't disappoint, of course. I've watched you through your journey of war movies and series so far and how you have been building thick well-earned armor from the horrific and emotionally draining portrayals of what war does; and that you understand the often necessary, though brutal actions that men have had to not only make, but also endure. Love your channel. I'm a definitely a fan. Keep up the great work.
There is only one thing that a person in battle wants, that is to go home. Yes, war is hell, but it's either kill or be killed, there is nothing else if you want to live. For those that have served, thank you for your service. For those that have given the ultimate sacrifice, you did not die in vain.
I was on tanks for a decade. Modern tanks, of course, but … This film gets all the particulars right. The pattern of radio talk. Responding to threats. Working with infantry. Combat tactics. (Mostly, anyway. They were always too close to each other.) Etc etc. But my favorite is just hearing them work as a crew. The filmmakers nailed it. And yes, if the main gun round hits the ground, it almost always ricochets.
Can you explain why the Tiger rushed Shermans? Seemed very dumb as it had bigger advantage the further from the targets it was. Also it should target "Fury" first as it was the heavies armed of all 4 Shermans.
@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 less rushing and more just moving, keeping the front toward the Americans. Sitting in place is not a good idea. The Tigers were tough, but not indestructible and the American tanks could bathe it in small arms fire as well which, with enough pounding would render sights useless, etc etc
@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 there are poor tactics all over the film. When the crew knew they were making a stand, why did they leave a bunch of .30 ammo stored outside instead of bring it all in? Why didn't the Tiger back up, making a left turn to outrun Fury and take it out as Fury was trying to get behind it? Why were the Germans able to open the hatches from outside Fury?
When re-watching, a line that also hits me hard is when Norman is reading Emma's palm he says "That is your heart line. You're gonna have one great love in your life" and realising the truth of it 😢
My favorite line about tanks comes from Bill Mauldin's comic strip charachters...grizzled, war weary infantrymen In one of the cartoons you see Willie, glancing at a passing Sherman tank, observes he'd rather be infantry and dig in the mud, as "...a movin' foxhole attracts th' eye."
Indeed, during WW2 tanks were met by other tanks, sometimes superior tanks like the German Tiger, during WW1 on the other hand a tank was "...a movin' pill box" and it didn't matter who saw it - they'd be dead soon because only us Brits had them, haha.
1942-44 - 1,347 Tiger 1's produced. 1942-45 - 49,234 Shermans produced. 1940-46 - 84,070 T-34 (Soviet tanks) produced. The Tiger was a great tank, but the Germans were completely out gunned.
The T-34s were very poorly made, by German standards, but it was a very well balanced design. Good mobility, decent armor and an adequate main gun. Roughly made, but as Stalin said, “quantity has a quality all its own.”
@@KevinThomas-ok2ev you don't need well trained soldiers if you can throw 5 million into battle and not care if 2-3 million won't return. You don't need well trained tankers. Send 100 tanks in a battle. You lose 85 Give them 85 again. Send them battle. eventually someone will get enough experience and someone always survives for parade.
You might enjoy Bernthal's "Real Ones" podcast, but the cast said that, before shooting, they had a closed-door meeting with surviving members of a tank crew from WWII. Nothing that was discussed is known outside of that room, but whatever it was put the cast and Ayer in the right headspace. Loved your reaction and appreciation to the details in this film.
alot of truth to that, friend served in Nam, twice, though one of the best stories wasnt from Charlie, it was about the tiger that appeared in camp and how he didnt know how he went from sleeping on top of the truck to being in the truck lol
Ames, you are so observant. Yes, that helmet includes the ability to talk among crewman. Today, it's called the Combat Vehicle Crewman helmet, or CVC for short. I was an M1A1 tanker for the few years I was in the Army. I never had to see any combat, though, thank God!
The Tiger tank is actually a rare real captured tank you can see in a British museum. It was a good 20 years more advanced then what the U.S and British had. Also it downfall, like many German tech of the era, over complicated, high maintanance, long build time. But purely seen as a machine, a true example of engineering.
What? The Tiger was not a marvel of engineering it had massive reliability problems and was consistently bested by both Sherman’s and T-34s on the eastern front, it was an oversized poorly made heavy tank designed around guns that would have been better utilized as AT guns in hidden positions
I agree, although if the Germans had been able to meet the maintenance req, and use the tank as it was designed for it could have had a much greater impact (IMO).
@@About37Hobos The Tiger was more reliable than the Sherman, it required a major overhaul after 3,000 miles - the most reliable Sherman variant, the M4A2, after 2,000 miles. Only around 50-60 Tigers were lost in tank vs tank on the western front while being credited with 700 enemy tanks, most of them Shermans.
This is such an amazing film. I felt the bond between these men. I have never felt that through any war movie. This made me understand my grandfather even more. That unbreakable bond of men fighting to protect each other.
It’s a common misconception that American tanks were outgunned and outarmored by ‘more advanced.’ German tanks. However, by this point in 1945, as it suggest in the movie; America already had several tanks/tank destroyers that were more than capable of taking on and knocking out even the most heaviest armored German tanks. A few examples are the M18 (with HVAP) The M36 and the M-26. Also, more advanced is highly disputable. German tanks like the tiger and panther were resource heavy and almost impossible to repair in the field. they were also known to be very unreliable.
And it seems to be a common misconception nowadays, that the Germans only had the newer Panther and Tiger tanks during the later period of the war. The Germans had more of the older Panzer IV tanks than the newer Panthers and Tigers. And the Sherman tanks were on more of an even footing against the Panzer IV tanks.
@@barrywentworth4472 I did not include Fury since it was rare that the Regular tank crews received HVAP rounds. The 76 was certainly a upgrade from the 75mm but it still lacked the ability to pen heavy German armor on its own also The HVAP round was usually only given to tank destroyer crews due to utilizing a tungsten core.
@@barrywentworth4472 Fury was an M4A2E8 model, also called Easy Eight, and it indeed has a long 76mm gun that was able to penetrate a Tiger from the front ( normal 75mm Sherman guns couldn't).
As for the toughness of the Tiger. There was one in Russia. It spent 6 hours in battle and was hit multiple times. It still drove itself back 60km to safety. They counted up the hits. It was hit 252 times from various anti-tank rounds. The main thing i love about this movie is the Tiger is an actual real Tiger (instead of mockups used in just about every other movie) The Tiger is currently at the Bovington Tank museum.
Don't think I could possibly name a better ensemble cast performance than that given by Pitt, Lerman, LaBeouf, Peña, and Bernthal. Absolutely incredible, real, raw emotion.
I was a tanker for many years (Patton and Abrams). I liked the crew interaction, but the tactics were pretty awful. And no way the Germans can just climb on board and open the hatches from the outside like that. All that Tiger had to do was reverse in a left turn and fire as "Fury" was trying to work around the back. Pretty cool that they used a real Tiger thank in the film. I think it's the only operational Tiger left.
Initially the Shermans reacted well to the ambush, reversed and tried to get their bearing. Smoked the target to gain some time for decision making and forcing the enemy tank to move thus preventing them from firing ( or firing way less accurately). When they realized it was a Tiger and they couldn't escaped they did the only thing realisticallly possible and rushed it because most of the tanks in their platoon couldn't penetrate a Tiger from the front apart from Fury, which had a long 76mm gun. I agree that initially the Tiger crew did ok but when it came close they made a mistake of not turning their front towards Fury - at that distance missing even when moving was less of an issue but the movie would have been over íf the Tiger had reacted correctly. 😉
This movie was based on Lafayette Green Pool (war daddy). The tanks were called "in the mood" and there was three of them. He survived ww2 but lost a leg and he passed away May 30th 1991.
Brad Pitts character “war daddy” was a real man (the movie has nothing to do with him but they use his nickname.) The real war daddy was named Lafayette G Pool. He was America’s top tank ace of world war 2 with over 12 tanks killed and other 250 armored vehicles, and 1000 German soldiers on the western front all under 90 days. He was awarded multiple military awards like the distinguished service cross (one below the Medal of Honor), a silver star, the French legion of honour just naming a few. He did pass away May 30, 1991 and is buried in the fort Sam Houston national cemetery. Also, the tiger tank the tank that takes out the 3 other tanks before fury takes it out.. that’s the only living and real tiger tank that’s in the world today. Micheal pena is one of those scientologist weirdos, and has been one since 2000. That entire “religion” is a scam.
Fury is one of my favorite movies, the acting is as you said, top-notch. This is one movie I can and do rewatch on a regular basis. So much detail was interlaced and paid attention to, certainly a classic for me.
The lesson he taught Norman was never about war.... It was about commitment and perseverance... Anyone can do war, but morals, community, and friendship is the most impressive way to walk away from war. There are those who can't handle the switch from a warrior to civilian.... I may be one, but I will stay a warrior for my wife and kids. We'll see were that gets me.
All armored crews name their vehicle. Ours was Purgatory. We got assigned a new Bradley when we shipped to Desert Shield/Desert Storm. We called her "Purgatory Too". Our wing track was called Murder Inc. I actually miss those days a lot. When it was time to move, I always got a kick out of our platoon sargent yelling... "Second platoon! Mount the camels. We ride!". I still hear it as plain as I did back then. There's a lot of shitty memories of those times but far more good memories.
Your reaction authenticity gets me emotional, even when I wasn't, watching the film for the first time. I love that you put yourself out there, like this.
"Fury" exaggerates the by that time corrected short comings of the US M4 Medium tank. The tank featured has a high velocity 76mm cannon that could penetrate he side armor of a Mk5 or Mk6 Panzer from 1000m away. Its sloped frontal armor provided 85% of the protection of the vaunted Tiger tank, and was so well designed that if even if it got knocked out, only an average of 0.6/5 man crew were lost.
War daddy was a real guy, the entire movie losely based on his tank crew. The tanks (plural, his crew ran through three during WWII) were not named fury, they were named "In The Mood" 1,2, and 3.
When I first saw one of your videos my initial impression of you was that you're very emotional. After watching MULTIPLE of your videos my impression of you now is not emotional but very empathetic to the characters and I find your reaction videos as one of the top reaction content creators I watch. You've more than earned my sub. Thank you for being unapologetically you and keep up the amazing content. Look forward to seeing more amazing reactions. 😊
They are hard as a group to Norman because he green. I think the best parts are when he's having private conversations with individuals they show that they actually care about him. As a combat veteran, I can relate.
Ames, I don't know if you noticed the patch on their uniform sleeves, but it was the 2nd Armored Division "Hell on Wheels." That was the group in episode 3 of Band of Brothers that helped the paratroopers outside Carentan. My father was in the 2nd Armored.1943-1946. He was drafted. The terms of his enlistment was the end of the war plus 6 months. He was on a ship at the straits of Gibralter when the 2nd bomb dropped in Japan. He finished his 6 months at Ft Hood, Texas. Points were different for volunteers than draftees.
9:51 "I wonder how fast tanks can go, 'cause they... seem like they go slow." The tank being driven by our heroes, _Fury,_ is a Sherman M4A3E2. It was designed to have a top road speed of 22 mph. You've got to impose an upper limit on how fast the tanks you deploy move, because they can be incredibly _heavy._ The faster a tank moved, the harder it was for it to navigate tight turns. This particular one weighed about 42 tons.
I am a shell of what I used to be after 5 deployments to Iraq, and that was 14 years ago now. You want to be nice and be friends, but you don't want to put your whole heart into anything anymore, even hope, as it gets taken away in a millisecond. I went through a lot, but nothing that these boys went through!
The US Army tank crews still name their tanks and put it on the barrel. I was mechanized infantry. We still use a lot of the vehicle commands and tactics from wwii.
I always hear a lot of people wonder why the US sent Sherman tanks up against German Panthers and Tigers in France, even though they were horribly under armored and under gunned against their German counterparts. You have to look at the timeline of the war. Prior to the D-Day invasion, the majority of the fighting that America did was in North Africa and Sicily, and most of the German tanks they were facing off against were German Model 3’s and Mark 4’s, with only a handful of Tiger tanks. With the exception of the long barreled 75mm gun on the Mark 4 model F’s and H’s, the Shermans were more than a match against the German tanks. So the US had no reason to believe that what they had on hand wouldn’t be adequate to handle the German armor they were expecting to face in mainland Europe. Unfortunately, many poor young tankers lost their lives due to that miscalculation.
That you're a hero, buddy! At the end hits hard when you listen Winters saying, "I wasn't the hero, but I served in a company of heroes." It fits perfectly here!!
so in the imdb trivia they actually tell us a bit about war daddy’s background. this was removed from the movie obviously but i believe his character was given the choice to either join the army or go to jail. hence his love for fury, it’s quite literally his home. i can see why they removed it but I think it’s pretty interesting nonetheless.
Me and my wife went to the Movie Theater when FURY came out...was so excited to see the movie, being a die hard WW2 Tank nerd and what not. During the Tank Battle between the Tiger and Sherman's I remember seeing quite a few older gentlemen walk out of the theater with their families. I will never forget that moment. Myself along with other movie goers were wandering what was going on? How stupid of me because I did not see or realize in that moment what I was seeing. Some of these gentlemen were in their 80's if you can believe that. I recall watching them leave and I seen one gentlemen with a walker leaving on the far Right side of the theater were there was some light...I could see his ballcap he was wearing and could faintly pick out the 1st. Armored Division Insignia in the low light. I Could not see if it said WW2 Veteran, or perhaps Korea, Vietnam...but that moment burned a hole in my heart. This man war crying as he left, I will never forget that, I still think about it to this day. The rest of the movie I watched but was very quiet, even on the drive home I did not say a word, my wife kept looking at me as we drove home. When we got to the house, she asked me if I was ok and she seen my eyes. Before I could respond she hugged me and told me that she had seen him too...and that she understood, and I did not have to say a word. Watching Hold Down A review this movie brought back that memory...and I wanted to share it with all of you. It was a moment in my life I will never forget. I never had a chance to meet the gentleman and lord knows what demons he fights, the mirror fact that a movie can push these men to tears is heartbreaking. I heard stories about when Saving Private Ryan came out that many WW2 Veterans could not watch the landing scene at Omaha Beach, and many just walked out without sayin a word. This time...I seen it happen with my own eyes and it really made me stop and think. Many of us...if not of us will never truly understand what these men went thru or have seen. We will never understand the demons and nightmares that ravage them in the dark of night. Freedom is Not Free ladies and gentlemen, there is always a price. Thank you Hold Down A for this review. You did an amazing job and I think you captured the moment of what FURY was trying to show. "Garryowen" 1st. Cavalry Division.
My favorite movie. Great acting by the whole cast. The part where he meets the german girl and then as he leaving bombers come though and level the house was really heart breaking but showed just how real and heartbreaking war is.
“War Daddy” was based on Lafayette Pool…I used to live in Rocksprings Texas several years ago and got to be friends with his youngest daughter who was a school teacher (she taught two of my boys in 8th grade math). She shared some interesting tales of him.
Another Great reaction, Ames. Hands down, the best WW2 movie. The brotherhood of this tank crew was well demonstrated. I heard this movie was inspired by the exploits of Audie Murphy ?? ✌️❤️
I saw this movie in a private screening with my VFW and 2 WW2 vets. I served 22 years and went to war, but watching my brothers from this war was hard.
Although this story is fictional, the grit and viciousness of war that these actors portray is based on what our real veterans experienced and survived. The line at the end "... you're a hero buddy..." would be devastating and haunting. So many combat veterans had to deal with survivors guilt. And when they received their medals, they'd readily tell you that the real heroes are the ones who died. God bless them all.
the helmets the tankers wore had built in radio equipment so they could hear each other over the sound of the tank. They also were mostly there to protect their heads from bumps and such. Not much else.
You nailed this reaction. Regarding eyes, I totally get your insight, but light eye's aren't always awesome either. Your dark eyes are incredible as they are. (brows too) I guess most people like what they don't have. While it's a tough movie to endure, you're one of the only people who never lost sight of the craftwork within every scene, cinematography, editing, but even more so those performances, each character's motivations are and what they're trying to convey with just a look. Amazing job.
I grew up in Germany, Dad was a US Army officer. I became an actor and one day was called to come in to read for the part of a German officer. I guess they weren’t happy with the person they had and wanted to recast. Only issue was they wanted me to speak German. I guess my rep thought I spoke fluent German just because I lived in Germany. I never told her that, but I was completely willing to have some old friends teach me whatever I had to know for the role with my dialogue. She called, explained the misunderstanding, and cancelled my meeting. I understand why she did, but I was (and still am) annoyed about it after all of these years lol… Took me several years to want to check out the film. Great movie, and that makes it hurt worse haha! Love your reactions 🙏🏻♥️
In my opinion, Norman represents us as the audience. Dropped into the tank knowing nothing and having zero experience of war, forced reluctantly to face the truths of killing, becoming desensitized to it all, then being the only one left behind at the end.
Favorite Fact: The soldier that says "ones alive" and opens the hatch to Fury (at the end) was one of the soldiers who laughed at him when he couldn't kill the German soldier with Don. He's an infantry soldier and the one who brings the German soldier in front of the group, because he's wearing an American coat. ("Where'd you get it? Who'd you kill BOY!?") It's one of the most impactful bits about the whole movie and it's blink and you'll miss it. You get to see the entire journey Norman goes through (from fresh recruit to vet) through the eyes of another character in just a few quick scenes. Great reaction, it's been a while since I've seen that movie. The performances were insanely well done!
The Tiger is a real one, captured by the British in 1943, one of those ‘inferior’ Allied tanks outmaneuvered it and did a ‘mobility kill’ often if unable to move the crew abandoned it. The film went to the worlds largest armour museum, the Tank Museum in England. They still have a display about the movie’s production. Tiger was powerful but only 1300 were built and it was hard to transport and maintain. The Sherman like Fury was produced in huge numbers, easy to transport and maintain and very reliable and adaptable.
During my childhood, my neighbor was a WWII vet by the name of Paul J Andert, who lied about his age to enlist, and fought in Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. He later wrote a book titled "Unless You Have Been There" about his experience. Despite his age and health at the time, he was brought on for 'Fury' in an advisory role and funnily enough, could not be corrected on Brad Pitt's name throughout filming, referring to him as "Mr. Pitts" instead of Pitt. He was a rare soul.
In 1988 we had Reforger in Germany, it’s basically war games My job was Mechanic on Tanks We were lucky to have a group of Vets from WWll, they did the same job as us, they told how they ran out of crews so they would ask new recruits who had experience driving tractors 30 minutes of training and send them to the front, they said it was horrible
On UA-cam you can find an approx 45 minute collection of deleted scenes from "Fury". After watching them I feel it's criminal that they were left out as they would have added so much character development & back story to all of the characters. Very worth watching! Explains the scars on Brad Pitt's back & how terrified the loader is inside. Good stuff that should have been included. Maybe someday a director's cut.
For anybody wondering the tank used was the M4A3E8 (76 W) Sherman, otherwise known as the easy 8, M4 was the standard designation for that series of tank, A3 denoted a major upgrade or variation E8 denoted smaller upgrades or variations, 76 stood for the 76 Mm gun upgrade which performed much better then the standard 75, and W stood for wet ammo storage, which basically ment the ammo was stored in special containers that had liquid in it, this was done in order to prevent ammo cook off which was (and still is) one off the leading causes of tanks being fully destroyed, Generally the Germans would have recognized and attacked the tanks with a 76MM gun as they where much more deadly, however this movie tanks place in the late war where Germans couldn’t afford much training (hence the reason bradd Pitt didn’t get merked by a tiger)
Always loved that line: "Ideals are peaceful. History is violent."
Wasn’t even in the script apparently, Brad Pitt just said it.
@@jjc5871wow
First i want to say that english isnt my first language. Second i know what that sentence means like word to word but like what it actually means?
i feel like there is some kind of hidden meaning or am i just stretching?
@@TerroristiRiku here's an example for you.. Freedom is an ideal but to secure your freedom it is usually only by violence. In world war 2, it was the ideals and morally important to stop the nazis but the world had to use violence to stop them. hope that helps some.
I was a Tank Gunner stationed in Germany in the 90's one night I was at a pub and met an old WW2 German tanker, He was a crewman on a Panther tank on the Eastern front. per his statements he hated Nazis but loved being a tanker. we talked for several hours downing several beirs neither of us paid for any drinks that night. The line in the movie "Best job I've ever had" is common amongst all Tankers. The comradery of the crew and tank, not the death and destruction we unleash. This is a hard watch but brings back both good and bad memories of my time in my Tank, great reaction.
I had an old German tanker tell me "Every time I knocked out a Sherman, there were 4 more right behind it." I personally think the Sherman was a piece of garbage, but the numbers made up for the deficiencies.
Amen.
That is awesoem you got to meet a Heer veteran.
@@ralphjacobson8815 After Italy fell, it was one medium-sized county fighting the planet. It was a doomed enterprise of attrition.
Most people in the military are just doing their jobs. Those German soldiers may have a vague feeling of "fight for my country" but they were not bad people. Mostly. I say that even though a huge percentage bought into the anti-immigration, anti-Jewish, arian superiority narrative. I'm sure most found their way out of that spiral of bigotry at some point.
"It's called war! you feel it?"
One of many chilling lines in the movie. My all time favorite is:
“Ideals are peaceful. History is violent”
@@romanlovera427it’s true. The people tearing down statues don’t get that
This scene was powerful!
“It’s the best job I ever had” that’s the best line
In the end, they should have hidden and survived.
@@realisticthought1781Snowflake
That Tiger tank is Tiger 131. The only functioning Tider left from WW2. It lives at the Bovington Armor Museum in Great Britain.
I'm pretty sure (someone pls correct me if I'm wrong) but the four Shermans used were also all genuine, with Bovington also supplying the A2 used to portray Fury
@@heffatheanimal2200 I think the point being made here is that there’s no shortage of Sherman’s, or T-34s for that matter, available for movies. But virtually every “Tiger” seen in movies for the past several decades, from Kelly’s Heroes” to “Saving Private Ryan” to “Band of Brothers” were all T-34s made up to look like Tigers. Even German films like “Downfall” used dummy replicas of Tigers, not real tanks. The Tiger seen in “Fury” was the real deal, and (presently) the only operational Tiger in the world.
@@KevinThomas-ok2evyeah it really didn't help that Germany had a lower output of tanks overall with only like 2,000 tigers between the 1 and 2 variants being made compared to the 50,000 Sherman's made.
That and they're just notoriously were really shitty to maintain broke down often.
@@fuoco1365 The crews also would destroy a Tiger with explosive charges if it was immobilized and might be captured.
Thus the extremely low number of intact Tigers around today.
Surprisingly there is a functional King Tiger in France.
@@heffatheanimal2200 The tank museum recently did a video about their part in the creation of fury. Give it a watch ua-cam.com/video/1TWTBkXTUm4/v-deo.html
"Wait until you see it"
"See what?"
"What a man can do to another man."
That line is so simple, brutal and haunting, It'll stick with me forever.
The delivery of it is so well. Norman who’s all clean and proper, Bible who looks like he walked through hell staring him in the eye, not even blinking
"Ideals are peaceful, history is violent."
You are absolutely right.
I once heard a line from a military guy. He spoke about being tracked by the enemy and said its the worst feeling when a human is tracking another human especially when they are a real tracker. Being in the woods and not knowing weather your being watched would be very uneasy.
What I like about your reactions is not just how much you appreciate the stories and the actors but you really get into the art of film making. You catch how scenes are blocked and comment on cinematography, sound, costuming, the whole production. Your love of movies is always front and center and makes your content so enjoyable.
Thanks so much! I love filmmaking it’s my true love! Appreciate you being here!
@@holddowna react 12 monkeys please!!!
@@holddowna Part of why American tanks were vulnerable was a logistical reason, they had to be shipped across the ocean which meant they had to be smaller whereas the Germans could put theirs on trains. Later on, when the American tanks were equipped with longer range guns, they did better against the German tanks. The American tanks were more vulnerable because they were gasoline and the German tanks were diesel. Gasoline catches fire very easily and diesel fuel does not.
@@holddowna Wooooooah you say about all those airplanes. The sheer scale of that war is mindboggling. I read the trilogy of books by Ian Toll about the Pacific Theater, and the sheer volume of stuff showing up toward the end of the war was incredible.
@@holddowna Where that American tank was blown up just after Norman's girlfriend got killed, the Germans did it just that way, hitting the rear most tank so the front tanks couldn't easily escape by going the other way, they'd have to leave the road to get around the tank which wasn't always practical if there were ditches, mud or trees lining the roadway.
John Bernthal also was the first one to give Shia Leboeuf a stage, on his podcast, after all his allegations and gross behavior. Helped them both a lot, lots of human to human shit on that one.
that episode is remarkable
John Bernthal is a great human being.
jons brother in la is kurt angle
@@tinocontreras5105more like nephew in law, his wife is the niece of kurt
Probably my favorite war movie. The absolute grittiness and horror it portrays juxtaposed against the camaraderie and brotherhood of guys put through extreme situations together is just perfectly done.
Totally! Well said!
As a Marine Corps veteran, I always enjoy watching peoples reaction to what war is really like. Everyone thinks they understand, but they don't. Hopefully never will. "Only the dead have seen the end of war"
Plato
When I saw this my friends were kind enough to sit in the parking lot with me while I chain-smoked for half an hour, lol.
I went home, got my stepdad (who invaded Iraq) and we came back and watched this together.
Few movies ever got it right like this.
@@tappytibbons735as a combat vet, what the fuck are you talking about?
This is a great movie that captures the energy, if not specific details, of the emotional toil of war .
If I've learned anything from my experiences, there's plenty of vets that don't know what the fuck they're talking about either 😂
Thank you for your service 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Question to the Veterans watching this movie. What war movie/movies do you think most accurately depict war? How about this one?
Ames I loved your reaction to brad Pitt saying
"Ideals are peaceful, history is violent" your facial expressions said it all.
I knew a veteran who had been a tank commander whose tank was one of the first of Patton's relief of Bastogne. (He had a burning hatred for Patton, called him every name you can imagine). He told me that if he went to veteran's reunions and guys from the 101st AB were there, he never had to pay for his own drinks. It was an honor to know Harry.
Harry who? You gotta give enlm their due full credit to their name! And Patton's army came in eventually and didn't just singlehandedly relieve when the 101st and other units that held the line in Bastogne all the while...
so glad he hates patton, patton cared more about looking good on film reel than actually working with allies and not outrunning his own fuel supply lines
On a good day a Sherman would do about 30 on a hard road. The Abrams is supposed to be governed at 45, but I've seen it go almost 60. The helmets have commo hookups inside and are called "CVC" helmet (Combat Vehicle Crewman). My tank was called "Grim Reaper".
I was in Golf Troop, 2/3 ACR. Our unit was called Grim so we were not allowed to use Grim Reaper on our tanks.
@@thomascain8747I was in Heavy Company when the 3rd was at Fort Bliss in the early 90s.
@@suprchickn7745 I was there 88-89.
I wonder what it would have been like if we had the current day Abrams tanks during WWII and used them in the spear head of our attack? What would the Abrams do against the King Tigers? 🤔
Nice! Thankyou for your service sir! 🫡
A small throwaway scene that I like is when Wardaddy and others are passing other tank troops and a soldier asks for money that Don owes him. Don just tosses his coffee on him saying "Coffees too hot".
I was a tanker in the 00s and did a few tours of combat in Iraq and this movie is up there with Das Boot as one of my favorites. It really does a great job of showing how separate tankers are from the rest of the Army. Infantry think we're soft because we're in our shells all the time but that is some grueling, dangerous work. But you call on us for a mission? You might never see our faces we'll be buttoned up the whole time. Just a tank with a radio voice. We have different uniforms, we have different routines. Different lingo.
I read an article in a military journal years ago that said something similar of Apache helicopters, the jist was something along the lines of infantry saying how pilots in general (jets and helis) had it easy because in Iraq and Afghanistan the 'flyboys' had few real dangers and so with air supremacy they "had it easy up there". Those same grunts would also say how secure they felt any time an Apache was eyes-in-the-sky above them. When you're in a beast of a vehicle like a tank or a helicopter gunship you do have an extra layer of protection against the enemy that takes you a little out of the danger zone, but you also have some serious motherfucking firepower to protect those on foot who are nearby. Excuse my French.
@@krashd Yeah from my experiences, it's the value of the vehicle you're in that makes you the most juicy target. Having a big fancy Apache puts you at a very high risk in theater because what better way to 'scare off the occupiers' than to go after their high dollar equipment. And at least in a tank we have the ability to soak up damage (And we did a bunch of it). Helicopters get very little in the way of 2nd chances to survive an RPG hit.
Although the Navy pilots were pretty much snug as a bug in a rug in high altitude they won't sweat much until the day we actually need to fight for air superiority again and aren't almost automatically gifted it by default lol.
@@krashd I should also add that modern infantry do get a bit of a right to complain here because we tend to stuff them in high dollar Bradleys and they're all mechanized now. And Bradleys were probably the first choice target the whole time I was there because they're soft and expensive. Look up SPC Charles Leonard I had to watch that man die on the street after our Bradley attachment got a rocket up the ass.
One RPG takes that thing out, I've been hit in my tank with several and they didn't do shit.
"The tank will most likely be the tanker's tomb. They are built for speed and accuracy...not to take hits. Do your job, keep people alive." What we got told on the first day of AIT for 91A by our instructors. M1A1 and A2s are the most well-maintained pieces of equipment in the Army.
I’ve honestly never really thought about how wild it is that Brad Pitt can switch between such wholly different WW2 characters between Wardaddy here & Aldo in Inglorious Basterds. Every actor especially in the tank crew is phenomenal in Fury but I’m just now realizing Brad’s war movie crossover in particular lol
In addition to OCS 1st Lt. Aldo Raine, and 2AD Staff Sgt. Wardaddy, he's also RCAF Wing Commander Max Vatan going undercover in Casablanca in Allied (2016).
This is harder. IB is just fantasy like Iron Man or Batman. Accurate historical stuff is way harder on everyone in the film crew and actors.
Tankers wear different helmets than infantry because they have built-in comms in the earmuffs (you can see Brad Pitt talking to his crew through a radio so he doesn't have to yell), which also muffle out the deafening sound of the inside of a tank. Also regular helmets catch on everything, so tankers wear padding that conforms more to the head. We used to splice an iPod into the comms system so that we could listen to music.
iPod was after my time. I used to do it with a Sony Walkman.
@@ralphjacobson8815 The wires stay the same 😉
That White Horse at the beginning makes me think " I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat upon him was Death, and Hell followed with him."
Hell hath no Fury like Wardaddy when you mess with his tank.
There’s a film called “Come and See” the title of which comes from that passage in the book of revelation. The white horse could be a nod to either or both.
There’s a man going round taking names…..
very astute observation there
That was probably the point of that scene. To reflect the Johnny Cash song.
Michael Pena was really good in the movie "End Of Watch", with Jake Gyllenhaal. A serious role as well.
Somehow that was my first introduction to Pena. Super underrated movie, great call!
@@tyrionstrongjaw7729 Might not go well in today's generation with "Cancel Cop Culture", but it's a great movie and a realistic portrait of police honor and civility.
That movie was also made by the same director of this movie.
He was good in the alien invasion movie "Battle: Los Angeles" from 2011. That one has Aaron Eckhart in it as well.
Jon Bernthal is also "The Punisher" for Marvel. If you haven't watched that series, I highly recommend it. Love your reactions.
I still haven't seen his Punisher but I did see the Thomas Jane Punisher and that was brilliant.
Gotta watch his intro in Daredevil first. Thats his best Punisher work IMO
My one regret with him as The Punisher is, the series ends just as he's where I want to see him! His story was GREAT in the Daredevil series, but I didn't care for most of the stories written for him in the actual series. There were definitely a few shining moments, and he absolutely nailed the character.
Jon Bernthal as The Punisher in that series is one of the top 10 things Marvel has ever given us, regardless for the big movie screen or for screens at home.
You mean Shane?
Great film, awesome action. The Tiger and Sherman tanks from the film are on display near me in Bovington Tank Museum, Dorset, England if you are ever visiting! The Tiger tank is the only real working Tiger from the war that still exists (it was captured in North Africa, not Germany though).
First 'The Pacific' and now 'Fury.'
You are doing an amazing job with these movies, Ames.
Thank you for your great reactions and appreciate all of your hard work in editing.
Thank you for being here!!!!!!!
@@holddowna Honored to be a subscriber to your channel.
Hands down my favorite reaction I've seen to this film, you have found the perfect balance of just watching the film intently and then commenting on the scenes without talking over them and missing nuance like so many others do.
Film is an art. Art is a language.
You get that better than most and have quickly become one of my top reaction channels to watch.
Wow thank u so much! Thank u for being here ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
As someone who has watched a decent amount of your videos I was kind of surprised you didn't cry for this one. The scene where Shia says "here am I" always chokes me up.
You must see ¨All Quiet on the Western Front¨. First WW in a german perspective. Best war movie ever.
If you haven’t seen We Were Soldiers then I highly highly recommend it. One of my absolute favorites!
Meeh. It screwed up a lot of stuff, but it is still nice.
The most tragic element to war is that those who've seen it never stop seeing it. Their war lives on in their minds till they die, they fight it in their dreams, they carry it every step for the rest of their lives.
Plato was onto something when he said "Only the dead have seen the end of war"
That "you're a hero kid" at the end hits hard.
Explains that feeling often expressed by those we call heroes when they answer "the heroes are those left on the battlefield". At least explains it as well as anything can to those who haven't lived it.
Survival guilt
If I could, I’d really recommend the movie “Mosul” it’s about Iraqi swat fighting against ISIS and is perhaps one of the finest war movies I’ve ever seen. Telling an important story very unlike most stories we hear about American soldiers
My dad told me about it !! Truly a gem
@@deafgwipps gonna keep commenting until it gets picked up, really think it’s valuable to share
Something that was in a deleted scene that tells you about Wardaddy & his burns, also shows who he was before the war.
He was an alcoholic & a bad person, often getting into fights if I remember correctly, he got drunk & was driving him, his gf and brother I think it was and ended up crashing, killing them both & he ended up being trapped in the engine which burnt him.
Given the choice of prison or the army, he picked the army
One of my favorite WW2 movies is Defiance with Daniel Craig, i recommend you watch it if you havent already 👌.
What a great reaction, pretty lady. 🤗 Fury did a fantastic job of showing the camaraderie that develops between individuals with very different backgrounds and personalities who become a tight-knit group because of the traumatic events they experience together. Such an incredible movie.
Tanks so much! 😉
Another great reaction, Ames. I've been waiting for you to react to Fury. It's probably my favorite of all war movies. And you didn't disappoint, of course. I've watched you through your journey of war movies and series so far and how you have been building thick well-earned armor from the horrific and emotionally draining portrayals of what war does; and that you understand the often necessary, though brutal actions that men have had to not only make, but also endure. Love your channel. I'm a definitely a fan. Keep up the great work.
There is only one thing that a person in battle wants, that is to go home. Yes, war is hell, but it's either kill or be killed, there is nothing else if you want to live. For those that have served, thank you for your service. For those that have given the ultimate sacrifice, you did not die in vain.
I was on tanks for a decade. Modern tanks, of course, but … This film gets all the particulars right. The pattern of radio talk. Responding to threats. Working with infantry. Combat tactics. (Mostly, anyway. They were always too close to each other.) Etc etc. But my favorite is just hearing them work as a crew. The filmmakers nailed it.
And yes, if the main gun round hits the ground, it almost always ricochets.
I always hated having Infantry riding on my tank. I was super paranoid that one of them would get hurt.
Can you explain why the Tiger rushed Shermans? Seemed very dumb as it had bigger advantage the further from the targets it was. Also it should target "Fury" first as it was the heavies armed of all 4 Shermans.
@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 less rushing and more just moving, keeping the front toward the Americans. Sitting in place is not a good idea. The Tigers were tough, but not indestructible and the American tanks could bathe it in small arms fire as well which, with enough pounding would render sights useless, etc etc
@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 there are poor tactics all over the film. When the crew knew they were making a stand, why did they leave a bunch of .30 ammo stored outside instead of bring it all in? Why didn't the Tiger back up, making a left turn to outrun Fury and take it out as Fury was trying to get behind it? Why were the Germans able to open the hatches from outside Fury?
@@ralphjacobson8815 Bingo.
When re-watching, a line that also hits me hard is when Norman is reading Emma's palm he says "That is your heart line. You're gonna have one great love in your life" and realising the truth of it 😢
totally!!!!!
My favorite line about tanks comes from Bill Mauldin's comic strip charachters...grizzled, war weary infantrymen In one of the cartoons you see Willie, glancing at a passing Sherman tank, observes he'd rather be infantry and dig in the mud, as "...a movin' foxhole attracts th' eye."
Indeed, during WW2 tanks were met by other tanks, sometimes superior tanks like the German Tiger, during WW1 on the other hand a tank was "...a movin' pill box" and it didn't matter who saw it - they'd be dead soon because only us Brits had them, haha.
1942-44 - 1,347 Tiger 1's produced. 1942-45 - 49,234 Shermans produced. 1940-46 - 84,070 T-34 (Soviet tanks) produced. The Tiger was a great tank, but the Germans were completely out gunned.
The T-34s were very poorly made, by German standards, but it was a very well balanced design. Good mobility, decent armor and an adequate main gun. Roughly made, but as Stalin said, “quantity has a quality all its own.”
The Germans built their tanks as well as they could, the Soviets built them as well as they needed to be.
@@KevinThomas-ok2ev you don't need well trained soldiers if you can throw 5 million into battle and not care if 2-3 million won't return. You don't need well trained tankers. Send 100 tanks in a battle. You lose 85 Give them 85 again. Send them battle. eventually someone will get enough experience and someone always survives for parade.
And now it's time to move on to "Masters of the Air".
I appreciate you mentioning about their acting cus that’s how I feel too! So thanks! Great reaction to one of my favorite movies!
thanks for watchin Carlos!
Retired 22 veteran, US Army Armor. Served all over the word, including one of the few Airborne operations that had tanks. Best job I ever had.
Notice how Luis from antman is a great storyteller even when he's telling it as a traumatized sad character 😂❤
I love it when actors known for comedy (Michael) take on serious roles and show how good they can really act.
For those interested the official Bovington Tank Museum UA-cam channel has just released a video on the use of their vehicles in this film.
Norman's palm reading was right...The girl did have one love in her life.
You might enjoy Bernthal's "Real Ones" podcast, but the cast said that, before shooting, they had a closed-door meeting with surviving members of a tank crew from WWII. Nothing that was discussed is known outside of that room, but whatever it was put the cast and Ayer in the right headspace. Loved your reaction and appreciation to the details in this film.
You can look into a man’s eyes and tell how much war he’s seen
alot of truth to that, friend served in Nam, twice, though one of the best stories wasnt from Charlie, it was about the tiger that appeared in camp and how he didnt know how he went from sleeping on top of the truck to being in the truck lol
Ames, you are so observant. Yes, that helmet includes the ability to talk among crewman. Today, it's called the Combat Vehicle Crewman helmet, or CVC for short. I was an M1A1 tanker for the few years I was in the Army. I never had to see any combat, though, thank God!
The Tiger tank is actually a rare real captured tank you can see in a British museum. It was a good 20 years more advanced then what the U.S and British had. Also it downfall, like many German tech of the era, over complicated, high maintanance, long build time. But purely seen as a machine, a true example of engineering.
It's Tiger 131
Not really. The main difference is the gun. The 88 had great penn
What? The Tiger was not a marvel of engineering it had massive reliability problems and was consistently bested by both Sherman’s and T-34s on the eastern front, it was an oversized poorly made heavy tank designed around guns that would have been better utilized as AT guns in hidden positions
I agree, although if the Germans had been able to meet the maintenance req, and use the tank as it was designed for it could have had a much greater impact (IMO).
@@About37Hobos The Tiger was more reliable than the Sherman, it required a major overhaul after 3,000 miles - the most reliable Sherman variant, the M4A2, after 2,000 miles. Only around 50-60 Tigers were lost in tank vs tank on the western front while being credited with 700 enemy tanks, most of them Shermans.
This is such an amazing film. I felt the bond between these men. I have never felt that through any war movie. This made me understand my grandfather even more. That unbreakable bond of men fighting to protect each other.
It’s a common misconception that American tanks were outgunned and outarmored by ‘more advanced.’ German tanks. However, by this point in 1945, as it suggest in the movie; America already had several tanks/tank destroyers that were more than capable of taking on and knocking out even the most heaviest armored German tanks. A few examples are the M18 (with HVAP) The M36 and the M-26. Also, more advanced is highly disputable. German tanks like the tiger and panther were resource heavy and almost impossible to repair in the field. they were also known to be very unreliable.
And it seems to be a common misconception nowadays, that the Germans only had the newer Panther and Tiger tanks during the later period of the war. The Germans had more of the older Panzer IV tanks than the newer Panthers and Tigers. And the Sherman tanks were on more of an even footing against the Panzer IV tanks.
I think Fury has an upgraded Jumbo 76 mm hi velocity gun.
@@barrywentworth4472 I did not include Fury since it was rare that the Regular tank crews received HVAP rounds. The 76 was certainly a upgrade from the 75mm but it still lacked the ability to pen heavy German armor on its own also The HVAP round was usually only given to tank destroyer crews due to utilizing a tungsten core.
@@barrywentworth4472 Fury was an M4A2E8 model, also called Easy Eight, and it indeed has a long 76mm gun that was able to penetrate a Tiger from the front ( normal 75mm Sherman guns couldn't).
"Go faster little tank gun" 😂😂. That honestly made me laugh so fckn hard. 😅
😭😭😭😭😂😂
As for the toughness of the Tiger. There was one in Russia. It spent 6 hours in battle and was hit multiple times. It still drove itself back 60km to safety. They counted up the hits. It was hit 252 times from various anti-tank rounds. The main thing i love about this movie is the Tiger is an actual real Tiger (instead of mockups used in just about every other movie) The Tiger is currently at the Bovington Tank museum.
Another serious role Pena is in is called "End of Watch." Where we plays a cop in South Central Los Angeles.... Good movie
excited to watch that!
@@holddowna it's a good one 👍
Check out Thin Red Line. One of the best ww2 flicks ever made
I love how powerfully poetic it it!
Don't think I could possibly name a better ensemble cast performance than that given by Pitt, Lerman, LaBeouf, Peña, and Bernthal. Absolutely incredible, real, raw emotion.
Loved these guys
I was a tanker for many years (Patton and Abrams). I liked the crew interaction, but the tactics were pretty awful. And no way the Germans can just climb on board and open the hatches from the outside like that. All that Tiger had to do was reverse in a left turn and fire as "Fury" was trying to work around the back. Pretty cool that they used a real Tiger thank in the film. I think it's the only operational Tiger left.
Initially the Shermans reacted well to the ambush, reversed and tried to get their bearing. Smoked the target to gain some time for decision making and forcing the enemy tank to move thus preventing them from firing ( or firing way less accurately).
When they realized it was a Tiger and they couldn't escaped they did the only thing realisticallly possible and rushed it because most of the tanks in their platoon couldn't penetrate a Tiger from the front apart from Fury, which had a long 76mm gun.
I agree that initially the Tiger crew did ok but when it came close they made a mistake of not turning their front towards Fury - at that distance missing even when moving was less of an issue but the movie would have been over íf the Tiger had reacted correctly. 😉
This movie was based on Lafayette Green Pool (war daddy). The tanks were called "in the mood" and there was three of them. He survived ww2 but lost a leg and he passed away May 30th 1991.
Brad Pitts character “war daddy” was a real man (the movie has nothing to do with him but they use his nickname.)
The real war daddy was named Lafayette G Pool. He was America’s top tank ace of world war 2 with over 12 tanks killed and other 250 armored vehicles, and 1000 German soldiers on the western front all under 90 days. He was awarded multiple military awards like the distinguished service cross (one below the Medal of Honor), a silver star, the French legion of honour just naming a few.
He did pass away May 30, 1991 and is buried in the fort Sam Houston national cemetery.
Also, the tiger tank the tank that takes out the 3 other tanks before fury takes it out.. that’s the only living and real tiger tank that’s in the world today.
Micheal pena is one of those scientologist weirdos, and has been one since 2000. That entire “religion” is a scam.
Ah yes, good old Tiger 131 from the Bovington Tank Museum. Captured in Tunisia.
Should've rented the french Tiger II instead! A 1943 Africa Tiger I in 1945? (It can't even turn...Bloody 131)
I belive some other museum or group of people brought another tiger alive a few years ago
@@altairtodescatto I have to look that up, that sounds really cool.
when you said "their tuff mofo's" ..in the final battle....you got a thumbs up from me
Fury is one of my favorite movies, the acting is as you said, top-notch. This is one movie I can and do rewatch on a regular basis. So much detail was interlaced and paid attention to, certainly a classic for me.
The lesson he taught Norman was never about war.... It was about commitment and perseverance... Anyone can do war, but morals, community, and friendship is the most impressive way to walk away from war. There are those who can't handle the switch from a warrior to civilian.... I may be one, but I will stay a warrior for my wife and kids. We'll see were that gets me.
War is surreal.
Being cruel to each other is kind of a love/ acceptance of a brother thing.
All armored crews name their vehicle. Ours was Purgatory. We got assigned a new Bradley when we shipped to Desert Shield/Desert Storm. We called her "Purgatory Too". Our wing track was called Murder Inc. I actually miss those days a lot. When it was time to move, I always got a kick out of our platoon sargent yelling... "Second platoon! Mount the camels. We ride!". I still hear it as plain as I did back then. There's a lot of shitty memories of those times but far more good memories.
Your reaction authenticity gets me emotional, even when I wasn't, watching the film for the first time. I love that you put yourself out there, like this.
"Fury" exaggerates the by that time corrected short comings of the US M4 Medium tank. The tank featured has a high velocity 76mm cannon that could penetrate he side armor of a Mk5 or Mk6 Panzer from 1000m away. Its sloped frontal armor provided 85% of the protection of the vaunted Tiger tank, and was so well designed that if even if it got knocked out, only an average of 0.6/5 man crew were lost.
There's a load of inaccuracies in this move, like a A LOT. But the dialog in this movie is unmatched. The chemistry between actors sets the bar
i dont know anything about war other than its hell.. but the dialogue is UNREAL and intense.. but makes it so real
War daddy was a real guy, the entire movie losely based on his tank crew. The tanks (plural, his crew ran through three during WWII) were not named fury, they were named "In The Mood" 1,2, and 3.
When I first saw one of your videos my initial impression of you was that you're very emotional. After watching MULTIPLE of your videos my impression of you now is not emotional but very empathetic to the characters and I find your reaction videos as one of the top reaction content creators I watch. You've more than earned my sub. Thank you for being unapologetically you and keep up the amazing content. Look forward to seeing more amazing reactions. 😊
I was an Infantry Rifleman USARMY and this movie is really accurate about showing the horrors of war.
The irony is the German soldier that saw Norman under the tank was much like Norman was when he saw the German soldier. Same situation to a degree.
The deleted scenes give better insight as to why Wardaddy has a bit of a death wish and explain how he got those back scars (not from war).
They are hard as a group to Norman because he green. I think the best parts are when he's having private conversations with individuals they show that they actually care about him. As a combat veteran, I can relate.
no matter what you think of shia labeouf. his acting is phenomenal. hes one of the greatest young actors imo
Ames, I don't know if you noticed the patch on their uniform sleeves, but it was the 2nd Armored Division "Hell on Wheels." That was the group in episode 3 of Band of Brothers that helped the paratroopers outside Carentan. My father was in the 2nd Armored.1943-1946. He was drafted. The terms of his enlistment was the end of the war plus 6 months. He was on a ship at the straits of Gibralter when the 2nd bomb dropped in Japan. He finished his 6 months at Ft Hood, Texas. Points were different for volunteers than draftees.
9:51 "I wonder how fast tanks can go, 'cause they... seem like they go slow."
The tank being driven by our heroes, _Fury,_ is a Sherman M4A3E2. It was designed to have a top road speed of 22 mph. You've got to impose an upper limit on how fast the tanks you deploy move, because they can be incredibly _heavy._ The faster a tank moved, the harder it was for it to navigate tight turns. This particular one weighed about 42 tons.
Im pretty sure the Sherman in Fury is a M4A2E8 variant and not the A3E2 (Jumbo) variant. The E8 (or Easy 8) had a top speed of around 28 MPH.
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I am a shell of what I used to be after 5 deployments to Iraq, and that was 14 years ago now.
You want to be nice and be friends, but you don't want to put your whole heart into anything anymore, even hope, as it gets taken away in a millisecond.
I went through a lot, but nothing that these boys went through!
try psychedelic treatment, like microdose shrooms or try dmt. it helped me with my ptsd
The US Army tank crews still name their tanks and put it on the barrel. I was mechanized infantry. We still use a lot of the vehicle commands and tactics from wwii.
I always hear a lot of people wonder why the US sent Sherman tanks up against German Panthers and Tigers in France, even though they were horribly under armored and under gunned against their German counterparts.
You have to look at the timeline of the war. Prior to the D-Day invasion, the majority of the fighting that America did was in North Africa and Sicily, and most of the German tanks they were facing off against were German Model 3’s and Mark 4’s, with only a handful of Tiger tanks. With the exception of the long barreled 75mm gun on the Mark 4 model F’s and H’s, the Shermans were more than a match against the German tanks.
So the US had no reason to believe that what they had on hand wouldn’t be adequate to handle the German armor they were expecting to face in mainland Europe.
Unfortunately, many poor young tankers lost their lives due to that miscalculation.
Thanks for this comment! It’s sad to lose so many ppl
That you're a hero, buddy! At the end hits hard when you listen Winters saying, "I wasn't the hero, but I served in a company of heroes." It fits perfectly here!!
so in the imdb trivia they actually tell us a bit about war daddy’s background. this was removed from the movie obviously but i believe his character was given the choice to either join the army or go to jail. hence his love for fury, it’s quite literally his home. i can see why they removed it but I think it’s pretty interesting nonetheless.
I was a Tank Commander and Platoon Daddy. My Tank was named Atomic Punk. Best job I ever had! Enjoyed your reaction, insight and comments.
Me and my wife went to the Movie Theater when FURY came out...was so excited to see the movie, being a die hard WW2 Tank nerd and what not. During the Tank Battle between the Tiger and Sherman's I remember seeing quite a few older gentlemen walk out of the theater with their families. I will never forget that moment. Myself along with other movie goers were wandering what was going on? How stupid of me because I did not see or realize in that moment what I was seeing. Some of these gentlemen were in their 80's if you can believe that. I recall watching them leave and I seen one gentlemen with a walker leaving on the far Right side of the theater were there was some light...I could see his ballcap he was wearing and could faintly pick out the 1st. Armored Division Insignia in the low light. I Could not see if it said WW2 Veteran, or perhaps Korea, Vietnam...but that moment burned a hole in my heart. This man war crying as he left, I will never forget that, I still think about it to this day. The rest of the movie I watched but was very quiet, even on the drive home I did not say a word, my wife kept looking at me as we drove home. When we got to the house, she asked me if I was ok and she seen my eyes. Before I could respond she hugged me and told me that she had seen him too...and that she understood, and I did not have to say a word.
Watching Hold Down A review this movie brought back that memory...and I wanted to share it with all of you. It was a moment in my life I will never forget. I never had a chance to meet the gentleman and lord knows what demons he fights, the mirror fact that a movie can push these men to tears is heartbreaking. I heard stories about when Saving Private Ryan came out that many WW2 Veterans could not watch the landing scene at Omaha Beach, and many just walked out without sayin a word. This time...I seen it happen with my own eyes and it really made me stop and think. Many of us...if not of us will never truly understand what these men went thru or have seen. We will never understand the demons and nightmares that ravage them in the dark of night. Freedom is Not Free ladies and gentlemen, there is always a price.
Thank you Hold Down A for this review. You did an amazing job and I think you captured the moment of what FURY was trying to show. "Garryowen" 1st. Cavalry Division.
Thank You for sharing.
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My favorite movie. Great acting by the whole cast. The part where he meets the german girl and then as he leaving bombers come though and level the house was really heart breaking but showed just how real and heartbreaking war is.
“War Daddy” was based on Lafayette Pool…I used to live in Rocksprings Texas several years ago and got to be friends with his youngest daughter who was a school teacher (she taught two of my boys in 8th grade math). She shared some interesting tales of him.
Another Great reaction, Ames.
Hands down, the best WW2 movie. The brotherhood of this tank crew was well demonstrated.
I heard this movie was inspired by the exploits of Audie Murphy ??
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I saw this movie in a private screening with my VFW and 2 WW2 vets. I served 22 years and went to war, but watching my brothers from this war was hard.
Although this story is fictional, the grit and viciousness of war that these actors portray is based on what our real veterans experienced and survived. The line at the end "... you're a hero buddy..." would be devastating and haunting. So many combat veterans had to deal with survivors guilt. And when they received their medals, they'd readily tell you that the real heroes are the ones who died. God bless them all.
Usually Tanks names will be chosen by the first name of the troop they're in. So Fox (F) Troop will have Fury.
One if my fave war movies. Shia LaBeouf did such an incredible job here. He’s a born again man, found faith and inner peace. So happy for him.
the helmets the tankers wore had built in radio equipment so they could hear each other over the sound of the tank. They also were mostly there to protect their heads from bumps and such. Not much else.
You nailed this reaction. Regarding eyes, I totally get your insight, but light eye's aren't always awesome either. Your dark eyes are incredible as they are. (brows too) I guess most people like what they don't have. While it's a tough movie to endure, you're one of the only people who never lost sight of the craftwork within every scene, cinematography, editing, but even more so those performances, each character's motivations are and what they're trying to convey with just a look. Amazing job.
I grew up in Germany, Dad was a US Army officer. I became an actor and one day was called to come in to read for the part of a German officer. I guess they weren’t happy with the person they had and wanted to recast. Only issue was they wanted me to speak German. I guess my rep thought I spoke fluent German just because I lived in Germany. I never told her that, but I was completely willing to have some old friends teach me whatever I had to know for the role with my dialogue.
She called, explained the misunderstanding, and cancelled my meeting. I understand why she did, but I was (and still am) annoyed about it after all of these years lol… Took me several years to want to check out the film. Great movie, and that makes it hurt worse haha!
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In my opinion, Norman represents us as the audience. Dropped into the tank knowing nothing and having zero experience of war, forced reluctantly to face the truths of killing, becoming desensitized to it all, then being the only one left behind at the end.
Favorite Fact: The soldier that says "ones alive" and opens the hatch to Fury (at the end) was one of the soldiers who laughed at him when he couldn't kill the German soldier with Don. He's an infantry soldier and the one who brings the German soldier in front of the group, because he's wearing an American coat. ("Where'd you get it? Who'd you kill BOY!?") It's one of the most impactful bits about the whole movie and it's blink and you'll miss it. You get to see the entire journey Norman goes through (from fresh recruit to vet) through the eyes of another character in just a few quick scenes.
Great reaction, it's been a while since I've seen that movie. The performances were insanely well done!
The Tiger is a real one, captured by the British in 1943, one of those ‘inferior’ Allied tanks outmaneuvered it and did a ‘mobility kill’ often if unable to move the crew abandoned it.
The film went to the worlds largest armour museum, the Tank Museum in England.
They still have a display about the movie’s production.
Tiger was powerful but only 1300 were built and it was hard to transport and maintain.
The Sherman like Fury was produced in huge numbers, easy to transport and maintain and very reliable and adaptable.
During my childhood, my neighbor was a WWII vet by the name of Paul J Andert, who lied about his age to enlist, and fought in Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. He later wrote a book titled "Unless You Have Been There" about his experience.
Despite his age and health at the time, he was brought on for 'Fury' in an advisory role and funnily enough, could not be corrected on Brad Pitt's name throughout filming, referring to him as "Mr. Pitts" instead of Pitt. He was a rare soul.
In 1988 we had Reforger in Germany, it’s basically war games
My job was Mechanic on Tanks
We were lucky to have a group of Vets from WWll, they did the same job as us, they told how they ran out of crews so they would ask new recruits who had experience driving tractors
30 minutes of training and send them to the front, they said it was horrible
On UA-cam you can find an approx 45 minute collection of deleted scenes from "Fury". After watching them I feel it's criminal that they were left out as they would have added so much character development & back story to all of the characters. Very worth watching! Explains the scars on Brad Pitt's back & how terrified the loader is inside. Good stuff that should have been included.
Maybe someday a director's cut.
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For anybody wondering the tank used was the M4A3E8 (76 W) Sherman, otherwise known as the easy 8, M4 was the standard designation for that series of tank, A3 denoted a major upgrade or variation E8 denoted smaller upgrades or variations, 76 stood for the 76 Mm gun upgrade which performed much better then the standard 75, and W stood for wet ammo storage, which basically ment the ammo was stored in special containers that had liquid in it, this was done in order to prevent ammo cook off which was (and still is) one off the leading causes of tanks being fully destroyed, Generally the Germans would have recognized and attacked the tanks with a 76MM gun as they where much more deadly, however this movie tanks place in the late war where Germans couldn’t afford much training (hence the reason bradd Pitt didn’t get merked by a tiger)