Support NeoGAF

[SlimySnake]

I have no idea how I missed this in theaters back in 2014, but I went literally 10 years wanting to see it. Saw it on sale for $5 on Amazon so pulled the trigger two weeks ago, and finally saw it last night.

I gotta say it's not the best WW2 movie, but its got its moments. You have your standard PTSD ridden soldiers acting all crazy most of the movie. Some of the best scenes revolve around the tension between the new kid who just enlisted weeks ago and veterans 3 years into the war.

Best scene has to be when they takeover a small German town, go into an apartment to find a hot (seemingly untouched) German teenage girl, and get upset over who gets to fuck her. Wont spoil what happens but that was tense and made me wonder just how far this movie was willing to go.

The tank war scenes are amazing. The finale is ok, but the best scenes come earlier in the film with all kinds of practical effects and tank explosions. Worth watching just for those scenes alone.

My favorite thing about the movie is how they really hate the SS soldiers in that movie. German Army are typically taken as POWs, but they shoot every SS soldier they come across. And the movie gives you plenty of reasons through out the story to hate them. One such execution is my favorite scene in the movie simply because of how over the top yet satisfying it was.

Harsh Times, End of Watch and Fury. It's amazing that David Ayer made these three great movies then made Suicide Squad and literally disappeared. I really like the little touches in the movie about the german perspective like German kids being forced into combat, crucified for not fighting, and women being used as prostitutes by American soldiers. You dont see that in sanitized hollywood war movies.

All actors are great but Shia and John Bernthal were outstanding. Just not enough depth to their characters which is a shame. Brad Pitt and Michael Pena did good, but the new kid was great. The movie couldve focused a lot more on these characters like putting them in situations similar to the German girl scene, but they spent a good 30 minutes on a big epic finale instead. Got my money's worth but still felt a bit hollow for a WW2 movie.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I really enjoyed this movie as well and have seen it a few times

Sadly being a bit of a tank buff the biggest issue I had with the movie is the Tiger vs Shermans fight

Smoke or not the only way for the Shermans to stand a chance is getting behind the Tiger and whats the Tiger do? Charge them

I don't believe a Tiger Commander would have charged and left his cover and knocked them out at range

But overall a very good movie

 

[SJRB]

Great movie and easily David Ayer's best. Brad Pitt does a lot of the heavy lifting though.

In fact it's so good compared to his other movies I consider it a fluke, an anomaly of an otherwise super mediocre director. I refuse to believe this movie is made by the same man who made Tax Collector.

 

[The Cockatrice]

I remember the first half being really good, then it goes downhill severely as if 2 different people directed the first half and the last which is why it became completely forgettable for me.

 

[GymWolf]

I think i avoided anything with that shia moron in it.

 

[SlimySnake]

I remember the first half being really good, then it goes downhill severely as if 2 different people directed the first half and the last which is why it became completely forgettable for me.

You mean after they leave the German town?

 

[The Cockatrice]

You mean after they leave the German town?

Fuck if I remember, something something drama and then a small disabled tank surviving against armed nazi soldiers for hours was lol.

 

[ReBurn]

Brad Pitt does enjoy killin' nazis

 

[KyoZz]

I saw it again a few weeks ago and I enjoyed it like I did in 2014. Solid movie with a solid cast and the fights are impressive. And that scene in the village is, as you said, quite tense and very well done.

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

It's a great ww2 movie and also the human condition.

Its a shame we don't get many ww2 movies any more.
I need to watch the thin red line. Haven't seen it since I was a teen.

 

[Ememee]

I really liked it. I think the dinner/lunch scene is the highlight.

 

[Kacho]

Shia was great and the behind the scenes on him is fascinating. Dude was going through serious shit at the time.

David Ayer worked with Shia on another movie called Tax Collector and he went above and beyond for that role as well.

 

[SlimySnake]

I really liked it. I think the dinner/lunch scene is the highlight.

They were having eggs and potatoes lol. it was breakfast. Amazing scene.

 

[SlimySnake]

Shia was great and the behind the scenes on him is fascinating. Dude was going through serious shit at the time.

David Ayer worked with Shia on another movie called Tax Collector and he went above and beyond for that role as well.

IMDB says that Shia had to be kept separate from the rest of the cast because he was so volatile.

Doesnt help that Ayer apparently had the cast fight each other before shoot. The new kid was traumatized from the experience.

 

[Insane Metal]

It's ok.

I remember reading that LaBeouf pissed off some of the cast members because he went on days/weeks with no showers to "capture the essence of those fighters inside a tank for weeks at a time".

 

[SJRB]

Shia was great and the behind the scenes on him is fascinating. Dude was going through serious shit at the time.

David Ayer worked with Shia on another movie called Tax Collector and he went above and beyond for that role as well.

Without exaggeration one of the worst movies I have ever seen, not even kidding.

It's not even Shia (who is dialed in as the psycho and god bless him he really gives it his all) but the main guy is just an awful actor. Dreadful. I legit don't know what the fuck Ayer was thinking. The story isn't even that bad but this movie is filled with terrible actors who trainwreck the entire experience.

It's funny how when you look up this movie on youtube it's literally all Creeper scenes. It's just scenes and compilations of Shia's character.

 

[Ballthyrm]

Hey OP Do yourself a solid and watch a history video about the actual guy the movie is based. It's even more crazy.

 

[simpatico]

Is there a movie with a better male haircut? Brad has worn a similar cut in other movies, but whoever the stylist was on this had seriously divine inspiration. This is a generational cut. We probably won't see another cut like this until 2050 at the earliest.

 

[SlimySnake]

Is there a movie with a better male haircut? Brad has worn a similar cut in other movies, but whoever the stylist was on this had seriously divine inspiration. This is a generational cut. We probably won't see another cut like this until 2050 at the earliest.

Jake Gyllenhaal in Prisoners.

Hey OP Do yourself a solid and watch a history video about the actual guy the movie is based. It's even more crazy.

Just watched this. Crazy how real life is even more badass than the movie.

It was so good Neil Druckmann stole it for Rafe in Uncharted 4.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

It sucks about David Ayer's career, he did a way, way underrated movie with Kurt Russell called Dark Blue from 2003, it's a great movie and I have literally never once seen it talked about ever.

Fair warning, it's an intense movie, it's about racist cops in LA in the lead up to the LA riots and said riot sequences are intense.

It's like the only 00s thing I've seen that deals with 90s racial tension, it's also a way, way early (the first ever?) example of a movie using a retro synth score to evoke the era.

 

[AJUMP23]

I have seen it once. And I liked it. But I don’t really remember it.

 

[Kacho]

Without exaggeration one of the worst movies I have ever seen, not even kidding.

It's not even Shia (who is dialed in as the psycho and god bless him he really gives it his all) but the main guy is just an awful actor. Dreadful. I legit don't know what the fuck Ayer was thinking. The story isn't even that bad but this movie is filled with terrible actors who trainwreck the entire experience.

It's funny how when you look up this movie on youtube it's literally all Creeper scenes. It's just scenes and compilations of Shia's character.

Shia’s performance is the only reason to watch it. The movie started off interesting and slowly became retarded.

Not sure what’s up with bad acting in Ayer’s movies. End of Watch had the same problem. Great main cast but the gangster side characters are some of the worst actors ever.

 

[near]

Brilliant film. I need to upgrade my Blu-ray copy to 4K.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Loved it. Own it on 4k.

 

[John Marston]

Jon Bernthal's teeth are worth the price of admission alone

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

I liked it

Even tho the ending with the Nazi soldier showing humanity (in a nutshell) was kind of a mild turn off. Sure it more than plausible but hey Hollywood.


Watched Inglorious Bastards in the weekend. Real talk lol

 

[P:axMagellanic]

The end battle became silly with the ridiculous body count. A great film though other than that.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Brad Pitt does enjoy killin' nazis

But he was afraid of Mike Tyson.

 

[ReBurn]

But he was afraid of Mike Tyson.

That's what we have Jake Paul for.

 

[Gp1]

If the Tiger had reversed, the film would have been 30 minutes long.