Fury (2014) (Reaction/Commentary)

An American 5-man tank crew take on a dangerous mission in the last stretch of World War II.
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[@Yeedeed]

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[@cbailey6587]

The white horse was a symbol. Don lets it go after removing a German soldier from hit, takes off his saddle & lets it go. At the end, the SAME white horse trots by the tank & wakes up Norman on the ground.

[@reddevil3387]

After Norman was told "You're a hero" he looks out the window and I am sure he is thinking, "No, the real heroes are in that tank."

[@jeepstertj556]

the German with the flashlight was like Norman's counterpart

[@magatsu_man9711]

Fun fact that’s an actual Tiger tank they used for the duel scene. It’s the only functioning Tiger tank left in the world and it’s being preserved as a museum piece in the UK if I’m correct.

[@finngirl1313]

SPOILER ALERT Fury gave me insight into my dad"s mind because he was a WWII vet who served in China-Burma-India and would say very little about his service. (except: "you never forget the smell of burning flesh" because he searched for downed pilots in the jungle). I was born 5 years after WWII ended in 1945. this movie made me realize, like no other movie has, that these vets were the guys who were my town's teachers, doctors, policemen, truck drivers, carpenters, Littke League coaches, parents next door, etc etc. Norman the newbie gunner in Fury was 20 years old and Don Collier AKA War Daddy was 49 (born in 1896). the backstory is that Don also served in WWI and was carrying his WWI sidearm in WWII. (he inserted a photo of a woman underneath the plexiglass grips). when he was barely out of his teens, Don was driving drunk one night and killed his younger brother and his girlfriend when he crashed his truck. the burn scars on Don's back (visible in the scene when he was washing up/shaving) resulted from that fiery crash. the judge gave him a choice of joining the army or going to prison so he enlisted after his burns healed, just in time to see combat during the short US involvement in WWI (16 months). the name of the younger brother he killed? - - > Norman < - - . if you ever watch the movie again, notice the expression on Don's face when his FNG tells him what his name is :-( I found this backstory in articles and interviews about things in the script that were not included in the final cut. this is hands down my favorite WWII movie and for westerns it's gotta be Open Range (Costner, Duvall, and Bening), another classic.

[@bwilliams463]

My grandfather was a Sherman tank cimmander in the Paxcific who fought on Iwo Jima. From the time I was a child, I would listen to his stories with rapt attention, and as I got alder, he started revealing more serious details about his tme in the war. He lost four Shermans and many crew members. When War Daddy tells Norman not to get too close to anybody, it definitely put me in mund of Grandpa's story. When he wold talk about his days in training, the other crew members had names, and he talked about themin a personal fashion. Once they began dieing in battle and got replaced, he only spoke of his crewmen only by their job. Smith, Jones, Brown and Green became 'Driver, Ci-driver, Gunner and Loader.' he no longer referred to his crew members by namr.

[@kingscorpion7346]

I know I'm a year late to this party, and I know you're a veteran of the military. I served in the Navy in the mid 1980's during the remaining years of the cold war against the Soviet Union. I grew up watching Clint Eastwood's Kelley's Heros (1969) with an all-star cast. It was a fantasy about the war in Europe, and It was the movie that made me fall in love with the M4 Sherman tank, and specifically with the M4 A3E8 variant (as depicted in this movie). any war movies that show a Sherman, I'm all in it, and then this movie was made... wow. another all-star cast with today's actors that doesn't pull any punches about what war is really like.

[@chairmanofthebored6860]

I wasn't in a tank crew, but I was Airborne infantry during OIF and OEF. War is war. You deal with it how you can. The banter is the same, despite 80 years of history. As one who has seen it and survived, this is maybe the most realistic war movie out there.

[@laynevinzent4031]

Just a note, you commented on Bible saying "On the way!" every time he fires, he does that so Grady (John Bernthal) doesn't get hit by the recoiling tank gun.

[@astoraan6071]

I always wondered about this and just thought it was his characters tick or something

[@voin5371]

@@astoraan6071 Its standard operation for tank gunners to say it, informs the crew the guns firing and to ready the next round just in case, all part of the communication that's key with a lot of tank crews.

[@CaliTankerRaider]

It’s an element of a fire command. We still use “on the way” in today’s army. 21 years as a M1A2 Abrams crewmen (Tanker)

[@Josh86_925]

Should check out the deleted scene when Brad Pitt tells Norman a how he joined the war. Pretty crazy they left that scene out . I'll just say he had little brother named Norman too. Also explains why Pitts back was all burnt & scared

[@walboyfredo6025]

20:50 There was a similar sense in a very good war movie called "Cross of Iron".Starring James Coburn, it is based on German retreat on the Soviet Eastern Front.it was regarded as one of the first anti war movie to display "war in RAW sense". I believe it was the first film to have "blood" splashed on the camera lens.

[@swish007]

fun fact, the reason you would see crews all riding on the tops of the shermans when not in battle was because of mines. shermans were very vulnerable to german anti-tank mines.

[@WEREONFIRE111]

In regards to the eggs, at the time eggs were very hard to come by in Germany and were considered a delicacy, which is why they accepted the eggs and made them willingly. It was somewhat of a gift or show of good will.

[@Rick-bi9fw]

"No it's not what i wanna do but it's what were doin" "If a man loves the world, the love of the father is not in him. For all that's in the world, lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, pride of life, it's not of the Father. It's of the world." 2 greatest quotes I've ever heard in a war movie. I know the 2nd is biblical. Gets me ready to meet my maker.

[@Glenn056]

This was a fantastic film, the acting was really good all around too. Such intense heavy moments. Good to go through it again with you and hearing your experiences from serving!

[@gayle8153]

We just watched this one the other night, and it is pretty intense, but it keeps you watching it to the end.

[@davidjackson5837]

The great thing about this is that Fury and the Tiger are real tanks. Both are in Bovington Tank museum in the UK. The Tiger is the only drivable/running Tiger tank in the world at the moment. Look up Tiger 131 👍

[@edp5886]

Thank you for your service, my Brother.

[@xensonar9652]

This one went under my radar too. I think I dismissed it as probably just an action movie. When I eventually saw it, I was blown away. One of the best war films made.

[@tduffy5]

I saw a documentary about the German tanks. They were well engineered. But, if I remember correctly, it took seven weeks to build a Tiger. It's life expectancy on the battlefield was about a week. That's a losing battle.

[@walboyfredo6025]

TD It was often said that the Tiger Tank was "over Engineered". Parts were hard to obtain and there were numerous stories that Tiger Tank crews abandoned their broken down tank since it's very hard to carry out " on field" repairs.

[@SaldivarMG]

Another great depiction of tankers in action is the obscure 1988 film “The Beast of War” (a.k.a. “The Beast”). It’s set during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.

[@Faithainsworth]

I saw this at the movies when it came out almost ten years ago. And to this day I’m still haunted by Boyd cry over Grady’s body.

[@billylewis5516]

They're basic armored crewman fire commands. For example: TC:"Gunner, heat, PC!"; Loader: "UP!"; Gunner: "Identified"; TC: "Fire"; Gunner: "ON THE WAY!"; If he hit it- TC: "TARGET, TARGET! CEASE FIRE"; If he missed it- TC:"Re-engage!"

[@VicVillegas89]

“Hacksaw Ridge”

[@dannyaguilera7369]

Thank you for your service 🙏

[@edp5886]

Butter bars from ROTC really needed to learn the reality - not what "the book says".

[@edgardofernandez7511]

Tiger tank n panther tank 5 (Positive : they we're well armored n strong gun cannon (Negative : was it ate a lot of gas , not easy to fix because of shortage of parts , not easy to replace parts , took a long time to build them n very few in numbers

[@thesincereone2886]

Just found your channel man, keep it up 👍

[@davehazel5632]

Hey Yeedeed, I loved your reaction. I'm former military too so I know what you're talking about. As far as war movies I'm sure you've seen Saving Private Ryan, but 12 Strong is a great movie. There is a 7 part mini-series out of Australia called Galippoli and it's amazing. Another movie, not really a war movie is Jojo Rabbit. It's about a 10 year old kid in Nazi Germany at the end of WWII. Jojo is in the Hitler Youth and has an imaginary friend-Adolf Hitler. It's a comedy but it's great, one of my favorite movies of all time. Jojo discovers his mother his hiding a Jewish girl in the house and as his relationship with her grows, his relationship with his imaginary friend starts to fall apart. I'll definitely follow you if you're going to do war movies. Keep up the good reactions.

[@Josh86_925]

Great editing. Kept all the good scenes & quotes from this movie

[@gggooding]

Great reaction to Fury, Mike. I feel like I'm watching a movie with a friend who's wiser than I am. Suggestion that's easy to overlook: Catch-22 (1970). It's an absurdist comedy, but it has sharp teeth. Book's by a WWII vet, screenplay by a Korean war vet. It's very silly and very dark at the same time. No sarcasm: you'll laugh, you'll cry. Arguably the first war movie *about* PTSD back when it was called shell shock. *AND* a cast that'll drop your jaw + special fx that are literally unbelievable...no CGI, of course. They're flying those planes. They're _crashing_ those planes. They're actually blowing up that base. There's *nothing* else like it.

[@deshibasara9150]

Great review man. Thanks for your service.

[@sammymartin7891]

On the Way is the alert given by the Gunner to let the crew know he's firing the main gun

[@tduffy5]

Norman is a good example of the untrained, undisciplined soldier in combat. Why would I shoot at dead bodies? Because you were told to. No time for questions. Do it!

[@boomhaueroo8703]

*stands up and salutes Mr. Bateman.

[@Rrz00]

I believe that the worst of humanity is not in the bad, it is in the gray. Because it is easy to see the bad in bad people but it is difficult to see good people doing inhuman things, things that they believe to be fair and each side believes that they are doing the right thing for their people. War is the most primitive form of diplomacy.

[@kawakaman8644]

that tiger tank is tiger 131 from the bovington tank museum england. i believe its the only real tiger tank ever used in a movie

[@realSimoneCherie]

Love Shia Labeouf in this film

[@51tetra69]

There are no atheists on the battlefield where life and death is at stake. God bless all of the outgunned tank crews will boldly charged into danger knowing full well they were hopelessly out matched! God bless all the courageous veterans with nerves of steel who risked everything and selflessly sacrificed so much to protect our countries and preserve the freedoms we enjoy today! God bless all the souls - military and civilian - that we have lost in times of war! God bless America! God bless us all and grant us peace!

[@kitfisto1847]

On a side note. Technically, they wouldn't get in trouble for executing that one german early in the movie. He was a German soldier wearing an American uniform, which is against the Geneva conventions. So by the rules, any that do that are to be executed as a spy. I could be off on some of that but I'm pretty sure that's how it goes. So Top(Brad Pitt) took advantage of that situation to make Norman get used to killing the enemy.

[@sammymartin7891]

The Best Job I Ever Had

[@dom1091]

So technically the execution of that one german wearing an American coat is perfectly legal according to the Geneva convention.

[@artbagley1406]

Just to add a dash of yesteryear to your viewing list, might you consider watching these older war movies? "The Best Years of Our Lives," "Mr. Roberts," "Apocalypse Now," "Seven Samurai," "The Bridge on the River Kwai," "Stalag 17," "The Great Escape," "Paths of Glory," "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (relatively new), and "Zulu." Most likely I don't need to mention "Band of Brothers," "The Pacific," and "Saving Private Ryan."

[@kandradreas4334]

By this point the Germans had an even more badass tank still in the works and wasn't ready yet, it's name was the "Centurion Tank" equipped with 152'mm super thick armor the Tiger was only 100'mm and very likely would of mowed down US tanks of that era, hell even USA's Modern tanks would still need to watch their backs a little more as this f*cker was a BEAST and would put the tiger to shame 100%, but thankfully it never got to see the war as it had ended just one month before the Centurion had the change to completely aberrate our US forces or any armors who were fighting in WW2 for that matter.

[@ClancyWoodard-yw6tg]

I agreed with everything you said about the scene where war daddy had Norman shoot that German in the back Because yes it wasn't okay but on the other hand having him do something like that is getting him used to having to kill people to save their Life

[@A_Name_]

@33:00 great movie but the long 76 on fury could have killed the tiger no problem at that range. Edit: from the front.

[@pebxwb]

Hi there, late to your party but love your reaction. Thanks for your service. You should react to Saving Private Ryan next, You will love it too.

[@edgardofernandez4470]

U should also watch the movie T-34 its about a Russian meddium tank n tanks going against German tiger tanks n meddium panther 5 tanks this is my favorite ww2 movie I love it so much

[@aweebunny]

4:00 One of the four horsemen coming in on the clouds. Revelation. War of Armageddon.

[@JayT1984]

Love ur reaction.. true love to u bud..

[@EZDropper]

Ok maybe a stupid question- but when the tanks arrive at the camp at around the 13:52 mark- you see a gunner shooting random bursts of shots up towards the sky- what was the point of that?Is that like a signal or warning shot?

[@evmarthegreat7974]

probably firing into a nearby battlefield, bullets don't explode but a .50 cal will destroy most of the things on its way

[@alanpirr7933]

no gray area the german was wearing a US coat. Rules of engagement then was execution.

[@ash_1419]

Watch letters from Iwo Jima

[@Josh86_925]

14:00 that guy u said is British and u seen in other stuff... he was in the movie "Patriot" with Mel Gibson. He a was redcoat and the main antagonist in that film

[@joekillz9567]

I like your instincts! You can lead me anytime

[@rionlandrum9560]

I only subscribe to other veterans' channels. Gkad, i ran across your channel. Thanks

[@scubaleotard]

Just one comment, 15 second german grenades?

[@ColinRichards1]

2 of my grandfather's were. Part of that piolet fleat

[@jimarger8533]

Great movie.

[@2023Mermaid]

Have you seen End of watch? If not, you should check it out man.

[@mguiman282]

Just saw your channel. I love war movies as well. My favorite is 'We Were Soldiers' by Mel Gibson. Could you react to that, please? Thank you!

[@sammymartin7891]

German grenades were pretty weak and wouldn't do much damage they were only made of sheet metal like a soup can and had to rely on blast rather than fragmentation

[@derrickspooger798]

Good to military commentary - the Sherman was known as the Tommy Cooker or the Remmington because once on fire you were fucked.l But it could be produced in a shit-load of numbers by Detroit

[@jojoemcgeejoe457]

I realize this is way late, but I'd love to see you react to the HBO mini-series The Pacific.

[@Joseph.M.]

Something about Mexican Americans mowing down the "master race" makes me giggle

[@colterwilliams3152]

What? Lol

[@tsunsu]

so Meny cuts this is a bit annoying wonder why this was the choice but I guess got to be careful what u see and do good reaction but to Meny abrupt cuts in this video but it least you are the first I seen to ever react to this film it been around so long but very few have reacted. nice work and let's hope the new KZbin CEO makes things easier.

[@hlo1023]

This is probably the only movie with Shia that I enjoy besides Holes. Also if you're working down that ww2 list, I'd love to see your take on Jojo Rabbit, assuming you haven't seen it already.

[@colterwilliams3152]

Whaaaaaat? Disturbia? Peanut Butter Falcon? Transformers? Even Steven's? The Greatest Game Ever Played?

[@jay_dave8722]

Please watch and react to "Grey Hound" by Tom Hanks 👍

[@brianwilson9206]

Couple of thoughts… one, the Tiger tank would not have closed with the Shermans, and fury the only tank with a 76mm gun would have died first. Second, a Waffen SS infantry battalion against an immobilized tank would have been quick and decisive, a couple panzer Faust snuck around their flanks and lights out.

[@bruhgus2557]

The tank battle is inaccurate an American Sherman wouldn't destroy a Tiger like that.

[@walboyfredo6025]

...just like Oddball said in "Kelly's Heroes" " The only way you could knockout a Tiger is in the rear" There was a true story of a Greyhound Armoured Car with its 37mm gun Knocking out a KING TIGER TANK!. It did that by shooting it it in the rear Check out Mark Felton WW2 true stories. So with that in mind a Sherman CAN knockout a TIGER TANK in the rear.

[@stefanostsiropoulos6474]

its so funny , germans move worrest than a zombie pack , its so fake thing........