"Ideals are peaceful, history is violent"

Rating: 8/10 (12 November 2014)

Finally, I went to see Fury. I can't say I am a big fan of war films. I wanted to watch it just because of Brad Pitt. Just to see how he would deal with not typical for him role. Plus, there are many positive reviews that also influenced on my decision to watch this film. And, I admit that, I was really impressed. It wasn't waste of time.
The movie tells us a war story placed during World War II. Fury is the name of the tank that is the central figure of the whole movie. But the main role is given to Brad Pitt who plays the tank commander Don Collier (also called Wardaddy) and whose mission is to hold crossroads from Nazi soldiers until US reinforcement arrives. He leads his crew with who he has been fighting for a long time: Boyd "Bible" Swan (Shia LaBeouf), gunner; Grady "Coon-Ass" Travis (Jon Bernthal), loader; and Trini "Gordo" Garcia (Michael Peña), driver. Their original assistant driver/bow gunner was killed in battle and he was replaced by a recently recruited Army typist, Norman Ellison (Logan Lerman). Norman has never been inside of a tank before, he has never killed people in his life. So, getting to the war was like a nightmare for him. And precisely this "freshness" is what makes him another central character in this story.
Norman and Collier are totally opposite characters. Collier is a weathered soldier, who is used to war atrocity in all its aspects. He has no fear nor mercy. He is just like a killing machine. But there are scenes where we can see he is not that tough and fearless. He is a human as well, he has feelings and deep inside he does care about what is going on, he is already tired of this war and it hurts a lot to him to see people dying.
Norman is a newcomer. He is afraid of everything. He can't stand all that blood mixed with mud. He can't kill and he doesn't want to. And all along the movie we see how Collier tries to change Norman, to help him to survive that war. And it's really very interesting to see the development of these two characters.
I should point out the excellent work of all actors. No doubt, Brad Pitt is an amazing actor! I was really impressed by his acting. I remember first time when I felt similar impression was when I watched Fight Club. He is really great! While I was watching the movie, I could feel Pitt's character with all his feelings, emotions and conditions.
And, of course, some words on the whole film-making, how it was shot. Absolutely, Fury is a great director's work! David Ayer, director, managed to transfer that gloomy and terrifying war atmosphere. Bloody action scenes together with the thrilling music makes you feel all that horror reigning on the battle field. I won't tell much about the end because it is very very sad.
In general, the whole movie is very tense and emotional. There are moments when the characters try to make jokes, but it's just because they don't know how to deal with all that pain and tiredness they feel inside. All the battle scenes where people are torn apart and everything is in blood are so horrifying. And due to the excellent acting you feel this atmosphere and you just can't stay indifferent, it's just impossible.