Fury, Absolutely Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (13 January 2015)

I'm not one to usually watch ww2 movies and stay as tuned in as i was. But WOW Fury literally just blew me away. I have to say I was not disappointed when I watched this. I quite truly did not expect to get as drawn in as I did.
I was skeptical at first, primarily because Shia LaBeouf playing one of the main/supporting roles almost turned me away before seeing the movie, as some quite crazy things were revealed that Shia, didn't wash the whole movie shoot, had one of his teeth removed of he own request and actually slashed his own face instead of using make up to simulate cuts. Odd definitely, but to get into his character as well as he did I take my hat off to him. On top of that he spent many hours learning to operate the vehicle featured in the movie to an expert level and insisted on staying in control of it even when he wasn't needed to do so. This actually made me want to see it and totally flipped my initial thoughts around! with all his personal life problems aside, Shia LaBeouf especially was top notch, the characterisation played by all the cast was extremely convincing and gave a very believable conception to what the conflict was like for those involved all those years ago.
Fury itself put lots of stories and tales into a great screenplay for me, as my grandfather occupied the same role in ww2 as Brad Pitt does in Fury. My grandfather told me stories of his experiences, and those of his friends from around the same time the movie is based. The way the characters in the movie give each other a hard time here and there, dealing with the stress and reality of the situation and then pull together like a family is exactly like stories i have been told.
I was just gripped the whole way through, although some parts were a little predictable, but mostly you really couldn't tell where or what was going to happen until it did.
This movie for me was a fantastic watch and will absolutely be one I will put on my all time favourites shelf.