Terrible movie

Rating: 4/10 (17 January 2015)

I watched the movie after I saw it has 7.8 stars. So I expected it will come close to Saving Private Ryan. Well, it didn't. (may be considered spoilers) There is just some decent acting, but this could not save the movie from the missing plot, abundant clichés and terrible and awkward final fighting scene. The movie begins by saying that the German tanks were superior to the American ones, and thus US tank units suffered high losses. You would expect some tank battles in the movie, right? Wrong! It is April 1945, not so many German tanks to resist the American advance. Actually, only one German tank features in the movie. Truth be told, the battle with the German tank (Tiger or PIV) was somewhat realistic, assuming that the German tank crew was not experienced. A lot of strange things in the final fighting scene: First, the Germans are in a war zone, but they are marching in a column, singing, like they are on Unter den Linden in 1939. Then, the tank crew had plenty of time to prepare the ambush, chat and drink in the tank. But they left part of the ammo outside. The fight starts in daytime and in a matter of minutes it's dark. The German soldiers keep running to the bullets, frontally charging against the machine guns. Yeah, Schwarzenegger would have been a better choice than Brad Pitt in this scene. Concluding: if you are in the mood for a war movie, skip Fury and chose between watching again Saving Private Ryan, some episodes from Band of Brothers, Full Metal Jacket, Black Hawk Down ...