Sargent Pitt and his howling tank crew

Rating: 7/10 (21 October 2014)

I am a long time WW2 buff and any movie which is set during this time is one I will see no matter what. Set the story during WW2 and I am at the theater. Fury was a mixed experience for me partly because I am a WW2 history geek and some of the action was preposterous. Us WW2 geeks can get too picky and I really feel that I try not to be that way as much as I can when I see a movie made of this period, but Fury went off the rails. Yes, the Sherman tanks were authentic as were all the small arms and uniforms. They did a good job with many aspects of authenticity.
The movie went off the rails with Pitt and his tank. I understand that our American heroes have to be mostly bullet proof and that the Germans have to die like flies in idiotic assaults while being incapable of shooting accurately at our Heroes. Fury is an American movie made by Americans about Americans and I understand that, but Brad Pitt and his crew really joined the ranks of the comic books about WW2 that I used to read way back in the 1960's.
Don't get me wrong here though! There are many scenes in the movie I loved. Seeing a Tiger Tank in action was almost a religious experience for an old time WW2 geek. The movie has great dialog and indeed all the actors do a great job. It is tightly paced and does show that war is a very nasty business. So ultimately I do recommend it, but it really is mostly a comic book vision of the war. For those unfamiliar with my meaning about comic book war then google "Sargent Rock" or "Sargent Fury and his Howling Commandoes" to see my meaning. I grew up long ago reading those comic books and they were my first introduction to WW2 history so they have a place in my heart.