A Decent War Movie

Rating: 5/10 (22 October 2015)

This movie was highly recommended by a friend, and although I was already interested in watching it, it heightened my want to do so. I'm sad to say that it was just kind of 'meh'.
The movie felt rushed already, looking back on it I realized that nothing ever really happened. The characters were poorly developed overall, and although they had one or two distinct character traits, I never felt like they were really explored all that much, so I really didn't care about them.
The action itself was all fine and dandy. The movie progressed really quickly. I don't know if it was just short, or if so little happened that it just felt short-lived. Either way, the action was entertaining enough, but that was the problem. Unlike movies like 'Saving Private Ryan' or 'Sicario' which don't glorify and overdo violence, I felt like this one did overdo it. Maybe this was made more noticeable when I heard people saying "Its the Saving Private Ryan of this generation", but it didn't feel the same as the other two movies I listed. Sure, I've never been in a real war, but I felt like the fighting and whatnot was all so Hollywood and it just ended up feeling fake in comparison to the other two movies and what I've studied about war.
The plot itself was a little unclear, but so little happened it was hard to find where the introduction to it really was. It seemed to be more character driven, but it struggled in that aspect (as stated above) and thus the movie as a whole struggled. It was extremely predictable as well. I was never surprised, and always found that I knew who was going to die, who would live, how and where they'd die. It was, once again, too Hollywood, and that made it predictable.
Overall Fury isn't horrible, but it's not great. I'd consider it a stretch even to say its good. It's just okay. The characters were weak, the plot wasn't really there, it was predictable, and it just felt fake. I've seen plenty of good movies with some of these attributes, but all of them piled atop one another is just too much. The ending to the movie (no spoilers) was a major disappointment as well, as it felt incredibly forced and unnecessary. Sure, it was exciting, but I constantly remembered how dumb it was as I watched it, and that really took away from the whole experience. But if you like war movies, like my friend does, then go ahead and check this one out. It's not bad. If your curious, give it a watch. I personally would not recommend it, but maybe you will.