"Fury" - Movie. Bollywood Boycott Time again

August · 10-16-14, 07:16 PM

Lots of judgement here but not one of you have actually seen the movie. Maybe you all are right but I'll wait to see the movie and judge for myself.

Feuer Frei! · 10-16-14, 07:49 PM

Lots of judgment, yep.
Haven't seen it but seen enough of the plot summary and the plot to suggest i would be watching some kind of fantasy movie.

Why not make a movie about a handful of farmers fighting 300 Spartans or Roman Legions and see what happens?
Providing of course it comes out of that Fantasy land called Hollywood.

But then that wouldn't sell would it, since you know, it doesn't have bad Germans in it.

If you are going to create this kind of tripe at least make it half believable.

In before: yea but there were feats of heroism on both sides where combatants who were vastly outnumbered scored some victories.

Cybermat47 · 10-16-14, 07:53 PM

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Why not make a movie about a handful of farmers fighting 300 Spartans...

Ooh, a movie about one of the Helot revolts might have potential!

Feuer Frei! · 10-16-14, 07:59 PM

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Ooh, a movie about one of the Helot revolts might have potential!

Gerard Butler and his entourage protecting the narrow pass from an onslaught of 10 farmers with......pitch forks and crude spears??

You sure?

Cybermat47 · 10-16-14, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Gerard Butler and his entourage protecting the narrow pass from an onslaught of 10 farmers with......pitch forks and crude spears??

You sure?

I think they'd have to make it more like Spartacus.

Betonov · 10-17-14, 01:52 AM

But, what do we call Hollywood when it does something right, like Band of Brothers

Sailor Steve · 10-17-14, 04:27 AM

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But, what do we call Hollywood when it does something right, like Band of Brothers

We say it wasn't Hollywood, because, you know, Hollywood never makes anything good.

Jimbuna · 10-17-14, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

But, what do we call Hollywood when it does something right, like Band of Brothers

Walt Disney

August · 10-16-14, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Why not make a movie about a handful of farmers fighting 300 Spartans or Roman Legions

I don't get the parallel. The farmers in this instance won the war even armed with Sherman pitchforks.

Betonov · 10-17-14, 01:57 AM

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I don't get the parallel. The farmers in this instance won the war even armed with Sherman pitchforks.

But they also had P-51 and P-47 arrows and the Spartans lost all their arrows due to Spitfire arrows and had no arrow support.
Plus B-19 and Lancaster catapults destroyed their homefront while the farmers simply brought their supply from the other side of the Aegean sea

August · 10-17-14, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

But they also had P-51 and P-47 arrows and the Spartans lost all their arrows due to Spitfire arrows and had no arrow support.
Plus B-19 and Lancaster catapults destroyed their homefront while the farmers simply brought their supply from the other side of the Aegean sea

Well the Spartans also had Tiger tanks and fighter jets and ballistic missiles and a whole bunch of other highly advanced weaponry, a highly experienced and professional army and the farmers supply had to come across, not a mere sea, but an entire ocean infested by u-boat killers. Long supply lines are a handicap, not an advantage.

Besides i've seen no proof this Fury movie is anything but the story about the camaraderie of a single tank crew. People here are assuming it singlehandedly defeats the entire nazi war machine but i've seen no evidence the plot is anything like that.

Dowly · 10-17-14, 02:00 PM

Why is it that movies made in modern day about WWII are critisised for their inaccuracies, when stuff like "Eagles Has Landed" are considered a classic?

What's the difference?

Not saying it's a bad or good movie, havent seen it, but maybe we should before we say 'yay' or 'nay'.

At least we get to see a real Tiger this time (and Sherman).

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 10-17-14, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Why is it that movies made in modern day about WWII are critisised for their inaccuracies, when stuff like "Eagles Has Landed" are considered a classic?

What's the difference?

I think the difference here is that "The Eagle Has Landed" is based off of a novel by Jack Higgins so it's already is "historically inaccurate" in a way, whereas "Fury" is supposed to be based off a true story and Hollywood manages to get the historical aspects wrong. If I do decide to see "Fury" it's going to be after some reviews are out.

Oberon · 10-17-14, 02:02 PM

How often did Sherman tanks go on 'Deadly missions behind enemy lines' though?

Besides, it's written and directed by the same guy who did U-571 and The Fast and the Furious, I'm not expecting much.

Dread Knot · 10-17-14, 02:06 PM

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How often did Sherman tanks go on 'Deadly missions behind enemy lines' though?

The closest instance I can think of was Task Force Baum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_Force_Baum

And it was a complete debacle.

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The result of the mission was a complete failure; of the roughly 300 men of the task force, 32 were killed in action during the raid and only 35 made it back to Allied-controlled territory, with the remainder being taken prisoner. All of the 57 tanks , jeeps, and other vehicles were lost.

10-16-14, 07:16 PM	#1
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Lots of judgement here but not one of you have actually seen the movie. Maybe you all are right but I'll wait to see the movie and judge for myself. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Lots of judgment, yep. Haven't seen it but seen enough of the plot summary and the plot to suggest i would be watching some kind of fantasy movie. Why not make a movie about a handful of farmers fighting 300 Spartans or Roman Legions and see what happens? Providing of course it comes out of that Fantasy land called Hollywood. But then that wouldn't sell would it, since you know, it doesn't have bad Germans in it. If you are going to create this kind of tripe at least make it half believable. In before: yea but there were feats of heroism on both sides where combatants who were vastly outnumbered scored some victories. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	But, what do we call Hollywood when it does something right, like Band of Brothers

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Why is it that movies made in modern day about WWII are critisised for their inaccuracies, when stuff like "Eagles Has Landed" are considered a classic? What's the difference? Not saying it's a bad or good movie, havent seen it, but maybe we should before we say 'yay' or 'nay'. At least we get to see a real Tiger this time (and Sherman).

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	How often did Sherman tanks go on 'Deadly missions behind enemy lines' though? Besides, it's written and directed by the same guy who did U-571 and The Fast and the Furious, I'm not expecting much.