"Fury" - Movie. Bollywood Boycott Time again

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

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!]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

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?

[August]

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.

[Cybermat47]

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]

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

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by August

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

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Betonov

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]

Originally Posted by Betonov

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

Walt Disney

[August]

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]

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).

[Oberon]

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]

Originally Posted by Oberon

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.

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.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Oberon

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

That's my point. Does it have to be historically accurate? Saving Private Ryan wasnt, but I think most of us here liked it.

Geez, it's a movie, not a Disc-.. Histor-... well.. documentary.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Dread Knot

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.

Now why didn't they make a film of that? (presuming that this isn't).
It's got good drama potential, character building, and shows some of the futility of war, even in the name of a good cause.
And before someone says that it wouldn't make a good film because it was a defeat, I shall point out 'A Bridge too far'.

Still, we'll see...films can surprise, but we'll see.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Oberon

And before someone says that it wouldn't make a good film because it was a defeat, I shall point out 'A Bridge too far'.

So very good, seen it maybe 6-7 times. Almost a perfect warmovie.
(Better than that silly The Longest Day)