I think the young German soldier at the end that sees Norman but doesn't say anything represents Norman when he first entered the war before he lost his innocence. Seems to be the theme of the movie....how you lose your humanity in war.
@@hughjorg4008One with an extremely terrified look in his eyes at that. Also probably because it would be easier to ignore him and keep moving rather than point Norman out and while he may not be the one that actually takes his life, he still is responsible.
@@EnZo7992 Even though it was a company of SS by 1945 young teenagers were being thrown in units to make up the numbers. My Grandfather fought in Normandy though to Germany in a tank assault crocodile unit ( British napalm firing tanks) they primarily fought SS units particularly the 12th SS who were mostly 18/19 kids who would not surrender, he won the military medal 2nd highest award for bravery in British army in Germany during 1945 assaulting lingen he was 19 in 1944 and consider a kid himself in the unit by 45 he was an old timer due to high casualties rate & fact, the Germans executed captured British flame thrower tank troops.
There's a line from a different movie about another tank in ww2, but it comes from something that they actually said. "We are a tank. If the enemy destroys the tracks, we are artillery, if they destroy the main gun, we are pillbox, if they destroy the machine guns, we are a bunker, if they destroy the armor, we are heroes." I think it's appropriate for this movie.
@@drewpaupanekis4710 What the hell does that have to do with it? But, since you mentioned it, Wardaddy is based on 3 different actual people who were tank commanders in ww2, one of them lost a leg and kept fighting. You should check the facts BEFORE you speak, that way you can avoid future embarrassment.
@@carlosspeicywiener7018 Not to mention, the skirmish with the Tiger is based on an incident that took place in April '45, in which 3 Shermans (and a couple of other vehicles) were destroyed, before the Tiger finally was.
The Tiger tank was played by Tiger 131, captured nearly intact in WW2 and the only remaining operational Tiger 1 in the world. 131 lives at a tank museum in Britain, and rolls out in displays once in a blue moon.
actually,the fighting scene with the tiger and the shermans,they used a replica of a tiger build on a modern chassis. th-cam.com/video/dKVkA8DaIMY/w-d-xo.html at minute 33.00
It only got hit in the gun mantle so wasn’t that damaged was just jammed hence they abandoned the tiger but normally they use death charges with a pin with a timer so this doesn’t happen they was even a tiger manual with instructions on this
Side note: The reason the tank battle looked like two morons were driving was because they were given specific instructions in which they were only allowed to move the tiger forward and backwards. They couldn't turn or move at an angle due to the old nature of the tank and potential damages.
Australia almost has their tiger 1 restored to running..... And the frankentiger supposedly wound up on long island and an engine found for it as well last I could find about it.
The best line in the entire movie; "Ideals are peaceful. History is violent." Absolute truth in those words. Also, I think it's pretty important to take notice that in the final scene, a German soldier deciding not to alert the others when discovering Norman. In that moment when staring at one another, there seems to be a mutual understanding. Their fatigue and disgust for senseless killing was so apparent. It's a brief reminder that the "enemy" are human too and the select few in charge does not represent all.
I've also heard the german sniper was meant to be War Daddy's counterpart. Which is why he pulls his ghillie vale to show his age along with his skill and experience. War daddy was killed by his counterpart while Norman was show mercy by his.
The line is stating that no matter what political ideas each side of the spectrum has, there has always been violence. Everyone has ideas, but history has always shown that ideas always lead to violence.
This movie.... Heard people question why they would put a typist, fresh out of Boot, into a job he doesn't know. Iraq , 2010, I had never been in combat, trained as an MP. Was put on a gun truck in charge of a security team. It still happens Shia Labeouf was amazing in this. His best performance
@@DoubleMonoLR here am I, send me. The tears in the eyes as he says it as wel. In my eyes the best performence I have seen from him, also so great to see that he is not just the "transformers" guy but he can in fact act and damn well at it
@@mahliz This line here makes me cry every time. his face acting is perfect. That man made me cry quoting scripture and i am no fan of Christianity so the fact that it makes me cry shocks me every time too.
Kind if the same situation for me, Iraq Feb 03. I was a 96R Ground Surveillance in the 82nd Airborne. Wasn't much use for our buried sensor systems in Iraq. We ended up being the security team for the CI guys who did the interrogations.
My grandfather commanded a Sherman tank in WW2 and he survived his turret getting blown off. I've seen the picture. He never spoke about his time in Europe.
Mine was at Omaha Beach. He almost never spoke to anyone in the family about it. I was the only one he told any stories to (when I was just a kid) besides my dad, and even then, not much. He wasn't a tanker, but he fought alongside them. German tanks were the thing he feared most. I saw what our own tanks did to the Iraqis. I did my service in my time, and I understand why he didn't talk about it much. It's nothing but ugly, brutal, and sad what war does to men's bodies and souls, no matter what side they're on.
My Grandfather was a Radio operator in the British Crocodiles assault tanks ( Napalm throwing close assault tanks) he served from D-Day +1 though the end of the war. Winning the Military medal for bravery in 1945 at 20/21 years of age. He primarily fought the SS as flame throwers in tanks were considered an allied terror weapon. They were massively effective though & were loaned to the U.S. formations for town & city assaults. He survived crazy things, he also could not surrender as croc crews were executed by the Germans. He found out his parents had died during a bombing run when he came home & never went to unit meet up. Despite having the campaign map for unit & lots of other memento’s, I think fury covers the fact that western front was quite sanitised by the media to reality of what the fighting was really like.
Loved this reaction guys. I’m a tanker from desert storm times. It’s a great movie and yes very dark. Tankers consider “the beast” to be the best tank movie. It stars George Duzundza and Jason Patrick from lost boys. Check it out it’s great 😊 love you guys
Did tanker's call people crunchies when you were in service? A friend of mine who served in Iraq said a lot of Americans and brits would refer to people as such
Total props to you both. I think you guys have the best more than one person reaction channel. You guys know when to comment and when not to during the movie so there is nothing missed. With reaction channels, I get it the reaction is part of the deal..not just watching a movie. But most channels just talk to hear their own voices and usually miss something that ruins the experience of the movie. You both also seem to have some good common sense with movies and understand them at its basic level. Which is refreshing because a lot of other channels, believe it or not does not have this ability. Cheers to you both & thank you!
Totally agree, i enjoy seeing a video pop up in my subscriptions from these guys when it involves a film i like as i know it will be a mature and sensible reaction that understands the film regardless of wether they like it or not.
I may be wrong but I think the Panzerfaust came into being after the Germans captured a bazooka, liked the simple design and made their own version of it so to speak.
@@utcnc7mm No, you are wrong. Based on the "Faustpatrone" developed by the Hugo Schneider AG (HASAG) company, the "Panzerfaust" was developed by HASAG in 1942.
The panzerfaust was not a bazooka, it was a single use, single shot anti tank weapon the Germans developed and first used against the Russian tanks. It was a short range but highly effective anti tank weapon that allied tank crews feared. It was easy to use and rather inexpensive to manufacture compared to most weapons. The Germans also had a bazooka type weapon called the panzerschrek which they developed by copying captured American bazookas in Africa
@@utcnc7mm no, the Germans developed the Panzerfaust on their own and were first used against Russian tanks with great success. It was a very successful tank destroyer and allied tank crews feared the weapon. It was a one use weapon that was disposed of after it was fired. The Germans did developed the Panzerschrek which was a bazooka weapon after they captured American bazookas in Africa. So you had that correct just the wrong weapon
Still suggesting you check out Hamburger Hill. Its a fantastic Vietnam War movie based on an actual battle. It really dies a great job shiwing the brotherhood of combat soldiers.
For the opposite aspect, Casualties of war is also an excellent movie - seems to generally be the 'forgotten' Vietnam war movie. That Michael J Fox is the main actor may be part of the reason, but he's good in it.
This movie is terrible. unrealistic crap. Yes an entire column attacks a tank front on with no flanking. Yep, entrenched, camo'ed anti tank guns only take out one , out of many oncoming tanks in wide open flat area. This is garbage.
@@Moritz19081980 What do you consider realistic "Saving Private Ryan", "Enemy at the gates"? This is the best American war movie of the last 3 decades or so.
@@benn239 They also fail in the scene where the medic finds Norman inside the tank, in real life the 1st thing to do would be to take the gun away, also the tracer bullets were only one every 5/10 shots not like here, they were used for soldiers to see the direction they were firing at, but none of the inconsistencies make this a bad movie. Americans should try and do more like this one, romanticizing war just because it is always a distant "thing" is not a good idea.
I visited the Bovington Tank Museum last year where you can see, touch and experience tanks like the ones used in the film. They're way, way tighter and smaller inside than you think and I have to imagine tank crews had no secrets between one another. You're real close!
71 Into The Fire. (2010) Is a hugely underrated movie. The film is based on a true story of a group of 71 kids, teenagers, undertrained and underarmed, outgunned student volunteer soldiers of South Korea during the Korean War, who were mostly killed on August 11, 1950, during the Battle of P'ohang-dong.
the Tiger scene is a little inaccurate. Fury was a newer Sherman, it had a 76mm high velocity gun, it would have taken the Tiger out with one well placed shot, without needing to get behind it. Also, a Tiger wouldn't be crewed by a commander dumb enough to go alone like that.
The field where the 3 shermans and the Tiger fight was completed paved with cement under because the Tiger was a real one (and the only real one tiger every used in a movie) from Bovington Museum and it is very heavy for not make it sink and dont get any damage.
Amazing reaction yet again! So impressed with how you guys break down the deeper meaning in the movies you watch! Insightful and interesting. Absolutely the best reaction channel on TH-cam!
The first tank was shot with a panzerschrek...it schreks panzers. Actually I think it was a panzerfaust, a disposable antitank weapon. The panzerschrek was more like the American bazooka
Special appearance by Tiger 131, captured in North Africa in 1943. It is the only authentic Tiger 1 operational condition. Also, the Sherman tanks went by many nicknames. For instance, Ronson, and Zippo. One hit lights them up.
Only the early Sherman's. This is a myth. The deficiency was fixed relatively quickly, and by and large the Sherman was the equal of most German tanks.
@@robertcampbell8070 See if you can find the original footage of Shermans assaulting Monte Casino. It looks like a giant is kicking them in the side when the 8.8 cm Flak on the ridge open up. Equal to panzer 3s and 4s sure. Panthers and tigers no. The Shermans main benefit was ease of construction and numbers. If they were so great we wouldn't have had 2,712 destroyed on the Western front.
This is a great movie on many levels. Especially because of ther reality of tank warfare. We often see tanks in movies or in historical clips, but we don't see the people inside. So we kinda of forget they are in metal coffins and its a terrible job.
The man War Daddy had the new guy kill with his pistol was unfortunately destined to death as he had broken a incredibly sensitive rule of war not only established by the Geneva Convention but something that many men across the world who wear uniforms and have experience combat consider a despicable act is what this man committed. What is known as a "Ruse De Guerre" or in English known as ruse of war. When wearing the uniform of the opposing side to fool the enemy and get advantage. Now at this stage of war the German army was in dire straights and many units were militia grade or just very basic training and most of their equipment was modified or World War 1 era weapons and could be that they did not have the proper clothing to keep themselves warm and the man could have just picked up the American coat to keep himself warm. Would make more sense that the men in his unit did not force him out of it knowing as soldier what the consequences would be. which leads me to believe this was one of those basic/militia grade units who probably thought nothing of the taking of the uniforms.
One of the best war movies made in the 2000s. Excellent cast, excellent acting, excellent story. And Shia LeBouef gives an absolutely great performance!
Do be careful with scary movies when pregnant. I only say this because almost two years ago my wife miscarried. I know it sometimes happen during the first pregnancy. But I know there are other factors. At the time my wife was also stressed because we were watching a pretty brutal series. I regret it. Granted I have no idea if that contributed to the miscarriage. I just don't want anyone else to have to deal with one. :/
As someone already stated at 0:734 the weapon shot at the Sherman Tank was PanzerFaust it was a handheld anti-armor weapon used by German troops. To destroy Allied Armor. Norman hesitated because he knew what he saw were kids and thought it was a joke. As the War dragged on and Germany lost troops they did total mobilization in which pretty much anybody who able bodied was sent to fight. He was shocked at what he saw not making excuses for him he just got what we called his Baptism by Fire.
A lot of war movies paint things in a better light, this is one of the ones that show the dark side even when winning you are still losing something, nice choice for a reaction glad you guys did this one.
Shame Memphis Belle was in 2nd to last. Guess not too many people have seen it, but its one of my top favorite war movies. Yes, the whole the movie is about a crew of men and their B-17 bomber. But it shows what those planes had to do on their bombing runs without fighter plane support.
I agree. In the late 90s I started going to a vets group to help deal with my PTSD. The group consisted mostly of Vietnam vets with a handful of us Gulf War vets and one WWII vet. He was also the only officer in the room. He was a B17 bombardier. He was 8th Air Force and flew bombing raids over Germany until his crew rotated home. Then they went back and flew five more missions for the D-Day invasion. We all were honored to have known him.
Shia LaBeouf reportedly kept his personal hygiene to a minimum during filming, had a tooth removed and cut a scar into his face, all for this movie. That's uh...dedication to the craft right there.
Us he did could you imagine They said on set he was rank Oh and if you haven't seen the movie Tax Collector it's worth the watch Shia played a great part and alot of people didn't know it was him playing that role
Yes, poor tactics, but great cinema. Although, it couldn't sit in the smoke and risk being surrounded. Either forward, or back. And the lead Sherman (also the most dangerous, with what looks like an upgraded gun), would have been the first target.
The movie needed this to create a hero tank for the US. I don't like war movies which doesn't show perspectives from both sides, at least to a point. Germans enters the scenes only to be heroical killed by Fury and its crew. It could have been a strong message if the final scene would have shown that it was Hitler youth which got wasted while attacking Fury without knowing what to do to take out a stranded tank.
@@GK-yi4xv Fury being a 76mm Sherman could have shot that Tiger from the front at that range while the others charged. Tigers "only" had 100mm of near flat armor. The 76 was more than capable of defeating that at that range.
A beautiful horrific war movie, like those based on true events or true stories. Other great are, 13 hours, Lone Survivor, hacksaw Ridge, Once we were Soldiers, Blackhawk Down,1917, Dunkirk, Thin Red Line, Unbroken, Big Red One, Hamburger Hill, American sniper, Saving Private Ryan.
If the guys survive the tank battles, and the entire war, then they come back to the civilian peacetime world and have to try and adjust from the battlefield. Its no wonder that so many soldiers have PTSD and have broken futures. My grandfather was a Korean War vet. He was a nice person before he went to Korea, and came back a cruel hardass.
The cast of FURY, were able to talk to WWII Tank regiments, of the UNITED STATES, IN THEIR 90S & 100S, TO Get the real picture of tank battles, in EUROPE, in 1944 & 1945. It had humbled all the ACTORS!!!
You should add Paths of Glory to your war movie list - and then watch it whether it wins or not. It's an early Stanley Kubrick movie - and not like his others. It's also one of the best about WWI which until recently hasn't been covered well. Good reaction as always, thx.
I was really looking forward to this movie, but what a disappointment!!!! Historically inaccurate for a movie that supposedly was meant to be true to the facts, it turned out to be a huge festering turd!! What a missed opportunity! :(
There is nothing actually holding a tanks turret on the tank itself except gravity. If you were big enough to pick up a tank and turn it upside down the turret would just fall out. As a result, when the ammo and other explosives inside a tank are detonated by enemy fire the force of the explosion is enough to pop the turret off of the chassis.
What's funny is that the Shermans weren't that outgunned. The fight with the Tiger II vastly over-rates the German tank. The 75/76MM Gun (the standard Sherman armament at the time) could have easily Penned (Penetrated) the German Armor at the distances they were at (Less than 300 yards) It would have had a little more trouble hitting the thick frontal armor, but at the distance still should be able to go through. The 17lb gun on the Fury (a British variant of a Sherman called a "Firefly") would have turned that Tiger into swiss cheese from up to 800m away. Both Shermans could load a fire a whole, whole lot faster as well. Not saying that the 88 on the Tiger wasn't a powerful gun, it was.
Since you two watched a very heavy WW2 movie. Maybe next to lighten things up a bit, watch "Biloxi Blues". A comedy with Matthew Broderick and Christopher Walken set in the time of that war, but no violence and blood and guts, just real fun.
The likes of this movie, Hacksaw Ridge, Saving Private Ryan, and others, really makes you wonder how anyone ever managed to return home with a shred of sanity intact after being through all of that.
Hacksaw Ridge is pretty ridiculous in some aspects though, it borders on cartoonish in some scenes. The glorification of brutality & gore also seems pretty contradictory with the story.
What a lot of people dont realize or notice also is this whole movie timeline takes place within 24 hours. The events in the entire movie is 1 day on the front.
The guy that "surrendered and was unarmed" was wearing an American jacket attempting to blend in. That is legally and morally a rightful execution. That is NOT a war crime.
No, it doesn't work that way. He would have to be convicted by a court martial before being executed. Without that, he is a normal prisoner of war and killing him is a war crime. Let's leave aside the fact that no normal person would sentence him to death for wearing an American raincoat alone.
This is an underrated film. It is one of the better anti-war movies, and the acting is excellent. Realism-wise, they take some liberties, but I still rate it as fairly accurate, if not in exact details, then in intent. The MkVI Tiger was a formidable and lethal tank; when it was operational, they were notoriously mechanically unreliable, ate limited German fuel reserves and was both heavy (too heavy for many smaller European bridges) and slow. So in tank-to-tank fights, it was terrifying and formidable, but as a strategic weapon of war, it was highly flawed. The Mk4 Sherman was an adequate war-winning tank, plentiful, good against infantry and fixed positions, easy to maintain, fast for the period, easy to operate, easy to produce en masse and able to be upgraded and updated repeatedly (in the film, the starting tank platoon (of 4) includes several models of Sherman). But in a straight-up tank-to-tank fight, the Sherman was about equal to the older MkIV German Panzer and outclassed by the MkV Panther and MkVI Tiger tanks. Against the better German tanks, many allied tankers felt (justifiably) at a huge disadvantage, and that victory in these cases was bought in the blood of destroyed tank crews (very much like the pivotal scene in the film). Fear of Tiger tanks was so prevalent that the allied command referred to it as "Tiger shock", where allied tankers would retreat at the first sight (or suspicion) of confronting a Tiger tank (a notable problem because the silhouette of the MkIV Panver and the MkVI Tiger was similar except for the sheer size, but in a confusing battlefield they many German tanks were mistakenly thought to be Tigers). Another very surprising, truly excellent, oddly realistic and at times truly funny movie that demonstrates the fear and power of Tigers vs Shermans is the movie Kelly's Heroes - one of the gem older WW2 movies and very much well worth the watch. The anti-tank weapon wielded by the Germans (including the young children in the trees) was the Panzerfaust, a single-shot, short-range but truly lethal recoilless, shaped charge launcher. At the end of the war, the German industry produced tens of thousands of them; they were almost idiot-proof to use and, up close, would doom a tank. Equally, they verged on suicide weapons if the destroyed tank had any sort of real support, as once fired, the resultant response was certainly deadly. But, at that time, the Nazi regime was quite prepared to sacrifice children and old people in the desperation resort using masses of such weapons.
Great movie! Great reaction! Just one thing though... Jon Bernthal. His last name. Specifically, the "Bern" part. It's pronounced BURN-thawl. Not BEREN-thawl. There is no "e" between the "R" and "N". It was just slightly annoying to me the way you both kept saying his name. lol! Other than that, awesome reaction! 🙂
I am glad that you two enjoyed the movie; hopefully, it was not too intense or gruesome (quite an understatement, lol) for Samantha. “End of Watch" (2012), with Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña, would certainly be worth watching for a first-time reaction in the future.
While the fight with the Tiger Tank does a very good job at portraying how much of an absolute monster it was on the battlefield, it does that job a little too well. The main problem is its armor is being portrayed as completely impenetrable except from behind. Now this is not entirely false: regular Sherman (American) tanks DID have to get behind a Panzer V (Panther) or Panzer VI (Tiger) and shoot it in the back where the armor wasn't as thick in order to take it out. But Fury is not a regular Sherman. Fury is a long-barreled variant of a Sherman Tank. Germans were TERRIFIED of the long-barreled Shermans because they could EASILY punch through the frontal armor of their tanks, so they ALWAYS prioritized killing these Sherman variants first.
I'm a WW2 historian and love Brad Pitt movies for the most part but, there's something missing in this. I've never been able to quite put my finger on it. Perhaps it's the CGI, even though it features the last literal functioning German Tiger. It's just lacking the soul of Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan. Which are tall grunt boots to fill. "When Trumpets Fade" has more heart to me. I'm no gatekeeper.
I was the Crew Chief of AAV in the Marines in the 90s. Amphibious assault vehicle. The hull was made of aluminum. They used them in Iraq. When an RPG hit them, it's like a stick of butter in the microwave. From the inside out it would melt.
The ending has always reminded me of an excerpt from a piece of literature called, "Lays of Rome." The excerpt goes: "Then outspake brave Horatius, Captain of the gate: 'To every man upon this earth, Death cometh soon or late, And how can a man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods...'"
@IzzyManDude I'm a lifelong History & Literature nerd, always fascinated by Ancient Rome & a poetry lover. I've read a lot of 19th century poetry but have not delved into that particular collection of poems. I don't know why being as it's a combination of the two. But you've piqued my interest so I think it's time I checked it out. Thanks for such an interesting comment.🌿
Sorry to disagree, but that was one of the most unrealistic representations of anti-tank warfare. Completely Hollywood made up movie. They made the Germans look like they were buffaloes from encounter with the tiger to the end scene. I was really hoping that they would do this movie right, I do agree with your comments about the crew it must've been hell.
Even though TBR has already seen it, it would be great to do a reaction to "End of Watch" for Sam, it's such a great but underrated movie, the performances by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena are something else! I've seen that movie more than 20 times now and still can't finish it with dry eyes.
Great movie.....Now that you know what tanks can do what. You really need to see " KELLY's HEROES" it's a tank movie with Clint Eastwood and Donald Sutherland (Kiefer's dad) it's a great WW2 tank movie....and it's a COMEDY
The Tiger is a bit overpowered in this movie. Indeed it had a powerful gun and heavy armor, but by this point of the war, it wasn't a big threat for the americans. Basicly "Fury" and "Old Phyllis" could penetrate it's front from 500 yards. The other two Shermans with the 75mm guns could penetrate it's side fom around 650 yards.
Not new arrival army officer. The other two an the top tank commander. Are totally pure evil in their horrible killings of their prisoners of war.! Because one example one German soldier was praying he had wanted see his entire family again! The commander instantly killed him of the young innocent men's hand of saying no - no! Take prisoners of war differently massacre everyone you see! My historical information for today. Have a great fabulous wonderful day.
The kids with the Panserfaust (one use rocket launcher) in the beginning were Hitlerjugend, Hitler's Kids. In the end they were using kids and old men. And the turret pops off the tank because the ammo exploded.
American, British, Canadian, etc tankers who drove Shermans late in the war were very angry about how far behind the Germans in tank design the Allies were. Especially after they saw that the Russians had kept up with the German in both quality and and with the Americans in quantity. The only reason they won was because the Germans couldn't kill them fast enough.
They made it look like it took 4 sherman to win against 1 tiger. But in reality, if a tiger had the jump on allied tanks, it would take more than that. In villers bocage, 1 tiger ambushed and took out 15 allied tank before being knocked out. But ita crew survived and came back with a fresh tiger. Great reaction guys
If you think that American Sherman tanks are impressive you should look at the Churchill Crocodile tank was a British tank and instead of having a normal gun at the front of the tank next to the driver it had a flamethrower I know dark right one of my dads friends had an uncle that was a British tank commander he commanded a Churchill crocodile and they got in an ambush his tank got stuck between two fences when the Germans attacked them the flamethrower guy fired the flamethrower just above the Germans and just by seeing if all of them surrendered cool little story for ya
Wardaddy’s job as tank crew lead is to make sure all his men get to make it home. Norman being green and untrained is gonna get them all killed. Thats why he was rough on him at the start. Also Wardaddy executing that German with Norman wasnt a war crime because that German was wearing a US issued jacket. Wearing the enemy’s uniform is a war crime and you are allowed to execute them for it
Holy cow! End of watch is amazing, please react to that and a film with Matt Damon called Elysium! Everyone slates it but the effects were so cool and I thought the concept was sick.
For the battle with the Tiger. They made it easier for the americans to fight it in the movie, because in real the Tiger wouldn't have come out of his cover so easily. Also in the 1v1 with Fury the Tiger would have in real turned his whole body and not only the turret so they would have had a harder time to get in position for a killing blow. That's because the film crew was only allowed to drive the Tiger forward, because the lenders were afraid some of the mechanics could break and a repair would have been very costly.
This my friends in my opinion is the closest to realism in how the life of a grunt and combat jobs in the service in deployment from your peers were. Let's just leave that as that. When i watch this movie for the first time i was reminiscing to myself yes thats what it was.
Great Job!!! When I was in the army, I wondered (bein a paratrooper) what it'd be like to be in a tank. But not enough to actually get in a tank (we called them "bomb magnets"). After I got out, I saw a Military Channel documentary on antitank weapons. The things designed to kill tanks nowadays are truly terrifying. You couldn't get me into one even if you used a gun. My hat's off to all tankers.
I think the young German soldier at the end that sees Norman but doesn't say anything represents Norman when he first entered the war before he lost his innocence. Seems to be the theme of the movie....how you lose your humanity in war.
War is part of humanity
It could also be a nod to a glimmer of humanity that still remains, something hopeful right at the end of a seemingly hopeless reality.
the german soldier was a kid , just like norman , thats why he let him go
@@hughjorg4008One with an extremely terrified look in his eyes at that. Also probably because it would be easier to ignore him and keep moving rather than point Norman out and while he may not be the one that actually takes his life, he still is responsible.
@@EnZo7992 Even though it was a company of SS by 1945 young teenagers were being thrown in units to make up the numbers.
My Grandfather fought in Normandy though to Germany in a tank assault crocodile unit ( British napalm firing tanks) they primarily fought SS units particularly the 12th SS who were mostly 18/19 kids who would not surrender, he won the military medal 2nd highest award for bravery in British army in Germany during 1945 assaulting lingen he was 19 in 1944 and consider a kid himself in the unit by 45 he was an old timer due to high casualties rate & fact, the Germans executed captured British flame thrower tank troops.
There's a line from a different movie about another tank in ww2, but it comes from something that they actually said.
"We are a tank. If the enemy destroys the tracks, we are artillery, if they destroy the main gun, we are pillbox, if they destroy the machine guns, we are a bunker, if they destroy the armor, we are heroes."
I think it's appropriate for this movie.
The Beast is worth a reaction. Very different though.
"The Beast of War"
Not really, this is a fictional movie. None of the characters are based on real people.
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What the hell does that have to do with it?
But, since you mentioned it, Wardaddy is based on 3 different actual people who were tank commanders in ww2, one of them lost a leg and kept fighting.
You should check the facts BEFORE you speak, that way you can avoid future embarrassment.
@@carlosspeicywiener7018 Not to mention, the skirmish with the Tiger is based on an incident that took place in April '45, in which 3 Shermans (and a couple of other vehicles) were destroyed, before the Tiger finally was.
The Tiger tank was played by Tiger 131, captured nearly intact in WW2 and the only remaining operational Tiger 1 in the world. 131 lives at a tank museum in Britain, and rolls out in displays once in a blue moon.
actually,the fighting scene with the tiger and the shermans,they used a replica of a tiger build on a modern chassis.
th-cam.com/video/dKVkA8DaIMY/w-d-xo.html at minute 33.00
Bovington Tank Museum to be precise and there's a dedicated Tiger Day every year.
It only got hit in the gun mantle so wasn’t that damaged was just jammed hence they abandoned the tiger but normally they use death charges with a pin with a timer so this doesn’t happen they was even a tiger manual with instructions on this
Side note: The reason the tank battle looked like two morons were driving was because they were given specific instructions in which they were only allowed to move the tiger forward and backwards. They couldn't turn or move at an angle due to the old nature of the tank and potential damages.
Australia almost has their tiger 1 restored to running..... And the frankentiger supposedly wound up on long island and an engine found for it as well last I could find about it.
The best line in the entire movie; "Ideals are peaceful. History is violent."
Absolute truth in those words.
Also, I think it's pretty important to take notice that in the final scene, a German soldier deciding not to alert the others when discovering Norman. In that moment when staring at one another, there seems to be a mutual understanding. Their fatigue and disgust for senseless killing was so apparent. It's a brief reminder that the "enemy" are human too and the select few in charge does not represent all.
I've also heard the german sniper was meant to be War Daddy's counterpart. Which is why he pulls his ghillie vale to show his age along with his skill and experience. War daddy was killed by his counterpart while Norman was show mercy by his.
Except there is nothing peaceful about fascist ideals. The line still sounds cool, though xP
@@TheDog-i6x right 😂😂 whole idea based around genocide
The line is stating that no matter what political ideas each side of the spectrum has, there has always been violence. Everyone has ideas, but history has always shown that ideas always lead to violence.
Shit movie.
This movie....
Heard people question why they would put a typist, fresh out of Boot, into a job he doesn't know. Iraq , 2010, I had never been in combat, trained as an MP. Was put on a gun truck in charge of a security team. It still happens
Shia Labeouf was amazing in this. His best performance
Indeed, I thought he was the best actor in this movie.
@@DoubleMonoLR here am I, send me. The tears in the eyes as he says it as wel. In my eyes the best performence I have seen from him, also so great to see that he is not just the "transformers" guy but he can in fact act and damn well at it
In the service, you do what they tell you to do, and that's not always what you thought you'd be doing.
@@mahliz This line here makes me cry every time. his face acting is perfect. That man made me cry quoting scripture and i am no fan of Christianity so the fact that it makes me cry shocks me every time too.
Kind if the same situation for me, Iraq Feb 03. I was a 96R Ground Surveillance in the 82nd Airborne. Wasn't much use for our buried sensor systems in Iraq. We ended up being the security team for the CI guys who did the interrogations.
That line Shia says. “Wait til you see it… what a man can do to another man”
That line…whew.
My grandfather commanded a Sherman tank in WW2 and he survived his turret getting blown off. I've seen the picture. He never spoke about his time in Europe.
I thought only drivers tended to survive the turret getting blown. He’s damn lucky
I would say that the only people he could speak to were fellow veterans. Only they could understand.
If he never spoke of his time, how'd this story get to you? Serious question...
Mine was at Omaha Beach. He almost never spoke to anyone in the family about it. I was the only one he told any stories to (when I was just a kid) besides my dad, and even then, not much. He wasn't a tanker, but he fought alongside them. German tanks were the thing he feared most. I saw what our own tanks did to the Iraqis. I did my service in my time, and I understand why he didn't talk about it much. It's nothing but ugly, brutal, and sad what war does to men's bodies and souls, no matter what side they're on.
My Grandfather was a Radio operator in the British Crocodiles assault tanks ( Napalm throwing close assault tanks) he served from D-Day +1 though the end of the war.
Winning the Military medal for bravery in 1945 at 20/21 years of age.
He primarily fought the SS as flame throwers in tanks were considered an allied terror weapon.
They were massively effective though & were loaned to the U.S. formations for town & city assaults.
He survived crazy things, he also could not surrender as croc crews were executed by the Germans.
He found out his parents had died during a bombing run when he came home & never went to unit meet up.
Despite having the campaign map for unit & lots of other memento’s, I think fury covers the fact that western front was quite sanitised by the media to reality of what the fighting was really like.
Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas is an older film, so not as graphic, but still a powerful war movie worth checking out.
If they won't face German bullets, they'll face French ones! Gritty and unforgettable, an excellent film
Quite true.
Man I love Michael Pena "I'm just drunk I'm sorry" 🤣🤣
Another good war movie is Enemy at the Gates
Loved this reaction guys. I’m a tanker from desert storm times. It’s a great movie and yes very dark. Tankers consider “the beast” to be the best tank movie. It stars George Duzundza and Jason Patrick from lost boys. Check it out it’s great 😊 love you guys
The Beast is a great film, sadly seems a little overlooked now-a-days.
Did tanker's call people crunchies when you were in service? A friend of mine who served in Iraq said a lot of Americans and brits would refer to people as such
It's free with ads on TH-cam. Jason Patrick plays a member of a Russian tank crew in AFGANISTAN. I hardly recognized him he was perfect.
I have a movie recommendation for you to react to: Frailty (2001), this movie is underrated, but and excellent.
Yes sir. Underrated for sure. Starring the late great Bill Paxton.
Man I had forgotten all about that movie and you are right it is quite good. Need to add it to my list of things I need to re-watch.
I’ve been saying this for a hot minute.
The other two films I’ve been saying are Payback and Ransom with Mel Gibson.
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Plus Matthew McConaughey & Powers Boothe. Great cast. That movie scared the bejabbers out of me.
@@johnnyawesome3042 Payback is another good one. Ransom I don't remember all that well. I know I watched it though.
Not the most accurate film but it's still very good I think
Total props to you both. I think you guys have the best more than one person reaction channel. You guys know when to comment and when not to during the movie so there is nothing missed. With reaction channels, I get it the reaction is part of the deal..not just watching a movie. But most channels just talk to hear their own voices and usually miss something that ruins the experience of the movie. You both also seem to have some good common sense with movies and understand them at its basic level. Which is refreshing because a lot of other channels, believe it or not does not have this ability. Cheers to you both & thank you!
Totally agree, i enjoy seeing a video pop up in my subscriptions from these guys when it involves a film i like as i know it will be a mature and sensible reaction that understands the film regardless of wether they like it or not.
The weapon they used to take out the first tank was calmed a Panzerfaust. A German type of RPG or bazooka.
I may be wrong but I think the Panzerfaust came into being after the Germans captured a bazooka, liked the simple design and made their own version of it so to speak.
@@utcnc7mm No, you are wrong. Based on the "Faustpatrone" developed by the Hugo Schneider AG (HASAG) company, the "Panzerfaust" was developed by HASAG in 1942.
The panzerfaust was not a bazooka, it was a single use, single shot anti tank weapon the Germans developed and first used against the Russian tanks. It was a short range but highly effective anti tank weapon that allied tank crews feared. It was easy to use and rather inexpensive to manufacture compared to most weapons.
The Germans also had a bazooka type weapon called the panzerschrek which they developed by copying captured American bazookas in Africa
@@utcnc7mm no, the Germans developed the Panzerfaust on their own and were first used against Russian tanks with great success. It was a very successful tank destroyer and allied tank crews feared the weapon. It was a one use weapon that was disposed of after it was fired.
The Germans did developed the Panzerschrek which was a bazooka weapon after they captured American bazookas in Africa. So you had that correct just the wrong weapon
@@Patrick-xv6qv ok, thanks I knew I had read that somewhere.
Still suggesting you check out Hamburger Hill. Its a fantastic Vietnam War movie based on an actual battle. It really dies a great job shiwing the brotherhood of combat soldiers.
Agreed.
An underrated, oft overlooked classic IMO.
Also, you just gave me a flashback to Doc and the others saying "It don't mean nothing" 😢
For the opposite aspect, Casualties of war is also an excellent movie - seems to generally be the 'forgotten' Vietnam war movie. That Michael J Fox is the main actor may be part of the reason, but he's good in it.
Good story, terrible movie. I'm not sure who was trying to out-act whom, but those are some hammy performances.
One of my all time favorite movies. Great suggestion
This movie is brutal, the cast is great.
Great description! Completely agree!
This movie is terrible. unrealistic crap. Yes an entire column attacks a tank front on with no flanking. Yep, entrenched, camo'ed anti tank guns only take out one , out of many oncoming tanks in wide open flat area.
This is garbage.
@@benn239 I couldn't agree more. Worst and most unrealistic WW2 movie I have seen.
@@Moritz19081980 What do you consider realistic "Saving Private Ryan", "Enemy at the gates"? This is the best American war movie of the last 3 decades or so.
@@benn239 They also fail in the scene where the medic finds Norman inside the tank, in real life the 1st thing to do would be to take the gun away, also the tracer bullets were only one every 5/10 shots not like here, they were used for soldiers to see the direction they were firing at, but none of the inconsistencies make this a bad movie. Americans should try and do more like this one, romanticizing war just because it is always a distant "thing" is not a good idea.
"just wait til you see, what a man can do to another man". The delivery of that line, the dead eyes, perfection.
"You feel it?! It's called war!" is also a very powerful scene. Norman is now feeling grief, anger, hate and every other bad feeling. It's war.
End of Watch would be a great movie for the channel.
Side note, your haircut is looking fresh as hell sir!
I visited the Bovington Tank Museum last year where you can see, touch and experience tanks like the ones used in the film. They're way, way tighter and smaller inside than you think and I have to imagine tank crews had no secrets between one another. You're real close!
71 Into The Fire. (2010)
Is a hugely underrated movie.
The film is based on a true story of a group of 71 kids, teenagers, undertrained and underarmed, outgunned student volunteer soldiers of South Korea during the Korean War, who were mostly killed on August 11, 1950, during the Battle of P'ohang-dong.
I like some Korean movies. The Northern Limit Line is another good one.
Yeah the Koreans are very good at making war movie I think and the 1 you mentioned is a good example.
@@miker252 I have not seen it. Will check it out. Thanks.
the Tiger scene is a little inaccurate. Fury was a newer Sherman, it had a 76mm high velocity gun, it would have taken the Tiger out with one well placed shot, without needing to get behind it. Also, a Tiger wouldn't be crewed by a commander dumb enough to go alone like that.
Michael Pina actually learned how to drive a tank for the movie.
Peña
@@ravenr1420 if you like pina coladas. And getting caught in the rain...
I can't believe i missed that.
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@@benjamineckles
Great.
Now the escape song is stuck in my head. Thanks for that.
End of watch is an amazing movie
David Ayer also directed Harsh Times and Street Kings....both are great
Harsh Times is criminally underrated movie
The field where the 3 shermans and the Tiger fight was completed paved with cement under because the Tiger was a real one (and the only real one tiger every used in a movie) from Bovington Museum and it is very heavy for not make it sink and dont get any damage.
Amazing reaction yet again! So impressed with how you guys break down the deeper meaning in the movies you watch! Insightful and interesting. Absolutely the best reaction channel on TH-cam!
The first tank was shot with a panzerschrek...it schreks panzers.
Actually I think it was a panzerfaust, a disposable antitank weapon. The panzerschrek was more like the American bazooka
Yep: looked like a panzerfaust. In the German: 'Panzerfaust'-'armored fist' or 'tank fist'. 'Panzerschreck'-'tank's fright' or 'tank's bane'.
Not a super accurate movie,,, but still a great watch!
Special appearance by Tiger 131, captured in North Africa in 1943. It is the only authentic Tiger 1 operational condition. Also, the Sherman tanks went by many nicknames. For instance, Ronson, and Zippo. One hit lights them up.
And tiger 131 is a beautiful machine
Don’t forget Tommy Cooker.
Only the early Sherman's. This is a myth. The deficiency was fixed relatively quickly, and by and large the Sherman was the equal of most German tanks.
@@robertcampbell8070 See if you can find the original footage of Shermans assaulting Monte Casino. It looks like a giant is kicking them in the side when the 8.8 cm Flak on the ridge open up.
Equal to panzer 3s and 4s sure. Panthers and tigers no.
The Shermans main benefit was ease of construction and numbers. If they were so great we wouldn't have had 2,712 destroyed on the Western front.
That Ronson tag line connotation is a myth that get's repeated ad eternum.
This is a great movie on many levels. Especially because of ther reality of tank warfare. We often see tanks in movies or in historical clips, but we don't see the people inside. So we kinda of forget they are in metal coffins and its a terrible job.
Has anyone noticed that TBR has the same haircut as Brad Pitt ? :D
LOL
The man War Daddy had the new guy kill with his pistol was unfortunately destined to death as he had broken a incredibly sensitive rule of war not only established by the Geneva Convention but something that many men across the world who wear uniforms and have experience combat consider a despicable act is what this man committed. What is known as a "Ruse De Guerre" or in English known as ruse of war. When wearing the uniform of the opposing side to fool the enemy and get advantage. Now at this stage of war the German army was in dire straights and many units were militia grade or just very basic training and most of their equipment was modified or World War 1 era weapons and could be that they did not have the proper clothing to keep themselves warm and the man could have just picked up the American coat to keep himself warm. Would make more sense that the men in his unit did not force him out of it knowing as soldier what the consequences would be. which leads me to believe this was one of those basic/militia grade units who probably thought nothing of the taking of the uniforms.
Great movie. I fought in Afghanistan and its not just young soldiers that freeze or cant handle the battles, which it seems most war movies put across
One of the best war movies made in the 2000s. Excellent cast, excellent acting, excellent story. And Shia LeBouef gives an absolutely great performance!
Do be careful with scary movies when pregnant. I only say this because almost two years ago my wife miscarried. I know it sometimes happen during the first pregnancy. But I know there are other factors. At the time my wife was also stressed because we were watching a pretty brutal series. I regret it. Granted I have no idea if that contributed to the miscarriage. I just don't want anyone else to have to deal with one. :/
I’m so sorry for your loss
love your reactions... Sam I hope you are feeling well......
As someone already stated at 0:734 the weapon shot at the Sherman Tank was PanzerFaust it was a handheld anti-armor weapon used by German troops. To destroy Allied Armor. Norman hesitated because he knew what he saw were kids and thought it was a joke. As the War dragged on and Germany lost troops they did total mobilization in which pretty much anybody who able bodied was sent to fight. He was shocked at what he saw not making excuses for him he just got what we called his Baptism by Fire.
A lot of war movies paint things in a better light, this is one of the ones that show the dark side even when winning you are still losing something, nice choice for a reaction glad you guys did this one.
Shame Memphis Belle was in 2nd to last. Guess not too many people have seen it, but its one of my top favorite war movies. Yes, the whole the movie is about a crew of men and their B-17 bomber. But it shows what those planes had to do on their bombing runs without fighter plane support.
I agree. In the late 90s I started going to a vets group to help deal with my PTSD. The group consisted mostly of Vietnam vets with a handful of us Gulf War vets and one WWII vet. He was also the only officer in the room. He was a B17 bombardier. He was 8th Air Force and flew bombing raids over Germany until his crew rotated home. Then they went back and flew five more missions for the D-Day invasion. We all were honored to have known him.
Yup. Memphis Belle needs some respect put on it!
Shia LaBeouf reportedly kept his personal hygiene to a minimum during filming, had a tooth removed and cut a scar into his face, all for this movie. That's uh...dedication to the craft right there.
Us he did could you imagine
They said on set he was rank
Oh and if you haven't seen the movie Tax Collector it's worth the watch
Shia played a great part and alot of people didn't know it was him playing that role
It drives me nuts that the Tiger tank came at them instead of staying put in a defensive position.
Yes, poor tactics, but great cinema.
Although, it couldn't sit in the smoke and risk being surrounded. Either forward, or back.
And the lead Sherman (also the most dangerous, with what looks like an upgraded gun), would have been the first target.
The movie needed this to create a hero tank for the US. I don't like war movies which doesn't show perspectives from both sides, at least to a point. Germans enters the scenes only to be heroical killed by Fury and its crew. It could have been a strong message if the final scene would have shown that it was Hitler youth which got wasted while attacking Fury without knowing what to do to take out a stranded tank.
@@GK-yi4xv Fury being a 76mm Sherman could have shot that Tiger from the front at that range while the others charged. Tigers "only" had 100mm of near flat armor. The 76 was more than capable of defeating that at that range.
Yeah I suggest watching the video 'Fury but with actual german tactics'
Yep. I believe Fury has the 76 Jumbo high velocity gun.
A beautiful horrific war movie, like those based on true events or true stories. Other great are, 13 hours, Lone Survivor, hacksaw Ridge, Once we were Soldiers, Blackhawk Down,1917, Dunkirk, Thin Red Line, Unbroken, Big Red One, Hamburger Hill, American sniper, Saving Private Ryan.
If the guys survive the tank battles, and the entire war, then they come back to the civilian peacetime world and have to try and adjust from the battlefield.
Its no wonder that so many soldiers have PTSD and have broken futures.
My grandfather was a Korean War vet. He was a nice person before he went to Korea, and came back a cruel hardass.
This is definitely one of the better more recent war movies. Sometimes I feel Brad Pitt doesn't get enough credit for how good of an actor he is.
The cast of FURY, were able to talk to WWII Tank regiments, of the UNITED STATES, IN THEIR 90S & 100S, TO Get the real picture of tank battles, in EUROPE, in 1944 & 1945. It had humbled all the ACTORS!!!
Just wanted to say Congratulations to you both!!!!!!
You should add Paths of Glory to your war movie list - and then watch it whether it wins or not. It's an early Stanley Kubrick movie - and not like his others. It's also one of the best about WWI which until recently hasn't been covered well. Good reaction as always, thx.
I was really looking forward to this movie, but what a disappointment!!!! Historically inaccurate for a movie that supposedly was meant to be true to the facts, it turned out to be a huge festering turd!! What a missed opportunity! :(
Good movie
There is nothing actually holding a tanks turret on the tank itself except gravity. If you were big enough to pick up a tank and turn it upside down the turret would just fall out. As a result, when the ammo and other explosives inside a tank are detonated by enemy fire the force of the explosion is enough to pop the turret off of the chassis.
What's funny is that the Shermans weren't that outgunned. The fight with the Tiger II vastly over-rates the German tank. The 75/76MM Gun (the standard Sherman armament at the time) could have easily Penned (Penetrated) the German Armor at the distances they were at (Less than 300 yards) It would have had a little more trouble hitting the thick frontal armor, but at the distance still should be able to go through. The 17lb gun on the Fury (a British variant of a Sherman called a "Firefly") would have turned that Tiger into swiss cheese from up to 800m away. Both Shermans could load a fire a whole, whole lot faster as well. Not saying that the 88 on the Tiger wasn't a powerful gun, it was.
Since you two watched a very heavy WW2 movie. Maybe next to lighten things up a bit, watch "Biloxi Blues". A comedy with Matthew Broderick and Christopher Walken set in the time of that war, but no violence and blood and guts, just real fun.
Been looking forward to this one.👍
Happy soon to be Mother's Day Samantha!! 🌞☮️
4:03 "Interesting we never saw his face"
Oh. Oh no.
19:00 That's called Jack-in-the-box-effect and happens when the ammunition in the tank gets hit and explodes
You have to Watch the Korean classics from 2003 „Oldboy“ and „Memories of Murder“ you will love it
And lady vengeance ….and i saw the devil. Fallen angel , happy toghether
The likes of this movie, Hacksaw Ridge, Saving Private Ryan, and others, really makes you wonder how anyone ever managed to return home with a shred of sanity intact after being through all of that.
Add "We were Soldiers" to that list....
Hacksaw Ridge is pretty ridiculous in some aspects though, it borders on cartoonish in some scenes. The glorification of brutality & gore also seems pretty contradictory with the story.
@@DoubleMonoLR so is Fury and SPR. Great cinema but the tactics, encounters and action is unrealistic Hollywood crap.
@Abbath77 so say you wERE YOU THERE. ?? I thought not.
@DoubleMonoLR Like Saving Private Ryan isn't at moments although it begins flawlessly.
It's a fun movie to watch. But there is A LOT wrong with it historically speaking.
Totally agree, movies don't need to be super duper historically accurate to be enjoyable
This movie is sad & disturbing written all over it but good performance by Brad Pitt, have a good night Schmitt & Samantha
Great work. Grammar note: pictures are “hung” , people are “hanged”.
I love how realistic it feels, it really shows the dark gritty nature of war and how bad things could get with humanity at its worst
I dunno, I never cared for this one much. It's not a bad movie, but the love for it is something I don't get.
What a lot of people dont realize or notice also is this whole movie timeline takes place within 24 hours. The events in the entire movie is 1 day on the front.
The guy that "surrendered and was unarmed" was wearing an American jacket attempting to blend in. That is legally and morally a rightful execution.
That is NOT a war crime.
No, it doesn't work that way. He would have to be convicted by a court martial before being executed. Without that, he is a normal prisoner of war and killing him is a war crime.
Let's leave aside the fact that no normal person would sentence him to death for wearing an American raincoat alone.
Indeed. It screws up records when collecting bodies as well I believe.
Tears of sun is a very good movie...
End of Watch is really good, you guys should watch it on the channel
This is an underrated film. It is one of the better anti-war movies, and the acting is excellent. Realism-wise, they take some liberties, but I still rate it as fairly accurate, if not in exact details, then in intent. The MkVI Tiger was a formidable and lethal tank; when it was operational, they were notoriously mechanically unreliable, ate limited German fuel reserves and was both heavy (too heavy for many smaller European bridges) and slow. So in tank-to-tank fights, it was terrifying and formidable, but as a strategic weapon of war, it was highly flawed. The Mk4 Sherman was an adequate war-winning tank, plentiful, good against infantry and fixed positions, easy to maintain, fast for the period, easy to operate, easy to produce en masse and able to be upgraded and updated repeatedly (in the film, the starting tank platoon (of 4) includes several models of Sherman). But in a straight-up tank-to-tank fight, the Sherman was about equal to the older MkIV German Panzer and outclassed by the MkV Panther and MkVI Tiger tanks. Against the better German tanks, many allied tankers felt (justifiably) at a huge disadvantage, and that victory in these cases was bought in the blood of destroyed tank crews (very much like the pivotal scene in the film).
Fear of Tiger tanks was so prevalent that the allied command referred to it as "Tiger shock", where allied tankers would retreat at the first sight (or suspicion) of confronting a Tiger tank (a notable problem because the silhouette of the MkIV Panver and the MkVI Tiger was similar except for the sheer size, but in a confusing battlefield they many German tanks were mistakenly thought to be Tigers). Another very surprising, truly excellent, oddly realistic and at times truly funny movie that demonstrates the fear and power of Tigers vs Shermans is the movie Kelly's Heroes - one of the gem older WW2 movies and very much well worth the watch.
The anti-tank weapon wielded by the Germans (including the young children in the trees) was the Panzerfaust, a single-shot, short-range but truly lethal recoilless, shaped charge launcher. At the end of the war, the German industry produced tens of thousands of them; they were almost idiot-proof to use and, up close, would doom a tank. Equally, they verged on suicide weapons if the destroyed tank had any sort of real support, as once fired, the resultant response was certainly deadly. But, at that time, the Nazi regime was quite prepared to sacrifice children and old people in the desperation resort using masses of such weapons.
Great movie! Great reaction! Just one thing though... Jon Bernthal. His last name. Specifically, the "Bern" part. It's pronounced BURN-thawl. Not BEREN-thawl. There is no "e" between the "R" and "N". It was just slightly annoying to me the way you both kept saying his name. lol! Other than that, awesome reaction! 🙂
I am glad that you two enjoyed the movie; hopefully, it was not too intense or gruesome (quite an understatement, lol) for Samantha. “End of Watch" (2012), with Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña, would certainly be worth watching for a first-time reaction in the future.
While the fight with the Tiger Tank does a very good job at portraying how much of an absolute monster it was on the battlefield, it does that job a little too well. The main problem is its armor is being portrayed as completely impenetrable except from behind. Now this is not entirely false: regular Sherman (American) tanks DID have to get behind a Panzer V (Panther) or Panzer VI (Tiger) and shoot it in the back where the armor wasn't as thick in order to take it out. But Fury is not a regular Sherman. Fury is a long-barreled variant of a Sherman Tank. Germans were TERRIFIED of the long-barreled Shermans because they could EASILY punch through the frontal armor of their tanks, so they ALWAYS prioritized killing these Sherman variants first.
I'm a WW2 historian and love Brad Pitt movies for the most part but, there's something missing in this. I've never been able to quite put my finger on it. Perhaps it's the CGI, even though it features the last literal functioning German Tiger. It's just lacking the soul of Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan. Which are tall grunt boots to fill. "When Trumpets Fade" has more heart to me. I'm no gatekeeper.
I was the Crew Chief of AAV in the Marines in the 90s. Amphibious assault vehicle. The hull was made of aluminum. They used them in Iraq. When an RPG hit them, it's like a stick of butter in the microwave. From the inside out it would melt.
26:24 "They were doing so well until they ran out of ammo" is the best critique of warfare I've ever heard! 🤣
The ending has always reminded me of an excerpt from a piece of literature called, "Lays of Rome." The excerpt goes:
"Then outspake brave Horatius,
Captain of the gate:
'To every man upon this earth,
Death cometh soon or late,
And how can a man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his gods...'"
@IzzyManDude
I'm a lifelong History & Literature nerd, always fascinated by Ancient Rome & a poetry lover. I've read a lot of 19th century poetry but have not delved into that particular collection of poems. I don't know why being as it's a combination of the two.
But you've piqued my interest so I think it's time I checked it out.
Thanks for such an interesting comment.🌿
@@deborahcornell171 I aim to please. You're welcome.
" Best job I ever had"
You're goddamn right
Sorry to disagree, but that was one of the most unrealistic representations of anti-tank warfare. Completely Hollywood made up movie. They made the Germans look like they were buffaloes from encounter with the tiger to the end scene. I was really hoping that they would do this movie right, I do agree with your comments about the crew it must've been hell.
Even though TBR has already seen it, it would be great to do a reaction to "End of Watch" for Sam, it's such a great but underrated movie, the performances by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena are something else! I've seen that movie more than 20 times now and still can't finish it with dry eyes.
When are you getting the shampoo endorsement?
great hair
Great movie.....Now that you know what tanks can do what. You really need to see " KELLY's HEROES" it's a tank movie with Clint Eastwood and Donald Sutherland (Kiefer's dad) it's a great WW2 tank movie....and it's a COMEDY
The Tiger is a bit overpowered in this movie. Indeed it had a powerful gun and heavy armor, but by this point of the war, it wasn't a big threat for the americans. Basicly "Fury" and "Old Phyllis" could penetrate it's front from 500 yards. The other two Shermans with the 75mm guns could penetrate it's side fom around 650 yards.
I adore the intro music.
I love Jon Bernthal as an actor. I hope you do more movies/tv of his.
I vote for Shot Caller.
A lesser known and recognized war movie, but Fury is one of the best. It's just so brutally shameless about its themes and action, just fantastic.
Not new arrival army officer. The other two an the top tank commander. Are totally pure evil in their horrible killings of their prisoners of war.! Because one example one German soldier was praying he had wanted see his entire family again! The commander instantly killed him of the young innocent men's hand of saying no - no! Take prisoners of war differently massacre everyone you see! My historical information for today. Have a great fabulous wonderful day.
The kids with the Panserfaust (one use rocket launcher) in the beginning were Hitlerjugend, Hitler's Kids. In the end they were using kids and old men.
And the turret pops off the tank because the ammo exploded.
American, British, Canadian, etc tankers who drove Shermans late in the war were very angry about how far behind the Germans in tank design the Allies were. Especially after they saw that the Russians had kept up with the German in both quality and and with the Americans in quantity. The only reason they won was because the Germans couldn't kill them fast enough.
And the scene with the SS prisoner was actually based on a real photo of one of those SS guys that got captured and beat up by the Canadians
They made it look like it took 4 sherman to win against 1 tiger. But in reality, if a tiger had the jump on allied tanks, it would take more than that. In villers bocage, 1 tiger ambushed and took out 15 allied tank before being knocked out. But ita crew survived and came back with a fresh tiger.
Great reaction guys
If you think that American Sherman tanks are impressive you should look at the Churchill Crocodile tank was a British tank and instead of having a normal gun at the front of the tank next to the driver it had a flamethrower I know dark right one of my dads friends had an uncle that was a British tank commander he commanded a Churchill crocodile and they got in an ambush his tank got stuck between two fences when the Germans attacked them the flamethrower guy fired the flamethrower just above the Germans and just by seeing if all of them surrendered cool little story for ya
Wardaddy’s job as tank crew lead is to make sure all his men get to make it home. Norman being green and untrained is gonna get them all killed. Thats why he was rough on him at the start. Also Wardaddy executing that German with Norman wasnt a war crime because that German was wearing a US issued jacket. Wearing the enemy’s uniform is a war crime and you are allowed to execute them for it
Holy cow! End of watch is amazing, please react to that and a film with Matt Damon called Elysium! Everyone slates it but the effects were so cool and I thought the concept was sick.
For the battle with the Tiger.
They made it easier for the americans to fight it in the movie, because in real the Tiger wouldn't have come out of his cover so easily.
Also in the 1v1 with Fury the Tiger would have in real turned his whole body and not only the turret so they would have had a harder time to get in position for a killing blow.
That's because the film crew was only allowed to drive the Tiger forward, because the lenders were afraid some of the mechanics could break and a repair would have been very costly.
The tiger tank used is tiger 131 which is one of only eight tiger 1 left and is the only tiger 1 in running condition.
Gonna toss out a older war movie starring Clint Eastwood, that’s fun and has a whole slew of actors.
Check out Kelly’s Heroes.
Spending time in a tank or submarine would not jive with my psyche
The Thin Red Line is probably the most cinematic war film there is, a true masterpiece of film making.
sean penn was outstanding on that movie.
@@theGabbynaut Absolutely.
I love the fact that Adrian Brody was supposed to be the main character in the script. He’s in it for what, 10 minutes?
Was probably the worst movie I've ever seen. Almost walked out but stayed. Like watching a train wreck I couldn't stop.... 🤮
I disagree
This my friends in my opinion is the closest to realism in how the life of a grunt and combat jobs in the service in deployment from your peers were. Let's just leave that as that. When i watch this movie for the first time i was reminiscing to myself yes thats what it was.
Great Job!!! When I was in the army, I wondered (bein a paratrooper) what it'd be like to be in a tank. But not enough to actually get in a tank (we called them "bomb magnets"). After I got out, I saw a Military Channel documentary on antitank weapons. The things designed to kill tanks nowadays are truly terrifying. You couldn't get me into one even if you used a gun. My hat's off to all tankers.