I've always assumed that the German soldier was just a scared kid who didn't want to be there just like Norman so that's why he let him go. He sympathized with him.
It's a possibility. Remember how earlier Norman didn't want to shoot the German prisoner? Same thing...just a kid who didn't want that kind of thing on his soul.
Don't know for sure, but I would have to guess that even within the SS, the hate/aggression/anger that had been roiled within their ranks at first was tapering off big time at the end of the war. No doubt plenty of them (probably most in this unit at least) would have killed Norman, it just so happened that the one who spotted him didn't think it was worth it anymore.
Norman represents humanity in the film, as his actions all through attest. The soldier at the end who decides not to report him represents Karma, it's probably no more complex than that.
It really took away from what otherwise would have been the perfect war movie. No way you would sympathize with an enemy soldier that killed that many of your brothers in arms.
Hardly a perfect movie, but I love how the entire movie, the entire tank crew pushes Norman to become more brutal and merciless, and ultimately he does, but eventually they are all killed in a badass but brutal and merciless manner. Norman survives only because an enemy soldier, just like him, showed the same compassion he had been punished for showing.
Just realised. The Soldier who opens the hatch at the end is a sergeant when earlier in the movie, when they seize the town, he is a corporal. He picked up the rank after his sgt was killed in the town. Nice attention to detail.
The fact that in the morning Norman does not run away but gets back into the tank is a sign he became a real tanker. To the crews, the tank was their home.
Not only that, but he thinks more Germans are about to search the tank, and instead of running off, he picks up Sgt. Collier’s revolver & gets ready to fight until the end alongside his dead tank crewmen.
Machine was the first man to stand with Wardaddy and fight. He deserves the term "hero" as much as any other soldier who was in that tank. Him being called that doesn't mean that the others aren't heroes, too. In fact, if he denied himself to be a hero, he would also be denying his comrades to be so. Surviving isn't dishonourable at all.
@@samflynn97 Being a hero is not about surviving. It is about sacrifice. When you knowingly decide to give up your life for other people. That being said, If I was in his shows, I would never call myself a hero, as I've survived. Most likely an answer to a question would be something like "I'm not a hero, but I served with few".
@@samflynn97 You have to remember that he watched four men give their lives so he could live basically. Whether he fought alongside them or not I'm almost positive he would never view himself the hero. Coming from a family of war dogs I can honestly say, those who come home don't ever see it as a victory. Hell many aren't even happy to have come home.Because their heart is still back on the battlefield with the friends they lost and the people they could've saved
@@biosaber585 The point is that he did the same, no matter the outcome. One could even argue that he was more courageous than any of them, because he had less time to get adjusted.
My mate was a captain in Iraq, the week before he returned to the USA he lost four men. He said the weirdest, most distressing feeling he ever felt was when he got off his flight on leave and the world was normal. Said people were calling him a hero and all he could see in his mind were the four guys that were so close to home and never made it. He couldn't handle life in the USA, he retired and moved to Thailand and created a smallholding, three horses, fifty chickens, ducks, dogs etc. Says the animals think he's a hero for feeding them every morning and that's good enough for him.
One can only begin to imagine. The average western person and their problems are pretty detached nowadays... Just watch everyone be surprised by Putin's invasion over here in Europe when last month their biggest problems included men sitting with their legs apart.
For those wondering, a lone white horse seen on a battlefield represents death so at 4:25 when the stead wakes up Norman and passes him, this is a way the director is telling the audience that death hadn't come to take him. It's an interesting flourish because it drives home to the audience subconsciously that the struggle is over, Norman is safe.
Interesting. Thanks for the input! People will give crap to the movie for being unrealistic but this movie is truly great! It actually makes a 100% accuracy on how a tank crew works.
@@9tails507 what do people see unrealistic about the movie? Coming from my perspective I agree with you it being 100% realistic. While I am not a Tanker I do work in a Tracked vehicle as an Artilleryman, the way they act and joke around is pretty similar to what we do in the Gun. The vehicle is what you eat, sleep and work in. Your second home if you please.
@@baronvonpanzer6594 Basically the tactics and the battles that came with. Specially the one with the Tiger. Thou, that wasn’t a CGI Tiger, that was the only functioning tiger tank in the world and the crew were given precise instructions on what the they could do with the tank and what not.
2:18 RIP that German guy though. Imagine training for months, then getting out onto the frontlines for anywhere from a few weeks to several years, successfully taking out a Sherman tank which has taken out many of your comrades, and then you finally walk up to it, thinking you are victorious, you open the hatch, just to get shot in the head by a wounded guy who was still alive, even after being shot a couple times. Must suck.
@@Wrathlon "You're the sole survivor. All your closest squamates died in front of you. Their battered bodies will forever be etched into your mind.....Congratulations!"
*Norman didn't just have the survivors guilt... he died alongside his brothers in arms that day and night. What emerged and left the tank was a new man given a second chance at life.*
That soldier who found him reminded me of the Norman before he was forced to kill by Brad pitt so maybe he didn't report him because he still has his innocence
To me it was quite surprising because he was apart of the SS. Those most loyal to Hitler. For him to leave Norman like that just goes to show that even though he is in the SS. There is always some good in a person.
@@arts6821 the German officer was talking as if they are from the eastern front, so it could have been a veteran that realized t war was lost and there was no point in taking a prisoner
@@arts6821 Actually given his young age and the time period (1944) it's very possible that the soldier who found Norman was a conscript. By 1943, the Waffen SS had relaxed their entry requirements to join and resorted to conscripting Germans into the force (though I can't remember the exact figure). Could explain why he spared him, a bit like Norman in the beginning of the film and being innocent and all that. But tbh this is just my opinion / observation maybe the directors did intend for him to be a die hard Hitler loving soldier and had had enough of the war :)
when you think about it, that ss soldier who spotted Norman had probably seen what his comrades had done to other prisoners, and didn't want the same thing to happen again. Which was likely why he pretended not to see norman.
And you have to understand some of these people who fought in the War we're kids drafted to fight in the war sucks but true so my guess is this German Soldier was maybe in his teen
I think it's more likely was just meant to be a theme of the movie. We see how the Americans slaughtered defenseless troops who were begging for their lives or unarmed. We also saw Nazis do the same by them hanging a child in a city square. Norman and the soldier are likely meant to represent that they're are also humans on each side of the battle just as there are monsters.
@@naturesrevenge8758 You didn't watch the same movie... or you weren't paying attention. They let the kids go. They weren't even so stringent on Wehrmacht (regular troops). But SS, there was a kill on sight and no exceptions standing order. There absolutely was a difference and they did not kill indiscriminately. If they weren't armed, they should have armed themselves if they wanted to go around wearing that SS and death's head skull. There are no humans or monsters. There are only soldiers who survive and those who don't.
1:46 “Please don’t,, they’ll hurt you real bad, and they’ll kill you real bad…” 😔 The sincerity in his voice and the understanding in his eyes makes this little dialogue exchange so intense. He could’ve criticized the boy for ever thinking of surrendering but instead he did the complete opposite! he gave him the harsh but certain reality that if he did in fact surrender to those monsters, he’d face a fate far worse then whatever he would otherwise… 💔 He was right. You have to respect them both.
The survivor's guilt burns bright in his eyes as he looks back at Fury as it shrinks in the distance...... The final battle is unrealistic obviously but overall the movie is a gem. Paints a pretty accurate picture how ruthless, inhumane and brutal the war was, especially at the end when "Total War" was declared. Still hard to believe that it happened less than a 100 years ago...
@@about3penguins They were really bad. But there were also German soldiers that were forced into serving and they didn’t believe in Hitlers cause. The very fact after WW2 there was a great movement to outlaw any symbolism of Nazi Germany proves this.
@@about3penguins the SS started as much a political arm as a military one. But as the war went into full swing the SS morphed into the "elite" units of the German war machine. As the war dragged on and the SS suffered losses, they just started transferring better soldiers from the Wehrmacht. So you had a mix of the extreme Nazi veterans that the SS started with and batches of new, young but good soldiers that filled any gaps. Thats not to say the SS were any less evil though - these new faces wouldn't dare to speak out as they'd be shot with the enemy
That part was so annoying, in real life that would be the end for norman. Hate when Hollywood tries to make a random feel good moment that defies logic
I lost it when Norman draped his jacket over Wardaddy. This was one incredible movie. I wish my dad had been alive to see this one. He was always fascinated with tankers from WWII. He loved tanks, all tanks, from that time period. This movie would have made him cry! I did. Not ashamed to admit that.
Crying is way of expressing strong emotion. Our generation have lost such a precious emotion in the name of weakness and shame. There is nothing to be ashamed mate.. it’s not the movie it’s the love you had for your father made you tear..
Well I assure you, this wasnt even close to a realistic, this shows that the "enemy of the world" was really "weak" back in that time.. even tho they wouldve won if they mussolini wasnt a commander or if the germans wouldn't have fallen for churchill's plan. Hollywood is sad
My father drove a tank in WWII. He was under Patton and went thru a lot of this stuff. As a side note, he broke his ankle training for a Special Mission, one week later his Platoon landed on Normandy in one of the first waves. They all died.
@@Travis1.979 No. He said that until near the end most Germans were vicious. He slao said, all of the SS had tatoos under their arms, with an SS. They always looked, and when they found them, they shot them on sight.
@@triatheletewolf7279 thanks for replying. Your father dealt healthly with his memories, because he shared them. My granduncle, on the contrary, used to never talk about the war (WWI), he fought for Italy.
@HellYeaNixon Correct in a sense, but even offensive non-frag grenades produce shrapnel; fragmentation might not have been the goal, but it is def a side benefit- that wood and metal has to go somewhere when it explodes. Shrapnel inside enclosed places does bad things to things made of meat. No to mention that those explosions would produce shrapnel from pieces of the tank. I've seen what 'non fragmentation' grenades do to people. It isn't pretty.
@HellYeaNixon If anything concussion grenades are much more deadlier than frags because it relies on pure explosive energy. Wardaddy would be a meat slurry the time the grenade exploded
@HellYeaNixon actually Percussion granades are more effective in close spaces and should have made a lot of damages to those bodies(they are called attac granades), so Obaddawa0 is right. Plus a percussinon granade can be a frammentation granade because percussion is the way to trigger the granade not the tipology (sorry for my bad english). anyway guys is just a film, so who cares.
3:37 I loved this scene, this German soldier showed mercy to the unarmed and lonely young soldier, despite all the chaos and losses to his companions that he caused, seeing him that he is no longer a threat, he showed mercy and remained silent.
The most moving part is him leaving his home, his family and his only saviour from the war behind. The tank. Fury was his soul and he was leaving it all behind as he drove away. A man like that lost a part of him he will never get back. Him looking back you can see that, and how grateful he is for its service to him, and his service to it.
It would have been a far more stirring and powerful final shot to have used a pull out shot from his POV inside the ambulance as he was being driven away (instead of that overhead pull out they used in the film).
He was lucky that the German soldier that happened to find him turned out to be sympathetic and still had some humanity left in him. If he was found by others it would not have ended so well for Norman.
@@charles5895 there were many german soldiers that had humanity most of them were just afrait that they would suffer if they dont report him/kill him! If they wouldnt have killed him they would have hurt/torture him more than wardaddy in the ambush scene. Much more!
"I'm scared" That always fucking breaks me. I keep remembering my friends laughter that passed away three years ago. Those were his last words on his bed in the hospital. It fucking breaks me man.
I'm very sorry to hear that my friend. Just know you are stronger than you know and if you ever need to reach out people will always be there for you. You are already so strong my friend. Sending love and support
The way fury looks at Norman leave god almost breaks my heart. But I know Norman somehow feels like he died there with the rest of the crew. Amazing movie
This a beautiful comment, and I have to agree. Part of his certainly died after all he experienced during the course of the movie. So much respect for the sacrifices our military forces make.
@@gabrielmartines3510i do the grey tone, the music, yes it is haunting, what a ggreat cinematic graphic i cont believe its alreade a decade ago this film
And then surrenders - "Ja, ich liebe schnitzels und lager, ja!" They take him prisoner and as they're escorting him, Pitt turns around and smirks at Fury's remains.
Well grenades are not a concussion blast even in a tank, so your theory of him not being mutilated like corn syrup isn't really valid here, grenades throw the outer shell i.e. fragments in a 360 degree range. So yes, if he wasn't hit in the face with shrapnel, he'd look this pretty.
@@codeysnow2980 You sure have no idea what a german stick grenade could do to your ass 2 metres away in open space. And this is a confined space in a tank, the damage would be complete.
@@erlanggaprasetyo1606 just to back you up, the american mk2 grenades were famous for shrapnel, the German stick grenades though, because of their inherit design, were notorious for their concussion blasts & in a contained metal coffin like that, Mr. Pitt wouldve been popped like a balloon
those are things that an old norman will sit on his rocking chair on a warm summer day drinking lemonade and wonder. why that German soldier let him live?
@@flisko123 and he killed their buddy’s and they killed his buddies and they killed his buddies. It’s war. Everyone you kill is a person and a person with a family and friends. It’s best not to think about it.. as horrible as it is
Man, the fact that they all walked past the tank and left the bodies behind truly show you how expendable you were in war. Even with what they did they were simply forgotten and left behind. That's how cruel war was. You survived? Here's a medal, you died? That's how it is
The dead were left to the GRS (Graves Registration Services) units that moved behind the advancing troops. GRS units started landing at Normandy a couple days after D-Day. GRS teams would work to identify the dead, mark out temporary cemeteries, pay locals to dig graves, work with IG teams in case there were suspicious circumstances. Nobody was left behind, not for long anyway if we could help it. The allied GRS teams did this for allied troops, axis troops, and civilian casualties.
@@theguyinmaine …you can only get so lucky. 109 billion people had lived and died on this planet. And less than 0.1 percent make it in our history book.
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My grandfather served in WW11. started on d-day. Lived until 87 never told a story until he wrote a book at 85 years old. He was in a tank battalion. That patch that you see in Brad pitts arm is the one he had. I look at it proudly in my bedroom everyday. remembering the sacrifice. God bless America
Imagine how deep and long you would sleep after going through something like this. Your body would be way past the point of exhaustion and your mind would be fried. I sometimes wonder what his dreams were like when he slept there that night.
@@PizzaPowerXYZ good point. But at some point his body would have to sleep, he could probably get his hands on some very strong sedatives at that time too.
Something about hearing Wardaddy (the hardened warfighter) acknowledge his fear of death with Norman (the young and inexperienced) hits me like a ton of bricks. It's a raw moment of honesty the two share with each other that we all can relate to. It really sells the scene for me.
Could not handle losing my entire squad like this. And as for the German, Norman was blessed that basically a German version of him found him instead of any other soldier and gave him mercy. I'm glad I remembered the name of this movie to rewatch some of these scenes. Great movie.
This part always makes me cry. The music tied in with all that happened and the aftermath are like a cocktail of sadness. The ending scenes are amazing in showing his look towards Fury and Fury looking back at him. I wouldn’t think that one Sherman could kill half an SS Battalion, but the thought of that blows my mind away. Great movie.
In real war, in that situation, a Waffen-SS soldier would have destroyed the Sherman with one shot from a Panzerfaust (at this point in the war all German soldiers carried a Panzerfaust).
Nobody knows what happened there. Only one does and it'll never leave him for all his days. Imagine how many stories there are lost to time from the war that would blow your mind beyond belief. Though the movie may have been a little over the top, it's still great..That last scene is everything.
The symbolism in the final shot... The tank broken down at the 4 way crossroad. With its turret facing North the same way Norman Left...the 4 crewmembers that died. Their separation. After all the tank was their home and the "Fury" is finally calm.
Just a small detail, when the medic guy tried to get the gun away from Norman, Norman moves his hand away. That revolver meant a lot to him. It's how he got his first kill (unfortunately it was an execution rather than in combat). Also belonged to the man that saved his life. Taught him to understand war and gave him the correct mind set to survive
@@luisr.6543 are you seriously that brainwashed? Both sides committed lots of atrocities but the allies differently didn’t commit more it’s was either the same or the axis being worst, the Japanese were by far the worst but it was hidden away cause they’re ally to the US, Nanjing alone was enough to reach the atrocities the allies committed. Brainwashed westerners pathetic.
After the tankers of this tank shot a large number of his colleagues, i don't believe that even if he were a very good and honest guy, he would remain silent. He would have shot that tanker first!
it shows that the one who got spared was that who showed empathy towards vulnerable enemies, and didn't lose himself during the war, Norman in a way deserved to survive more than the others
We also see that,when Grady told him before setting the trap to Germans. That he is a good person,in a way that he seeking to be forgiven for what he has done.
The most unrealistic part about this movie, the repair time, they would have easily have been able to repair the tracks within 40 seconds of them being destroyed ,I've played warthunder enough to know that they would have been up and moving within less than 5 minutes. That broke it for me
If the phrase “what goes around comes around” was a scene. He showed mercy to a German soldier in the beginning and in the end a German soldier showed mercy to him
One of the most moving war movies I've ever seen. It had great performances by all the principals and supporting roles.The end was so sad and moving as the tank became Pitt and crew's grave while their newest and least damaged by war brother was spared to actually survive the slaughter's conclusion.
I think that slow zoom out of the tank with people walking past really shows that every single body and vehicle dead or broken on the side of the road in the documentaries, had a story. Mostly with no one to to tell them.
Even though this isn’t the most accurate movie, it was a pretty incredible one. Was all into world of tanks at the Time and saw this in the Theater like 4 times. I think Brad enjoyed the hell out of his role in this.
Except there is no way Norman is on that tank. It would be like taking Bible or War Daddy and sticking them on a B-17 and telling them they are now gunners. The Army did not put people into jobs they could not do.
@@johnharris6655I don't find it hard to believe, they're in the middle of the war, the gunner dies, what is the army going to do, wait for a trained solider from the states to show up?
@@johnnyliu7105 Yes, because by this time in the war the US had an ample supply of men and machine. They had reassignment depots just full of soldiers waiting to be deployed. They also had more soldiers than tanks, so finding a qualified replacement would not have been that hard.
The tank warfare isn't even remotely accurate, this film is another Yankee propaganda one. And it's disrespectful of the truth and history involved also.
7:05 I am surprised that neither of them shot each other because neither one has no idea what might be on the other side of that hatch. You have to process wether the person you are seeing is friend or foe in fractions of a second. If it is foe than get them before they get you. Also you got itchy trigger finger and will shoot at someone that opens the hatch, lastly sometimes your brain wants to create images you want to see. For instance in Norman’s head what is starting to open the hatch most likely be either side but in his head he is thinking German and before your eyes can identify that the person you are seeing is American it is too late and you would have caused a blue on blue incident. Same with the American soldier opening the hatch, he doesn’t know what could be in there because American tanks have been captured before and could potentially see Germans in the tank. But luckily for both soldiers neither of them made the potential mistake of shoot first ask questions later.
The soldier didn't have much of a reason to suspect Germans inside the tank as he could see the tank was friendly by the amount of dead Germans surrounding it and how badly it was shot up. Norman did though as he didn't know who was outside the tank. The soldier should have just announced himself and asked if any survivors were present before opening the hatch.
@@clearsailing7993 i like to think that even after the all-out assault, norman still hesitated to shoot someone one-on-one like that; or for a more intelligent approach, he saw the general posture of the soldier wouldn't be that of a combat-ready german soldier expecting someone to be ready to shoot back, but that of just an ally (to him) searching for survivors
It was one of the darkest times in history, so many sad untold storys, so many horrors, so much death and pain, familys ripped apart, lifes ruined... And so much is forgotten and we will probably never know how hard it was to life in that time. The only thing we can do is learn from the mistakes and never fight a world war again. These movies just show a glimpse of what these poor souls had to witness and we can just watch it, Imagine what happend and pay our respects...
That scene where the soldier sees him and let’s him go is the most powerful scene yiu can really see the fear in the kids eyes when he has his hands up great acting
@@ARMN_YT no no. Doesn't exist. There's a tv series for percy jackson books planned by disney plus tho. Hoping logan can get a character in that. He would be a great percy.
@@siegfried2k4 Also that German Soldier saw Norman when he was under the tank. They would have probably killed him for killing all the German Soldiers.
The raw emotion just makes its way out of the screen in this scene (not the only one). You can feel what they feel, it makes you imagine yourself in their shoes. And when he was under the tank, burying himself, I felt his will. When the soldier shined the light on him, I felt Norman’s desperation. I felt the soldier’s mental debate. And when he decided to let him live, I felt Norman’s emptiness (as in literally not knowing what to think). Absolute masterpiece of a scene.
I got so sad thinking about reality that Brad Pitt and his crew died on the last stages of war. That must suck fam like you fought your way to Germany, but i gotta say they aint afraid of dying like its not their first time meeting death.
@@cloudgary7596 It actually is not the first time Brad's(Wardaddy) character faced death. In the deleted scenes, he caused his fiance and his brother's death.
There is an innate instinct in man that makes them (almost) unable to kill someone who is not a threat , unless they have been brutalised. Just the same as norman. He had to be brutalised before he could kill.
In war, we need to remember that soldiers are people with too. Some with family and friends. Not just people running around with guns, there are those with a sense in which they think of the future, what would happen if I shoot this person? What will happen to the family? It’s all stuff that isn’t asked but for good reason. You can’t
Respect to the German soldier for keeping Norman alive and that he didn’t tell the others that one was still alive he was like “ you and your crew did your best when it was like 5 vs 200
Fury was a damn good movie, but ill never call it one of my favorites. It's so emotional, I know I teared up. It's a fantastic movie, but it's not one I want to watch over and over.
I wouldn’t go that far it’s an okay movie tries to hard to be like saving private Ryan but some scenes try way to hard to make the characters unlikeable especially the scene where they have dinner with 2 German citizens.
Fury maybe be not really historically accurate, but this is maybe one of the best war ever film made. The ambiance is breathtaking, the music is beautiful, the dialogue sounds like honey, the characters are complexe and deep (especially with deleted scenes), the imagery is full of meaning and gorgeous.
@@anthonyyoung3341 there would be a hell of a lot more than some blood spatter if two grenades went off right in front of you in that confined area. There would be no body left, just chunks of flesh.
One of my favorite parts of this ending scene is that on the revolver the sweet heart grips are clearly visible. Norman arms himself with it and it is the only thing (beyond what he is wearing/may be in his pockets) that he takes from the tank. He also stops the medics from taking it from him by moving his arm behind his back as they reach for it.
I still think to this day this scene is what actually defines the entire story. Wardaddy was a broken soldier, along with his men. The allies had no shortage of troops or supplies and easily could have rotated the troops to a lesser front. Norman was forced and borderline abused not to be a hardened soldier who will kill on command. But to be a broken emotional wreck of a soldier. I like to think Wardaddy knew this, and his breakdowns were the many times he attempted to search his soul for another way. Going to this scene, you see a young German soldier, a SS soldier for that matter. In this one moment, when Wardaddy's mentorship was nothing but "Kill Nazis, particularly those SS". He was spared by the very thing he was taught to hate. I like to think this isn't just a contradiction in beliefs. But rather Norman finds his humanity again.
Especially within the scene of having to kill that teen soldier and war daddy looking upon the dead bodies of those teens yet having to be the leader he is in that destruction. He just redirected his anger into Norman, knowing it sucks he had to witness what was being done. Yet knowing if he doesn't kill them, they will eventually kill his team and himself. Therefore since war daddy couldn't make sense of it all, he just put his frustrations into Norman.
I can understand he might've not felt like a hero. But it's something awe inspiring to know that a lone Sherman crew wiped nearly half a battalion, and that one survived, that's why they said it. People have to remember this is war, anything like this that happened would be told to boost morale of the soldiers. It's not the same as being told this by civilians who, whilst understanding what was at stake, didn't know the cost of it.
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@@chitto_horizon what
I've always assumed that the German soldier was just a scared kid who didn't want to be there just like Norman so that's why he let him go. He sympathized with him.
It's a possibility. Remember how earlier Norman didn't want to shoot the German prisoner? Same thing...just a kid who didn't want that kind of thing on his soul.
Wasn't just a regular soilder. Was a SS soilder. They ultimate nazi soilder.
Don't know for sure, but I would have to guess that even within the SS, the hate/aggression/anger that had been roiled within their ranks at first was tapering off big time at the end of the war. No doubt plenty of them (probably most in this unit at least) would have killed Norman, it just so happened that the one who spotted him didn't think it was worth it anymore.
Norman represents humanity in the film, as his actions all through attest. The soldier at the end who decides not to report him represents Karma, it's probably no more complex than that.
It really took away from what otherwise would have been the perfect war movie. No way you would sympathize with an enemy soldier that killed that many of your brothers in arms.
Hardly a perfect movie, but I love how the entire movie, the entire tank crew pushes Norman to become more brutal and merciless, and ultimately he does, but eventually they are all killed in a badass but brutal and merciless manner. Norman survives only because an enemy soldier, just like him, showed the same compassion he had been punished for showing.
Very good reflexion.
Could literally not have said it any better
Thanks Captain.
And the German was a SS man too
@@enekaitzteixeira7010 reflect. reflection
Just realised. The Soldier who opens the hatch at the end is a sergeant when earlier in the movie, when they seize the town, he is a corporal. He picked up the rank after his sgt was killed in the town. Nice attention to detail.
Read that like it’s Allen Tsai going: “Did you know that in fury…”
@@MrAnt-sf2sk I’ma get him to do that one
thank you for realizing this
Yeah Total wars like that, if you can survive it has great promotional prospects.
No, he is not.
The fact that in the morning Norman does not run away but gets back into the tank is a sign he became a real tanker. To the crews, the tank was their home.
Agreed
But hartmann ran away
Not only that, but he thinks more Germans are about to search the tank, and instead of running off, he picks up Sgt. Collier’s revolver & gets ready to fight until the end alongside his dead tank crewmen.
He will be the establisher of the new fury unit I guess pressed by hate and anger ..... And here goes life after his ex commrades
And graves
"You're a hero, you know that"
What Norman must have been thinking: "I'm not a hero, the heroes are still in the tank."
Machine was the first man to stand with Wardaddy and fight. He deserves the term "hero" as much as any other soldier who was in that tank. Him being called that doesn't mean that the others aren't heroes, too. In fact, if he denied himself to be a hero, he would also be denying his comrades to be so. Surviving isn't dishonourable at all.
@@samflynn97 Being a hero is not about surviving. It is about sacrifice. When you knowingly decide to give up your life for other people. That being said, If I was in his shows, I would never call myself a hero, as I've survived. Most likely an answer to a question would be something like "I'm not a hero, but I served with few".
@@radoslavtomov9121 He was just as willing as the rest of his crew. He just got lucky enough to survive. He still made the same decision to sacrifice.
@@samflynn97 You have to remember that he watched four men give their lives so he could live basically. Whether he fought alongside them or not I'm almost positive he would never view himself the hero. Coming from a family of war dogs I can honestly say, those who come home don't ever see it as a victory. Hell many aren't even happy to have come home.Because their heart is still back on the battlefield with the friends they lost and the people they could've saved
@@biosaber585 The point is that he did the same, no matter the outcome. One could even argue that he was more courageous than any of them, because he had less time to get adjusted.
My mate was a captain in Iraq, the week before he returned to the USA he lost four men. He said the weirdest, most distressing feeling he ever felt was when he got off his flight on leave and the world was normal. Said people were calling him a hero and all he could see in his mind were the four guys that were so close to home and never made it. He couldn't handle life in the USA, he retired and moved to Thailand and created a smallholding, three horses, fifty chickens, ducks, dogs etc. Says the animals think he's a hero for feeding them every morning and that's good enough for him.
That's so sad to read. Can't imagine the burden of PTSD that guy has to live with everyday.
One can only begin to imagine. The average western person and their problems are pretty detached nowadays... Just watch everyone be surprised by Putin's invasion over here in Europe when last month their biggest problems included men sitting with their legs apart.
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Absolutely amazing story. I'm a writer and would love to get his permission for a interview if possible?
I like how Norman keeps the revolver as a sign of respect for his commander
I enjoyed that too. A physical piece to remember and to carry on with him.
Didn’t they take the revolver away?
@@ufospaceboy1491 No Norman kept the revolver, as the medics attempt to take it Norman resist so he let him keep it
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7:45 Medic tries to take it with his left hand.
7:47 “We’ll leave you with that.” Medic’s left hand is empty.
Respect for that son of a bitch?
For those wondering, a lone white horse seen on a battlefield represents death so at 4:25 when the stead wakes up Norman and passes him, this is a way the director is telling the audience that death hadn't come to take him. It's an interesting flourish because it drives home to the audience subconsciously that the struggle is over, Norman is safe.
Interesting. Thanks for the input! People will give crap to the movie for being unrealistic but this movie is truly great! It actually makes a 100% accuracy on how a tank crew works.
@@9tails507 what do people see unrealistic about the movie? Coming from my perspective I agree with you it being 100% realistic. While I am not a Tanker I do work in a Tracked vehicle as an Artilleryman, the way they act and joke around is pretty similar to what we do in the Gun. The vehicle is what you eat, sleep and work in. Your second home if you please.
@@baronvonpanzer6594 Basically the tactics and the battles that came with. Specially the one with the Tiger. Thou, that wasn’t a CGI Tiger, that was the only functioning tiger tank in the world and the crew were given precise instructions on what the they could do with the tank and what not.
@@9tails507 Just for future reference, "thou" is an archaic way of saying "you". I think you were looking for the word "though".
@@RowdyBrian17Thank you.
imagine being called a hero by everyone constantly after coming back home i would lose it man
Would be some pretty hard survivors guilt
"thanks for your service"
I hate it when they say that.
I think in reality they wouldn’t just ship Norman home just cause he survived one battle I think they would put him in another platoon realistically.
2:18 RIP that German guy though. Imagine training for months, then getting out onto the frontlines for anywhere from a few weeks to several years, successfully taking out a Sherman tank which has taken out many of your comrades, and then you finally walk up to it, thinking you are victorious, you open the hatch, just to get shot in the head by a wounded guy who was still alive, even after being shot a couple times. Must suck.
Epic scene: A leader's final act of leadership, a enemy's mercy, and a kid's reliance on hope, when there was no hope. Epic scene.
And "Youre a hero, did you know that?".
Fucking oof.
@@Wrathlon "You're the sole survivor. All your closest squamates died in front of you. Their battered bodies will forever be etched into your mind.....Congratulations!"
@@bigbirdmusic8199 Best damn job I ever had :-/
wait bro that was an SS soldier too that spared him.
@@thirdworldrider6991 Dude had sympathy for him, knows he's loosing the war and does not want to end up like Norman
8:19 I like how the barrel of Fury is facing towards him as if it's looking right back at him. Like a final goodbye.
That hit me hard harder than when the tiger shell hit that rear tank
would've been fricking perfect if the gun were saluting
Ive just realised that because of this comment bruh kinda sadge
@Mikhail ya i kinda got that too. or maybe leaving them behind. I did get some sort of judgement comming from the Tank.
That's deep
*Norman didn't just have the survivors guilt... he died alongside his brothers in arms that day and night. What emerged and left the tank was a new man given a second chance at life.*
Amen brother…
theres always a second chance, if you live another day
That soldier who found him reminded me of the Norman before he was forced to kill by Brad pitt so maybe he didn't report him because he still has his innocence
To me it was quite surprising because he was apart of the SS. Those most loyal to Hitler. For him to leave Norman like that just goes to show that even though he is in the SS. There is always some good in a person.
@@arts6821 I mean it is a film so of course they would make it more dramatic
@@arts6821 the German officer was talking as if they are from the eastern front, so it could have been a veteran that realized t war was lost and there was no point in taking a prisoner
@@arts6821 Actually given his young age and the time period (1944) it's very possible that the soldier who found Norman was a conscript. By 1943, the Waffen SS had relaxed their entry requirements to join and resorted to conscripting Germans into the force (though I can't remember the exact figure). Could explain why he spared him, a bit like Norman in the beginning of the film and being innocent and all that. But tbh this is just my opinion / observation maybe the directors did intend for him to be a die hard Hitler loving soldier and had had enough of the war :)
@@arts6821 He looked young enough to have only joined very recently. Dude looks like he could’ve easily been around 16-19
when you think about it, that ss soldier who spotted Norman had probably seen what his comrades had done to other prisoners, and didn't want the same thing to happen again. Which was likely why he pretended not to see norman.
And you have to understand some of these people who fought in the War we're kids drafted to fight in the war sucks but true so my guess is this German Soldier was maybe in his teen
It's the irony though. Norm was the only one of his crew who mighta done the same thing if the roles were reversed.
I think it's more likely was just meant to be a theme of the movie. We see how the Americans slaughtered defenseless troops who were begging for their lives or unarmed. We also saw Nazis do the same by them hanging a child in a city square. Norman and the soldier are likely meant to represent that they're are also humans on each side of the battle just as there are monsters.
@@naturesrevenge8758 You didn't watch the same movie... or you weren't paying attention. They let the kids go. They weren't even so stringent on Wehrmacht (regular troops). But SS, there was a kill on sight and no exceptions standing order. There absolutely was a difference and they did not kill indiscriminately.
If they weren't armed, they should have armed themselves if they wanted to go around wearing that SS and death's head skull.
There are no humans or monsters. There are only soldiers who survive and those who don't.
yeah and plus he looks like a kid maybe a draftee
That SS soldier is the German reflection of Norman. Beautiful.
Wehrmacht- Soldier not SS
The SS was full of brain washed kids by the end of the war
Before that, they murdered Poland economically, they want to destroy Germany, rule the European Union, it is a false nation
@colonel sergei Dude’s got SS runes on his helmet plain as day
@@ScreaminEmu And you can literally see the runes on his collar tab also.
1:46 “Please don’t,, they’ll hurt you real bad, and they’ll kill you real bad…” 😔 The sincerity in his voice and the understanding in his eyes makes this little dialogue exchange so intense.
He could’ve criticized the boy for ever thinking of surrendering but instead he did the complete opposite! he gave him the harsh but certain reality that if he did in fact surrender to those monsters, he’d face a fate far worse then whatever he would otherwise… 💔 He was right. You have to respect them both.
I like your profile pic. Stay strong brither
@@sharkybate7115 Thanks bro i’m trying👍🏽
Not monsters, but humans, same as you or I. And that's the scary part...
@@DakotaofRaptors In my opinion, monsters are creatures that humans made up so they could have a picture how we would be if we would have no morality.
My guy war isn’t black in white, they aren’t monsters or evil they’re fighting for their country even if they didn’t want to they have to.
The survivor's guilt burns bright in his eyes as he looks back at Fury as it shrinks in the distance......
The final battle is unrealistic obviously but overall the movie is a gem. Paints a pretty accurate picture how ruthless, inhumane and brutal the war was, especially at the end when "Total War" was declared. Still hard to believe that it happened less than a 100 years ago...
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@@HaragothNAR LMFAO
You guys know this was actully real believe it or not.
I prefer Stalingrad (1993).
@@gustavomarquez5555 last stands in tanks yeah a last stand in a tank named fury not so much
The young German Soldier also knows they'll hurt him/kill him real bad.
He maybe just wants to create good karma for himself. Also show respect for their last stand. Not all German soldiers in WW2 believed in the cause.
@@mastercontrolprogram163 I dont think you realize how awful the SS were
@@about3penguins They were really bad. But there were also German soldiers that were forced into serving and they didn’t believe in Hitlers cause. The very fact after WW2 there was a great movement to outlaw any symbolism of Nazi Germany proves this.
@@about3penguins the SS started as much a political arm as a military one. But as the war went into full swing the SS morphed into the "elite" units of the German war machine.
As the war dragged on and the SS suffered losses, they just started transferring better soldiers from the Wehrmacht.
So you had a mix of the extreme Nazi veterans that the SS started with and batches of new, young but good soldiers that filled any gaps.
Thats not to say the SS were any less evil though - these new faces wouldn't dare to speak out as they'd be shot with the enemy
That part was so annoying, in real life that would be the end for norman. Hate when Hollywood tries to make a random feel good moment that defies logic
I lost it when Norman draped his jacket over Wardaddy. This was one incredible movie. I wish my dad had been alive to see this one. He was always fascinated with tankers from WWII. He loved tanks, all tanks, from that time period. This movie would have made him cry! I did. Not ashamed to admit that.
Crying is way of expressing strong emotion. Our generation have lost such a precious emotion in the name of weakness and shame. There is nothing to be ashamed mate.. it’s not the movie it’s the love you had for your father made you tear..
Emotions are gifts. We should use these gifts.
The urge to cry is there for a reason. We cry as men. There's just a line. Boohooing too much for anyone is no good haha
Well I assure you, this wasnt even close to a realistic, this shows that the "enemy of the world" was really "weak" back in that time.. even tho they wouldve won if they mussolini wasnt a commander or if the germans wouldn't have fallen for churchill's plan. Hollywood is sad
@@amstarksten2247 *correction* you are sad. Stop trying to rewrite history and understand you are watching a MOVIE.
My father drove a tank in WWII. He was under Patton and went thru a lot of this stuff. As a side note, he broke his ankle training for a Special Mission, one week later his Platoon landed on Normandy in one of the first waves. They all died.
Damn
did he ever tell u it was common to see mercy from German´s side like we see in this movie?
@@Travis1.979 No. He said that until near the end most Germans were vicious. He slao said, all of the SS had tatoos under their arms, with an SS. They always looked, and when they found them, they shot them on sight.
@@triatheletewolf7279 thanks for replying. Your father dealt healthly with his memories, because he shared them. My granduncle, on the contrary, used to never talk about the war (WWI), he fought for Italy.
If your dad is old enough to have fought in WWII, how old are you?
None of those bodies would have looked that good after the frags thrown in.
@HellYeaNixon Correct in a sense, but even offensive non-frag grenades produce shrapnel; fragmentation might not have been the goal, but it is def a side benefit- that wood and metal has to go somewhere when it explodes. Shrapnel inside enclosed places does bad things to things made of meat. No to mention that those explosions would produce shrapnel from pieces of the tank.
I've seen what 'non fragmentation' grenades do to people. It isn't pretty.
It is a movie champ
@HellYeaNixon If anything concussion grenades are much more deadlier than frags because it relies on pure explosive energy. Wardaddy would be a meat slurry the time the grenade exploded
@ind0ctr1n3 wdym he’s wrong
@HellYeaNixon actually Percussion granades are more effective in close spaces and should have made a lot of damages to those bodies(they are called attac granades), so Obaddawa0 is right. Plus a percussinon granade can be a frammentation granade because percussion is the way to trigger the granade not the tipology (sorry for my bad english).
anyway guys is just a film, so who cares.
The SS guy though "EY BRO WELL PLAYED, GOT TO GIVE YOU THAT"
‘Aye gg’s bro’
@@ahmedkitovaheer5402 lol,
Ggwp
*Upvote:* _"Effective Player"_
Ya, you did good. Here's some rare German mercy.
@@Butter_Warrior99hehe “rare German mercy” I like that.
3:37 I loved this scene, this German soldier showed mercy to the unarmed and lonely young soldier, despite all the chaos and losses to his companions that he caused, seeing him that he is no longer a threat, he showed mercy and remained silent.
A solders honor.
So lucky that soldier of all people spotted him.
@Ronnie would an SS rank German soldier be around the same age as Norman?
it's also sad to think that that very soldier was probably executed and or killed during combat right after
@@LiquidSnakeSSJ4 in 1945 probably
The most moving part is him leaving his home, his family and his only saviour from the war behind. The tank. Fury was his soul and he was leaving it all behind as he drove away. A man like that lost a part of him he will never get back. Him looking back you can see that, and how grateful he is for its service to him, and his service to it.
Sad how God isn't mentioned..
@@pendragonshall shut up bro
@@pendragonshall God doesnt need to be mentionned for Him to be our eternal savior
It would have been a far more stirring and powerful final shot to have used a pull out shot from his POV inside the ambulance as he was being driven away (instead of that overhead pull out they used in the film).
@@pendragonshall doesn’t exist so no need to bring in sky wizards
Norman: *puts hands up and shakes head*
German soldier: Understandable, have a good day
That german soldier forgot he had 1 chunk on settings
That was very wholesome
He was lucky that the German soldier that happened to find him turned out to be sympathetic and still had some humanity left in him. If he was found by others it would not have ended so well for Norman.
Probably thought " Enough have died today why add more blood shed"
@@charles5895 there were many german soldiers that had humanity most of them were just afrait that they would suffer if they dont report him/kill him! If they wouldnt have killed him they would have hurt/torture him more than wardaddy in the ambush scene. Much more!
"I'm scared" That always fucking breaks me. I keep remembering my friends laughter that passed away three years ago. Those were his last words on his bed in the hospital. It fucking breaks me man.
I’m sorry to hear that.
I'm very sorry to hear that my friend. Just know you are stronger than you know and if you ever need to reach out people will always be there for you. You are already so strong my friend. Sending love and support
Jesus is there for you bro 👍🏻👍🏻
@VXDN love you bro
Sorry to hear that man, may his soul be at peace, alongside with yours.
The way fury looks at Norman leave god almost breaks my heart. But I know Norman somehow feels like he died there with the rest of the crew. Amazing movie
This a beautiful comment, and I have to agree. Part of his certainly died after all he experienced during the course of the movie. So much respect for the sacrifices our military forces make.
Like tommy Shelby says “I died that day all the rest is extra”
Did anyone else find the entire movie to be incredibly haunting? Just the music with the grey overtones. Absolutely amazing film.
We're with ya man. Turns out WW2 Europe is the perfect setting if you want to make a haunting film.
Did Norman get captured by the Nazis at the end?
@@Owenshultz0831No.
@@gabrielmartines3510i do the grey tone, the music, yes it is haunting, what a ggreat cinematic graphic i cont believe its alreade a decade ago this film
Plot twist after norman crawls through the hatch bradd pitt throws the nades out with him and closes it
And then surrenders - "Ja, ich liebe schnitzels und lager, ja!" They take him prisoner and as they're escorting him, Pitt turns around and smirks at Fury's remains.
Man that's messed up.
Hahahahahah
@@luckyluke9021 hahah
@@luckyluke9021 Lmao
I love it how brad Pitt dies so pretty even though a grenade went off. Hollywood...
Well grenades are not a concussion blast even in a tank, so your theory of him not being mutilated like corn syrup isn't really valid here, grenades throw the outer shell i.e. fragments in a 360 degree range.
So yes, if he wasn't hit in the face with shrapnel, he'd look this pretty.
@@codeysnow2980 You sure have no idea what a german stick grenade could do to your ass 2 metres away in open space. And this is a confined space in a tank, the damage would be complete.
He made up for it in Deadpool 2 XD
@@erlanggaprasetyo1606 those grenades took way too long to blow up
@@erlanggaprasetyo1606 just to back you up, the american mk2 grenades were famous for shrapnel, the German stick grenades though, because of their inherit design, were notorious for their concussion blasts & in a contained metal coffin like that, Mr. Pitt wouldve been popped like a balloon
those are things that an old norman will sit on his rocking chair on a warm summer day drinking lemonade and wonder. why that German soldier let him live?
I remember watched this movie with mah father when i was 11 years old,
My father said they are human
i dont think i would let him live if i was a german, they just killed my buddies
@@flisko123 and he killed their buddy’s and they killed his buddies and they killed his buddies. It’s war. Everyone you kill is a person and a person with a family and friends. It’s best not to think about it.. as horrible as it is
With ptsd also
That is called survivors guilt my friend.
Man, the fact that they all walked past the tank and left the bodies behind truly show you how expendable you were in war. Even with what they did they were simply forgotten and left behind. That's how cruel war was. You survived? Here's a medal, you died? That's how it is
The dead were left to the GRS (Graves Registration Services) units that moved behind the advancing troops. GRS units started landing at Normandy a couple days after D-Day.
GRS teams would work to identify the dead, mark out temporary cemeteries, pay locals to dig graves, work with IG teams in case there were suspicious circumstances. Nobody was left behind, not for long anyway if we could help it. The allied GRS teams did this for allied troops, axis troops, and civilian casualties.
Such is life. You and I will be forgotten soon enough.
@@theguyinmaine Not if our actions make us unforgettable legends.👊
@@eduardomitiotakayama7621 even then
@@theguyinmaine
…you can only get so lucky. 109 billion people had lived and died on this planet. And less than 0.1 percent make it in our history book.
You know, I just remembered, Brad Pitt also played Achilles in Troy... dude gets around when it comes to war movies
yea and 2 WW2 movies Inglorious Basterds and Fury.
I saw Troy in the theater and watched it 15 years later, Horrible! "Winebag!"
WW1 in “Legends of the Fall”
Those were my favorite movies
Yea, but no one can get around war movies as much as Tom Seizmore. (Idk how to spell his name)
Seeing the movie in IMAX was a freaking masterpiece. After this ending, the entire theater was dead silent.
because maybe they never had seen such a bad movie
@@ArctrooperAndArchangelSuch a weak bait, couldn't come up with a good insult I see.
@@ArctrooperAndArchangelcry a river wehraboo
As my dad said after watching the movie, "it's not about the historical accuracy, it's about the characters and thier development"
They cut out alot of the character development scenes.
duh
“Im scared. Im scared too.” The blunt honesty there. Two people speaking the truth and their last words to each other.
Telegraph: "We've lost our SS battalion at the crossroads"
*later*
Hitler: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE WAS ONLY 1!?"
Breaking news: angry german man renember his time in the war "NEIN! NEIN! NEIN!"- the man say
@@raptorjesus3894 Also Battle for Castle Iter
"What the hell is a 'Wardaddy'?!"
@@alexanderpersson3999 It's your oriental parents after you get a B on your math exam.
DAS WAR EIN BEFEHL!!!!
DER ANGRIFF STEINERS WAR EIN BEFEHL!!!!!
That was the grim reaper shining the light on the kid, and he said, "don't worry, not today".
!!!!!!!!AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great comment and IDEA!!!!
I've danced with the devil by the pale moon light!!!! All I'm missing is Shark Bite ,Snake Bite , and Lightning strike for my '9 cat lives'!!! REALLY!!! So HE has also said to me "NOT TODAY!!"!!!
P.S. great tag name!!! I'm also a mad atheist!!!! 51%mad / 49% DON'T GIVE A _____________
Cheers to ya from north Texas
Gotta love that an act of mercy can’t just be an act of mercy when it’s done by the enemy.
@@skatepark1ful Wtf?
@@Arganith I'm with you.
@@Arganith if you've never been killed or shot or stabbed or blown up or severely shocked by electricity, you've never been in its(grim reaper) presence! and the 'dancing with the devil', is from the first Batman movie
hope i answered ...
Brad Pitt's in real good shape for 2 grenades having landing less than a foot away from him
that type of grenades actually killed by high preshure at small area as effect of explosion not by shrapnels itself.
@@cath6851
No fucking way you're going to explain how explosives work but wrote, "preshure".
@@A_Goat I about pissed myself laughing lol
@@cath6851 the grenades they threw in had the fragmentation sleeve attached to them... its a movie though lol
He has Jennifer Aniston power
My grandfather served in WW11. started on d-day. Lived until 87 never told a story until he wrote a book at 85 years old. He was in a tank battalion. That patch that you see in Brad pitts arm is the one he had. I look at it proudly in my bedroom everyday. remembering the sacrifice. God bless America
Any chance he had his book published? Would be any honor to read it.
What an incredible memory. Bless your grandfather and all his brothers in arms
Damn, dude is 9 world wars ahead of us
If I was under that tank sleeping I would've revealed my position by snoring..
Omg this comment is so relatable
Lol
And if i was the german soldier passing by i would walk away thinking "aww geez Who would Say human bodies still snoring Even after death"
you would have stayed awake for the sake of your survival, knowing that you would snore if you fell asleep
@@hey_sneaky na knowing me I’d just fall asleep anyway
Imagine how deep and long you would sleep after going through something like this. Your body would be way past the point of exhaustion and your mind would be fried. I sometimes wonder what his dreams were like when he slept there that night.
ptsd probably
Could he even sleep? After he got back?
@@PizzaPowerXYZ good point. But at some point his body would have to sleep, he could probably get his hands on some very strong sedatives at that time too.
Survivors guilt definitely will play a part
Sleep ??? No way in hell he slept in the next month
Something about hearing Wardaddy (the hardened warfighter) acknowledge his fear of death with Norman (the young and inexperienced) hits me like a ton of bricks. It's a raw moment of honesty the two share with each other that we all can relate to. It really sells the scene for me.
didn't matter at that point.
Wardaddy truly was a real father, if only he could've had a life with Rose.
Could not handle losing my entire squad like this. And as for the German, Norman was blessed that basically a German version of him found him instead of any other soldier and gave him mercy. I'm glad I remembered the name of this movie to rewatch some of these scenes. Great movie.
I’ve always thought this movie has such an underrated soundtrack
it really does!
This part always makes me cry. The music tied in with all that happened and the aftermath are like a cocktail of sadness. The ending scenes are amazing in showing his look towards Fury and Fury looking back at him. I wouldn’t think that one Sherman could kill half an SS Battalion, but the thought of that blows my mind away. Great movie.
In real war, in that situation, a Waffen-SS soldier would have destroyed the Sherman with one shot from a Panzerfaust (at this point in the war all German soldiers carried a Panzerfaust).
yeah, i mean this situation alone is wildy inaccurate for many reasons.
Glory to Artotzka
Nobody knows what happened there. Only one does and it'll never leave him for all his days. Imagine how many stories there are lost to time from the war that would blow your mind beyond belief. Though the movie may have been a little over the top, it's still great..That last scene is everything.
That was a suicidal mission but they died like real men
The symbolism in the final shot... The tank broken down at the 4 way crossroad. With its turret facing North the same way Norman Left...the 4 crewmembers that died. Their separation. After all the tank was their home and the "Fury" is finally calm.
Just a small detail, when the medic guy tried to get the gun away from Norman, Norman moves his hand away. That revolver meant a lot to him. It's how he got his first kill (unfortunately it was an execution rather than in combat). Also belonged to the man that saved his life. Taught him to understand war and gave him the correct mind set to survive
I noticed that too, this movie has so many small but good details 😁
Understandable. We were taught to disarm all shocked and wounded friendlies.
That german who shone a flashlight under the tank looks like a teenager. Maybe that’s why he didn’t report?
@@luisr.6543 Honestly the war crimes are probably what won the war. When its a fight to the death, there is no such thing as honour, its you or him.
Basically the same character as the kid in the tank crew, just fighting on the other side.
@@luisr.6543 are you seriously that brainwashed? Both sides committed lots of atrocities but the allies differently didn’t commit more it’s was either the same or the axis being worst, the Japanese were by far the worst but it was hidden away cause they’re ally to the US, Nanjing alone was enough to reach the atrocities the allies committed. Brainwashed westerners pathetic.
@@luisr.6543 look up nazi death squads and stop sympathizing with the same people who beheaded children for sport.
After the tankers of this tank shot a large number of his colleagues, i don't believe that even if he were a very good and honest guy, he would remain silent. He would have shot that tanker first!
When the medic says, “Hey, your a hero buddy!” All Norman can think about is the real heroes who sacrificed themselves for their country.
his refusal to give up his gun shows the shock and disbelief he was in, great bit and easily missed
I doubt he's gonna go anywhere without a firearm for the rest of his life.
his refusal to give up gun shows they shock ando disbelief he great bit
7:50 Norman is no hero and he knows it, but his teammates, his friends, his brothers, they're the real heroes......Norman's heroes....
The captain was like a father figure to him he wanted him to survive
Wardaddy was a sergeant
In the deleted/cut scenes. War daddy’s younger brother was named Norman, and he’s partially why he’s in the war.
@@admiralwolf7218 you could also say he was a tank commander
@@soviet5433 he was the tank platoon sergeant making him second in command but after the lieutenant burned to death he was put in charge
Might be a bad idea: Norman coming back in Korea as a seasoned tank crewman, trying to keep his rookie crew alive.
Would be an interesting sequel
I thought the same fucking thing dude, him in a Pershing fighting T-34-85s hell yeah.
And later in Vietnam as comander of a armor division
Fighting the North Koreans
Probably a bad idea, why the hell would norman stay in the army after WW2?
“Hey, your a hero buddy, you got that?” That warmed up my heart so bad
it shows that the one who got spared was that who showed empathy towards vulnerable enemies, and didn't lose himself during the war, Norman in a way deserved to survive more than the others
We also see that,when Grady told him before setting the trap to Germans. That he is a good person,in a way that he seeking to be forgiven for what he has done.
so this is what it looks like when there are only 2 crewmembers left in warthunder
"crew knocked out"
Literally all orange
"Its the loader...He's unconscious"
Remember that scene when tiger's 88 millimeter shell exploded the commander in this movie? The warthunder would say "Commander *K N O C K E D O U T"*
The most unrealistic part about this movie, the repair time, they would have easily have been able to repair the tracks within 40 seconds of them being destroyed ,I've played warthunder enough to know that they would have been up and moving within less than 5 minutes. That broke it for me
That pan out shot of the aftermath is absolutely brilliant.
If the phrase “what goes around comes around” was a scene. He showed mercy to a German soldier in the beginning and in the end a German soldier showed mercy to him
True even I was also thinking the same
One of the most moving war movies I've ever seen. It had great performances by all the principals and supporting roles.The end was so sad and moving as the tank became Pitt and crew's grave while their newest and least damaged by war brother was spared to actually survive the slaughter's conclusion.
I think that slow zoom out of the tank with people walking past really shows that every single body and vehicle dead or broken on the side of the road in the documentaries, had a story. Mostly with no one to to tell them.
Brutal.
Even though this isn’t the most accurate movie, it was a pretty incredible one. Was all into world of tanks at the Time and saw this in the Theater like 4 times. I think Brad enjoyed the hell out of his role in this.
Except there is no way Norman is on that tank. It would be like taking Bible or War Daddy and sticking them on a B-17 and telling them they are now gunners. The Army did not put people into jobs they could not do.
Yeah. Not sure about the accuracy but the emotions. sheesh
@@johnharris6655I don't find it hard to believe, they're in the middle of the war, the gunner dies, what is the army going to do, wait for a trained solider from the states to show up?
@@johnnyliu7105 Yes, because by this time in the war the US had an ample supply of men and machine. They had reassignment depots just full of soldiers waiting to be deployed. They also had more soldiers than tanks, so finding a qualified replacement would not have been that hard.
The tank warfare isn't even remotely accurate, this film is another Yankee propaganda one. And it's disrespectful of the truth and history involved also.
7:05 I am surprised that neither of them shot each other because neither one has no idea what might be on the other side of that hatch. You have to process wether the person you are seeing is friend or foe in fractions of a second. If it is foe than get them before they get you. Also you got itchy trigger finger and will shoot at someone that opens the hatch, lastly sometimes your brain wants to create images you want to see. For instance in Norman’s head what is starting to open the hatch most likely be either side but in his head he is thinking German and before your eyes can identify that the person you are seeing is American it is too late and you would have caused a blue on blue incident. Same with the American soldier opening the hatch, he doesn’t know what could be in there because American tanks have been captured before and could potentially see Germans in the tank. But luckily for both soldiers neither of them made the potential mistake of shoot first ask questions later.
The soldier didn't have much of a reason to suspect Germans inside the tank as he could see the tank was friendly by the amount of dead Germans surrounding it and how badly it was shot up. Norman did though as he didn't know who was outside the tank. The soldier should have just announced himself and asked if any survivors were present before opening the hatch.
@@jamalwilburn228 unfriendly*
why did german soilder let him go
Norman could maybe hear Americans talking before the soldier opened the hatch.
@@clearsailing7993 i like to think that even after the all-out assault, norman still hesitated to shoot someone one-on-one like that; or for a more intelligent approach, he saw the general posture of the soldier wouldn't be that of a combat-ready german soldier expecting someone to be ready to shoot back, but that of just an ally (to him) searching for survivors
It was one of the darkest times in history, so many sad untold storys, so many horrors, so much death and pain, familys ripped apart, lifes ruined... And so much is forgotten and we will probably never know how hard it was to life in that time. The only thing we can do is learn from the mistakes and never fight a world war again. These movies just show a glimpse of what these poor souls had to witness and we can just watch it, Imagine what happend and pay our respects...
That scene where the soldier sees him and let’s him go is the most powerful scene yiu can really see the fear in the kids eyes when he has his hands up great acting
Suddenly feel more understanding on PTSD now... this is not something you ever forget. Part of him will remain at that crossroad forever
I really like this young man, Logan Lerman. I especially enjoyed his role in The Vanishing of Sidney Hall.
Stuck in love, perks of being a wallflower hes legit my favorite actor
He's also Percy Jackson
@@dr.doofenward8775 those movies don't exist
There was a movie from the book. Percy Jackson.
@@ARMN_YT no no. Doesn't exist. There's a tv series for percy jackson books planned by disney plus tho. Hoping logan can get a character in that. He would be a great percy.
This film is criminally underrated.
Grenades with 20 second fuse lol, still love the hell out of this movie tho
The grenades patiently waited for Norman to come out of the tank. What a true example of German politeness!
Guess what its a film
German nades did take longer too go off.
@@siegfried2k4 Also that German Soldier saw Norman when he was under the tank. They would have probably killed him for killing all the German Soldiers.
Go watch a documentary if you want realism.
The raw emotion just makes its way out of the screen in this scene (not the only one). You can feel what they feel, it makes you imagine yourself in their shoes. And when he was under the tank, burying himself, I felt his will. When the soldier shined the light on him, I felt Norman’s desperation. I felt the soldier’s mental debate. And when he decided to let him live, I felt Norman’s emptiness (as in literally not knowing what to think). Absolute masterpiece of a scene.
ForestGump091, absolutely!!
This movie was really good and I feel like it didn’t get as much credit as it deserved
The way the score builds as we see the extent of the carnage gives me chills every time.
Something I didn’t notice until later: they’re in the middle of the crossroads they were ordered to hold.
7:19 lmao the radio: "Friendly my ass, he just shot my driver!"
Loll
I got so sad thinking about reality that Brad Pitt and his crew died on the last stages of war. That must suck fam like you fought your way to Germany, but i gotta say they aint afraid of dying like its not their first time meeting death.
Aye Joel’s death was sad too
@@Chillins23 i know right but he aint mah father. But he is a good daddy.
It kinda is their first time meeting death because they have never died before 🤷🏼♂️
@@cloudgary7596 my point monty is that they are not scared of death.
@@cloudgary7596 It actually is not the first time Brad's(Wardaddy) character faced death. In the deleted scenes, he caused his fiance and his brother's death.
4:00 . Yup always sticks out to me as a moment of humanity between enemies
There is an innate instinct in man that makes them (almost) unable to kill someone who is not a threat , unless they have been brutalised.
Just the same as norman.
He had to be brutalised before he could kill.
In war, we need to remember that soldiers are people with too. Some with family and friends. Not just people running around with guns, there are those with a sense in which they think of the future, what would happen if I shoot this person? What will happen to the family? It’s all stuff that isn’t asked but for good reason. You can’t
when norman said "I'm scared" that really hit me man, it was so genuine :(
Respect to the German soldier for keeping Norman alive and that he didn’t tell the others that one was still alive he was like “ you and your crew did your best when it was like 5 vs 200
Fury was a damn good movie, but ill never call it one of my favorites. It's so emotional, I know I teared up. It's a fantastic movie, but it's not one I want to watch over and over.
Its gigantic bullshit
I wouldn’t go that far it’s an okay movie tries to hard to be like saving private Ryan but some scenes try way to hard to make the characters unlikeable especially the scene where they have dinner with 2 German citizens.
Some scenes are really inaccurate historically but other than that it was a good movie . Not the best , not the worst .
Did someone ask
@@CommanderSuberox they did not try to make it like saving private Ryan at all. Get your head out of your ass
I don’t care what anyone says this movie is absolutely legendary
It's very rare you find a video that is exactly 10 minutes long.....
thank you for that
Those 3 days (give or take) he was with Fury will haunt him for the rest of his life
The ending.. The sadness the soundtrack... What a perfeect ending man....
Fury maybe be not really historically accurate, but this is maybe one of the best war ever film made.
The ambiance is breathtaking, the music is beautiful, the dialogue sounds like honey, the characters are complexe and deep (especially with deleted scenes), the imagery is full of meaning and gorgeous.
That final shot of all the German bodies on the ground around the tank is legendary
They were ordered to hold the crossroads.
@@alphastronghold715Okay, and?
@@matthewjones39 So that’s what they did.
@@alphastronghold715 What do their orders have to do with the amount of bodies they racked up and this shot
@@ChattsteezyI’m still waiting for that dude to reply
I love how wardaddys corpse looks just fine even though two stick grenades exploded in his lap
Me too, it look like he was sleeping. Those stick grenades would have badly mangled his body in reality.
Hey, no one can destroy achilles body.
There is blood splattered behind his body
@@anthonyyoung3341 there would be a hell of a lot more than some blood spatter if two grenades went off right in front of you in that confined area. There would be no body left, just chunks of flesh.
One of my favorite parts of this ending scene is that on the revolver the sweet heart grips are clearly visible. Norman arms himself with it and it is the only thing (beyond what he is wearing/may be in his pockets) that he takes from the tank. He also stops the medics from taking it from him by moving his arm behind his back as they reach for it.
I would have done the same and taken it home with me to honor my commander.
That revolver will probably be treated like a family heirloom.
That last scene when he's in the car looking over the place full with dead bodies....what a battle it was.
This is honestly one of the best movies ever.
Respect for the young German soldier ❤️
A random act of mercy, no reason to let him go other than kindness.
The SS soldier was young probably his first REAL mission and when he saw him he saw himself throught him
Yeah it's unrealistic but I don't care. This is one of the greatest 10 minutes of all movies I have ever seen
I still think to this day this scene is what actually defines the entire story. Wardaddy was a broken soldier, along with his men. The allies had no shortage of troops or supplies and easily could have rotated the troops to a lesser front. Norman was forced and borderline abused not to be a hardened soldier who will kill on command. But to be a broken emotional wreck of a soldier. I like to think Wardaddy knew this, and his breakdowns were the many times he attempted to search his soul for another way.
Going to this scene, you see a young German soldier, a SS soldier for that matter. In this one moment, when Wardaddy's mentorship was nothing but "Kill Nazis, particularly those SS". He was spared by the very thing he was taught to hate. I like to think this isn't just a contradiction in beliefs. But rather Norman finds his humanity again.
I'm sure Wardaddy would love to see that. Because I will always believe that he hated what he had to teach Normon.
Especially within the scene of having to kill that teen soldier and war daddy looking upon the dead bodies of those teens yet having to be the leader he is in that destruction. He just redirected his anger into Norman, knowing it sucks he had to witness what was being done. Yet knowing if he doesn't kill them, they will eventually kill his team and himself. Therefore since war daddy couldn't make sense of it all, he just put his frustrations into Norman.
I can understand he might've not felt like a hero. But it's something awe inspiring to know that a lone Sherman crew wiped nearly half a battalion, and that one survived, that's why they said it. People have to remember this is war, anything like this that happened would be told to boost morale of the soldiers.
It's not the same as being told this by civilians who, whilst understanding what was at stake, didn't know the cost of it.
I love that the German soldier can sympathize with Norman ... in the darkest of times there can still be some light
The thing we gotta realize is that not all soldiers want to fight.. Most of them just are forced into it.
I would have gone up into the tank straight after those 2 nades blew.
The Germans were checking the inside of the tank after the explosion
@@justintime5120 but not that much. they didnt enter it.
Who the fuck cares haha everyone on youtube would have been the smucks getting mowed down during parachute drops like duck season
@@lt3997 yeah. Get all pumped up then capped the second I’m within range.
@@lt3997 nicely done bro, should have put caps lock in though, really get the message across!
"Im scared"
"Im too"
"So..what im gonna do?"
That hit hard🥺
Medic tries to take the gun from him and he doesn’t let him. Cool detail that happens mostly off the bottom of the screen and subtle