World War II Drama "Furious"

Osvaldo 2022-03-20 09:01:08

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As a World War II movie lover and Brad Pitt fan, I originally had expectations for "Furious". There are a lot of World War II movies in Hollywood, so many that they have basically shown World War II from various angles. Some show important battles, some from the perspective of refugee camps, some from the perspective of generals, some from the perspective of ordinary soldiers, and the cruelty of war. Black humor and funny... It can be said that it has everything. The wave of World War II movies in these years has basically passed. In the past two years, the most impressive ones are "Inglourious Basterds" and "Allied Treasures". "Allied Treasures" focuses on the protection of cultural art in World War II. , "Inglourious Basterds" said it was a World War II movie rather than saying it was a Quentin movie. Okay, not too far, just say why "Furious" makes me a little angry...

"Furious" is a clerk named Norman being stuffed Enter the tank and become a tank soldier as a clue. Such a setting to express the cruelty of war is very common and very useful. The recruits in "Brothers" and the translation in "Saving Private Ryan" are all set in this way. There is nothing to say about the battle scenes of "Furious" and the rhythm of tank battles. The problem lies in a few plot scenes and emotional points, which is really incomprehensible as an outsider.
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Allied forces occupied a small town in Germany. Pete took Norman to the home of a mother and daughter and let them cook a meal. At first, the mother worried that her beautiful young daughter would be violated and hid her. under the bed. Five minutes later, Norman played the piano because of boredom, and his daughter actually sang to the piano, and the two fell in love! Is this a normal way of emotional development? Just like the Japanese occupied our village, the old lady hid it for the girl, and then the girl was picked out, and a soldier next to him took off the erhu on the wall and pulled it up, and the girl sang a little song along! ? The two fell in love! ?
Then Pete said to the two of them to bring them back to reality. This was to Norman, "If you don't want to sleep with her, I can do it." Norman pulled the girl into the back room. You must want to know them. Why did you go in the back room..., Norman showed the little girl palmistry, the relationship line, career line, etc., the only brand-new knowledge that this movie gave me is that palmistry is not a Chinese specialty. In the past four or more years, American soldiers used palmistry to pick up girls.
When he entered the back room, he was going to stop him, but Pete stopped him. He said, "They are young and full of blood." If this is a threat, it is a little more reasonable, but the setting of this plot is too beautiful for them. Allied forces. In fact, the Allied occupation of Germany resulted in a large number of mass rapes of women. The Soviet Red Army was the worst. The total number of rapes of German women was more than two million. The United Kingdom has the least in the European army and the most in France, and the U.S. army also has a large number of records. If you feel bad performance, you don’t need to mention this part, but how did you play in "Furious"? I met a pretty German refugee on the road. They told her to give her a piece of chocolate or a few cigarettes and she would sleep with you... After occupying the town, I went rude to find a prostitute, and a gentleman went upstairs to fall in love.
Two, five men and one tank against three hundred whole German troops

. The German army in World War II can basically be said to be the most powerful army in the world. At the beginning of the war, the blitzkrieg destroyed the Netherlands in one day, Denmark in three days, and France in thirty-nine days. Implement a fine-skilled policy, repeat training before preparing for war, and have strict discipline. Three hundred people, at an unobstructed intersection, from day to night, wave after wave of death, can't get a tank of five people? According to this compilation, we are not far from our anti-Japanese drama, tearing the devil. In the past, Hollywood movies didn't show how to win more with less. It was all about guerrilla. This is reasonable. There are too many people on the other side. They hide and pull the other side apart and defeat each other. But the five people didn't occupy a high ground or anything. They stopped three hundred people at a crossroad? Even if these five people are all superheroes, don't forget why the three-hundred-man troop went there. They went back to fight the Allied supply line. Once the supply is cut off, the Allied forces will not be able to fight this battle. It's good in "Furious", these three hundred are mentally handicapped, staring at this tank will know that they will die, and they don't care about any mission.

3. Three hundred people were killed, a German army released Norman

Seeing this plot, I was almost furious. What's the meaning? Norman also met a German soldier who loves peace and does not love killing? Norman had already turned into a killing machine. The German soldier with the flashlight was surrounded by the corpses of his compatriots. He found that an enemy soldier was still alive, so he didn't gnaw and let him survive. This person will expose their military trends and kill them more comrades in arms. Is he crazy, mentally retarded, or a wicked traitor.
"Furious" is not high at the domestic box office, but it was quite good at the North American box office a month ago. Most of the praises received are-the movie shows the brilliance of humanity in such a cruel war. Now I understand a little bit. In the eyes of the supporters, the first and third points I complained about were actually the effect of the brilliance of human nature. I was furious in time, and I still kept humanity rationally. There are also religious elements that constantly appear in the film. There are many allusions and quotes from the Bible. There is a saying in the West-in the trenches with bullets roaring above, everyone will begin to believe in God, and maybe this is what makes them resonate.
This is not a movie for Chinese fans, nor is it for World War II fans. Military fans can also retire. Although the Tiger Tank is majestic, there are too many plots that are not in line with military common sense. Fans of Pete You can still see, he is very handsome in it, and the acting is okay. In short, please avoid the ones you should avoid and the ones you want to meet. Don't expect too much and cause discomfort.

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Fury quotes

  • Wardaddy: Best job I ever had.

  • Wardaddy: War's not going anywhere, Sir.