BEST MOVIES OF 2014, #3: Fury. David Ayer’s masterful follow-up to “End of Watch,” “Fury” is about the crew of a tank pushing deep into enemy territory during World War II. There was so much to like about this movie. First, I loved how in “Fury,” we get to see a side to WWII that we don’t often get to see in movies. I think many of us tend to lose sight of the fact that WWII was a real conflict, with real people, real violence, and real consequences. Our involvement in WWII was morally just, but that didn’t make the death, gore, pain and destruction any less real for the men and women on both sides who lived it. “Fury” puts us there, in the tank, with a five-man crew that had to depend on one another to find success against tremendous odds. We see the world, and their limited options, from their perspective. We see the consequences of violence from their perspective. We get an idea of what it must have been like to be them. Not only that, but “Fury” was incredibly entertaining and extremely well-acted. Shia LaBoeuf may or may not be crazy, but he’s a damn fine actor and had two very memorable roles in 2014 with this and the “Nymphomaniac” movies. Brad Pitt was, once again, a solid lead, and Michael Pena and Jon Bernthal were flawless. Absolutely one of the best movies of the year.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 02:10:54 +0000
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