Fury - The Worst Movie In The History Of The Universe

I saw Fury Friday night. Wasn't horrible, but I can't say that I really liked it. The WW2 nerd that I was with was impressed with the accuracy of the uniforms and the tanks. But one scene that ruined the whole movie for me was the one near the end that involved the German guy with the flashlight. I won't go into any more detail and ruin it, but I thought it was completely out of place.
 
Caddyshack 2 ? I mean, talk about an inaccurate portrayal of a gopher! Clearly no rodent specialists were hired as advisors on this historically inaccurate film.
 
murphey said:
I vote for Evita as the worst. Didn't think much of any of the Transformers because of the non-stop noise and couldn't tell the difference between the good transformers and the bad ones.
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wait, you actually watched Evita?!??! must have been 'chick-flick' night.
 
murphey said:
Ted

Go see Guardians of the Galaxy [again] it'll calm you down. Absolutely nothing realistic, funny as all get out, and some fantastic music.
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I loved that movie! I was laughing my butt off by the end.

Another movie I always recommend for a good time is Starship Troopers.
 
Worse than Mel Gibson's Jerusalem Chainsaw Massacre (or whatever it was called - I forget the actual title for his "biblical" Hollywood gore fest.)?
 
RotorAndWing said:
That movie was a disgrace. What's even more sad is today's current generation thinks it's a factual movie. :nonod:
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Agreed. We have over 200 flying movies on DVD, available for our hotel guests to borrow. "Pearl Harbor" is one of the more popular movies, and woe onto he who asks for it if I am working the front desk.

Unless you can buy that one guy fought in the Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor, AND the Doolittle Raid, of course. Once you swallow that, it's not bad entertainment.
 
We saw Fury at an IMAX theater. Hoe-lee-chit, watching those tank battles with surround-sound on a three story screen was....amazing.

I'll say this: If you don't like Fury, you don't like war movies.
 
Fearless Tower said:
No, the worst movie in the history of the universe was Pearl Harbor.
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You mean a casual conversation in a B-25 while the engines are running ISN'T realistic?

Groundpounder said:
I saw Fury Friday night. Wasn't horrible, but I can't say that I really liked it. The WW2 nerd that I was with was impressed with the accuracy of the uniforms and the tanks. But one scene that ruined the whole movie for me was the one near the end that involved the German guy with the flashlight. I won't go into any more detail and ruin it, but I thought it was completely out of place.
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"Promise me you won't surrender."
...
*hands up* surrendering.

Pfffttdftrfdfttt

I thought that SS soldier looking very similar to the red-headed bully in A Christmas Story. I lol'd.
 
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Henning said:
"The Passion", I never did bother to watch that. South Park burned Gibson hard for it though.:rofl:
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The Passion of Christ? To this day, that's the only movie I've ever walked out of.

That is one sick, effed up film. Well, unless you enjoy watching a human flayed with fish hook whips. Then it's a day at the park.
 
Cpt_Kirk said:
So, it was the only movie you've seen all year?
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I saw a lot of movies this year. But I'm not a snob about movies, for the most part. If we are talking about crap movies AI and Battlefield Earth are the top 2 for me. Movies are there to entertain me for a few hours. If they do that, they have done their job. Fury had a good story, good acting, and good action scenes. They actors did a good job of developing their characters.
 
Jay Honeck said:
What? Are you daft?

"Fury" is the best war movie since Saving Private Ryan, and one of the most intense, well-done war movies I've ever seen. Mary and I got out of the theater feeling like we had ran a 26 mile marathon, and those 2.4 hours went by in a flash.

HIGHLY recommended.
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What does anybody from TEXAS know about grading movie's, anyhow???:D
 
JB1842 said:
Fury had a good story, good acting, and good action scenes. They actors did a good job of developing their characters.
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If there were two sentences that would be the driving force for me to jump off of a bridge, these would be it.

Henning said:
My all time worst movie is "Howard the Duck".
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Looks like a winner to me.
 
Dr. O said:
Giving my hard earned money to narcissistic, drug addict, worthless people who are incapable of actually doing anything for a living, but make tens of millions for gaping and mugging in front of a camera
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and evading paying taxes on those millions
just goes against my grain..
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:)
 
ARFlyer said:
I loved that movie! I was laughing my butt off by the end.

Another movie I always recommend for a good time is Starship Troopers.
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Downside of ST is that for of us that are Heinlein fans, it was contrary to the concept of the book and violated Heinlein's philosophy of personal responsibility.
 
Henning said:
My all time worst movie is "Howard the Duck".
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You haven't seen Guardians of the Galaxy yet, then. Just remember, Howard was the first of the Marvel comics. If Marvel Entertainment had existed back then, might have been a fun (and better) movie. One of Lucas' few disasters.
 
murphey said:
You haven't seen Guardians of the Galaxy yet, then. Just remember, Howard was the first of the Marvel comics. If Marvel Entertainment had existed back then, might have been a fun (and better) movie. One of Lucas' few disasters.
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No, and I am not nor ever have been likely to see 'comic books' turned movies. The only Comic Book I ever read was Cerebus. My dad taught me to read on Charles Addams collections.:D
 
Henning said:
No, and I am not nor ever have been likely to see 'comic books' turned movies. The only Comic Book I ever read was Cerebus. My dad taught me to read on Charles Addams collections.:D
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I learned to read with Dad's SF collection, Asimov, Heinlein, etc. Drove Mom up the wall.
 
Jay Honeck said:
Agreed. We have over 200 flying movies on DVD, available for our hotel guests to borrow. "Pearl Harbor" is one of the more popular movies, and woe onto he who asks for it if I am working the front desk.

Unless you can buy that one guy fought in the Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor, AND the Doolittle Raid, of course. Once you swallow that, it's not bad entertainment.
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Many good works of fiction contrive to put the hero in some role in connected series of real-world events. CS Forester's "Hornblower" series, Bernard Cornwall's "Sharpe" series, Forest Gump, Wolk's "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" etc.

"Pearl Harbor" stank on ice, definitely, but it wasn't just because of one character's broad experiences....

Sometimes, a bad film can be re-edited into something halfway decent. I went to "Flyboys" when it came out, and my wife still laughs at how I went into it so happy but turned into a steaming volcano by the end.

Yet a couple of years back, the Tivo picked up an airing. I decided to watch it, just to refresh my memory. It didn't seem too bad, really...it wasn't until the end that I realized that they'd *completely* edited the love story out of the movie. Yes, it still had some of the airplane problems and the unrealistic CGI, but the story seemed better focused.

Ron Wanttaja
 
murphey said:
You haven't seen Guardians of the Galaxy yet, then. Just remember, Howard was the first of the Marvel comics. If Marvel Entertainment had existed back then, might have been a fun (and better) movie. One of Lucas' few disasters.
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Ummmm....did you stay all the way past the credits on Guardians? Kind of implies that Howard might return.

Ron Wanttaja
 
Anybody remember Strategic Air Command starring Jimmy Stewart and America's sweetheart June Allyson? As a teenager I had a crush on her. Very sweet lady. Movie had a really good story and quite a bit of history on the B-36 "Peacemaker."
 
wanttaja said:
Many good works of fiction contrive to put the hero in some role in connected series of real-world events. CS Forester's "Hornblower" series, Bernard Cornwall's "Sharpe" series, Forest Gump, Wolk's "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" etc.

"Pearl Harbor" stank on ice, definitely, but it wasn't just because of one character's broad experiences....

Sometimes, a bad film can be re-edited into something halfway decent. I went to "Flyboys" when it came out, and my wife still laughs at how I went into it so happy but turned into a steaming volcano by the end.

Yet a couple of years back, the Tivo picked up an airing. I decided to watch it, just to refresh my memory. It didn't seem too bad, really...it wasn't until the end that I realized that they'd *completely* edited the love story out of the movie. Yes, it still had some of the airplane problems and the unrealistic CGI, but the story seemed better focused.

Ron Wanttaja
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:confused: I just watched Flyboys again on a flight the other day, the love story was still prominent, and as remembered, to me.:dunno: Maybe TiVo is tapping into your mind and editing out the parts it knows you don't want to see?:dunno::lol::eek:
 
gws said:
Anybody remember Strategic Air Command starring Jimmy Stewart and America's sweetheart June Allyson? As a teenager I had a crush on her. Very sweet lady. Movie had a really good story and quite a bit of history on the B-36 "Peacemaker."
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There is a video on YouTube where they let Jimmy Stewart fly the B-58!
 
wanttaja said:
Ummmm....did you stay all the way past the credits on Guardians? Kind of implies that Howard might return.

Ron Wanttaja
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I stay until the lights come on and the kids cleaning up make me leave. Dad & I went to movies all the time when I was a kid, and he hated dealing with the traffic jam in the parking lot.

Marvel is known for "after scenes" but they didn't start it. Mel Brooks is notorious for scenes after the credits. You never know what you may see. Even in the credits.

But then, there was the 16 minutes of credits on one of the Harry Potter films - intolerable.
 
I remember they said this one almost destroyed Afleck's and Lopez movie careers and bank accounts.

Never watched it.

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wanttaja said:
Many good works of fiction contrive to put the hero in some role in connected series of real-world events. CS Forester's "Hornblower" series, Bernard Cornwall's "Sharpe" series, Forest Gump, Wolk's "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" etc.

"Pearl Harbor" stank on ice, definitely, but it wasn't just because of one character's broad experiences....

Sometimes, a bad film can be re-edited into something halfway decent. I went to "Flyboys" when it came out, and my wife still laughs at how I went into it so happy but turned into a steaming volcano by the end.

Yet a couple of years back, the Tivo picked up an airing. I decided to watch it, just to refresh my memory. It didn't seem too bad, really...it wasn't until the end that I realized that they'd *completely* edited the love story out of the movie. Yes, it still had some of the airplane problems and the unrealistic CGI, but the story seemed better focused.

Ron Wanttaja
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Really? I will have to check out Flyboys again.

That movie still holds the record for the most popcorn thrown at the screen during "Movie Night at the Inn". lol
 
Jay Honeck said:
Really? I will have to check out Flyboys again.

That movie still holds the record for the most popcorn thrown at the screen during "Movie Night at the Inn". lol
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Be glad it was just popcorn.

A reminder that my second viewing was a Tivo recording of a broadcast version...doubt there's an edited version available commercially. IIRC, it was on WGN or one of the big national channels. One cue was the duration...the original was two hours and 20 minutes, and this TV version was just two hours.

Ron Wanttaja
 
Henning said:
My all time worst movie is "Howard the Duck".
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You and George Lucas have something in common.

Just saw 'Fury'. Entertaining, in a flashbang sorta way. No match for 'Guardians of the Galaxy', which will probably go down as my favorite of the year, but I'm a sucker for raccoons with high powered weaponry.

Nauga,
and his willful suspension of disbelief
 
murphey said:
I stay until the lights come on and the kids cleaning up make me leave. Dad & I went to movies all the time when I was a kid, and he hated dealing with the traffic jam in the parking lot.

Marvel is known for "after scenes" but they didn't start it. Mel Brooks is notorious for scenes after the credits. You never know what you may see. Even in the credits.

But then, there was the 16 minutes of credits on one of the Harry Potter films - intolerable.
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Always liked to watch all the credits. Speaking of stuff appearing after the credits - I'm still waiting for Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League to be released....

Status as of last year: http://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/scifi/bucakroo-banzai-director-sequel.html
:D
 
I haven't seen it yet - looking forward to it though. As a Gulf War veteran (although not a tanker) I have some unique insight there.

Lone Survivor is the best war movie since Saving Private Ryan. I doubt Fury will be 'better'...but I still look forward to seeing it.
 
kenjr said:
I haven't seen it yet - looking forward to it though. As a Gulf War veteran (although not a tanker) I have some unique insight there.

Lone Survivor is the best war movie since Saving Private Ryan. I doubt Fury will be 'better'...but I still look forward to seeing it.
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Okay, ya got me there -- I forgot Lone Survivor. Great flick.

But Fury is a pretty close second. With decent war movies exceedingly rare, I will just be glad to have both of them on BluRay.
 
Lone Survivor was great. I was disappointed they departed from the truth a bit towards the end but movies are movies and the vast majority of the movie was fantastic.

Looking forward to Fury.

Also looking forward to American Sniper in January.
 
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