Always loved that line: "Ideals are peaceful. History is violent."

"It's called war! you feel it?"

That Tiger tank is Tiger 131. The only functioning Tider left from WW2. It lives at the Bovington Armor Museum in Great Britain.

I was a Tank Gunner stationed in Germany in the 90's one night I was at a pub and met an old WW2 German tanker, He was a crewman on a Panther tank on the Eastern front. per his statements he hated Nazis but loved being a tanker. we talked for several hours downing several beirs neither of us paid for any drinks that night. The line in the movie "Best job I've ever had" is common amongst all Tankers. The comradery of the crew and tank, not the death and destruction we unleash. This is a hard watch but brings back both good and bad memories of my time in my Tank, great reaction.

As a Marine Corps veteran, I always enjoy watching peoples reaction to what war is really like. Everyone thinks they understand, but they don't. Hopefully never will. "Only the dead have seen the end of war"

"Wait until you see it" "See what?" "What a man can do to another man." That line is so simple, brutal and haunting, It'll stick with me forever.

What I like about your reactions is not just how much you appreciate the stories and the actors but you really get into the art of film making. You catch how scenes are blocked and comment on cinematography, sound, costuming, the whole production. Your love of movies is always front and center and makes your content so enjoyable.

John Bernthal also was the first one to give Shia Leboeuf a stage, on his podcast, after all his allegations and gross behavior. Helped them both a lot, lots of human to human shit on that one.

“Ideals are peaceful, history is violent”

Probably my favorite war movie. The absolute grittiness and horror it portrays juxtaposed against the camaraderie and brotherhood of guys put through extreme situations together is just perfectly done.

Ames I loved your reaction to brad Pitt saying "Ideals are peaceful, history is violent" your facial expressions said it all.

On a good day a Sherman would do about 30 on a hard road. The Abrams is supposed to be governed at 45, but I've seen it go almost 60. The helmets have commo hookups inside and are called "CVC" helmet (Combat Vehicle Crewman). My tank was called "Grim Reaper".

Jon Bernthal is also "The Punisher" for Marvel. If you haven't watched that series, I highly recommend it. Love your reactions.

A small throwaway scene that I like is when Wardaddy and others are passing other tank troops and a soldier asks for money that Don owes him. Don just tosses his coffee on him saying "Coffees too hot".

I’ve honestly never really thought about how wild it is that Brad Pitt can switch between such wholly different WW2 characters between Wardaddy here & Aldo in Inglorious Basterds. Every actor especially in the tank crew is phenomenal in Fury but I’m just now realizing Brad’s war movie crossover in particular lol

Michael Pena was really good in the movie "End Of Watch", with Jake Gyllenhaal. A serious role as well.

That White Horse at the beginning makes me think " I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat upon him was Death, and Hell followed with him."

I knew a veteran who had been a tank commander whose tank was one of the first of Patton's relief of Bastogne. (He had a burning hatred for Patton, called him every name you can imagine). He told me that if he went to veteran's reunions and guys from the 101st AB were there, he never had to pay for his own drinks. It was an honor to know Harry.

You must see ¨All Quiet on the Western Front¨. First WW in a german perspective. Best war movie ever.

First 'The Pacific' and now 'Fury.' You are doing an amazing job with these movies, Ames. Thank you for your great reactions and appreciate all of your hard work in editing.

If you haven’t seen We Were Soldiers then I highly highly recommend it. One of my absolute favorites!

Tankers wear different helmets than infantry because they have built-in comms in the earmuffs (you can see Brad Pitt talking to his crew through a radio so he doesn't have to yell), which also muffle out the deafening sound of the inside of a tank. Also regular helmets catch on everything, so tankers wear padding that conforms more to the head. We used to splice an iPod into the comms system so that we could listen to music.

As someone who has watched a decent amount of your videos I was kind of surprised you didn't cry for this one. The scene where Shia says "here am I" always chokes me up.

Hands down my favorite reaction I've seen to this film, you have found the perfect balance of just watching the film intently and then commenting on the scenes without talking over them and missing nuance like so many others do. Film is an art. Art is a language. You get that better than most and have quickly become one of my top reaction channels to watch.

Great film, awesome action. The Tiger and Sherman tanks from the film are on display near me in Bovington Tank Museum, Dorset, England if you are ever visiting! The Tiger tank is the only real working Tiger from the war that still exists (it was captured in North Africa, not Germany though).

I was a tanker in the 00s and did a few tours of combat in Iraq and this movie is up there with Das Boot as one of my favorites. It really does a great job of showing how separate tankers are from the rest of the Army. Infantry think we're soft because we're in our shells all the time but that is some grueling, dangerous work. But you call on us for a mission? You might never see our faces we'll be buttoned up the whole time. Just a tank with a radio voice. We have different uniforms, we have different routines. Different lingo.

The most tragic element to war is that those who've seen it never stop seeing it. Their war lives on in their minds till they die, they fight it in their dreams, they carry it every step for the rest of their lives.

Something that was in a deleted scene that tells you about Wardaddy & his burns, also shows who he was before the war. He was an alcoholic & a bad person, often getting into fights if I remember correctly, he got drunk & was driving him, his gf and brother I think it was and ended up crashing, killing them both & he ended up being trapped in the engine which burnt him. Given the choice of prison or the army, he picked the army

That "you're a hero kid" at the end hits hard. Explains that feeling often expressed by those we call heroes when they answer "the heroes are those left on the battlefield". At least explains it as well as anything can to those who haven't lived it.

If I could, I’d really recommend the movie “Mosul” it’s about Iraqi swat fighting against ISIS and is perhaps one of the finest war movies I’ve ever seen. Telling an important story very unlike most stories we hear about American soldiers

As for the toughness of the Tiger. There was one in Russia. It spent 6 hours in battle and was hit multiple times. It still drove itself back 60km to safety. They counted up the hits. It was hit 252 times from various anti-tank rounds. The main thing i love about this movie is the Tiger is an actual real Tiger (instead of mockups used in just about every other movie) The Tiger is currently at the Bovington Tank museum.

"Go faster little tank gun" 😂😂. That honestly made me laugh so fckn hard. 😅

Another great reaction, Ames. I've been waiting for you to react to Fury. It's probably my favorite of all war movies. And you didn't disappoint, of course. I've watched you through your journey of war movies and series so far and how you have been building thick well-earned armor from the horrific and emotionally draining portrayals of what war does; and that you understand the often necessary, though brutal actions that men have had to not only make, but also endure. Love your channel. I'm a definitely a fan. Keep up the great work.

1942-44 - 1,347 Tiger 1's produced. 1942-45 - 49,234 Shermans produced. 1940-46 - 84,070 T-34 (Soviet tanks) produced. The Tiger was a great tank, but the Germans were completely out gunned.

What a great reaction, pretty lady. 🤗 Fury did a fantastic job of showing the camaraderie that develops between individuals with very different backgrounds and personalities who become a tight-knit group because of the traumatic events they experience together. Such an incredible movie. Tanks so much! 😉

When re-watching, a line that also hits me hard is when Norman is reading Emma's palm he says "That is your heart line. You're gonna have one great love in your life" and realising the truth of it 😢

One of my favorite WW2 movies is Defiance with Daniel Craig, i recommend you watch it if you havent already 👌.

There is only one thing that a person in battle wants, that is to go home. Yes, war is hell, but it's either kill or be killed, there is nothing else if you want to live. For those that have served, thank you for your service. For those that have given the ultimate sacrifice, you did not die in vain.

And now it's time to move on to "Masters of the Air".

Notice how Luis from antman is a great storyteller even when he's telling it as a traumatized sad character 😂❤

My favorite line about tanks comes from Bill Mauldin's comic strip charachters...grizzled, war weary infantrymen In one of the cartoons you see Willie, glancing at a passing Sherman tank, observes he'd rather be infantry and dig in the mud, as "...a movin' foxhole attracts th' eye."

I appreciate you mentioning about their acting cus that’s how I feel too! So thanks! Great reaction to one of my favorite movies!

Check out Thin Red Line. One of the best ww2 flicks ever made

I was on tanks for a decade. Modern tanks, of course, but … This film gets all the particulars right. The pattern of radio talk. Responding to threats. Working with infantry. Combat tactics. (Mostly, anyway. They were always too close to each other.) Etc etc. But my favorite is just hearing them work as a crew. The filmmakers nailed it. And yes, if the main gun round hits the ground, it almost always ricochets.

For those interested the official Bovington Tank Museum KZfaq channel has just released a video on the use of their vehicles in this film.

You can look into a man’s eyes and tell how much war he’s seen

This movie is based loosely on an event during WWI rather than two where a British Mark V crew got stuck in no man’s land and held off wave after wave of Germans trying to push in on the tank and kill them. The defense lasted for hours if not I think at most 2 to 3 days. Truly one of the more interesting stories of history of warfare. I love Fury as a movie.

You might enjoy Bernthal's "Real Ones" podcast, but the cast said that, before shooting, they had a closed-door meeting with surviving members of a tank crew from WWII. Nothing that was discussed is known outside of that room, but whatever it was put the cast and Ayer in the right headspace. Loved your reaction and appreciation to the details in this film.

The Tiger tank is actually a rare real captured tank you can see in a British museum. It was a good 20 years more advanced then what the U.S and British had. Also it downfall, like many German tech of the era, over complicated, high maintanance, long build time. But purely seen as a machine, a true example of engineering.

It’s a common misconception that American tanks were outgunned and outarmored by ‘more advanced.’ German tanks. However, by this point in 1945, as it suggest in the movie; America already had several tanks/tank destroyers that were more than capable of taking on and knocking out even the most heaviest armored German tanks. A few examples are the M18 (with HVAP) The M36 and the M-26. Also, more advanced is highly disputable. German tanks like the tiger and panther were resource heavy and almost impossible to repair in the field. they were also known to be very unreliable.

I saw this movie in a private screening with my VFW and 2 WW2 vets. I served 22 years and went to war, but watching my brothers from this war was hard.

Retired 22 veteran, US Army Armor. Served all over the word, including one of the few Airborne operations that had tanks. Best job I ever had.

I've been waiting for your reaction to this Ames❤

I was a tanker for many years (Patton and Abrams). I liked the crew interaction, but the tactics were pretty awful. And no way the Germans can just climb on board and open the hatches from the outside like that. All that Tiger had to do was reverse in a left turn and fire as "Fury" was trying to work around the back. Pretty cool that they used a real Tiger thank in the film. I think it's the only operational Tiger left.

This is such an amazing film. I felt the bond between these men. I have never felt that through any war movie. This made me understand my grandfather even more. That unbreakable bond of men fighting to protect each other.

Don't think I could possibly name a better ensemble cast performance than that given by Pitt, Lerman, LaBeouf, Peña, and Bernthal. Absolutely incredible, real, raw emotion.

Brad Pitts character “war daddy” was a real man (the movie has nothing to do with him but they use his nickname.) The real war daddy was named Lafayette G Pool. He was America’s top tank ace of world war 2 with over 12 tanks killed and other 250 armored vehicles, and 1000 German soldiers on the western front all under 90 days. He was awarded multiple military awards like the distinguished service cross (one below the Medal of Honor), a silver star, the French legion of honour just naming a few. He did pass away May 30, 1991 and is buried in the fort Sam Houston national cemetery. Also, the tiger tank the tank that takes out the 3 other tanks before fury takes it out.. that’s the only living and real tiger tank that’s in the world today. Micheal pena is one of those scientologist weirdos, and has been one since 2000. That entire “religion” is a scam.

A better movie involving Sherman Tanks is Kelly's Heroes 1970.

Literally just finished your band of brothers videos 2 days ago and thought "I wonder if she'll react to FURY" and then this came up i'm so happy!!!

Snorey is just yet more land based warfare schlock! Please react to aerial warfare movies like Memphis Belle & Red Tails + the new series Masters Of The Air, Ames... You must have seen enough land warfare to last several lifetimes and it's all the same thing. War is also fought in the air but gets tragically overlooked & ignored. Air war is where it's at and there's an exciting & entertaining back catalogue of air war just waiting to be reacted to.

"Fury" exaggerates the by that time corrected short comings of the US M4 Medium tank. The tank featured has a high velocity 76mm cannon that could penetrate he side armor of a Mk5 or Mk6 Panzer from 1000m away. Its sloped frontal armor provided 85% of the protection of the vaunted Tiger tank, and was so well designed that if even if it got knocked out, only an average of 0.6/5 man crew were lost.

Ames, you are so observant. Yes, that helmet includes the ability to talk among crewman. Today, it's called the Combat Vehicle Crewman helmet, or CVC for short. I was an M1A1 tanker for the few years I was in the Army. I never had to see any combat, though, thank God!

Norman's palm reading was right...The girl did have one love in her life.

The reacts from vets to normal folks is amazing.

Loved this reaction and really enjoyed your commentary during and discussion after. One of my faborite war movies, showing the grittiness as well as the commraderie.

During my childhood, my neighbor was a WWII vet by the name of Paul J Andert, who lied about his age to enlist, and fought in Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. He later wrote a book titled "Unless You Have Been There" about his experience. Despite his age and health at the time, he was brought on for 'Fury' in an advisory role and funnily enough, could not be corrected on Brad Pitt's name throughout filming, referring to him as "Mr. Pitts" instead of Pitt. He was a rare soul.

Me and my wife went to the Movie Theater when FURY came out...was so excited to see the movie, being a die hard WW2 Tank nerd and what not. During the Tank Battle between the Tiger and Sherman's I remember seeing quite a few older gentlemen walk out of the theater with their families. I will never forget that moment. Myself along with other movie goers were wandering what was going on? How stupid of me because I did not see or realize in that moment what I was seeing. Some of these gentlemen were in their 80's if you can believe that. I recall watching them leave and I seen one gentlemen with a walker leaving on the far Right side of the theater were there was some light...I could see his ballcap he was wearing and could faintly pick out the 1st. Armored Division Insignia in the low light. I Could not see if it said WW2 Veteran, or perhaps Korea, Vietnam...but that moment burned a hole in my heart. This man war crying as he left, I will never forget that, I still think about it to this day. The rest of the movie I watched but was very quiet, even on the drive home I did not say a word, my wife kept looking at me as we drove home. When we got to the house, she asked me if I was ok and she seen my eyes. Before I could respond she hugged me and told me that she had seen him too...and that she understood, and I did not have to say a word. Watching Hold Down A review this movie brought back that memory...and I wanted to share it with all of you. It was a moment in my life I will never forget. I never had a chance to meet the gentleman and lord knows what demons he fights, the mirror fact that a movie can push these men to tears is heartbreaking. I heard stories about when Saving Private Ryan came out that many WW2 Veterans could not watch the landing scene at Omaha Beach, and many just walked out without sayin a word. This time...I seen it happen with my own eyes and it really made me stop and think. Many of us...if not of us will never truly understand what these men went thru or have seen. We will never understand the demons and nightmares that ravage them in the dark of night. Freedom is Not Free ladies and gentlemen, there is always a price. Thank you Hold Down A for this review. You did an amazing job and I think you captured the moment of what FURY was trying to show. "Garryowen" 1st. Cavalry Division.

when you said "their tuff mofo's" ..in the final battle....you got a thumbs up from me

The deleted scenes give better insight as to why Wardaddy has a bit of a death wish and explain how he got those back scars (not from war).

Ames, I don't know if you noticed the patch on their uniform sleeves, but it was the 2nd Armored Division "Hell on Wheels." That was the group in episode 3 of Band of Brothers that helped the paratroopers outside Carentan. My father was in the 2nd Armored.1943-1946. He was drafted. The terms of his enlistment was the end of the war plus 6 months. He was on a ship at the straits of Gibralter when the 2nd bomb dropped in Japan. He finished his 6 months at Ft Hood, Texas. Points were different for volunteers than draftees.

The Tiger tank used in this movie was the famous Bovington Tiger. It is the last operational Tiger tank in the world (there is one in Australia being restored). This one was found in the desert of N. Africa and is owned by the Bovington Tank Museum in England.

Fury is one of my favorite movies, the acting is as you said, top-notch. This is one movie I can and do rewatch on a regular basis. So much detail was interlaced and paid attention to, certainly a classic for me.

Thank you for this one Ames. I know I've been pestering you for this one since "Private Ryan". One of my favorite war movies. Great cast and great acting and there aren't a lot of tank movies out there to experience war from a tanker's perspective. This movie sound incredible in the theater, took it to a whole different level. My favorite quote of the movie was " Ideals are peaceful. History is violent" Favorite Ames quote of the movie aimed at Brad Pitt in the women's apt. "You're making me nervous" Hilarious!😂😂😂. I love watching your reactions. Your eyes speak a thousand words, so expressive! Hope to get to "The Pacific" tomorrow. Buckle up for that series. Brutality on a whole different level. Peace ❤

There's a load of inaccuracies in this move, like a A LOT. But the dialog in this movie is unmatched. The chemistry between actors sets the bar

They are hard as a group to Norman because he green. I think the best parts are when he's having private conversations with individuals they show that they actually care about him. As a combat veteran, I can relate.

The US Army tank crews still name their tanks and put it on the barrel. I was mechanized infantry. We still use a lot of the vehicle commands and tactics from wwii.

Such a great film the acting from all involved was incredible.

My favorite movie. Great acting by the whole cast. The part where he meets the german girl and then as he leaving bombers come though and level the house was really heart breaking but showed just how real and heartbreaking war is.

This movie was based on Lafayette Green Pool (war daddy). The tanks were called "in the mood" and there was three of them. He survived ww2 but lost a leg and he passed away May 30th 1991.

I love it when actors known for comedy (Michael) take on serious roles and show how good they can really act.

That you're a hero, buddy! At the end hits hard when you listen Winters saying, "I wasn't the hero, but I served in a company of heroes." It fits perfectly here!!

Another Great reaction, Ames. Hands down, the best WW2 movie. The brotherhood of this tank crew was well demonstrated. I heard this movie was inspired by the exploits of Audie Murphy ?? ✌️❤️

The director arranged for the fury tank cree ro go to 'boot camp' they were taught to think & move like a crew & learned the lingo & other critical insights of being a tanker in WW2. FURY is one of my top movies, for sure.

9:40 the phrasing of “harvest more meat per bullet” is horrifying. Imagine having to think in those terms…

Masters of the Air, should be next. So far so good

You nailed this reaction. Regarding eyes, I totally get your insight, but light eye's aren't always awesome either. Your dark eyes are incredible as they are. (brows too) I guess most people like what they don't have. While it's a tough movie to endure, you're one of the only people who never lost sight of the craftwork within every scene, cinematography, editing, but even more so those performances, each character's motivations are and what they're trying to convey with just a look. Amazing job.

This is one of the most underrated movies of all time. You can talk about Apocalypse Now, Saving Private Ryan, etc. But this movie is incredible

Fury is actually based on the real-life Lafayette G. Pool and his crew. Their tank was actually named "In the Mood". Fascinating story worth a youtube watch.

Wow, that was a powerful reaction !!!

the reason why the gunner said ON WAY before he shot the round was because the loader could get hit with the barrels recoil and that way saying that warns him to duck

The Sherman tank ran on gasoline and was nicknamed the Roson. Lights first time everytime.

Best job I ever had!!

Been looking forward to this one!

Another outstanding reaction video. Because of your background in film, your videos have a lot of depth that others don’t so your feedback is pretty awesome. The German tanks were superior, but they had very few of them, and they were highly complicated. When they broke down, they couldn’t source parts and would abandon them regularly. The US Sherman tanks we’re fast and maneuverable, but sitting ducks, in most instances when they came up against a tiger. Thanks for taking time to dive into this genre. War is Hell, so I always appreciate videos that don’t glorify war. Thank you Amy!

In 1988 we had Reforger in Germany, it’s basically war games My job was Mechanic on Tanks We were lucky to have a group of Vets from WWll, they did the same job as us, they told how they ran out of crews so they would ask new recruits who had experience driving tractors 30 minutes of training and send them to the front, they said it was horrible

Flags of Our Father's and Letters From Iwo Jimo are two ww2 films that are tied together. One is from the American side and the other movie is from the Japanese side. Directed by Clint Eastwood also

and I love this cast. so good.

I love your reactions! recently discovered you through Band of Brothers. This is a great movie here, fantastic acting. But I gotta tell you, you’re going to love The Pacific.

For anybody wondering the tank used was the M4A3E8 (76 W) Sherman, otherwise known as the easy 8, M4 was the standard designation for that series of tank, A3 denoted a major upgrade or variation E8 denoted smaller upgrades or variations, 76 stood for the 76 Mm gun upgrade which performed much better then the standard 75, and W stood for wet ammo storage, which basically ment the ammo was stored in special containers that had liquid in it, this was done in order to prevent ammo cook off which was (and still is) one off the leading causes of tanks being fully destroyed, Generally the Germans would have recognized and attacked the tanks with a 76MM gun as they where much more deadly, however this movie tanks place in the late war where Germans couldn’t afford much training (hence the reason bradd Pitt didn’t get merked by a tiger)

Fun movie trivia on Fury This film is the only time other than "They were not divided" (1950) where a genuine Tiger I tank was used. Aslo the Tiger tank is Tiger 131 and is the worlds only operational Tiger I.