tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post6652394440394678129..comments2024-03-26T15:22:25.095-06:00Comments on The Earliad: May 2015 Review RoundupEarl J. Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963936256606285358noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-60520290718512636302015-06-08T21:48:25.550-06:002015-06-08T21:48:25.550-06:00Fury was not exactly an enjoyable war movie, but i...Fury was not exactly an enjoyable war movie, but it was pretty good. I'd even go so far as to compare it side by side with Apocalypse Now (Redux). In both films, we reveal and revel in the inhumanity and brutality of war, although due to shooting constraints, sometimes Apocalypse now becomes more figurative and lyrical than the very literal Fury. In both films, the wheels come off after the hero has dinner with the Plot Twist French Family. In Apocalypse Now, that's as epic as every frame of film surrounding Marlon Brando. In Fury, the wheels literally do come off (spoiler). Apocalypse Now's troubling ending is as legendary as it is flawed, while Fury's is merely predictable and disposable. Classic thirdactitis, unfortunate, crippling, but not quite mortal. <br /><br />Fury Road, though. That show is so far off the hook, well, hmmmm, where the hell did that hook go? Gahhh!! The hook is in my eye! The hoooook issss innnn myyyy AAAIIIEEEEE!!!!. I know I will agree 150% with whatever you have to say about it. Nothing short of a cinematic milestone!Jeff Shylukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915415377502782962noreply@blogger.com