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I saw "1917"


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Strange film. I sure identified with the filth, lousy weather, the confusion and chaos etc. but did not understand the plot.

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Just my .02.  I thought the cinematography was excellent.  Certainly showed the effects of war.  But I can only watch so much of guys running through ditches, er I mean trenches.  Yeah, I think the storyline could have used a boost.  Was expecting something to change when he ran into the young woman and the baby.  Then we were back to running again.

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Made me appreciate the usefulness of the 97 Winchester.
(Let me re-word it. I appreciated how useful a 97 would have been, had I been running with that young fellow!)
I'm lucky, though: when my beautiful bride and myself saw Enemy at the Gates, she absolutely positively wanted a Mosin-Nagant.
So far she's not said a word about wanting a Lee-Enfield!

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Saw it last Thursday. Not many movies have I not liked, this was one of them. Guess I expected too much but sure was disappointed. 

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Saw it and loved it, looks great, but am still annoyed a bit about the plot. All 1600 men will be killed if they fail!  And they only send one team of runners. And there is no other way to communicate; pigeons, airplanes dropping messages or other communications commonly used at that time.  With so many great dramatic stories from that war I’d have preferred something a bit more believable.  Still, always happy to see a well done and great looking WWI flick.

 

Seamus

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I might go see it tomorrow. What the heck! No other movies out that interest me in the slightest!<_<

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Sassparilla Kid and I saw it; it was just about exactly what I expected.  It's definitely not a "feel good" film.  That said, it is still a "must see."  Very well done, I thought.

 

But, unlike Lin Keller's bride, my son DOES now want an SMLE!  ^_^

 

 

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I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, the details were awesome as well as the firearms. Did you see the Webley ??Good movie!;)

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13 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

Sassparilla Kid and I saw it; it was just about exactly what I expected.  It's definitely not a "feel good" film.  That said, it is still a "must see."  Very well done, I thought.

 

Hollywood hasn't made a "feel good" war movie since the 1980s, aside from Midway which got assailed in some media outlets for being too patriotic. Figures.

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Interesting article on how the one camera was used for this film. If it looked a little different from other films here's why..................

 

https://nofilmschool.com/roger-deakins-1917-one-shot

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