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re: 1917 thread- SPOILERS SPOILERS
Posted on 1/10/20 at 11:12 pm to Patrick_Bateman
Posted on 1/10/20 at 11:12 pm to Patrick_Bateman
Saw it tonight. It was absolutely fantastic. I went in thinking Joker or Once Upon a Time In Hollywood should win best picture. After seeing this, I would put 1917 right up there and I expect it to clean up at the Oscars. It should have a great shot for Score, Cinematography, Editing, Original Screenplay, Director and Best Picture. This would be a top 5 all time war film for me, just amazing.
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Posted on 1/11/20 at 1:22 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
The movie suffers from not caring one bit about any of the characters. I dont have one clue as to what the kids name was that was stabbed, so I didnt care when the King of the North started crying about losing his brother.
It was an amazingly crafted movie. Technically perfect, but its going to go down with Gravity and Dunkirk. Technical marvels with story issues.
It was an amazingly crafted movie. Technically perfect, but its going to go down with Gravity and Dunkirk. Technical marvels with story issues.
Posted on 1/11/20 at 11:18 am to devils1854
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Technically perfect, but its going to go down with Gravity and Dunkirk. Technical marvels with story issues.
Posted on 1/11/20 at 11:35 am to devils1854
What was the story issues? It was a simple story. Go from point A to point B.
Posted on 1/11/20 at 11:48 am to devils1854
The story didn’t have any issues. What you’re describing are character issues.
It also sounds like you weren’t paying attention because I knew his name was Thomas Blake and the other as William Schofield but they called each other by their last names. I think it can be a legitimate gripe but I felt for Blake and Scho when Blake got stabbed and even more so when his brother cried for him.
It also sounds like you weren’t paying attention because I knew his name was Thomas Blake and the other as William Schofield but they called each other by their last names. I think it can be a legitimate gripe but I felt for Blake and Scho when Blake got stabbed and even more so when his brother cried for him.
Posted on 1/11/20 at 12:18 pm to devils1854
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The movie suffers from not caring one bit about any of the characters.
Yea, I somewhat agree. I mean i cared but not really like I did in Saving Private Ryan or something. I guess its cause of the 'one long shot' aspect it seems like the characters just are there.
Hard to put my finger on it.
Posted on 1/11/20 at 1:03 pm to stateofplay
I think it works great for this movie. The war was a meat grinder. The men were just trying to do their job. Character development would have been completely out of place. We got just the right amount of it.
Posted on 1/11/20 at 1:05 pm to devils1854
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Technically perfect, but its going to go down with Gravity and Dunkirk. Technical marvels with story issues.
I’m a Nolan fanboy, but I enjoyed this movie more than Dunkirk. And while it wasn’t a story filled with character development, it definitely had more than Dunkirk as well
Posted on 1/11/20 at 1:07 pm to athenslife101
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I think it works great for this movie. The war was a meat grinder. The men were just trying to do their job. Character development would have been completely out of place. We got just the right amount of it
Yea, people pointing out the lack of character development may not be wrong, but for me war movies with 18-20 year old soldiers is one of the rare genres where I don’t need a ton of development for me to care about them
This post was edited on 1/11/20 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 1/11/20 at 1:53 pm to jg8623
I agree. For some reason I naturally care about them already
Posted on 1/11/20 at 5:09 pm to Lawyered
My most intense theater going experience in a long while. My sphincter was tight the moment they entered the trenches. Jesus. Definitely hell on earth.
The German soldiers running at him. The cave in. The stabbing. The French girl with the child that wasn’t even hers.
The single shot, quasi first person cinematography was exquisite. Deserves Oscars.
The German soldiers running at him. The cave in. The stabbing. The French girl with the child that wasn’t even hers.
The single shot, quasi first person cinematography was exquisite. Deserves Oscars.
Posted on 1/11/20 at 5:42 pm to Lawyered
Amazingly shot in a perspective that makes you feel as though you’re the third member of the party.
That scene with the plane crashing is absolutely genius in the way they set it up.
That scene with the plane crashing is absolutely genius in the way they set it up.
Posted on 1/11/20 at 6:03 pm to Athos
I agree. Saw it this afternoon and it was amazing. I'm not sure how I felt driving home. Gutted in a way, after Cumberbatch's speech that the next day they might go over the top at dawn. It was a very intense, well scored, well shot, and dramatic movie.
Agree with the posters regarding Dan Carlin. I can't listen to all that again though. It's just too exhausting listening to the constant mistakes and meat grinders that the war became. Von Falkenhayn saying they'd bleed the French dry over Verdun makes me sick.
[e]: I thought during the movie that here's this courageous, deep feeling man who's just cannon fodder and how many good guys like that were wasted to massed machine gun fire and artillery. That hit home in the medical tent scene at the end.
Agree with the posters regarding Dan Carlin. I can't listen to all that again though. It's just too exhausting listening to the constant mistakes and meat grinders that the war became. Von Falkenhayn saying they'd bleed the French dry over Verdun makes me sick.
[e]: I thought during the movie that here's this courageous, deep feeling man who's just cannon fodder and how many good guys like that were wasted to massed machine gun fire and artillery. That hit home in the medical tent scene at the end.
This post was edited on 1/11/20 at 7:36 pm
Posted on 1/11/20 at 6:37 pm to Lawyered
Man, that my was incredible. I get people’s complaint about Dunkirk and caring about the characters but I didn’t fill that way about these guys. For some reason I cared deeply about them almost off the bat. I felt like I was with them.
Posted on 1/11/20 at 7:22 pm to arktiger28
I saw it today. Yes the film does lack character development, that's where I think Private Ryan excelled, but holy shite folks, half my theater was in tears by the end.
And if you didn't want to jump out of your seat and start shouting for the soldier after he began sprinting across the first wave to get to the Col. McKenzie, you're dead inside.
I haven't been that engaged in a scene since the docking scene of Interstellar.
My blood pressure ewa through the roof.
This is a must watch in a theater.
And if you didn't want to jump out of your seat and start shouting for the soldier after he began sprinting across the first wave to get to the Col. McKenzie, you're dead inside.
I haven't been that engaged in a scene since the docking scene of Interstellar.
My blood pressure ewa through the roof.
This is a must watch in a theater.
Posted on 1/11/20 at 7:39 pm to Athos
Was I the only person who saw to let a MASSIVE. Exhale there at the end ?
Posted on 1/11/20 at 8:10 pm to Lawyered
When i was leaving, a guy near me said "I'm exhausted". Totally summed it up
Posted on 1/11/20 at 8:43 pm to Jack Ruby
Excellent movie, just outstanding. I love how Mendes didn’t feel the need to appeal to patriotism or some glorified version of war. It was just the story on a personal level of the soldiers and the fact that they fought for one another.
Posted on 1/11/20 at 8:59 pm to WicKed WayZ
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I felt for Blake and Scho when Blake got stabbed and even more so when his brother cried for him.
This. I have two younger brothers and those two scenes really hit me in the feels even with pretty limited character development. Couldn’t imagine getting that news. When he asked to write their mom, it got dusty.
The movie was amazing. I had high hopes and left the theater with expectations exceeded.
Posted on 1/11/20 at 11:33 pm to GeauxBayouBengals
So, turns out that Tommen Lannister's older brother was Robb Stark... interesting thing there.
The film, though-- a 10. Great moviemaking all the way through.
The film, though-- a 10. Great moviemaking all the way through.
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