Sam Mendes 1917 is getting rave reviews

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Clayton Davis
@AwardsCircuit

Aaannnndddd that's your frontrunner!

'1917' is the best war film since SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. The cinematography of the year. The cinematography of the decade. Thomas Newman's orchestral masterpiece. Sam Mendes gift to cinema...and his family. Every ounce is powerful.

#1917Movie

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International Film Critique
@IntFilmCritique

#1917Movie is a breathtaking achievement only possible with a supremely talented director. Sam Mendes' audacious WWI epic seamlessly combines Deakins' flawless cinematography, Newman's haunting score & a knockout George McKay, proving @1917 is filmmaking at its utmost best. Wow.

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David Crow
@DCrowsNest

#1917Movie is a magnificent achievement for Sam Mendes, Roger Deakins and all involved. It’s also so unlike any war film you’ve seen that I’d say it will change the way war films are made... but I don’t see anyone duplicating this.

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Matt Neglia
@NextBestPicture

1917 is THE technical achievement of 2019. We’re with these men through every footstep & it’s unlike any war film you’ve ever seen before. Epic & tense direction by Sam Mendes, emotional & exhilarating music from Thomas Newman & an all timer from cinematographer Roger Deakins.

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Mike Ryan
@mikeryan

1917 is quite a thing. Always intense, often horrific (at times it feels like watching an actual horror movie). I was skeptical of the “one continuous shot” aspect — worried it would get too cute with it — but it really works for this story, putting us right there in this hell

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Anthony Breznican
@Breznican

#1917 is breathtaking. Thrilling, beautiful, horrific, and heartbreaking.

It’ll be a powerful awards player. Lives up to all the promises Sam Mendes made in this story.

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J Don Birnam
@jdonbirnam

Sam Mendes invented a new form of filmmaking with his Great Picture about The Great War that with one simple story tells of the physical brutality of a conflict that cinema had mostly forgotten. 2nd Oscar almost guaranteed for Deakins #1917Movie
#Oscars @1917

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Christian Blauvelt

@ctblauvelt

1917: The most successful example of a film presented entirely as one long take (with whatever invisible editing cheats make that possible) since… ROPE? Emotionally immersive in a way the same techniques in GRAVITY and BIRDMAN never were for me.

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ErikDavis
@ErikDavis

#1917 is a tremendous piece of filmmaking. Bold in its storytelling, masterful in its execution- it's thrilling & emotional & I could not take my eyes off the screen from the second it began to the second it ended. The very definition of a film you MUST see on the big screen. Wow

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Scott Menzel
@TheOtherScottM

1917 is not for the faint of heart. An unforgettable anxiety-inducing cinematic roller-coaster ride. Sam Mendes & Roger Deakins have outdone themselves. A truly unique war film that puts the viewer into the war & on the front lines. A must-see on the big screen. #1917Movie

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Steven Weintraub @colliderfrosty

I've seen a lot of movies and know how they are made and I have zero idea how Sam Mendes and Roger Deakins pulled off the cinematography in #1917. It's a stunning cinematic achievement and easily the front runner for the Oscar in cinematography. Mind blown.

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