Current Events > Just saw 1917 with the girlfrien

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Purely posted...

You're right that it's beautiful. You're wrong that it's boring.

The issue with you and other zoomers is that it's all one shot, and that makes it hard to keep your attention, especially since you have to keep looking at your phone all day.

Wait, is the whole film really one long, continuous shot?

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Supernatural posted...

Thanks for the honest review. Remember people hyping moonlight and it was mad boring.

what are you talking about, moonlight was fantastic

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SiO4 posted...

I'm not sure if tc is trolling or not at this point.
Not for disliking the movie, but his constant insistence on the point.

He definitely is but it's hard to ignore this weird insistence.

Shablagoo posted...

Wait, is the whole film really one long, continuous shot?

No but it's edited so it feels like it. I would say it's maybe 5 shots.

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Shablagoo posted...

Wait, is the whole film really one long, continuous shot?

Yeah, it's made to appear that way. That's part of what makes it such an amazing achievement. There's only one spot in the movie where it clearly cuts and that's because it involves a time skip. Other than that, it all looks continuous because they hide the cuts they made. You're there with them every step of the journey.

Yeah, one part the screen fades to black for like 8 seconds. Other than that it's pretty much continuous and just one long journey shot.

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Shablagoo posted...

I expect to still like it because I love well-done historical stuff even if its a slog. Like Scorceses Silence was still enjoyable for that reason. Also, I like a lot of the actors in both films.

who says it's a slog? you seem to be under the wrong impression of what kind of movie this is. it's not Silence dude. 1917 is essentially a thriller. it's one tension-filled set piece after another. there's hardly a lull in the movie


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GodardOnGodard posted...

who says it's a slog? you seem to be under the wrong impression of what kind of movie this is. it's not Silence dude. 1917 is essentially a thriller. it's one tension-filled set piece after another. there's hardly a lull in the movie

Pretty much. I consider it a period piece that takes place on the Western Front of WWI.
More so than being a war film, as perceived by most.
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SiO4 posted...

Pretty much. I consider it a period piece that takes place on the Western Front of WWI.

that doesn't make it sound appealing

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GodardOnGodard posted...

that doesn't make it sound appealing

Well, it's like other people said, if you are expecting an all-out fight and some Rambo level heroics, it's not that type of movie. It is rather a story of survival behind enemy lines. Drawing attention to yourself isn't going to do you any favors in that situation.

I will concede however being interested in WWI will go a long way in your enjoyment of the movie.

It is not a shooty-shooty adrenaline movie.
It is more of an Alfred Hitchcock suspense movie, set in an amazing environment.
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Don't what some of the posters here are on about. I was on the edge of my seat throughout. My only gripe is that they could have used a stronger lead.

Yelsin posted...

Don't what some of the posters here are on about. I was on the edge of my seat throughout. My only gripe is that they could have used a stronger lead.

I actually liked him. I like that's I didn't know anyone at all in fact.
Though I guess there were some established actors, I just don't watch too many new movies.
But I kinda liked his thousand-yard stare, it really added to it for me.
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If you went into it expecting Saving Private Ryan, then yeah I could see it being boring.

You need to be in a different mindset. Look around every scene at the details in the background and the way it's framed. See where the camera goes behind a tree or whatever and hid a cut where they created a seamless transition into the next scene. How the music sets the mood.

It's a great study on filmmaking. What it isn't is an action movie.

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I disagree completely. Movie was absolutely incredible. Some of the best cinematography and editing I've ever seen in a film. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. My wife who isn't really s fan of war movies loved it as well

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great movie

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yeah it's a pretty great movie. hope not a lot of people were mislead by @AFrench2

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Throughout the first half all I was thinking is "this is sick (in a good way)." It slowed down a lot after Blake died but it still advanced the plot as needed. The Ecoust scene is brilliant.

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I didn't think it was boring per se, but I didn't feel any of the tension that it wanted me to feel. The trailers pretty much give away some of the plot points (Blake dies) by not showing him in many parts of the trailer with Schoefield.

Everyone also has Stormtrooper aim which removes any tension. I didn't care at all for Blake or his brother or the number of people who would be charging in the battle because it was just a number. In Saving Private Ryan, you care a whole lot about Ryan before even meeting him.

The cinematography and directing are fantastic though and should be celebrated.

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berlyman101 posted...

Throughout the first half all I was thinking is "this is sick (in a good way)." It slowed down a lot after Blake died but it still advanced the plot as needed. The Ecoust scene is brilliant.

We are the second wave.

I think I might see it again. But later, when there is almost nobody there.
My crowd was respectful, but the theater was packed so you get the coughs and jacket sounds.
As well, but if I go later, I can really just chill to it, a second time, and catch some of the bits I may have missed. $7 on Imax Dolby is worth it.
I was so thrilled to hear that one part when the biplanes flew overhead. But not, 'that scene'....it was before that.

As a WWI nerd and someone who played the Sierra Red Baron games in the early 90's and someone who plays Verdun and Tannenburge to this day, I love it!!!
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MuayThai85 posted...

I disagree completely. Movie was absolutely incredible. Some of the best cinematography and editing I've ever seen in a film. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. My wife who isn't really s fan of war movies loved it as well

It doesn't have editing though...... hence why it's not nominated for that award......

I think we have an example here of someone on the internet who doesn't know what editing is talking about editing. I bet you said the editing in Batman v Superman was terrible, didn't you?