Current Events > Finally saw 1917. Great fucking movie. (spoilers)

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The cinematography was great, it really felt like one long continuous shot. The subject matter was of particular interest to me, since there aren't many WW1 movies... but this one was super accurate in terms of the conditions that soldiers faced. The early scene with them crossing No Man's Land was particularly chilling, as was the scene where he's floating down the river and runs into a natural dam that's piling up with decomposing bodies.

It also didn't feel like a balls to the wall action war movie either, which I like. It was much more about the human element and the average soldier's experience. I think there were like between 5 and 10 Germans at most throughout the whole movie.

I know someone else saw this lol

Absolutely loved it.

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I just saw it too. Solid movie. Something about it kept making me think it could've been the first WW FPS/walking sim hybrid, probably the one take approach.

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Some truly amazing shots in the movie. I liked when he was in the ruins of the town at night, after he woke up from being shot. The night scene with the flares being shot off and the fires and shadows dancing along the walls was very cool. Overall it was a pretty immersive experience, especially down in the trenches and crossing over into No Man's Land. I just kept imagining how this was one dude's story over the course of like.. a day or so? Imagine how fucked you would be after everything you saw and experienced.

The ending was pretty "meh" but where do you really go from there? There's not really anything definitive to end it with since it's an ongoing war. I thought it was cool in the sense that he doesn't really talk about himself the whole movie, but then you find out he has a wife and kids to come home to and despite that he still completed the mission.. felt like it added some major weight to his sacrifice.

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