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One hour and 45 minutes it took to get to the action.
Not my kind of movie.


Don't look at my spoiler in case you want to watch it for yourself.
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Looks like it copied "Saving Pvt. Ryan"

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Sat Jan 25, 2020 9:09 am
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First, WWI (and Korea, and some other wars) stories are highly deserving of being told and could be very powerful. I applaud all good efforts to make these and tell these stories.

I've not yet seen it, but I hear folks raving about it. I'm VERY skeptical of a lot of people who do reviews FOR MONEY b/c they seem to pitch everything as "the greatest" and most are turds. Like the latest Terminator turd.

I have seen the trailers for 1917 and it just doesn't look very good or compelling. You can instead watch some free REAL stories on Youtube about WWI. Seems far more interesting than masses of men and bombs exploding via CGI. And you save $50.

Folks raved about Dunkirk. Yet I found it remarkably unremarkable.

Having said that it seems every reviewer I respect seems to rave about it. So I will likely see it.

I hear 1917 is gorgeous, beautifully filmed, well told, great action, suspense, etc. I will see it at some point, but probably not in theaters.

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1917 does appear to be a copy of the story from Saving Private Ryan. These guys have to go find another guy and go thru Hell to get there.

Okay, I've seen and heard that story many times.

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I thought it was very good.

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Sat Jan 25, 2020 11:27 am
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This movie is nothing like
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Saving Private Ryan. It's not a rescue, they aren't trying to extract someone, and the battle is what they're trying to avoid entirely. Plotwise it reminds me of the legends surrounding the Battle of Marathon more than any modern film.

If you're looking for a Michael Bay popcorn movie of gunfights and explosions, look elsewhere. There's probably only a couple dozen shots fired the whole movie.


I thought it was incredible.


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This movie was freaking amazing


Sat Jan 25, 2020 11:20 pm
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lunacite wrote:
This movie is nothing like
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Saving Private Ryan. It's not a rescue, they aren't trying to extract someone, and the battle is what they're trying to avoid entirely. Plotwise it reminds me of the legends surrounding the Battle of Marathon more than any modern film.

If you're looking for a Michael Bay popcorn movie of gunfights and explosions, look elsewhere. There's probably only a couple dozen shots fired the whole movie.


I thought it was incredible.


THIS

OP and some others here just seem to judge shows/movies on action and movement.

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Sun Jan 26, 2020 5:24 am
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Pablo wrote:
lunacite wrote:
This movie is nothing like
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Saving Private Ryan. It's not a rescue, they aren't trying to extract someone, and the battle is what they're trying to avoid entirely. Plotwise it reminds me of the legends surrounding the Battle of Marathon more than any modern film.

If you're looking for a Michael Bay popcorn movie of gunfights and explosions, look elsewhere. There's probably only a couple dozen shots fired the whole movie.


I thought it was incredible.


THIS

OP and some others here just seem to judge shows/movies on action and movement.

That's all that was shown in their trailers. So I was expecting a bang bang shot 'em up movie. If the trailer was different I would of had a different opinion of it.

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Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:23 am
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AR15L wrote:
Pablo wrote:
lunacite wrote:
This movie is nothing like
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Saving Private Ryan. It's not a rescue, they aren't trying to extract someone, and the battle is what they're trying to avoid entirely. Plotwise it reminds me of the legends surrounding the Battle of Marathon more than any modern film.

If you're looking for a Michael Bay popcorn movie of gunfights and explosions, look elsewhere. There's probably only a couple dozen shots fired the whole movie.


I thought it was incredible.


THIS

OP and some others here just seem to judge shows/movies on action and movement.

That's all that was shown in their trailers. So I was expecting a bang bang shot 'em up movie. If the trailer was different I would of had a different opinion of it.


True enough.

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Action or no action, I'm relatively indifferent.

My criteria remains excellent story, excellent acting, excellent plot, excellent characters, etc.

I would rather have zero action, than brainlessly stupid "fast and furious" action.

Example of excellent war cinematography include Platoon, Band of Brothers, and Saving Private Ryan. Some of the best parts include no action whatsoever.

Examples of terrible war cinematography - World War Z, Troy, 300...

Story, acting, plot, realism must be ingredients to catch my attention.

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There's the official trailer:


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Fri Jan 31, 2020 5:41 pm
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...and then there's the SpongeBob trailer:


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IMHO, it was a very good movie but not deserving of all the award nominations. It was good, not awesome.


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