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1917 - The Movie (1 Viewer)
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skol asylum
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wikkidpissah
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Sam Mendes is the right kind of director for this - equal talents for human-scale & movie-scale directing. The only two riveting WW1 flicks i can think of both had HOF-quality directors -Kubrick (Paths of Glory) & Weir (Gallipoli)
NutterButter
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i'm gonna be pissed if the movie doesn't live up to that trailer
CletiusMaximus
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This looks like a good opportunity to take my son to his first serious/drama type movie. We've done all the superheroes and comedies, and a few horror flicks, but not a real nail-biter drama experience.
SaintsInDome2006
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I thought of this looking at the trailer.wikkidpissah said:
lardonastick
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Eephus
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BroncoFreak_2K3
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Mr Anonymous
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Yep
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
damn this looks good. GF said we need to go see it as soon as it is out 
El Floppo
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Saw it last night.
Hadn't heard about the continuous take thing and found myself in awe of it ...trying to figure how they managed it. (Only a couple clear breaks for standard editing that I recall). I'll look at that link upthread.
It was good to very good. Puts you right there on the mission with the protagonists, so you felt a bit of trench warfare and urban ww1 action as well.
It has some contrivances that jumped out at me (plot, action, lighting), but not enough to spoil a good ride. Should of course be seen in a theater...or at least in one of your mega home theaters.
Hadn't heard about the continuous take thing and found myself in awe of it ...trying to figure how they managed it. (Only a couple clear breaks for standard editing that I recall). I'll look at that link upthread.
It was good to very good. Puts you right there on the mission with the protagonists, so you felt a bit of trench warfare and urban ww1 action as well.
It has some contrivances that jumped out at me (plot, action, lighting), but not enough to spoil a good ride. Should of course be seen in a theater...or at least in one of your mega home theaters.
Insein
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Saw it tonight. It was absolutely amazing. The continuous take was astounding. No idea where they did the cuts because there had to be some. I could only make out about 3. I'm sure the pan aways and close-ups of certain things were cuts but man. This movie was flawless.
Definitely worth seeing.
Definitely worth seeing.
Insein
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Ilov80s
Footballguy
Yeah it has some weaknesses but the way it is filmed is so mind blowing that they distract from the flaws.
El Floppo
Footballguy
That you're there with them in their real time is incredible (conceptually and technically). That you also get what that war must have felt like is also incredible. It doesn't quite hit the heights/intensity of the storming the beach scenes from Private Ryan, but that you never leave their sides adds an impressive place in film history.
skol asylum
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boots11234
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The film work was fantastic. The movie itself wasn’t that good imo. I didn’t care about the actors, it didn’t draw me in and frankly was boring.
Insein
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To each their own then. I was very invested in the 2 leads and found the action compelling from start till finish.
El Floppo
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I think it's an apt criticism. We don't learn or know too much about the leads (could argue that one of them shows more personality than the other)...it's more about going for a cool ride along.
Ilov80s
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Agree, it’s technically so amazing that the lack of characters, story, etc. doesn’t matter but it does make it a bit of a flawed movie. I would say Dunkirk is a good barometer. If you liked Dunkirk, you will likely enjoy 1917. If you felt Dunkirk don’t do enough character development or have enough dialogue than 1917 might not be for you.
cosjobs
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El Floppo
Footballguy
It's one long take, not a handheld cameraphone.
Eta...so no. Not at all. Unless you're insanely prone to motion sickness.
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Binky The Doormat
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was amazing how they showed the one soldier go completely white and then cyanotic in his friends arms as he slowly died. Amazingly shocking. Never have seen that dramatized in that fashion before. Didn’t see that coming.[\spoiler]
Fantasy story incredible film.
Fantasy story incredible film.
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Ilov80s
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WampusCat43
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Same here. Just stunning cinematography.
=Smackdown=
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Saw it last night - fantastic.
Has another movie been shot like that? In one continuous scene?
Tommen as the side kick in the beginning and then Rob Stark as the brother at the end.
Has another movie been shot like that? In one continuous scene?
Tommen as the side kick in the beginning and then Rob Stark as the brother at the end.
El Floppo
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Don Quixote
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kutta
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As Don stated above, Rope was done that way, but it was done in one room. Every 10 minutes or so, the camera would pan to someone's a closeup and film would be changed out of the camera and it would keep moving. They continuously moved walls and furniture out of the way while filming. It was quite an achievement. And it was an awesome movie.
El Floppo
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The Dreaded Marco
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I saw it yesterday and also loved it.
I'll have to disagree with those saying there was little to no character development. I found myself quite attached to the lead characters and thought there was plenty of character growth over the course of the film, unlike with Dunkirk (a movie I also loved).
And someone asked about motion sickness. I am very sensitive to that on the large screen with hand held/shaky films and only felt minimally nauseous by the end of this one. I'd rate it
No where near Blair Witch level nausea, which is the gold standard for me:
I'll have to disagree with those saying there was little to no character development. I found myself quite attached to the lead characters and thought there was plenty of character growth over the course of the film, unlike with Dunkirk (a movie I also loved).
And someone asked about motion sickness. I am very sensitive to that on the large screen with hand held/shaky films and only felt minimally nauseous by the end of this one. I'd rate it
No where near Blair Witch level nausea, which is the gold standard for me:
El Floppo
Footballguy
I felt like we got know tommen pretty well. Less so his partnerI saw it yesterday and also loved it.
I'll have to disagree with those saying there was little to no character development. I found myself quite attached to the lead characters and thought there was plenty of character growth over the course of the film, unlike with Dunkirk (a movie I also loved).
And someone asked about motion sickness. I am very sensitive to that on the large screen with hand held/shaky films and only felt minimally nauseous by the end of this one. I'd rate it
No where near Blair Witch level nausea, which is the gold standard for me:
I don't remember blair witch messing me up- Cloverfield, otoh, I needed Dramamine...and I don't get motion sick.
The Dreaded Marco
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