I do not think 1917 is that great a movie critics and audiences make it.

I really like to explain why I think that.

This film actually FEELS like the depiction of a third person shooter (TPS). I like this kind of games and play them maybe too often.

Nonetheless the movie uses no cuts. Very much like any TPS. The decision to film this movie without any visual cuts seems to be bold at first. But any TPS basically has to do this. This is no groundbreaking cinema. In fact it hinders the cinematic possibilities.

There is no deep storytelling. The main character feels threatened from start to end. And he doesn't change much. A story driven movie would have shown us why he gave his medal away. And how he got it. Nothing here.

I think audience and critics take the way this movie is filmed as a unique decision of the director.

But it isn't. TPSs like Uncharted, The Last Of Us have all the necessary ingredients and are interactive. The thing this film fails the most.