Hi everyone. This is the first time reviewing a film. 1917 on the surface, from the trailers and from the reviews, seems like something you would like to see. I went into it hoping I'd learn something and feel something after two plus hours of viewing. Unfortunately this wasn't the case. The, 'one shot' choice of cinematography, at least to my mind served not only as a gimic but also as a hindrance to the entire film. I love film and I love films about war. The thin red line, full metal jacket, the hurt locker, saving private Ryan. The despair, the pointlessness of war, it resonates with me on so many levels. This film however doesn't resonate at all. I felt nothing throughout. As a brit, I've seen the first world war butchered, in wonderwoman and now used as a puff piece in 1917. I look back at that day, admittedly when I was young. There was an honesty to blackadder season 4. I was able connect to those characters. The tounge in cheek, stiff upper lip comedy, quintessentially British. Nothing in 1917 resonates like blackadder does. I remember my mother crying when baldrick and the boys went over the top and the screen disovles to a field of poppies. I remember how poininant that was for me as a child. The sacrafice those men gave. It's one of the most humbling moments in human history.

It might win baftas and Oscars but 1917 is a poor reflection on the real war that unfolded 100 years ago. Its more a reflection of holywood and the self indulgent, narcassitic, style over substance agenda they are pursuing.