Amateurish script resulted in a boring movie that was at least 50% filler. This could have been a good, but never a great movie...not enough "show me the meat" for a feature film. It would have been helped by, and I can't believe I am writing this: commercials.

Back to the failed Edsel parallel. Ford was so excited by the new technology put in the Edsel that they failed to pay enough attention to the resultant product. Like a boring computer programmer, the director of 1917 was obviously obsessed with the technology he was employing instead of the end user enjoyment. The Movie's grand promotion was putting lipstick on a pig. And besides being a disappointing result, like the Edsel, it was just a sad experience. Technocrats are boring as was the movie 1917. That is truly sad. It gets 4 stars since it was in color. Wearing my WWI Doughboy helmet while watching didn't help.