At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
1917 is not the next big step for movies, besides the craft put onto it, and it's simply devoid of technical achievements. So there.
Now yes, there's the cinematography by Roger Deakins that is, indeed, nice to look at, and makes the movie flow flawlessly, therefore making it a Videogame Movie of sorts, especially in some impressive moments, like Ecòust in the middle of a light shitshow that also acts like an Escape Level.
But it's also really awful at times. Never have I seen cutaways from people and/or objects as lazy as that.
Look, the thing about 1917 that confuses the hell out of me is why did Sam Mendes work (and boldly direct this big scale epic) with a script that feels like either a Jerry Bruckheimer movie or a Michael Bay movie, since sometimes it makes way for some unnecessary humor to it all because, I guess, we can't replicate the tone of Dunkirk or Hacksaw Ridge.
Characters are just as one note as you'd think, sometimes it's overly serious (like, serious without making sense) and again, about Ecòust, there's a scene that literally stops the plot for no reason other than "squeeze the runtime more".
And what's most disappointing about this movie is Thomas Newman's Score. Now, I love the dude, he's made some of my favourite scores for Animated Movies (Finding Nemo and WALL-E), but there's almost no score in here. It has its moments (its few tension setups, and the character running scene seen in the trailer), but most of it is an annoying bass fest full of "DUN DUN DUN DUNs" that go on and on and on forever.
But I salvage the movie nonetheless because the Artistic craft (Production Design and everything) is oh so gravy! From abandoned German mines to No Man's Land and just a fucktonne of dead bodies surrounding the piece altogether...
So, uhh... yeah. I'm shocked. I wanted to love 1917 as much as everyone else did, and I still hope it gets some Oscar attention, but if this really is the movie they went for...Mah. At least Deakins will be a 2 Time Oscar Winner?
