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Inspector1489 · Jan 14, 2020

Seeing it today

bitterkenny · Jan 14, 2020

Saw it last night. It was hard to enjoy due to the lack of POC and female representation. Too much toxic masculinity as well. j/k.

I really enjoyed it. Technical achievement for sure, but also a just a good tale of brotherhood and keeping promises that resonates with me. Besides, the fruit cakes at Salon had a (spoiler warning)problem with it, so I enjoyed it all the more.

Brickman301 · Jan 15, 2020

rseymorejr said:
My Great Grandfather served in WWI and suffered the effects of Mustard gas that bothered him for the rest of his life. I am almost ashamed about how little I know about WWI.

I’m the same. My Great grandfather earned the distinguished service cross, during WWI. He also suffered effects of mustard gas, and died 20 years after the war. I’d like to learn more about this war as well.

Might go see this movie over the weekend.

Inspector1489 · Jan 18, 2020

The cinematography was excellent and overall I enjoyed it. No spoiler alert here - but there were some headscratching scenes. Guess it just proves you can take the film out of Hollywood, but you can't take Hollywood out of the film.

Skipjacks · Jan 18, 2020

Virgil Co.C said:
Going Friday, been waiting for it to come around this area. If any one has been to USMC museum they have a short film on/ about Belleu wood. What these guys went through, damn. It’s history that a lot of people have no idea ,sad these guys are forgotten by most.

There are few places / events I would rather be at LESS than the battle of Belleu Wood.

Trench warfare with fixed bayonetted attacks? With mech?

No thanks.

The men on both sides of that battlefield knew horrors that I don't even want to think about.

I hear the French had a nice croissant breakfast 10 miles away during the whole thing.

One of the best war quotes of all time came from a Marine commander during that battle. When the French suggested the Marines leave with them he said "Leave? We just got here!"

ericoak · Jan 19, 2020

Just saw it, and frankly it was kind of boring. A very well made boring movie.

They should have made a movie about a WW1 battle using this set instead of this movie.

EDIT: And not a single Vickers or Maxim in the whole movie.

mawkie · Jan 20, 2020

But Lewis guns galore w. the canvas muzzle covers. Went with my sisters and nephew over the weekend and they enjoyed it even more than I did. WWI is a tough subject to tackle for a mass release movie. There are snippets here and there that would lend themselves well to a movie script but most of the war on the Western Front was an endless sea of misery and the Eastern Front was arguably worse. I mentioned to my sisters that even as this story was taking place on 4/6/1917 many French units were refusing to obey advance orders after massive losses with no gains or end in sight (look up "French Mutiny 1917" for some interesting reading). In fact, the wonderful Kubrick movie Paths of Glory is loosely based on this and the French Army's practice of executing soldiers for "cowardice" during this period.
I very much enjoyed the accuracy of the British field equipment and arms. The only flaw I saw in two hours was the nose cap of a WW2 era Australian Lithgow No1 poking out. Other than that I was a happy camper. Definitely worth the admission.

ericoak · Jan 20, 2020

mawkie said:
But Lewis guns galore w. the canvas muzzle covers. Went with my sisters and nephew over the weekend and they enjoyed it even more than I did. WWI is a tough subject to tackle for a mass release movie. There are snippets here and there that would lend themselves well to a movie script but most of the war on the Western Front was an endless sea of misery and the Eastern Front was arguably worse. I mentioned to my sisters that even as this story was taking place on 4/6/1917 many French units were refusing to obey advance orders after massive losses with no gains or end in sight (look up "French Mutiny 1917" for some interesting reading). In fact, the wonderful Kubrick movie Paths of Glory is loosely based on this and the French Army's practice of executing soldiers for "cowardice" during this period.
I very much enjoyed the accuracy of the British field equipment and arms. The only flaw I saw in two hours was the nose cap of a WW2 era Australian Lithgow No1 poking out. Other than that I was a happy camper. Definitely worth the admission.

I don't remember seeing a Lewis gun actually fired though, I could have missed it though.

bbrown · Jan 20, 2020

mawkie said:
But Lewis guns galore w. the canvas muzzle covers.

You've got better eyes than mine. I was looking for some and only saw one, with a canvas muzzle cover.

As I've said earlier, this movie definitely met my expectations, namely the war from a very personal point of view.

HSTD · Apr 11, 2020

I put off seeing it in the movie theater, and will be renting it for $3.99 tonight and watching it on my AppleTV.

Jimbob2.0 · Apr 11, 2020

Watched it last weekend thought it was fairly good and seemed like the gear was very authentic. Some of the pyrotechnics seemed fake but we are spoiled by CGI.

Cal68 · Apr 11, 2020

I started to watch the movie last night but did not finish it. Will do so tonight. It seems okay but not great so far.

Cal68

HSTD · Apr 11, 2020

Cal68 said:
I started to watch the movie last night but did not finish it. Will do so tonight. It seems okay but not great so far.

Cal68

Yeah, not expecting too much from reading reviews. but at $3.99 I'm not too worried.

WildWeasel · Apr 11, 2020

HSTD said:
I put off seeing it in the movie theater, and will be renting it for $3.99 tonight and watching it on my AppleTV.

Not my favorite movie but definitely worth the rent IMO.

GunBum · Apr 11, 2020

A couple more weeks and it’ll be free.

HarryLogan · Apr 11, 2020

I have to see this movie. Not sure why I haven't yet.

HSTD · Apr 11, 2020

Just finished watching it with the girlfriend. It was OK, but definitely not worth more than $3.99 to watch.

august1410 · Apr 11, 2020

Just finishing it now. I’ve seen better. I’ve seen worse.

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tallen702 · Apr 11, 2020

Watched it last week. I thought it was good, but too short ultimately. It feels rushed. The virtually complete lack of any real showdown at the end of it was a bit of a letdown. That said, It's the first movie in a long time that had me sitting on the edge of my seat for a good chunk of it.

Sundancer · Apr 12, 2020

I saw it in the theaters and loved it. Watching it at home it lost so much of the feeling of being “there” that it seemed a little letdown. I still think it is a great movie from an industry that is completely un-original with all the re-makes and superhero movies.

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