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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2020 1:13:59 GMT
Holy fuck this was a cinematic experience for sure! Highly recommend seeing it on the biggest screen possible. What Mendes pulled off here was really impressive and I was exhausted when it was over with. I felt like I was right there with the soldiers along for the ride on their nightmarish/ heroic journey. It was incredible.
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Post by hi224 on Jan 11, 2020 3:30:26 GMT
Holy fuck this was a cinematic experience for sure! Highly recommend seeing it on the biggest screen possible. What Mendes pulled off here was really impressive and I was exhausted when it was over with. I felt like I was right there with the soldiers along for the ride on their nightmarish/ heroic journey. It was incredible. 9/10 in a perfect world Mackay would be up for best actor.
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Jan 11, 2020 3:48:37 GMT
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 11, 2020 3:48:37 GMT
Phenomenal piece of filmmaking. I can't imagine anyone but Sam Mendes winning the Best Director Oscar. Saw it on IMAX and I am tempted to go see it again.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2020 7:05:08 GMT
Movie magic when at its best, Oscar bait at its worst. Undeniably impressive, and I enjoyed it for surface level thrills but whenever Mendes asks for us to be emotionally involved I just couldn’t engage, probably because of how the story was told. That being said, the score, directing, and cinematography should all win Oscars, and watching this in cinemas was a blast.
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Post by Wakanda on Jan 11, 2020 14:50:50 GMT
I absolutely loved this movie. Amazing. Yeah you dont really feel the characters but that is not the point of the movie anyway. The directing and cinematography ..... top notch. It felt a lot like Dunkirk from the trailers and it actually was a lot like Dunkirk. Only thing is... it is superior to Dunkirk.
I cant imagine someone else than Mendes picking up Best Director.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2020 16:14:19 GMT
I absolutely loved this movie. Amazing. Yeah you dont really feel the characters but that is not the point of the movie anyway. The directing and cinematography ..... top notch. It felt a lot like Dunkirk from the trailers and it actually was a lot like Dunkirk. Only thing is... it is superior to Dunkirk. I cant imagine someone else than Mendes picking up Best Director. It doesn’t touch Dunkirk. The lack of connection with the characters is a clear choice in Nolan’s movie but here it’s obvious Mendes wants you to engage emotionally with them—and it doesn’t work.
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Jan 11, 2020 17:11:34 GMT
Post by kevin on Jan 11, 2020 17:11:34 GMT
I loved it. The cinematography almost made me feel like I was in a video game, but not in a negative way like the headache inducing Hardcore Henry, but instead in a really unique and immersive manner. Can't recall another (war) movie quite like it. Amazing as a cinema experience. Didn't quite reach the heights Dunkirk, the other recent 'war classic', reached, but it's still pretty fantastic. I cared a lot about the (two) characters, which I can imagine is quite difficult to achieve with the lack of background information, exposition or a big plot in general. And I know it might come across as Oscar-baity to some people (and it probably is), but I love the art of cinematography & editing too much to not be amazed at the marvelous work done in this movie. I'd probably still be a bit disappointed if this wins Best Picture over Parasite, but tbh any other year this would've been a great winner it's just that Parasite is on another level, 9/10.
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Post by hi224 on Jan 11, 2020 21:49:10 GMT
I actually felt like there were plenty of hints at character development at play, Schofield's admonishment over talking about home and in contrast to Blakes rather Idealized version of life, set them up as contrasts nicely as well.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Jan 12, 2020 2:16:34 GMT
The movie was great. I have one problem with the marketing, though. The marketing keeps pushing the fact that the film is shot to look like on continuous shot, but that's not true. Without spoilers, there is a point in the movie when the illusion is broken.
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Post by Nora on Jan 13, 2020 0:28:40 GMT
Movie magic when at its best, Oscar bait at its worst. Undeniably impressive, and I enjoyed it for surface level thrills but whenever Mendes asks for us to be emotionally involved I just couldn’t engage, probably because of how the story was told. That being said, the score, directing, and cinematography should all win Oscars, and watching this in cinemas was a blast. 7/10 i agree, same experience with me. i bow down to the mastery but wasnt as engaged as i expected.
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Jan 17, 2020 11:51:36 GMT
Post by Leo of Red Keep on Jan 17, 2020 11:51:36 GMT
I just watched this. Tommen dies Red Wedding-style ("Der Kaiser sends his regards") and Robb Stark plays his brother. How silly
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jan 17, 2020 12:15:22 GMT
I just watched this. Tommen dies Red Wedding-style ("Der Kaiser sends his regards") and Robb Stark plays his brother. How silly You are not very bright are you?. You don`t understand that these people are actors and can play more than one role.
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Post by theravenking on Jan 17, 2020 13:00:45 GMT
It was okay really, but the trailer already gave away some of the crucial scenes. The sequence with the plane would've been much more shocking, had I not known it was coming. From the star cameos Mark Strong was the only one who made the best of his limited appeareance, the others could've easily been left out including Firth. Somehow the tension for me just wasn't there. Similarly to Dunkirk this just felt too safe and clean for a war movie. The one shot gimmick was distractive rather than immersive. And I really could've done without: the "evil German" cliché: stabbing someone who just rescued you from a burning plane is such a nasty thing to do. But then what to expect from these damn Huns, huh?
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Post by soullimbo on Jan 18, 2020 6:10:51 GMT
While technically brilliant, to the point of it being distracting ( at times I was more intrigued by how they managed to get a particular "shot", rather than being worried about our intrepid soldiers going across 'no man's land'), I felt the actors were upstaged by the scene-stealing cameos (Firth , Scott, Strong etc).
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Post by Nora on Jan 19, 2020 1:31:32 GMT
While technically brilliant, to the point of it being distracting ( at times I was more intrigued by how they managed to get a particular "shot", rather than being worried about our intrepid soldiers going across 'no man's land'), I felt the actors were upstaged by the scene-stealing cameos (Firth , Scott, Strong etc). I felt they were all upstaged by the camera
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 2:38:06 GMT
I rewatched it. Dropped to a 5/10, honestly a complete bore the second time around. So schmaltzy and in love with itself, and far too safe and clean for my taste. Felt more like Forrest Gump, even during the "gritty" trench sequences, than the cold brutality of The Revenant that I was hoping for. The score, while great at parts, is eyerollingly dramatic at others, completely begging for an unearned emotional pull. The dramatic confontation between our lead and GoT actor Richard Madden was so sappy and I felt nothing for it. I'm not the biggest Mendes fan in the world, Skyfall is cool I guess but American Beauty is one of the most overrated, pretentious movies I've ever seen, but this somehow edges that one out. While not morally reprehensible like AB, Mendes breaks his neck sucking his own cock. Impressively calculated but *so* hollow. A damn shame, I had such high hopes for this.
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Jan 19, 2020 6:58:21 GMT
Post by Leo of Red Keep on Jan 19, 2020 6:58:21 GMT
An interesting video discussing the plausibility of the whole thing:
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Post by Vits on Jan 20, 2020 23:05:58 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Feb 1, 2020 2:27:09 GMT
Holy fuck this was a cinematic experience for sure! Highly recommend seeing it on the biggest screen possible. What Mendes pulled off here was really impressive and I was exhausted when it was over with. I felt like I was right there with the soldiers along for the ride on their nightmarish/ heroic journey. It was incredible. 9/10 Agreed 100%.
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Post by Vits on Feb 1, 2020 11:19:12 GMT
Movies filmed in just 1 continuous shot or edited look like that usually show impressive camera work, but I don't always praise their cinematography. The more movement there is, the harder it is to achieve the right lighting and color palette. Since you can't push the zoom button with this technique, if you want a close-up, you have to place the camera very close to the actors' faces to the point where the frame tends to look weird. 1917 made me realize that it all depends on the camera lens and the right coordination. Sam Mendes, cinematographer Roger Deakins and their crew have created images that always look good and consistent with each other. It’s hard to say what can make this technique essential or a gimmick. I can tell you that it felt necessary here, because it’s told it real time (from the protagonist’s perspective). The only downside is that, a lot of times, the camera focus on one character at a time. We can’t see the other one’s reactions and replies. People were expecting this to be nominated for many Oscars, but were surprised when one of its nominations was for Best Original Screenplay. The only nomination in that category the movie had gotten before was at the WGA, and it seemed like it happened because other movies were deemed ineligible. That made me assume this would be a movie that only excels in technical aspects. Now, I agree with that nomination. I wouldn’t have been immersed without a good story or characters. Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns present us with 2 soldiers (Schofield and Blake) that we root for and want to follow along, as well as a series of vignettes full of suspenseful and touching moments. There were a couple of moments I was able to predict, but they were the minority. There are even some details that look meaningless but cleverly pay off later in the plot. A good script is one where you unexpectedly don’t have the heroes achieve their goal. A better script is one where the heroes only partly achieve their goal. Here, Schofield and Blake have to bring a message to another regiment (that Blake’s brother is a part of) warning them about a trap. Schofield does deliver the letter (how is in perfect state if he fell into a river?!), but after a lot of soldiers had already been sent to attack. Also, Blake was stabbed to death by the German soldier he was trying to save (cartoonish characterization of a villain much?). His brother is alive, but because he survived said trap, not because Schofield stopped him. All of this makes the drama much more satisfying. 9/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog.
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