1917 - 2019

You've seen this picture before. You just didn't know you had, because Roger Deakins didn't shoot your film to look like one continuous long take. Brotherhood. Sacrifice. The banality and pointlessness of war (here with an especially WWI trench warfare bent). Heroism. Sweeping scopes and deft small touches. It's all there. It's just never been quite this majestic to behold. This film both over- and underwhelmed me in turns, but it caused a man who is downright TIRED of war flicks to sit up and pay attention. That's enough to heartily recommend it.

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FOF Rating - 4 out of 5