Highly recommended

Rating: 9/10 (10 January 2020)

Review - 1917
WW1 flick not unlike the very disappointing Dunkirk. However, this is superb. A class above in all aspects. Well-done Sam Mendes.
The cinematography in this film is something to behold, the way the camera follows our 2 English soldiers around immerses you into battlefields of the undisclosed locations.
The plot revolves around 2 privates sent on a mission to stop an attack on German lines that will end in certain death for the battalion. Not unlike Gallipoli.
The story never stalls and includes some close quarter combat, major battle scenes and raw emotion.
What I loved about this is it's artistry. A technical masterpiece of film making and unlike Dunkirk it maintains the one story the whole way along.
Don't be fearful of blood and gore, it's no Saving Private Ryan in that regard but it doesn't lack because of that. Quite the opposite.
The only negative is that there could have been some extra character development or back story but I'm being over critical.
This will surely win an Oscar for cinematography. Hands down some of the best camera work I've seen.
Go see this at the cinema.
9/10
Highly recommended