1917

Rating: 6/10 (10 January 2020)

In WW1, 2 soldiers are sent to warn a Colonel across enemy lines not to advance as it's a trap.
Apparently filmed in one continuous shot - the camera certainly never leaves the leads' sides - this is unquestionably a towering technical achievement but this close up of our heroes throughout the 2 hours is the problem, in that you yearn to look elsewhere. In addition, the story can only progress through the characters and situations they come across, hence the effect, however touching, is that of chapters in a video game. So much to admire rather than like here, it sets an interesting new approach to story telling, I'm just not convinced that the talent on display or the story stand a chance against all the technical cleverness and trickery.