Mendes Shines Again

Rating: 10/10 (12 January 2020)

Twenty years ago Sam Mendes changed story telling by doing a film around a dysfunctional american suburban family winning an Oscar with American Beauty. In 2020 he may have struck Gold again with this beautifully shot and inspirational story in 1917.
Done entirely in what seems to be three seperate shots (not seen to this detail since Rope) we are with our characters throughout the whole story of two British military officers charged with the operation to deliver the message to stop an assault on the German Army. The realism is there as Mendes puts you there with every heartbeat and breath felt as they feel it.
The fact is, this film potentially will get best picture and deservedly so.