A Cinematography Masterpiece

Rating: 8/10 (21 January 2020)

Just watched the new 1917 film, that tells the story of two British soldiers sought on a journey to deliver a message to their platoon that a trap has been laid out for them, where these young soldiers must warn them before it is too late causing 1600 soldiers to die if they cannot warn them in time.
The film has a very basic premise, of the soldiers going through to the trenches to warn their fellow soldiers of a trap, but the cinematography is absolutely amazing. The continuous shot method works so much here, that I don't think the film would have been as good without it.
A beautifully made film and most definitely will win awards for the cinematography alone, but as compelling as the story is, it was kind of lacklustre.
This is after all a telling story of real life events and certainly was achieved that way, for it's unbelievable one shot sequences and the scenery of war life was really captivating.
It just is a great piece of art.
The only critic I have is that the characters should have had more development between each other; Both leading roles played by Dean-Charles Chapman ( Lance Corporal Blake) and George MacKay ( Lance Corporal Schofield) were great, but i definitely needed a little more inside story between both soldiers, even so with Blake's brother, but it left me on this journey with these men but not entirely caring for the characters all that much - for the simple facts I didn't feel the close bond as much as I perhaps could have.
Again the continuous shot worked tremendously, I couldn't tell where the film had actually cut, and just made it for a mesmerizing experience.
This will win awards at the Oscars for sure - don't think it will for screen play though or best film, but definitely for cinematography.
Rating: 3.8/5 / 8/10