Good But Not Great In That I Was Slightly Disappointed

Rating: 8/10 (14 January 2020)

I saw 1917 in a theater. I have not seen a movie in a theater in a while and I felt a bit of sticker shock at both the ticket price, and the price of popcorn. Furthermore, about halfway through the film I realized I had to go to the restroom and I found no good way to pause the movie. Anyway, about the movie. "1917" reminded me of the movie Dunkirk in that there was plenty of action and very little character development. I would have opted for some more character development in both films.
Martin Scorsese has said that a lot of today's movies remind him of video games. Scorsese was referring mainly to superhero movies but to some degree "1917" might be included in that, a battlefield video game with potentially dangerous structures everywhere.
I've said the negative things, now a few positives. The acting was good. Everything seemed realistic in that it felt as though I too was walking down through one of those WWI frontline trenches. And there was a lot of time and effort spent on the sets. They were detailed and realistic.
I gave "1917" 8 Stars. With just a little more character development, and the subsequent additional empathy for the characters, "1917" could have been a 10. On the other hand, maybe they made exactly the movie they were going for.