What an emotional grasp

Rating: 9/10 (16 January 2020)

The way it was filmed with no cuts creates the raw emotion in the film grasping the viewer with the entire weight of the situation. The one take camera view is what made this movie. It was sort of slow for a war movie but the scenes with action definitely get your blood pressure and anxiety up. With no cuts in most of the scenes though you grasp the raw emotion of fear and uncertainty that most young soldiers would've had. If you're a violence junky then this movie isn't for you. But if you'd like to see some truly beautiful cinematography and gripping emotion, it's incredible. Definitely up there with saving private Ryan as I use that movie as a staple for all war movies. Saving private Ryan is definitely more realistic with violence and pure chaos but doesn't quite capture the emotion that 1917 produces.