So much a-do about a very average film - frankly, don't bother.

Rating: 2/10 (6 February 2020)

Went with high hopes, left disappointed.
What was all the fuss about?
This is a very average movie based on the flimsiest of plots. There are so many holes it's like a swiss cheese.

why would two very average corporals be chosen for such an important mission? Surely a officer would be sent?
Could not an aircraft have been sent to drop a message?
Why were truckloads of British troops driving around no mans land heading for the same place the corporals were going.
Why did these troops not assist with dealing with the sniper?
Where in northern France is there a river with a 25 foot water fall?
How come the letter survived the river...waterproof ink? I doubt it.
What was the point of the meeting with the girl in a German occupied town? and why had the Germans not found and removed her?
Why was the surviving corporal allowed to wander into the group listening to the singer? No sentries posted? Unlikely.
In 1917, would a Lt Colonel really tell a corporal to F off?
Why was no mans land in the final attack just an open field? No mud, no wire, no shell holes, no bodies...

Add to all this the contrived coincidences scene by scene and it all adds up to a very average mess.
The so-called wonder filming techniques used were...well underwhelming. If I had not know about them, I would never have noticed.
Is it BAFTA or OSCAR worthy? no, not by a very long way