intense and immediate

Rating: 9/10 (12 April 2020)

1917 is a powerful, riveting film about two soldiers undertaking a brutal mission to prevent a massacre. From what I've read it's historically unrealistic, but it feels real in its portrayal of heroism that less about being a hero and more about doing the job you're expected to do (although yes, it gets pretty hero-y as it goes along.
The movie is shot as though it's one continuous take, and while this is distracting in that my ex-film-student brain couldn't stop looking for the seams (basically the places where there are no people on screen), it also keeps things very immediate.