Ridiculous, irritating and implausible story

Rating: 2/10 (9 January 2020)

Fictitious war stories are generally not good and this movie 1917 is an example with what is wrong with recent war movies. The ridiculous story is implausible from the get go.
A really good war movie is the recent Roland Emmerich movie "Midway" with a straightforward factual story and thrilling action and heroes that look like heroes. It's a travesty that 1917 won the Golden Globe and Midway didn't even get a nomination.
There are so many holes in the story. Letting just 2 of them go is insane. The way Blake died was beyond irritating. Schofield's journey through sniper fire and river were just too unrealistic. Running through the battlefield at the end was just too much. Plus the elder Blake did not look like the younger Blake. Because things didn't ring true they weren't really exciting. Of course it is tense in the way you don't want him to die or get shot. But you know he will make or there is no movie so it wasn't the right kind of excitement.
How not to make a war movie. Please don't give this one an Oscar.