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Review: Golden Globe-winning ‘1917’ puts viewers under the gun
Houston Chronicle ^
| January 6, 2020
| Cary Darling
Posted on 01/06/2020 9:00:43 AM PST by C19fan
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This movie is killing it with the critics and fans. Freepers who have seen it have nothing but praise for it. I have seen the trailers and there is snippet of the two Tommys running through a green verdant field while their fellow soldiers appears to be on the attack under artillery fire. One typically does not see WW I combat scenes filmed in virgin unscathed land like that.
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:00:43 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
I just got a 4K setup and assuming that this is released in 4K I'll be buying it...used,from ebay.
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:06:28 AM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
To: C19fan
This looks interesting, and I’ll put in a plug for all who haven’t seen it to watch They Shall Not Grow Old. And watch the Peter Jackson interview after the credits.
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:07:06 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: C19fan
To: Gay State Conservative
They say this movie is worth paying extra for IMAX experience.
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:07:17 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Did either side use a Horse Calvary during this war?
To: C19fan
“It just so happens that they are Germans, but they might as well be zombies, since thats about as much character development they get.”
Why are we supposed to give a sh*t about the motivations and feelings of the enemy? It’s not like they give a damn about our men when they’re trying to kill them!
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:08:02 AM PST
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
To: C19fan
American Beauty was a drama?
I thought it was a comedy!..............
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:09:28 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
To: C19fan
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:11:20 AM PST
by
frog in a pot
( "It's not enough to hold winning cards, ya gotta' know how to bet 'em.")
To: lee martell
All the nations still employed calvary units especially at the beginning of the war. Once trench warfare started in the Western Front that went away. In fronts with less density of forces, Eastern and Near East, calvary units were prominent.
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:11:49 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: lee martell
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:12:23 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: lee martell
Battle of Mons/Le Cateau 1914
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:12:58 AM PST
by
RitchieAprile
(available monkeys looking for the change..)
To: C19fan
I have hearing issues (getting old I guess) so theaters,in general,aren't good for me. Sitting at home with headphones (I live in a condo...can't bother the neighbors) is my best option. And 4K is really amazing...I recently got Die Hard,Unforgiven and Bridge on the River Kwai and they're amazing.
And I have The Incredibles and The Lion King coming from ebay...can't wait.
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:13:05 AM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
To: RitchieAprile
At the Battle of the Marne the Germans employed their cavalry to fill in the gap between the 1st and 2nd armies. The British Expeditionary Force was able to penetrate the screen and as Churchill wrote got their fingers on the German liver.
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01/06/2020 9:18:18 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: lee martell
In the early 2000's, there were a lot of articles and interviews of the last surviving WW1 soldiers. One that I read was of a British cavalryman who had participated in a cavalry charge against, I think, a German artillery unit. He said something like "We charged it with our horses and sabres and it was all cut and thrust and that was the end of it".
Couldn't believe I shared the earth at the same time as a guy who'd been in a successful cavalry charge.
To: C19fan
I saw the ads for it. Looks interesting.
I did have one small complaint. The trailer shows the soldiers leaving their trenches and heading into no-mans land - which was covered with beautiful green grass.
Im not an expert in WWI, but I doubt there was any grass at all to be found at the Western front trench lines. Only mud, mud, and more mud.
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:20:57 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: PGR88
As I mentioned I noticed that too. I am expecting the movie to show why.
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:21:44 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
War is hell. When you are in the war you are always on the edge. If a war movie does not have its audience usually on the edge, it hasn’t done a good job. I take it that 1917 does not disappoint.
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:22:39 AM PST
by
Wuli
To: lee martell
Cavalry was used throughout the war. Horses were ubiquitously used to pull loads. In Sam Fuller's "The Big Red One" there's a WWI scene at the beginning which has a horse, not gonna post spoiler details, but that scene is based on real experiences. However, as we know, Hollywood doesn't make documentaries.
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:28:34 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: C19fan
When I plunge my hand into an empty body cavity, I want to experience that in feel-a-round...
But I do plan to see this this weekend.
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posted on
01/06/2020 9:30:59 AM PST
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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