New Posts For Thread: 1917 by Sam Mendeshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609913/1917-by-sam-mendesMuch of the focus (pun intended) is on the filming. It appears to be one continuous take.Whilst that's rare and impressive, it means there's no character development in the beginning, middle or later in the film. I think that's a shame.The camera folI quite enjoyed it. Thought the plane scene was really good till slippy said it was rubbish. So thought I better shut up.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609913/1917-by-sam-mendes?post_id=558919917#558919917I quite enjoyed it. Thought the plane scene was really good till slippy said it was rubbish. So thought I better shut up.Sun, 01 Mar 2020 09:53:59 -0600Not my kind of film but..does it question the justification for WWI ?Franz Ferdinand?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609913/1917-by-sam-mendes?post_id=558919873#558919873Not my kind of film but..does it question the justification for WWI ?Franz Ferdinand?Sun, 01 Mar 2020 09:50:22 -0600Watched it last night and have to agree with OP. At the end of the film it felt like everyone was thinking ‘is that it?’Bits of Warhorse, Saving Private Ryan, Gallipoli and a 100 other war films thrown in. Once again the German solider cannot shohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609913/1917-by-sam-mendes?post_id=558918191#558918191Watched it last night and have to agree with OP. At the end of the film it felt like everyone was thinking ‘is that it?’Bits of Warhorse, Saving Private Ryan, Gallipoli and a 100 other war films thrown in. Once again the German solider cannot shoSun, 01 Mar 2020 05:29:23 -0600Won't be seeing it.The usual OTT Hollywood hype.Clips I saw portrayed a too ' clean cut' imagery.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609913/1917-by-sam-mendes?post_id=558751899#558751899Won't be seeing it.The usual OTT Hollywood hype.Clips I saw portrayed a too ' clean cut' imagery.Fri, 31 Jan 2020 03:19:50 -0600A large number of our young men died in the trenches of France..They bravely did their dutyThe whole thing was sadly undone by the appalling unjust and vindictive Treaty of Versailles, heaping all the cost of and blamefor the war on GermanySo we hadhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609913/1917-by-sam-mendes?post_id=558748059#558748059A large number of our young men died in the trenches of France..They bravely did their dutyThe whole thing was sadly undone by the appalling unjust and vindictive Treaty of Versailles, heaping all the cost of and blamefor the war on GermanySo we hadThu, 30 Jan 2020 09:11:06 -0600Dunkirk was terrible with an atrocious intrusive score by Hans Zimmer, surely 1917 is better?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609913/1917-by-sam-mendes?post_id=558747643#558747643Dunkirk was terrible with an atrocious intrusive score by Hans Zimmer, surely 1917 is better?Thu, 30 Jan 2020 07:47:48 -0600I've now seen 1917, Joker, Jojo Rabbit, Once Upon a Time in H and The Irishman among the nominees and I find it hard to choose a winner. They are all good movies but imo not a classic among them. If I have a bet on best picture it would be to lay 191https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609913/1917-by-sam-mendes?post_id=558747519#558747519I've now seen 1917, Joker, Jojo Rabbit, Once Upon a Time in H and The Irishman among the nominees and I find it hard to choose a winner. They are all good movies but imo not a classic among them. If I have a bet on best picture it would be to lay 191Thu, 30 Jan 2020 07:17:51 -0600This clip is stunning, i cannot see Joaquim Phoenix at all in this clip. Best bit of acting in a long time..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbliHNs4q14https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609913/1917-by-sam-mendes?post_id=558729391#558729391This clip is stunning, i cannot see Joaquim Phoenix at all in this clip. Best bit of acting in a long time..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbliHNs4q14Sun, 26 Jan 2020 15:24:27 -0600yeah nah you nearly had me - No Black Adder gets closerhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609913/1917-by-sam-mendes?post_id=558728233#558728233yeah nah you nearly had me - No Black Adder gets closerSun, 26 Jan 2020 13:11:59 -0600It's the Acting by Joaquin Phoenix that does it for me probably one of the pest performances I have ever seen.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31609913/1917-by-sam-mendes?post_id=558728213#558728213It's the Acting by Joaquin Phoenix that does it for me probably one of the pest performances I have ever seen.Sun, 26 Jan 2020 13:10:23 -0600