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[prettyxcool]

Went to the Premiere and Charity Gala back in December. It just won two Golden Globes, best drama and best director. Well deserved.
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A very tense drama of a race against time, across enemy territory to deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.⁣ Based on Sam Mendes' grandfather's stories that he used to tell him when he was a child. We also learnt that it was filmed in one continuous take.
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Lots of cameos, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq, and hot priest, Andrew Scott, his character even gives the soldiers a blessing!⁣



10/10

[thrjfr]

Filmed to appear as one continuous take.
Hope to see it this weekend, looks really good.

[prettyxcool]

Filmed to appear as one continuous take.
Hope to see it this weekend, looks really good.

Thanks for clearing that up, as I was quite confused by that !

[Moviemad31]

Amazing film very immersive, tense and moving well deserved awards won at golden globes. 9/10

[D-Fens]

Expected to love this but had a lot of problems with it. I think the single take effect hurts rather than helps because I've had better experiences with Saving Private Ryan, Hacksaw Ridge, Dunkirk and even Fury but this felt sterile by comparison.

I think the moral of the story is

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don't stop and listen to songs when you've got a job to do, it could get hundreds of people killed and don't watch trailers

[raj101]

ok i guess but didnt really bring anything new to the table, and it didnt do what it professed to do very well either. The tracking shot was satirised by the obstacle course antics of the actor jumping around on cue, or the obvious white face paints doused on a dying mans face as he swung in and out of camera shots. Risible.
Theres some nice scenic bits but not enough to warrant IMAX.

Still waiting for that one honest war movie where we see Brits being bastiches looking for rape pillage and loot, instead of all the Brits being nice people and all the germans being nasty. 3 stars, s'ok i guess, certainly not too bad, but adds nothing new.

[tonethestone]

Tad disappointed, technically yes it’s great, but as a film for a casual film go-er it’s pretty average. 3/5

[D-Fens]

Still waiting for that one honest war movie where we see Brits being bastiches looking for rape pillage and loot, instead of all the Brits being nice people and all the germans being nasty.

Do you have a source for any accounts of that or is there an existing story anywhere you can link to? I'll write one for you if it's a real thing.

[raj101]

Still waiting for that one honest war movie where we see Brits being bastiches looking for rape pillage and loot, instead of all the Brits being nice people and all the germans being nasty.

Do you have a source for any accounts of that or is there an existing story anywhere you can link to? I'll write one for you if it's a real thing.

just tired of our guys always being the default nice guys abroad, its insultingly naive given the shytstorm of the Empire.
I guess noone wants to see a feelbad war movie in January, but a film from your feverish imagination would be something to watch, a sort of feelsurrealandneedadrink movie.

[thrjfr]

Incredible film. I love seeing the behind-the-scenes clips, so much went into this and it really has pa*d off. Beautiful. 5/5