Like most WWI and WWII movies made today, this one looks like modern day actors playing soldier, all lacking military bearing, speech, phrasing and decorum of the time. If the viewer thinks to ask, what brand hair oil from the year 1917 might these two message runners use, the answer at the shampooed non-oiled fluffy hair is, of course, none because men today do not use hair cream. The movie is 1917, and clearly not made in 1917.
Also, like most big war movies made by nonmilitary people, when out in the open at the front lines, the actors mostly look 10 to 15 feet ahead. They do not have "the 1000 yard gaze" and do not rubberneck their view to constantly be aware of 360° of their environment.
But there is a special problem with the movie 1917 that makes it tough to watch through to the end, and that is that it has a clear bothersome pattern, or dramatic plot giveaway. As the two messengers are trekking, urgently moving on their mission, there is no drama. As the two messengers are moving, we see they are not at risk. But each time they stop to explore (and this is weird because stopping and exploring is not part of their urgent mission), each time they stop, great problems fall upon them.
One problem is booby-traps by the retreating enemy. You would think that once the first booby-trap is found and inflicts a painful toll, the two messengers would be extremely cautious to even think about stopping and exploring again, but they do. And yes, as they have stopped and are spending time exploring without caution, more great problems fall upon them.
Also, after experiencing a booby-trap first hand, even if stopping again to recklessly touch and explore things around them was somehow acceptable, there should still be some concern for the two messengers that the outdoor paths and wood boardwalks that were all enemy territory just hours ago are now mined. Actually, the Germans made extensive use of anti-tank landmines during WWI. Landmines were the "cheap" weapon of WWI. Yet, although complicated booby-traps were set by the Germans in the movie 1917, no quick and easy landmines are on the main paths of the newly abandoned German territory, and these two actors seem to know there are no landmines as they walk on top of boardwalks and paths.
1917 is less than realistic.
Also, like most big war movies made by nonmilitary people, when out in the open at the front lines, the actors mostly look 10 to 15 feet ahead. They do not have "the 1000 yard gaze" and do not rubberneck their view to constantly be aware of 360° of their environment.
But there is a special problem with the movie 1917 that makes it tough to watch through to the end, and that is that it has a clear bothersome pattern, or dramatic plot giveaway. As the two messengers are trekking, urgently moving on their mission, there is no drama. As the two messengers are moving, we see they are not at risk. But each time they stop to explore (and this is weird because stopping and exploring is not part of their urgent mission), each time they stop, great problems fall upon them.
One problem is booby-traps by the retreating enemy. You would think that once the first booby-trap is found and inflicts a painful toll, the two messengers would be extremely cautious to even think about stopping and exploring again, but they do. And yes, as they have stopped and are spending time exploring without caution, more great problems fall upon them.
Also, after experiencing a booby-trap first hand, even if stopping again to recklessly touch and explore things around them was somehow acceptable, there should still be some concern for the two messengers that the outdoor paths and wood boardwalks that were all enemy territory just hours ago are now mined. Actually, the Germans made extensive use of anti-tank landmines during WWI. Landmines were the "cheap" weapon of WWI. Yet, although complicated booby-traps were set by the Germans in the movie 1917, no quick and easy landmines are on the main paths of the newly abandoned German territory, and these two actors seem to know there are no landmines as they walk on top of boardwalks and paths.
1917 is less than realistic.