The First 9 Minutes of 1917 (in One Unbroken Shot) | Own now on Digital, 3/24 on Blu-ray & DVD 

This... THIS is the way to write good movies. Not those sad excuses coming out of Hollywood these days.

@@TheWriteFiction This came out of Hollywood these days ;)

@@Gachmara Please. That trash is garbage compared to this. This is real art. Real film. A real movie with a true vision and a voice.

@@TheWriteFiction I agree, 1917 is phenomenal, but 1917 was made by Universal Studios, which is a Hollywood company. This is a Hollywood movie. A good one.

@@boggybeard well, when they're not pandering or falling into the black hole of pushing political agendas and social commentary over good story telling, they can still make something good like they used to.

Wow! My French grandfather was captured by the Germans in WW2.

Sunny Quackers My grandfather is a Second World War survivor

@@nicolelawless3199 My late grandfather was, he was a French soldier captured by the nazis and imprisoned in a POW camp in 1941, then managed to escape 3 weeks later so France promptly imprisoned him on charges of collaboration for getting out of the camp. He lingered there until1945 when they sentenced him to death. Morning of his scheduled execution, the French Resistance sprung him; he left France and my mom and her siblings never saw him again, I thin he died in his 70s or 80s.. I think it is time for forgiveness unless you were a nazi. Meaning, a murdering person, bent on evil.

My punjabi grandfather was captured by the japanese in malay.

My grandfather was forced to fight by the nazis in the 21st mountain Waffen SS division in Albania

And he gets badass without Blake (spoilers) I’ll make him more insane if I want too

@@nicolelawless3199 yeah cuz he has to carry out the mission for Blake

@@christallgeyser He didn’t give up though because he got badass soon Blake was dying. I remember dreaming about Schofield taking me on the mission instead of Blake and they were fighting over me along the mission

Boring film

@@adamstephens6050 it’s ok some people just aren’t intelligent enough to understand it

Can you imagine if one of the actors screwed up a line, would that mean they would have to redo the entire movie

@@rachaeldangelo1337 there was one scene near the end where some guy ran into schofield and he thought he screwed up the whole thing so he just laid there in the ground ashamed lol. But schofelds actor kept going and just played it off

@@rachaeldangelo1337 Whenever someone walks across the camera, that is when the scene changes, its not actually filmed in one part, it just looks like it

If you see uncut scene, your brain starts saying "IT'S IMPORTANT". There's the reason not blinking. have it too Mate :)

@Freedom is over sad opinion

Emo asassin5 Me: haha 1917 doesn’t come out until 2 months time that’s to long.

@@nicolelawless3199 what? I don't get it

WORK PARTY!

Nicole Lawless actuallt its out, just not on DVD/ Bluray

@@nicolelawless3199 i watched it online

Louise X He made the best war movie ever to make me cry

Louise X I need it after everything I’ve gone through watching movies of war that caused me to stress out at everyone

1917 hasn’t yet because I’m finally telling my family first time

tyman I felt I was right there with them, receiving the mission from Generals: and saying I cannot do this when crossing No Mans land. And see Blake dying again; god No I can’t handle it still

100%. I loved this transition. The whole film was genious

Sam mendes mate

Yes, Sam Mendes! He dedicated the film to his grandfather- a WW1 foot messenger. I absolutely love this movie

@@melaniepineyro7664 What I loved about it was, I loved how Schofield showed how tough he is halfway through

Sam’s brain is probably freakishly large.

@@anomalocaristheabnormalshr3248 u didn't mention the great sir Roger Deakins

Yea, I can’t believe it’s 11 months ago since my first viewing that’s insane

I actually cried so much on this freaking amazing movie

Hi, sorry what does supporting score mean??

@@MrJamieFRESH the music that goes along with the scenes

@@MrJamieFRESH for example you can hear low music notes the entire time (for the most part) which you might not consciously hear but they are underneath and supporting the scene/tension being built up

People in the UK still mainly use yards/miles to measure. We use the metric system in some things, its kind of a weird mix of imperial/metric being used right now.

I'm aussie and know yards and feet also know metric

Brad Masters Hi

Brad Masters Never seen some Australian friends on here yet

The UK has consistently resisted change: Most still use feet and inches for height All road signs and speed limits are in Miles or MPH Most people weigh themselves in Stones and Pounds, but Kilos is getting more common. Most distances are spoken of in miles and we all like a Pint or two of Ale But back then it was all imperial

I’m watching every night this week without fail

It was ok... Calm down...

Mark Davis Who me?. I used to be obsessed with this but need to get obsessed again

Most people don't even know what that is they are just latching on to what a critic said.

@@markdavis8657 it was far better than "ok"

Using unknown actors is a technique to make the viewer focus on what's happening and not on the actor who plays the person It was used when Daniel Craig was picked for James bond

Yep, that's my feeling on all the officers being known actors too. Fantastic casting decision, it really added a lot to the film.

@@BleedingUranium Yeah it was a great idea, not only does it fixate you on the situation and not the actor, but it also adds that sense of reality, 99% of the men fighting this war and many after it, are unnamed to the public, I wonder how many heroic deeds where done similar to this or even sporadically (Not via orders), I saw someone talking about it once, how many stories there will have been for each individual person involved, those lost stories we will never hear.

That's a great observation.

You've seen Blake before in GAME OF THRONES. He was the King who jumped from the Red Keep and killed himself.

Albeit somewhat reluctant in that role.

That's I loved about this film. On first viewing, you're initially led to believe that Blake is the main character and that Schofield would die. But then on rewatches, you notice so many things at the beginning that made it clear that Schofield was the main character

omg this is so deep omg omg omg wow omg

"...last man standing".

Its like the old Quote" There is no such thing as a winnable war." The real winners are those who survive one. I have known plenty of people who are broken by war in one way or another. From the Vietnam Vets of my fathers era the ww2 and Korean War Vets to the Vets of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. And Numerous civilians whos only fight is to survive life in a war zone. For Me the Most apt quote comes from a disillusioned US Marine corps Maj.General. Smedley Butler. "War is a Racket. It has always been. It is possibly the oldest ,surely the most Vicious. it is the only one with an international scope. It is the only one in which profits are reckoned in dollars AND the loss of lives." Maj. General Smedley Darlington Butler USMC 1881-1941. Two times Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

I didn’t get it at first but at the part when Blake dies I understand

So fighting against the nazi savages isn't right.

It was a experience I never had before

So true.

TraustiGeir Even at home I still feel I’m with them

Felt like a video game cutscene as you pan left and right while someone in front of you talks .

It's such a nice change from super hero action movies cutting to a different frame so much that I feel like I might be developing epilepsy sometimes

When people try to deny this, I love to point out the bit at 8:00 where the Bois go behind the soldiers. That is the most obvious cut in the entire scene. Once I give them that one, you can then usually point other ones out, like entering/leaving the bunker.

@@DamienDarksideBlog True, but that's also a good example of the sound design of the scene helping to hide the cut, since our brain is trying to process too much information, it just compensates with creating a motion blur in our mind. Good catch on that one

True, but nevertheless, the impression of one take throughout was a wonderful self-imposed challenge for Mendes, and Photographer Deakin (and their Editor), and brilliantly executed!

@@DamienDarksideBlog if that's the most obvious then I'm blind cuz I didn't notice at all. I THINK I saw it but I can't trust myself

Okay, Mr Vibe McKillington.

Seamen

Well said! Thank you.

The British said they would come to Belgium's aid and they did. Thousands of Belgians were taken to the UK for the duration of the war. Several of them came to my village. About 350 men and boys (10% of the village at that time) went to war and 70 did not come back. Many of them who did come back had life changing injuries or died young because of the effects of war. Some gave all, all gave some. We were lucky in that we weren't invaded. The least we could do was come to the aid of allies who were. I have been to the area may times and I love Belgium and France.

Thank you for your post. This can be said with all the young soldiers in all the wars of all the ages.

My great grandfather enlisted underage to serve in the British Army for this war, he was wounded multiple times and lost his brothers. He then came home and worked for the rest of his life in the pits

Hugh Morris have a similar story, my grandfather was a resistance fighter in Algeria in 1954-1962 fighting against the French colonization, he never said much about what he did in the resistance. But in 1997 they took a Ct-scan because he fell on his head, the doctor noticed lots of tiny pieces of metal and asked him what it was. My dad was shook too, he told them it was from a French soldier that shot him in the head because he sabotaged a Captain’s car, he fell down because of the bullet He held his breath and the soldier kicked him in his stumach but he didn’t flinch and the soldier thought he had killed him. He stayed there until it became nighttime, when he moved he said that it was hard to get his head of the rock because of the blood on his head he got stuck on the rock. He moved to Belgium, worked till his pension and died after getting hit by a dump truck in 1998. But if he didn’t survive than our 3rd generation wouldn’t have even existed and I wouldn’t have been here. War really is gruesome and a matter of luck...

I’ve commented to a few extras recently and they thanked me for saying to them ‘you’ve done well’

The movie is not 1 shot dude lmfao

The group of soldiers standing at 8:00 that Our Bois go behind is one of many times in this scene alone there was a cut. Still phenomenal though.

@@shawnt5205 who mentioned that?

@@claymore7315 the movie wasn't actually 1 take, it was multiple uncut takes that were edited together very skillfully

@@gingerpeachy3044 95 thumbs up = stop being an a*hole !!

@@gingerpeachy3044Just appreciate the scene, misery-guts 😊

Flawless.

You never said a truer word my grandfather was in the trenches. The filth, dysentery, the maggots, flees, flys, the endless mud, and death. My Grandfather would not speak about his time there, no adventure this. My neighbor suffered from being Gassed and died as a result in about 1954. 11 of my relatives died, as a result, of WW1. The war to end all wars a land fit for heroes.

Read Smedley Butler's War is a Racket. Marine Maj. Gen. and TWO Medals of Honor.

Harry Facey No Man’s Land was awful

Harry Facey geez dude respects for all of them

Yup your right, my old man was drafted to Vietnam (4th ID Army) WHILE in college.... unlike OTHERS who ran or were excused for whatever reason.

WachtAmWeb Was that you leaning towards the side of the trench

@@nicolelawless3199 yep - only a few seconds, but nearly a week of filming!

WachtAmWeb Can’t believe I seen you wow! Wish me luck because I’m getting 1917 on Monday

Chewing the scenery I see :P

KAMIKAZE Yep, when seeing the movie I seen him

I don't see it. Therefore I don't believe it.

When the crate covers them he's right 😂

Yeah! His helmet has shifted as well!

What a tiny detail. No way I’d notice that in real time unless I was actively looking for it

They even added that step to the side with CGI. Any cut they couldn’t achieve hidden was just CGI merging 2 shots.

Zac Thomson But without Blake

Mark Patino lol go watch the movie get off RU-vid and don’t get on until you finish the movie that’s an order

Mark Patino Wait until the dvd comes out then you’ll be able to see it without copyright or blocking it all that’s why I buy dvds. I brought like 4 War movies over the years from 2017 until now

@@817zac4 still

Zac Thomson It’s an order Alright seen it too many times I’ve become obsessed

thanks for spoiling

@@Fakeslimshady I mean with a film this sensational you should've watched it by now.

@@maxb9547 yeah ikr, how dare he not watch a famous film. Let's spoil it for him

I just found out that four major Hollywood stars were in the same group in WW1: Claude Rains, Ronald Coleman, Basil Rathbone, and one other Scot well known in thirties movies. Rathbone would scout out into no mans' land and co;me back with logistics in the dark, but then recommended daylight recons. as he could get better infor. My evaluation of these guys just went through the roof.

Wishing America all the luck for getting the movie today

I’m constantly talking about it again now too and I’m turning 20 in a weeks time. I remember being 17 when it came out and 1917 scared the heck out of me because of my fallouts I had with No Mans Land 2 years ago but we’re back to normal

Your 14 year old daughter has impeccable taste for her age, sir.

Good taste

Watch all quiet on the western front. Also a great movie.

I don't want to say it is my favourite but it isvery high on my list of militairy films. Same as saving private ryan, hacksaw ridge and American sniper

that is bold

This and They Shall Not Grow Old are definitely two of the best films about WW1 ever made.

Bro never would of realized it! Good eyeA

*eye

Also the way Blake is lying down with his helmet covering his face hints at his fate

Also Schofield, in the very beginning shot, was sitting against a tree. In the last shot of the movie when he's looking at the picture of Blake's family, he's sitting against a tree again.

I missed that.

It's a great movie that explores the dynamics of relationships as they evolve and change under duress. If you've not seen it already, I highly recommend it.

I assume it gets better as Schofield is pissing me off with "let's wait till later" bullshit.

@@bcarss1970 I don't think Schofield is a coward, he just wanted to do what made tactical sense. However Blake was motivated by the urgency. At the end of the day, Schofield didn't abandon his buddy Blake.

@@bcarss1970 Schofield is set up to be the more experienced soldier. He was decorated at the Battle of the Somme and has the mindset of someone who probably learned a lot of hard lessons in the process, hence his more tactical mentality.

TheeYellowDart Schofield tried to save Blake’s life but he couldn’t

Its not uncut. There are actually three scenes in here. The first cut is the transition from the dug out to them going back outside, the second cut takes place at about 08:04, as they pass behind the gathered soldiers.

It’s a bit of editing magic. It’s a bunch of very long scenes expertly stitched together to appear as one continuous shot (well two if you count the blackout in the middle).

@@tonyflamingo8113 @Tony Flamingo I reckon there's a cut just as they enter the trench and the soldiers and the crate pass in front of the scene , at about 2:40

SFMF RMDQ I lost my words during 1917, it’s Amazing and bloody insane

Except you didn't miss it because you're fucking talking about it, didn't you?

@@Oikos1602 That is why I used the word "usually" in case you didnt know the definition for this word is 'under normal conditions; generally' meaning not including this 🙃

@@EverydayBladeCollector yeah real fucking obscure camera work if I had an extra chromosome like you I'd also "usually" not notice these kinds of things

@@Oikos1602 Did you mean "also say" ??

Sucks but it makes sence! They knew the war was ending the newer recruits felt optimism. Poor kids man

German Pilot: “I’m about to ruin this man’s whole career”

He played too much Pubg i guess

@@holstfly1 wait till ww2 electric boogaloo

Next week would start the Battle of Arras.

He knew what to expect when they’re out there and he gets badass halfway through

Can you just immagine on top of that the ever present rats and body lice , Jesus Christ it doesn't bare thinking about .

@@geraldswain3259 what freaks me out the most is the feet slowly rotting....

Tolkien served at the Somme, and based the Dead Marshes in LOTR on no man's land.

The film is a retelling of Dantes Inferno. Spot on with the other horrid dimension

Gehenna: the ancient Israelite dumping ground ...fires burned constantly and it stood for decay, desolation and destruction.

The actor for Schofield does a great job with being terrified of the mission. It helps convince you that he is a veteran and has seen what no man’s land is like. But in a subtle way. His warning to Blake about how he had been told the Germans had gone before. It’s a great movie

It's Kubrickesque. That continuing opening is similar to paths of glory,When Kirk Douglas walks through the trenches. Great movie.🇬🇧🍺🇬🇧

Also tree in center screen in first shot, followed by breaking of leavened bread...then tons of foreshadowing re Blake.

Show, don't tell. That used to be the norm, now it's the exception.

You can count Peleliu as one of those days little resistance they said...

What could possibly go wrong? :D

lol

Thibault Derese I wish they would make a 1918 one

lexwaldez Stalingrad '42

Radical RIGHT Agreed

Radical RIGHT No movie this year beats 1917

@@nicolelawless3199 le man's 66

@K K It's not about action. The movie feels soulless and rushed. Spoiler Alert from now on : Take for example the scene with the french lady : the fact that both characters managed to understand each other perfectly while speaking different languages was absurd. Sam Mendes should have focused on the visual and signs language. The whole scene felt out of place. Also the fact that Blake dies prematurely was a "mistake" IMO. Yes, it does serve the plot but the issue here is that we don't get to know the character, what he thinks, what he feels about the war... I mean we don't have time to bond with this character. Furthermore, it also breaks the bond he had with Schofield and we're left with a bland character. Schofield repeats that he wants to go back home but we don't truly know why; well it's a matter family and safety I guess but this could've been a discussion subject between him and Blake. If the duo had broken out right before the ending, after all the tension and a reinforced bond between the two main characters, it would have given so much depth and substance to the movie. Anyways great movie but kinda overrated.

@@ramus2027 you think you're special lol

the last line of your 2nd paragraph is a far fetched interpretation. Hell/the underworld was the town ablaze if anything. Throne is victory/them fulfilling their mission, duh.

“Either hell or heaven , you get there faster if you’re on your own” Or in other words.. “You’ll achieve death quicker if you reject help”

Thanks for the well written explanation!

And what was great in the clip was how it was clear the soldiers misinterpreted the poetry, taking it to mean that others will slow you down in achieving your objective.

the general does show a deal of care that you often dont see ww1 generals do in movies. I mean he really wants them to get out of it alive.

Yeeaaaahhh exacty

So subtle and yet so effective. Thanks for pointing this out!

well done, ,noticed some but not there lol

Cool

Still 3-4 cuts in 9 minutes is few

It looks like WWI in a gay club. None of these people look like they've fought in a war. lol They're walking around in little helmets but don't have a trace of sweat, mud, or blood on them. I hope the men of today never have to fight in a war going on what they see in these cheesy movies. They're liable to think that wars are about tidying up for important men and not blowing your enemies to fucking bits and not caring that you walk away with guts and blood all over you.

Too true

This comment is one of the dumbest things I've ever read

@@schwaben4120 ok

@@schwaben4120 How? They're both underestimations of how long something will take.

@@schwaben4120 ok trash

Hemp Rope 2020 isn’t

Hemp Rope It’s the worst year ever apart from 1917

Superdude70 We got a lot of great original films though

Bugsy! I’m glad 1917 was done, cinema was the experience I will never forget

I’m surprised Nanny didn’t cry but I did

Did you see the full movie yet?

Your fathers generation, and your grandparents... My grandfather never told me stories of WW2. He flew a b17 with Hell’s Angels. But his friend, the pilot, did. It was far worse than any war movie can display. The saving private Ryan opening scene apparently missed the fact that people were being cut in half by machine gun, the deafening sound of mortars, the smell, and the fear of knowing you have no say in your death. It was luck. Pray to god for good luck, as you watch your friends get blown out of the sky and suicide dive bomb German fortifications as their last stand.

Chev Preston My grandfather was also in the war, but never talked about it. In WW2 because I just found out in 2020

D. F. I have many times

@Pie man sorter Then you explain how you can make a uncut scene cut? Don't be daft of course this is a uncut scene!

It isn’t actually uncut, it uses good editing to hide the cuts and make it seem like one shot. One cut takes place when they leave the bunker thing where the general is, and another takes place later on when they pass behind the soldiers.

Basically theater in a nutshell

Ikr Blake's kit is more glossy and new while Schofield's is more worn in Goes to show how much attention was given even to the styling of the actors

SagiriEro did Blake just arrive or something how long has Blake and schofeild been there

​@Behind You It’s implied at 8:30 that Schofield was at the Somme, which means he would've been there since at least July 1916. Blake probably arrived in early 1917.

Timo van Galen Maybe, I’m surprised Schofield didn’t remember it

Hannah Dyson Same here, I even couldn’t go to the cemetery during lockdown and that made me upset

@McLarenBMW when did you serve?

AKA a specialist in the US Army

@McLarenBMW Oh because you'd be such a badass in the trenches right?

@McLarenBMW How would you react? can you even imagine how terriffying that situation would be?

McLarenBMW Jesus, I’ll take Schofield with me away from the Germans

Go purchase the movie like the rest of us.

@@GobanShodan it's still two days before you can get it online. I've been waiting almost two months to buy online.

You should've seen this in the theater

@eating sugar no papa some of them are really poor, dont criticize them

John Wray it’s out on itunes

The other movies that were nominated were better.

The winner, Parasite, was pretty terrific as well.

I swear 2021 just gets better and better even though I’m still in grief after what happened on April 9th. I still try to love this year

@@nicolelawless3199 wait what happened on April 9th ?

@@anshumannayak1765 Prince Philip sadly died and it was unexpected and I’m sweating so much from the grief

Interstellar is worth keeping a copy of as well

@@Young_Dab hell ya dude! Not just blu-ray, but 4k HD

Ahmad Danial Basaruddin I’m getting just the dvd, I cannot wait to play it on my big screen at home again. Full volume and everything is still experienced

@@nicolelawless3199 if you haven't gotten it yet get the blue ray trust me it's worth it

@@Young_Dab Still one of my favs

WoahZoeyy Aw. When Blake and Schofield appeared, I said to Nanny ‘Holy cow, that’s George Mackay!’

MICHAEL SCOTT people have own beliefs calm down

If you miss 1 minute of this movie, you won’t know how they got there.

MICHAEL SCOTT ...wars exist because of people like you!

This movie was really overrated :/

OD3 Yes good on Sam Mendes, it made me attempt my 3rd time which will be Friday next week if me and Nanny sneak off to my final day there

There are some hidden cuts to be honest (for example at 2:41) but you are absolutely right. It is an worldclass work and I’ve never seen such a film before

@@marvin1271 and at 7:18 but still. Absoultely amazing work

*Lots* of compositing shenanigans. Not a single take, by any stretch of the imagination.

It's not a one take shot.

I was happy for Bong Joon-Ho, but man I wanted Sam Mendes to win so bad. I couldn't believe it that he didn't. He made a straight up masterpiece.

The feminist hated if for its lack of 'inclusivity'. God alone knows where they're going to have Victorian ladies prancing around the trenches.

@@MegaTj1981 Yeah I thought parasite was great, but this was a beautiful movie that personally for me should've won, or maybe joker.

Marcus Gilbert yeah I saw parasite last night, it’s not as good as people say.

NuxVom yeah, cuz women fought in WWI according to feminists.

Dunkirk

Agree @ Steven Smith 👍🏻 💛🌸💛🫶🏼💕🫶🏼

@Ryan M so it's bad?

@Ryan M Hm, I see.

Ryan M I did but it’s getting used to the experience and I never felt the same again after watching it

@Ryan M just watch the whole masterpiece and then comment pls

Ryan M It’s the experience that changed me for a long time and I’ll never forget it

I felt I was there because of the cinematography

How so? Sorry, but I just don't get it. Did you hate this film?

@@masterpenguin8472 I loved it. It was just very emotionally draining!!

Amen. I felt the same. A bit of cathartic shell shock.

And every time I look at Schofield, I go all hot

If you rewatch the beginning of the scene, the camera actually focuses more on Schofield. Somehow the dialogue tricked us into thinking Blake is the main character instead.

@@MagicalKid Interesting, yes i can see it now...very attentive!

He’s a Lance corporal

Thanks for the spoiler.

@@theenglishalpinist5031 yeah, don't have an excuse for that, hope you enjoyed the film mate

Scho was a veteran of the Battle of the Somme.

i love that documentary! Sadly there isn't that much other ww1 documentaries

@@seraphim9090 check out" the great war" yt chanel lots of videos about ww1.

Similarly (although about WWII) check out a Polish movie called Powstanie Warzsawskie that is made entirely from contemporary colorized footage from the Warsaw Uprising

​@@seraphim9090 Check out 'The Somme Then and Now' here on RU-vid. In it, actual WW1 footage is superimposed over modern footage captured at those same camera positions. It's rather haunting at times.

I didn't see any black or Sihk soldiers so it's all fake

Thank the camera operators. Deakins was pretty useless here

V B Deakins obviously shines in certain aspects. The blocking, lighting, and camera angles are all his. The crew fills the roll of executing the labor to pull of stuff like this. Props to both

V B I don’t think you know how much deakins contributed to the making of this film... he planned almost everything for the shooting this film.

@@vb8428 The same vital crew works laboriously on various films. But it is Roger Deakins's vision that made it to the Oscars.

@@tonimashdane33498 I think Jarhead and Skyfall have scenes that are distinctly Deakins, specifically scenes like the burning oilfield and the Shanghai rooftop fight.

Less than 7 minutes to meet the characters, get the call to action and begin the quest.

@@joltman81 If only more movies could make such an effective and succinct introduction.

joltman81 I already fell in love with them

That's straight to the heart Tritop. My relatives were one on each side. Stupid eh?

Frank Smith Yep 1917 beats WarHorse totally

Not all the well done movies are appreciated by Oscars juryies

Parasite was picked to send a message. The hollywood elite wanted to convey the message of diversity. So i guess the best movie did not win.

This move was just to ..

@@georgedelorean344 Parasite a deserved winner. Frankly, cannot understand the fuss about 2017 - technically excellent but a very obvious story, twenty minutes from the end you knew exactly what would happen. He was soaked in the river yet the letter was still readable? (Would also have had "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", "Hustlers" and "Ash is the Purest White" ahead of it.)

Trench warfare is pointless on so many levels. Most of WW1 was just back and forth stalemates. Only in 1917 did things really start to change in favour of the British, French and US.

@@maxezaz7694 hindsight is 20/20 >.>

@@minimusmax Trench warfare continued in the 1980s also in the Iran-Iraq war. A war that was almost entirely plagued by stalemates also. Goes to show people never learn from the past.

@@maxezaz7694 the iran-iraq war is more complicated than it just being trench warfare. Theres a lot of factors at play

@@TawnyRain2332 of course, but the main aspect which made the Iran-Iraq war so gruelling and plagued with stalemates was both sides use of trench warfare. Im not talking about other complicated factors like sectarianism, Arab and Persian nationalism etc which also made the war more complicated which youre right about. I just dont see any sane person after WW1 using trench warfare as a military tactic. Anyway Iran-Iraq war ended in a stalemate as neither side got what they wanted. Arab or Persian nationalists will argue otherwise though.

It was in No Mans Land I started crying but I got through

But when the film came up I turned to Nanny and said ‘oh my god I can’t do this’

I cried when Blake bled to death after getting stabbed. I know it’s a movie and I know I don’t know the person but I bloody cried when I saw him die.

I’m gonna cry 😢😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@@user-oh6eg4ny3h I loved Blake 😂😢😢

The funny thing is you missed the other 2 takes before that :D The first one is before 3 minutes.

@eating sugar no papa Are you sure?

@@jimm.1013 Look at his bags below the right arm! ;-)

@eating sugar no papa yea, his head slightly moved

IIRC, they break with wall edges, crates moving (as pointed out at 2:42), etc. because computer editing and compositing allows more seamless dynamic cuts than before.

R. F. Delderfield's "Seven Men of Gascony" would make a pretty decent film.

The Sharpe series comes close...but I'd love to see something with the greater historical accuracy that the Internet and a large budget would offer.

@@mysss29 The Sharpe series are just ok, in my opinion. No, we need a sweeping story like Gone With The Wind or Dr. Zhivago.

This is all long shots or one long continuous shot? I’m referring to the whole movie

@@Noah-nv6vr The whole movie is not one long continuous shot. The beginning scene and many other scenes are long and how the camera sweeps from behind the characters to the side and then in front of them. While sweeping around them you see the scenery around them. Crazy...where are all the sound crew and the camera crew and director. Insane.