Watched 1917 by Sam Mendes. It has been so hyped that i had some expectations. I was disappointed. It is skilfully made but not original at all. Basically the same basic story as in the, IMO, better movie Gallipoli by Peter Weir. Two soldiers sent on a mission to warn some others about a danger. But where Weir captures some of the horror and senselessness of WW1 1917 paints a pretty picture but it lacks the gased and shellshocked soldiers that was told to keep on fighting, the high officers that did not much care if soldiers died. For me it paints a picture of how the war should have been that are far from how it was. It is not close to how the war was. Spielberg did a better job in Saving Private Ryan even if it had its weak points too. 3 out of 5. The direction is fine even if i think he made a wrong choice in choosing to film as if in one long shot. The effect is very skillful but also artificial and it takes you more out of the movie than into it. IMO that technique he uses works well for an opening or an ending but when used in a whole movie, as here, it is just artificial.