1917 (2019)
This is a series of great scenes, but the sum is not as great as the parts. Scene after scene had me alternately stunned, captivated, awed, introspective, anxious. But I left some scenes wondering if that particular scene was really necessary to the telling of the story, or was so much of that scene necessary.
I never tired of the movie, but while I was in the movie I wished a scene or three had been shortened -- it's hard to explain. I often get that feeling several times during a Tarantino movie. Quentin falls in love with a scene sometimes and milks a C+ idea for twice as long as it's good for.
This is a minor complaint because overall I liked the movie very much. I think going into this thinking it was "one of the best war films of all time" set me up for mild disappointment.
This is a series of great scenes, but the sum is not as great as the parts. Scene after scene had me alternately stunned, captivated, awed, introspective, anxious. But I left some scenes wondering if that particular scene was really necessary to the telling of the story, or was so much of that scene necessary.
I never tired of the movie, but while I was in the movie I wished a scene or three had been shortened -- it's hard to explain. I often get that feeling several times during a Tarantino movie. Quentin falls in love with a scene sometimes and milks a C+ idea for twice as long as it's good for.
This is a minor complaint because overall I liked the movie very much. I think going into this thinking it was "one of the best war films of all time" set me up for mild disappointment.