NFR 1917

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

Once upon a time was awful - should never make light of the Manson murders

Ridiculous ending.
The Irishman however was excellent

[mrmicawbers]

On holiday in India and reading fall of giants by Ken Follet.Which is set in that era.Very good book and will watch the film on my return.

[cookieg]

Why didn't they just drop a note out of a plane?

[Andy S]

The clue is in the title 1917

[cookieg]

The clue is in the title 1917

?. If you are referring to aeroplanes then the Royal Flying Corps was in existance during WW1 becoming the RAF on 1st April 1918. So aeroplanes were very much involved in WW1.

[Neil D]

It was a decent enough film but if you're going to make a film about the First World War in a specified place (the Somme) at a specified time (April,1917) then some effort at verisimilitude should be made.  The Somme has no raging torrents, still less waterfalls.  The landscape is gently undulating at most.  How did the two battalions set to attack get across the newly-vacated No Mans Land so quickly and then fail to inform HQ that the Germans had indeed pulled back?  This is where films like Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers  excelled - both gripping and plausible whereas 1917 was [mostly] just gripping.