Dude Rates Movies

1917

A+
Poster of the movie
Sam Mendes | 2019 | USA, UK, India, Spain, Canada, China
Thursday 7 July 2022 (rewatched) (uprated from A to A+)

Outstanding experience. Beyond the technical achievement, it's a powerhouse of sheer intensity and beauty.

Tuesday 11 February 2020 (watched)

Stop saying the movie is one long shot for fuck sake! (Not because it was actually filmed in multiple shots, I don't care how the movie was made, but because:) There are 2 shots in the movie, with a clear, black-screen-for-multiple-seconds pause between the 2 scenes, and this transition is narratively significant, and the second scene starts with a visual and auditive moment of cinema that is out of this world. So this is the reaction of a director who just made a movie in 2 shots, who was the grand favorite for the Oscar for Best Director in all betting sites, and who just lost (to Parasite's director).