neilachatt

What a harrowing heartbreaking look at the story of young men sent to fight in such a senseless war. Beautifully shot and the cast are incredible, this is one of the best war films of recent years. There are no hero's in this movie, there is nothing gung ho, it's a realistic look at how frightened these young lads must have been, it brings home the tragic loss of life in the 3 million men lost their lives on the western front. This film took me through several emotions but mainly anger at the generals willing to sacrifice these boys from the safety of their offices. Its brutal beautiful and sad.

So I had fairly good expectations for this Movie, the trailer didn't make me hate it enough not to give it a shot, so I watched it........ yeah, good idea but it didn't really hit the mark for me, what is the problem? Hard to say, the cast is great, the performances good, the set beautiful but there's something lacking, it feels a little undercooked, a bit low rent, maybe bigger stars in the lead roles would have helped, but saying that I loved Nathalie emmanuel in the lead role, she is great, very engaging, but the film as a whole is underwhelming. A missed opportunity it could have been so good and lead to a sequel but I can't see it happening, I enjoyed it but I should have loved it.

I think the problem for me is that after avengers end game I thought yeah, that's a very good way to say goodbye to these characters, close the book and move on.

This movie seems like a cash grab. It would help if the film had raised the bar Or just been better. It seems to try and be funny rather than interesting, it has all the ingredients to be fantastic, christian bale is excellent, but it waisted the opportunity, this script would have been better as a Thor Lego movie, it would have made for a better experience all round, instead it comes over as overly silly. Please put these characters out to pasture in the mcu field next to the mcu Care home. Peace out ...