I have some thoughts 🤔 1917 is unlike any war film I've ever seen! This movie was shot in the most stunningly beautiful way possible. Cinematographer Roger Deakins (Almost all of the Coen Brothers films, Sicario, How to Train Your Dragon 1 & 2 and Bladerunner 2049 😍) alongside director Sam Mendes (as well as the rest of the crew of course) crafted a harrowing journey that doesn't let up at all during its 2 hour runtime. You feel as if you are right alongside our main characters as they push across enemy lines to save 1,600 British soldiers from an ambush set by German soldiers. The score by Thomas Newman, who has been creating great scores for decades, has created his BEST and gloomiest score to date. I was audibly hooked thirty seconds into the film 🎶👏🎶 I can't wait to sit down with the score soon! There are a ton of a-list stars in this film but they all have very little screen time (Richard Madden was the absolute best of the bunch in my opinion) compared to Dean-Charles Chapman and George Mackay and this is where the film excells. You are left with two everyday young soldiers that are given an impossible task and you form a bond with them as they make their way across the war torn country side. There are startling, heart wrenching, suspenseful, horrifying and inspiring moments throughout the entire film and they ALL need to be experienced on the BIG screen. I often tell people to see movies on the BIG screen but I've never meant it as much as I do right now. Don't go into this film thinking you're seeing something along the lines of Saving Private Ryan or Apocalypse Now. 1917 is much more intimate compared to those films and that is why it is such a unique cinematic experience. I will be seeing this again before it leaves the theater without a doubt. Don't sleep on this film! Trust me, it's an experience unlike any you've had before at the cinema.