Movie 1917 trailer

January 29, 2020, 06:32 PM

opticsguy

Movie 1917 trailer

I think the horror and filth of the trenches was underplayed. The lice and rats were what made a week in the front line about all a man could take.

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February 01, 2020, 03:43 PM

Rawny

Watched it last night. Enjoyed it a lot, especially after watching "They shall not grow old" recently. It was like watching a companion piece. The ending felt similar to "Gallipoli" with a young Mel Gibson, also running the trenches to deliver a message.

How do the booby traps work in the bunker? Those hanging bags weren't meant for the rats, but for enemy soldiers to discover and set off?

February 01, 2020, 04:39 PM

RogueJSK

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Originally posted by Rawny:
How do the booby traps work in the bunker? Those hanging bags weren't meant for the rats, but for enemy soldiers to discover and set off?

The hanging bags of food weren't specifically booby-trapped. The booby-trap was a wire running across the base of the doorway leading into one of the tunnels, which connected to a large explosive.

The soldiers recognized the tripwire, but a rat dragged a fallen food bag into the tripwire, thus setting off the booby trap.

February 01, 2020, 05:59 PM

Oat_Action_Man

I thought the bags were the German soldiers' "toilets"....

Did I misinterpret the gagging they made when they found them or miss a line?

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February 01, 2020, 06:11 PM

Sigmund

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Originally posted by Oat_Action_Man:
I thought the bags were the German soldiers' "toilets"....

Did I misinterpret the gagging they made when they found them or miss a line?

I assumed the food bags were hung that way so the rats could not get to them.

April 13, 2020, 09:18 AM

Prefontaine

Saw it this past weekend. I'm definitely in the under delivered group. It was good, just not worthy of all the hype.

The 4k Disc (especially in DV) was reference. The film was shot in 4.5k, then mastered at 4k, so it's a native 4k release. PQ was 5 of 5 stars.

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September 02, 2020, 12:09 PM

PASig

I thought it was really well done.

At Carlisle Barracks, PA they have this US Army Heritage Center that includes a life size WWI replica trench that runs just as real one would have and it's pretty large.

It's a very strange feeling walking through it.