He wasn’t saying that his home life was bad. It was that going home and then having to leave again was worse than just staying away. It was painful for him and them to have him go off to war yet again.

@jsmithers.

7 ай бұрын

No 🤡

@candvdz9618

6 ай бұрын

@@jsmithers.yes? Is your brain smooth?

@jsmithers.

6 ай бұрын

@@candvdz9618 Cry 🤡

The most underrated part of this film to me is when the French girl say she doesn't know the baby's name and we realize it's not even hers. That always breaks me.

@MatthewPettyST1300

7 ай бұрын

Imagine how strong you would have to be to abandon the quiet and what may be an illusion of safety spending those tranquil moments with that caring woman and the child. They also needed your help but he HAD to leave it behind for the bigger mission that he may or even more likely may NOT complete.

“How do you wash your clothes in war?” Me: That’s the neat part, you don’t

@PotatoDoe-du1vj

7 ай бұрын

I had the same response

@soulscyther666

7 ай бұрын

Heh, neat part. The irony. Oh wait, no ironing too. 😂

@sonofkarma5461

7 ай бұрын

If only she knew

@ryanhampson673

7 ай бұрын

I went a couple months not washing my clothes in Afghanistan. After about a week you don't even smell B.O anymore

@Yeraveragemoron

6 ай бұрын

@@ryanhampson673the cheese that all the walking and trudging creates after 2 weeks of no shower is nice -

Scofield didn't hate his family home. He hated having to be among them and knowing he wouldn't be able to stay with them. He said it was easier not to see them at all because, once he was with them, he didn't want to go back to war.

@jsmithers.

7 ай бұрын

No 🤡

@Leon-oc4em

7 ай бұрын

​@@jsmithers.🤓

@jsmithers.

7 ай бұрын

@@Leon-oc4em No. Cry 🤡

@Leon-oc4em

7 ай бұрын

@@jsmithers. 🤓🤓

@jsmithers.

7 ай бұрын

@@Leon-oc4em 🤡🤡

One of the saddest things with the movie is that at the end of it, there's still a year and a half before the war even ends. And in between this, we have the horrors of Arras, Passchendaele, Cambrai, and the German Spring Offensive, thus throwing into doubt the fates of many of the characters we have encountered.

@jsmithers.

7 ай бұрын

Lol no 🤡

About the Indian soldier - during WW1, the British Empire mobilised over 1,000,000 Indian soldiers, of whom at least 74,000 died.

@apulrang

7 ай бұрын

Yes. It was a very good, realistic touch to include that Indian soldier. Not many WWI movies do that ... or WWII movies for that matter. There were tons of African troops too, there from British and French colonies, possibly others too I suppose. How invested they were in the bigger causes varies I suppose ... but then lots of soldiers from their own countries struggled with "Why we fight" as well, especially in World War I where it was a bit harder than in World War II to identify definite villains.

@luchi850

7 ай бұрын

Let's put it this way - The British Empire during both World Wars weren't anti-immigrants.

@timkruse9912

7 ай бұрын

omg

@DoddyIshamel

7 ай бұрын

All volunteers. Though this guy is in a Brirish unit so almost certainly is British and thus conscripted.

@tileux

7 ай бұрын

Most Indian forces actually served in the middle east, especially in Iraq and Arabia, because the Ottoman empire threatened the British supply lines through the suez canal, and in Africa, where there were threats due to German colonies. there were also threats to the western Indian border, which at that time was roughly the afghanistan border and the tribal areas of what is now pakistan. Only a small number of Indians served on the western front as infantry, all in Inidan units with british officers who spoke the language of their indian units. Most served as cavalry, which wasnt used in the trenches but was used in a few notable battles, although some indian cavalry occassionally fought as infantry in the trenches. In reality, the Indian guy in this movie is a bit representative only, rather than historical. He's possible, but highly unlikely. Most Indians from Britain at the time would have been recruited into the navy to work as cooks and cleaners on ships (which positions were, weirdly, civilian contractors) or into support services.

The cinematography is absolutely incredible. How the cameraman and Director were able to shoot this is beyond me. Awesome movie.

@kevink9764

7 ай бұрын

Look up any movie Roger Deakins has made - amazing cinematographer - only had 2 Oscars but should have 8 & more

One of the most powerful cinema experiences I’ve had. The music really helped convey emotion through it all. This film won so many awards

@jsmithers.

7 ай бұрын

But not best picture lol 🤡

I remember seeing this in the theater. It instantly became one of my favorite movies! The "one shot" editing made it feel so real!

This movie received 10 Oscar nominations. Came really close to winning both Picture and Director (1917 won both Golden Globe and BAFTA in both categories) but lost Oscar to PARASITE (which was incredibly deserving too to be fair). 1917 and PARASITE were the last 2 films I watched in the cinemas before the pandemic.

@r2d2rxr

7 ай бұрын

It was a crazy year for movies!

@timkruse9912

7 ай бұрын

crazy to think its been 4 years since the pandemic

@itzbp9949

7 ай бұрын

The reason it lost was because it was a movie full of white people and parasite ticked all the boxes

@sonofkarma5461

7 ай бұрын

The awards are Welll Deserved

@tektauron

7 ай бұрын

both INCREDIBLE films!

This was the very last movie I watched with my Father before his passing, so it will always have special meaning to me. Haven't been able to watch it since, but watching your reaction will be a good start.

@TheFoggyjones

7 күн бұрын

Go easy man. I feel it. Bless you.

13:14 "uh oh. more helis. how many helicopters are around man?" a lot more than i expected. 😆

I love that they managed to make this look like two long shots, but I also appreciate that they weren't completely reliant on that technique. My favourite thing about this film is that it really puts into perspective how difficult things were back in the war, instead of glorifying it like many other films do. I also love that director Sam Mendes created this film based on stories he was told, because I really love it when people create something really personal to them. BTW Mary, I love that you pointed out that George MacKay was also in the 2003 version of Peter Pan. That's my favourite version as well. Here's another fun fact: he was the first boyfriend of my all-time favourite actress, the amazing Saoirse Ronan.

One of the all-time greatest uses of "long" takes. Too many directors use long shots as nothing more than a gimmick, here the director uses it to let you feel the clock ticking down in real time on their mission, which ratchets up the tension and makes you stress out over every wasted or distracted moment.

I just now realized that this film was about Tommen "Baratheon" going to save Robb Stark, also featuring Agent Galahad, Professor Moriarty, Merlin, and Doctor Strange.

Scoffield loves his family so much that he didn't want to be home on leave with the thought that he will just have to go back to war.

One of the most beautiful yet haunting war films. The bunker/trench clearing scene had me having flashbacks of cave clearings in Afghanistan. Such great filmmaking.

Helicopters weren’t invented until late WW2, like 30 years later 😂

@PotatoDoe-du1vj

7 ай бұрын

I know right she said “uh oh…helicopters”😂

I recall a couple of WW1 veterans in my neighborhood when I was growing up in the 50s. One I know was a Marine. I was fascinated by his medals and war souvenirs.

A lot of the soldiers who fought in WW2 went to war sober and came back alcoholics. It was the only way learned to "deal" with their problems and keep moving forward.

Seen a few comments about the "Helicopters" but nobody actually stating what they were. They were called Bi-Planes, doubled winged planes.

Remember seeing this film in cinemas and expecting something good but not really that psyched for it. Finished the film in floods of tears AND in awe of the exceptional filmmaking and music. Stunning film.

Such a powerful and tension filled movie. Cinematography was stunning. The running scene from the trench over the top... a behind the scenes YT video of how they did it "1917 - The making of running scene - behind the scenes" is quite interesting too.

Nice reaction Mary, the directors use of the 'One Shot' in filming, made movie so much more engaging, great watch on the big screen. 🥰❤️‍🔥

So Remember when Schofield got his hand caught on the barbed wire at the beginning of the movie? WWI was before penicillin so a lot of guys died from infection after being cut by old rusty barbed wire. Having been around for awhile Schofield had likely seen that with his own eyes. Not to mention that hand being plunged into a rotting body not soon after. I think one of the major reasons why Schofield pushes himself so damn hard is that he likely knew he was a dead man walking, once Blake died that was it, if Schofield didn't deliver the message then nobody would have.

The general guy in the start is played by Colin Firth, you might know him as Harry from Mamma Mia, or Harry Hart from Kingsman, or Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones diary

Great video Mary! There were a lot of easter eggs in this for people who know the history of the war. For example, the date at the beginning: April 7, 1917, was the date the United States got into the war. There is a lot more in it too if you know what to look for. The attention to historical detain in this was excellent. Just a thought, if you haven't tried it already, get Battlefield ! and give the single-player missions a go on your gaming channel

Yes. You've reacted to my #1 favorite movie. It's good cinematic, great acting audio, and visual effects. The movie absolutely blew me away. Me and mom cried after watching.

Just want to say love the uploads lately. Im very picky with the movies i enjoy myself. But my all time favorite movie is Ink. As a parent that movie hits as deep as possible in the feels for dads.

you should see the movie Gallipoli w/ a young Mel gibson.about australia in ww1 .more tears.based on true event.

in World War I as part of the British Empire. Over one million Indian troops served overseas, of whom 62,000 died and another 67,000 were wounded. In total at least 74,187 Indian soldiers died during the war

@St-lucifer-96

7 ай бұрын

Nobody care about India the film not about them is it 😂🤣

Fun fact, during the WW I the british troops in the front had the name of TOMMIES. So king Tommen was a TOMMIE

This is a fantastic movie! Good reaction Mary

When Schofield is running across the field to deliver the message to Colonel Mackenzie, and he knocks down the soldier, it wasn’t planned. The timing got off, and the extra ran into George MacKay unintentionally, and it actually happened another time, so they kept it in rather than reshooting the scene since it was a hassle to that specific scene multiple times.

I love this movie love the video Mary stay motivated Dream big 1 mill on the way

Schofeld's big run at the end did prompt the charge, you can hear the CO blow the whistle after he exposes himself, as he basically gave up any potential for surprise. Also, the actor wasn't actually supposed to collide with the soldiers. The extras knocked him down and like Forrest Gump, he just kept on run-nin-guh. And cinematographer Roger Deakins is a professional mad lad. He actually made the sun come out for that final moment of Schofeld looking at his family photo after meticulously shooting only during overcast conditions for the rest of the film

For a war movie, maybe the most beautiful shot, cinematic movie ever made! And story based on a veteran's war stories

George Mckay is one of the best actors of his generation. Check his role as Ned Kelly! Furious!! I met George briefly n he is an absolute gent!!

Dang, this and All Quiet beforehand. I'd also recommend Gallipoli and Lawrence of Arabia.

All of his sequences are uncut, the camera shot effects are excellent.

Helicopters weren't invented until the 1940s. Scofield didn't want to go on leave because of the psychological toll it would take to go back to the war. It's not because he didn't like his life at home. It's easier for some to stay acclimatised to the horror. That's why a lot of veterans struggle with civilian life when they come home.

My daughter and I watched this in the theater right before she went off to boot camp. We both damned well cried through this thing.

Great reaction, this film is so good as looks like 1 shot. We still have bayonets in the army, they get fitted on the muzzle of the rifle but you can still shoot

One of the many jobs that Alfred H Mendes carried out in WW1 was as a courier. So much like Corporals Blake and Schofield in this movie, Mendes would have been delivering important life saving messages between trenches. So its plausible that something like this would have happened to Mendes though its likely he would have been more of a Schofield than a Blake in that he would not have had a personal reason to deliver a message like Blake did.

Loved how the film starts with him sleeping at a tree and ends the same way. My favourite Peter Pan film is Hook with Robin Williams, check it out if you haven't seen it. -Sage

Great reaction, as always! By the way, I notice your guitar in the back there. It appears that's a capo on the neck. You really shouldn't keep it there, as over time it'll bend the neck. Yes, I notice random things, lol! Keep up the lovely vids!

Wow, watching The Last Samurai, All Quiet on the Western Front, Fury, The Raid, and 1917, all within two weeks, that’s impressive. As a retired soldier, those are some of my favorite movies from the last 20 years. Great choices.

I've said this over and over again but if this film is ever playing in a cinema near you in the future, take the time to see it. The experience is incredible, especially 'The Night Window' scene. Phenomenal movie.

@Cookieboy70

7 ай бұрын

The Night Window scene is incredible, I had the most vivid dream I've ever had that night after the cinema, that I was a soldier and fighting an intense battle in the same environment. I remember explicitly almost killing an innocent family, and also running out of ammo at one point desperately trying to find more.

@balansboy

7 ай бұрын

Definitely. This was one, when i saw the trailer, that I knew I had to see in the theater and I'm so glad I did.

Thinking about the French woman with the kid always breaks me. Things couldn't have ended well for hell. And she was just one of God knows how many 😭

A leader sending a man to get food like that, in a time like that, is actually a very wonderful thing.

My favorite war movie ever! Watched it 3 times at the cinema before buying the blu ray! Love the scene at 20:40 the music is so beautiful and the amazing shots of the ruined buildings exposed as the flares go off!!! AAHJHHHH AMAZING MOVIE

The Rifles used in WW1 were the Lee Enfield for the British and the Gewehr 98 For the Germans. Both had Bayonets on the end of them which could also be used as hand held knives.

@jsmithers.

7 ай бұрын

No. 🤡

@lukebarton5075

7 ай бұрын

@jsmither fking clart.

i watched this with my family the night before i sipped out for basic back in jan of 2020. my mom was crying her eyes out watching the kid die and i knew she was thinking about me. great movie.

Sam Mendes best known work besides 1917 are American Beauty (1999), Road to Perdition (2002), Jarhead (2005) and Revolutionary Road (2008). He also did the James Bond film Skyfall (2012). If I have to pick one for you to watch next it will be American Beauty, its an Academy Award winning film for Best Picture.

That GoT insert of Tommen going out the window made me laugh way more than it should have 😂

@11:35 helicopters have not been invented yet in WW1 or WW2. Helicopters were not used until the Vietnam war.

@joeconcepts5552

7 ай бұрын

They did have them in the Korean War, though.

@sip4119

7 ай бұрын

The helicopter was first flown in 1907 and they were used in WW2 mainly for transport and observation missions .

@Jetuniform

7 ай бұрын

They existed during ww2 but they were barely made.

I just realized he could have climbed up the other side of the trench and run without getting in the way of the first wave.

Sad thing is that most propably the only thing Scofield achieved was to delay the attack for a day or two. After which they would go again.

I was wondering what's up with all those war movies you've been watching, Mary. 1917 is one of the best war movies i've seen. Much better then "It's all quiet on the western front" ,IMO.

this was edited to be one long shot and it absolutely amazing on the big screen at the theater

4:28 "i feel like this has all been one shot." good eye mary. it's suppose to look that way.

Some great up and coming Brit actors in this awesome film :) Dean-Charles Chapman is also in the "The King" alongside Timothee Chalamet, Sean Harris, Tom Glynn-Carney, Lily-Rose Depp, Thomasin McKenzie, Robert Pattinson, Ben Mendelsohn and Joel Edgerton (who also was co-writer).

Mary, If you think you have the emotional fortitude for it, you should watch the French war movie Intimate Enemies 2007. Its about the French-Algerian war and the physical, psychological and moral toll it takes on a mixed French and Algerian platoon. Fair warning: its heart breaking.

their was so many helicopters in ww1 and during the renaissance 💀💀💀

Ya gotta do war horse soon!

" uh oh, some helicopters" Sweet Cherry 🍒🍒🍒 you adorable summer child 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🌷💗🌹❤️🦘🦘🦘

This movie was a Masterpiece, they way it looks like one shot is Amazing? Plus the Historical Accuracy was so On point 😃🏆

No helicopters yet. Not even monoplanes yet (one wing on each side). Just biplanes. :)

Hacksaw ridge is a really good war movie

There probably weren't that many Indians living in Britain at this time (most came here after the second world war during the 60s, 70s and 80s). The British Empire still controlled India, so regiments from India, Africa, Australia, New Zealand etc. and all across the Empire were formed to either bolster the British regiments fighting on several fronts, or to defend the various territories that required garrisons (because the regiments that would have been there normally had been pulled away to fight on the Western Front, at Gallipoli etc.). Several Indian regiments fought on the Western Front, it's likely that the guy in the truck at 18:46 was stranded from his battalion during a previous battle the same way Scofield is out of place here, and the guy just joined up with other friendly forces to continue the fight. Random soldiers did often get stranded from their units if they couldn't get back to their trench line, or they were sent on patrols or missions, and their unit had moved on to other battles before they made it back again.

13:24 i don't trust that milk either.

I defiantly held my breath a few times

I love how you progressively realize the movie is all one shot

19:02 - India was a part of the British Commonwealth back then, just like Australia. Independence for them came later.

This is up there with my favorite war movies.

6:58 they rotating the men off the frontline regularly, they only stayed out for something like two weeks at a time. then they would rotate them off for a short period until it was their turn again.

one of my favorite movies period so beautiful

There is an excellent military trial movie about Aussie troops serving in South Africa during the Boer War, which was a guerilla war, not much combat but very tense. Breaker Morant, no one has ever reacted to it, as far as I can tell.

Good reaction by the way. I also press the like button and it turns out I was the 1000 to finally hit it.😅

"Has this been just one shot?"

The dog in the trench wasn't random. They needed them to warn of approaching enemy and to help control the rats. Also, I actually didn't notice that there were two GoT actors in this movie.

A BRIDGE TOO FAR

" Is this one shot? I feel it's all one shot" Yeah Sweet Cherry 🍒🇦🇺🍒🇦🇺🍒🇦🇺 just keep watching . The knives sticking out of the guns are bayonets, they were a pretty good thing to have

Matti Pellonpää was great Finnish actor 1951-1995 Unfortunately his died heart attack only 44 years old😢 One his best film are Varjoja paratiisissa in year 1986 filming Aki Kaurismäki. English translate Shadows in paradise.

Relevant to Remembrance Day ;-( My US great-uncle was saved by the Armistice when he was halfway between Paris and the Ardennes. My great-aunt was a US volunteer nurse in England.

Soldiers on leave found it difficult to talk to people who had not been in the war. They were more at ease with their mates back in the war.

@13:49 ... WATCH OUT FOR THAT HELICOPTER!!!

Helicopters 💀

"We are the dead. Short days ago / We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow / Loved and were loved / And now we lie / In Flanders fields."

I like the quote : War isn’t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them

I'm glad you chose to watch this movie, Mary. Great movie and a cinematic masterpiece. Great choice! 🎉

The knives on the end of the guns are detachable and are called bayonets

Peter Jackson made a fantastic WW1 doc called They Shall Not Grow Old that's worth checking out. He had real footage colorized and it uses narration from many real WW1 vets.

There is a show called Gallipoli that is about the ANZAC invasion of Gallipoli that is rough but really good to give you an idea of what happened

Helicopters? In WW1?

I can recommend to watch "Generation War" (2013) and "The Day After" (1983).

@13:00 ... helicopters???

Check out Sam's breakout gem: "American Beauty"

They could tell by the uniform who was on which side.

recognized the kid as Tommen but didn't recognize king Robert 🤣