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[FanXiche]

Originally Posted by allen_kcCard

True events of history has been more unbelievable than this movie.

True historical events are even more unacceptable,how did people deal with life and fate in that era?

[mnchiefsguy]

Excellent movie.

[Halfcan]

I really enjoyed this movie. Lots of twists and turns with plenty of action.

Lessons learned:

Let the German burn and don't be a nice guy.

Never pass up fresh milk.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

I really enjoyed this movie. Lots of twists and turns with plenty of action.

Lessons learned:

Let the German burn and don't be a nice guy.

Never pass up fresh milk.

Yeah, that line of thinking surprised me.

Spoiler!

After he wrecked I figured they’d just bayonet him. I get it. It certainly didn’t take me out of it but it did surprise me. But yeah. As soon as he went for the water I thought yep, somebody is dying.

And yeah, milk.

[Halfcan]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Yeah, that line of thinking surprised me.

Spoiler!

After he wrecked I figured they’d just bayonet him. I get it. It certainly didn’t take me out of it but it did surprise me. But yeah. As soon as he went for the water I thought yep, somebody is dying.

And yeah, milk.

Spoiler!

Yes, that was a pretty dicky move after the boys saved his life. The first thing he does is gut one of them. Should have let the ****er burn.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

Spoiler!

Yes, that was a pretty dicky move after the boys saved his life. The first thing he does is gut one of them. Should have let the ****er burn.

Spoiler!

I’d have bayoneted him. Just on the outside chance he could aim and fire the front gun. But yeah. Roll on there man.

But things were different then. If you haven’t listened to the Hardcore History podcast.

In that Podcast Carlin talks about their state of mind a good bit. There wasn’t massive hateful wars for a few generations until this one happened. I mean these are monarchs fighting over resources. When Franz Ferdinand got capped the dudes in the trenches probably felt more in common with the dudes they were shooting at than their monarch leaders. Hell Germany hadn’t been unified but for like 30 years or something. A lot of Germans weren’t even born Germans.

The story of the first Christmas cease fire business is truly fascinating. I mean really ****ing fascinating.

That Hardcore History podcast is for real man.

[mdchiefsfan]

This looks amazing. Hadn’t heard of it until now.

[Mennonite]

I rarely go to the theater, but today will be an exception. I'm gonna catch this one, then Underwater (which will most likely suck) and cap it off with a viewing of Unforgiven that's playing for one night only.

[allen_kcCard]

On the barn thing

Spoiler!

I actually kind of get it. I think in that sort of situation, the pilot would have gone from panic of the fire and not caring who was helping him, to an oh shit moment where he sees that the people with him now are enemies. Even if he grasped that they were helping him, he would surely have doubted their motives and likely would have lashed out as soon as he could to try to avoid whatever they would do next. It sucked for the people that were trying to help him, but...ultimately the pilot was right, and he likely would have been bayonetted soon after once the truck troops rolled up to check out the smoke. I saw that one as another example of what would very likely have happened in real life in the situation.

[CoMoChief]

I really wanna see this...prob will tonite. Been putting it off for other shit, but I got a few hrs to spare this evening.

[Mennonite]

I liked it. I think the scene following the blackout was my favorite.

I'm not sure that the continuous shot thing was the best idea. I think some scenes would have worked better with a different technique.

P.S. The damn theater cancelled the showing of Unforgiven without mentioning it on their website.

[DeepPurple]

I just got back from seeing 1971. I totally forgot about the continuous scene shooting until he was going down the river, then I was thinking, how are they going to show him getting out. They did it pretty well and from that point on I make note and I really liked having just that pov angle. When you finally saw him talking to Benefict Cumberbatch and was standing at attention. I realized I hadn't really seen him in a while and how different he looked.

Overall, I gave it 10 stars, I really liked the film. Honestly, I don't know how anyone wouldn't enjoy the film, especially any guy, especially any former military guy. Maybe enjoy is the wrong word, it should be appreciate. Like when the Titantic was sinking, you didn't enjoy it, but you really appreciated all the work it took to make and put together those scenes.

[siberian khatru]

Finally saw it today. Outstanding. The constant long shots were overdone a bit (I found myself at times looking for the cheats) but technically and visually it was well done, and it had more emotional punch than I was expecting.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

Finally saw it today. Outstanding. The constant long shots were overdone a bit (I found myself at times looking for the cheats) but technically and visually it was well done, and it had more emotional punch than I was expecting.

Yeah I watched it before the hype. If you take out the expectations and hype it is really goddamned engaging. When they went into the barracks I actually had anxiety.

It was really effective at what it tried to do. It got hyped (because it was well done) and it got out of hand. But in a vacuum it worked really well at what it tried to do.