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Fog warfare 19176/3/2023 ![]() It would be difficult to have a more realistic appreciation for what it was like to land on “Bloody” Omaha Beach during the Normandy invasion without a time machine. For one, the movie gets the details exquisitely right. Yet, there are reasons engage with 1917 as a serious war film. As a set piece of military history, it is to be scrupulously ignored. ![]() Like Steven Spielberg’s tale of a squad of soldiers trampling around the Normandy countryside after D-Day, this Sam Mendes storyline is equally implausible. On that front, it’s the best since Saving Private Ryan (1998) and definitely worth seeing. The plot is the stuff of a standard action/adventure flick: two soldiers on a desperate mission to stop a British unit from charging into a trap. At a more substantive level, however, it’s a movie about the humanity and inhumanity of war. ![]() Yes, it’s up for this year’s “Best Picture” Oscar, but that hasn’t stopped critics delivered decidedly mixed reviews to 1917.
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