Mike Goes To Movies

1917 (2020) My first theatre-film of 2020 and it couldn't have started off stronger. Sam Mendes' 1917 very much does for the First World War what Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan did for the Second World War. It is a hauntingly beautiful depiction of a bygone era of warfare - one that sucked into its depths a tragically-young generation of men and threw them into what is likely one of the closest things we have seen to 'hell-on-earth'. What came from this are stories of bravery, the fight for survival and comradeship - all of which is depicted in a majesty here that only a cinematographer such as Roger Deakins could conjure onscreen. Though it is only the very beginning of the new year, I anticipate 1917 will remain one of the best films of the year, not to mention, being one of the best films about war ever made. 1917 follows the story of Lance Corporals Blake and Schofield (Dean-Charles Chapman and George MacKay, respectively) who are given the task of cros...