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32:22 1917 Movie Review - Zábava
What other movies are shot like this?
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Gravity comes close sometimes, esp at the beginning, which you reacted to a while back
"Birdman" (2014) and Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope" (1948) come to mind. I think "Silent Hill" from 2011 was, too.
In terms of war films, it's hard to believe Sam Mendes didn't have Paths of Glory in mind when composing the first trench sequences.
Band of Brothers. Band of Brothers Band of Brothers
War is awful, the First World War particularly, the conditions were appalling, luckily they didn't go into here, Jen. Two films which I highly recommend, although not shot like this they're very good, 'All Quiet on The Western Front' 2022, and the documentary 'They Shall Not Grow Old' from 2018, this last one is told by men who were there, it's directed by Peter Jackson who did the Lord of The Rings films etc, there's also another one about WWII called, 'The Sorrow and The Pity' it's a French (subtitled) documentary from 1969 both are excellent films.
Watching this in theatres was an experience I will never forget. The Battlefield run scene gives me chills everytime it’s so beautifully shot with the score, the cinematography, the emotions you feel watching it it’s such a powerful scene.
Saw it in the theater too, one of the first showings.. It was surreal with the silence.
That's all this is, emotions and cinematography. Warfilm for girls.
He was not supposed to be run into in the run scene, but because it was so expensive to stop and reshoot, they kept going. I think it made the scene better!
@@fu6817 The point of this movie appears to have gone completely over your head.
Yeah that scene, no matter how many times I see it, also gives me chills. Every time!
What makes this movie truly great, in my opinion, is the moments of relative calm: talking about the medal, meeting the woman and the baby juxtaposed with intense moments. The contrast of the cherry blossoms and the bodies, the relative peace of a person singing, but singing about dying and going to Heaven. Ending under a tree where it all began. This is one of my favorite movies.
As an ex-military this film shows the true horror of war. I sobbed in the theater as I watched it.
Usually you make me laugh with your unique commentary, but your empathy shines through in this one. Millions of lives lost for a few hundred metres of mud. A powerful movie to experience.
I love how this movie was masterfully edited to make it look like one long, continuous take. The performances and writing are also divine.
It isn’t. It’s shot like two takes. He gets knocked out and wakes up at night. Two takes.
@@MrChiddler there are hidden cuts in between
I don’t cry during movies usually but when I see someone like Jen cry it gets me a lot closer..
I don’t need help. Seeing her cry just gives me another reason.
Another war movie I like that came out about the same time as 1917 was Dunkirk. Again, a strong Canadian connection. The pier master in charge of the evacuation in real life was a Canadian officer in the British navy. It is also shot interesting, from several points of view (Land, Air, Sea) that interweave unexpectedly.
great job again Jenny penny! director Sam Mendes says his grandfather Alfred, who entered WWI as a 17-year-old in 1916, carried messages through no-man's land. He was 5'4" tall and was often hidden by the winter mist that reached as high as 6 feet. Two years in the muddy trenches left Alfred with a lifelong habit of washing his hands frequently. He didn't talk about his wartime experiences until he was in his 70s
There is a Canadian angle to the Battle of Arras, which is the bigger battle the 1917 story is part of. The Canadian sector was Vimy Ridge, which is sometimes considered the point when Canada became united as a country vs a collection of provinces.
This is a very accurate discription of the war. My great grandfather fought in the war. It was a rough one and he never spoke of it. Good script and the cast was fantastic. It is well worth your time.
Sorry for your loss. I can feel for you. Great grandfather lies somewhere south of Passenheim (died in second battle of Tannenburg as he was force conscripted in Imperial Russian army just few months eariler) and grandfather served 1941-1944 years in WWII, ending up shooting himself after alcohol stopped working subduing his demons few years after WW2 ending.
This is one of my favorite movies! there's so much amazing talent and technique packed into even the smallest details.
A small detail people often overlook is the lighting. There are no artificial lights off camera, everything is completely naturally lit by the sun or by on screen period accurate light sources like fire, flares and flashlights. The scene at 9:40 is just a masterclass for lighting.
Its Deakins isn't it? Best cameraman ever IMO and while I still prefer photochemical film, he is a master with the digital format which works so well in low light levels.
@@steewith2ees14 Yeah it was Deakins! but gotta give credit to the whole cast and crew for this masterpiece!
Its been a while, but I remember watching a documentary on the production process, apparently even the editor was on set every day they filmed, and would have everything edited and ready by the next day so they knew exactly where to continue filming from, and would know immediately if shots didn't line up
That nighttime scene with the pitch blacks and orange-red fire was simply incredible in the movie theatre, and also looks great on my big screen TV with the 4K Dolby Vision disc.
I have followed you for a while now. when I was younger I knew a WW 1 veteran people would make fun of him because he was bent over and walked with a limp. I'm a Vietnam vet and im 77 years old and am starting to look like him. Maybe when people walk past and old person try not to make fun of them. No one knows whats happend to them in life and maybe a smile might be better. God bless you
Mendes dedication to his grandfather always reminds me of my grandad. As a teen in Cape Town lied about his age to get into the Royal Navy in World War One. Survived battle of Jutland. In World War II he joined the South African army, tank corps, served through Ethiopia to El Alamein, crossed to Italy- narrowly missed getting shot by a sniper near Monte Cassino, and was among first allied troops to find the remains of Mussolini, who was executed by Italian Partisans before the Allies could (re)capture him. (I have the photos he took). Thanks for watching this. We honour our relatives by not only watching but being moved by a movie like this.
This is one of my favorite films of the past decade. It's so well made, George Mackay is so good, the music is fantastic, the writing - it's just high quality and powerful and intense.
In the battlefield run scene you notice that one of the soldiers ran into him and knocked him down. That was an accident on set that they just kept in the movie. The director in the commentary explained that there are cuts, but they are “hidden”. For example, they might walk behind a wall and cut it there, or when it went to black entering the commander’s tent to get their orders they cut it there.
15:39 Mark! My Great Aunt Florence, we witnessed her death in her hospital bed. My paternal grandmother didn't accept it right away. So she stood up from her wheelchair to tell her baby sister to stop playing, to wake up, et cetera. It didn't feel official to her until she was done emotionally reacting. The rest of us understood what the medical monitors were there for and what they meant. 😢
But I wasn't holding her at the time.
Now, as for pets, I've lost count of how many died on my chest as I held on to them, hoping that they would live. 😢
30:30 Mark! Hmm. "Gomer Pyle, USMC" was made during the Vietnam War, but none of them ever went there. It's a sitcom. However, actor Jim Nabors, who played the titular character, he supposedly said that the opening credits of his show made him sad because they used real Marines in that scene. They had become buddies while making it. He said that they all were sent to Vietnam and were killed. 😢
"Imagine someone dying in your arms."
Happened to me. A student was thrown from an SUV in a crash. I was with him comforting him on the pavement waiting for help to arrive. Help came too late, though they probably couldn't have done anything anyway (head trauma).
The saddest part may be that I can't remember his name. How awful is that? The last person with him forgot his identity. I think about this a lot.
At this point in the war, British soldiers would spend three days in the trench, 3 days behind the lines training or moving supplies, and one day cleaning and mending. Then, back to the trenches for another cycle.
Keep in mind, only true British were allowed that privilege. Rest of the colonies were basically meat shields. I have to say the British had it easy.
I had a Canadian school teacher that taught us “In Flanders Fields” here in the United States.
You Canadians are great neighbors!
You rock, Jen!
The score is a masterpiece, nothing more than the track simply titled "1600 Men". Watching the first wave start over is like a countdown starting from 1600 for the moments it takes to get the order to cease the attack. I think it's one of my favorite moments in all of cinema, Will getting to his feet on the field, out of cover, it's like you can see him make peace with what he thinks it the fact that he will die to deliver this message, and he's only stirred to run when the attack actually begins.
The term 'over the top' comes from this war, when you went out of the trench on to the field of battle was called going over the top :)
I watched the movie and it's really good
I love how this one-shot style of cinematography isn't just a flashy camera trick but really serves the way the story is told. You feel like you're there, that you've lived it. It's amazing!
Another movie that uses some incredibly long takes, that I would highly recommend, is Children of Men. It has a real documentary style to the filmmaking that puts you into the experience. I'd love to see your reaction to it.
Birdman (2014) is another great one-shot styled movie which won the Best Picture Oscar for that year and 3 other Oscars. Great movie. Same Director fromThe Revenant (2015)
Jen out here spoiling us
31:51 Mark! If this happened after the Sullivan Brothers Incident, he would be eligible to go home since his brother died.
Quote: "The five Sullivan brothers were World War II sailor brothers of Irish American descent from Waterloo, Iowa, who were serving together on the light cruiser USS Juneau, were all killed in action during and shortly after its sinking around November 13, 1942."
16:33 Mark! By that period, there were morgue units that dealt with the dead, sometimes when the medical units dealt with the wounded. 😢
Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography and Best Sound Mixing.
This a simple story. That says so much. So effective.
The film has some amazing moments
I was so caught up in this movie I cried for real when Blake died.
That A Capella song that soldier was singing when he reaches his destination kills me every time.
Doesn’t do for me but each to his own
After a few weeks troops would be rotated out of the trenches, but not before continuously wet feet caused their feet to rot, called "trenchfoot."
I like the way it opens and closes with the Corporal sitting against a tree.
22:01 Mark! She's just doing her version of "Survival Mode" as "Skyrim" calls it. If this were a skit from "Monty Python's Flying Circus" they would probably present the situation as a "normal routine, every day life" skit, and she would be English. 🤔
god Bless our canadian brothers who were there with us ,,british/canadians brothers in arms
There is a WWI monument and museum in Kansas City that is definitely worth a visit. Lest we forget.
Alfred Hitchcock's movie, "Rope," with Jimmy Stewart, is also done in one long shot.
This is a big part of the movie that gets me. 11:08- Exactly. That's the part that gets me every time. Like I'm a smart guy. I know I am, but for the life of me, I can't look at those artillery shells that are bigger than my shins and understand how humans shot THAT at other humans. I can't understant how they could shoot all that metal at other people. I do not understand that level of hate for another human.....and I don't think I'm supposed to understand it either.
Like, when I first saw that. It made the whole humans look like they were on the land if Lilliput. Made them look small. That's how big the shells were and then you realize that they were shooting all that at another human, out of hate and greed. I can't understand that.
It is MADE to look like one long shot, but it is legitimately made of insanely long shots, there are only a few actual splices in the entire film, the most obvious being when he is knocked out
This film is masterfully shot and directed, so much so that you are just absolutely gripped from the outset, and it doesn't let up pretty much until the end credits. Absolutely amazing film.
@@magicwv that seems to be a rather odd take, considering this movie was not about the Germans. Sorry you didn't get your fill of Germans from this movie!
The germans were on french and Belgian territory. Because of that they had the luxury of retreating to defensible ridgelines, giving British forces no choice but to follow them - thats what happened in 1917 when the germans retreated to the Hindenburg line, as shown in this movie. The problem for British soldiers was the germans always chose the higher chalky ground, leaving the british in the lower ground. Because the lower ground had a high water table it was always boggy and large underground dugouts couldn’t usually be built. The differences in the trenches is because of that. Movie locations often dont show the elevation of german positions. Even on the flat fields of the Pozieres battlefield the germans held elevated positions.
Trench fever was the biggest killer and disabler of men on the western front in ww1. The infection was caused by bacteria in the soil. Because anti-biotics hadnt been invented in ww1 it was a dangerous infection that could enter via cuts and open wounds or be ingested. My great grandfather was invalided from the western front with trench fever in 1917 after nearly 3 years of frontline service. His service medals include the 1914-15 star, the 1914/15 star for service in 1914 - there are subtle differences between the one for service starting in 1914 and service starting in 1915. A lot of british commonwealth families have this medal in their family collection.
To be honest, by 1917 they would have dropped messages to mackenzie by plane, since that was the standard practice when telephone lines werent available.
Alfred Hitchcock's film "Rope" appears to be a continuous shot (film had to be shot in 20 minute takes, as that is all the camera could hold, so he had to be creative with when the film runs out). It was his first color film. Kind of a ghoulish plot.
The music during the scene where he's running through the town at night was beautiful. Will be stuck in my mind for a while
My grandfather was a medic during ww1. Served in france. Would never talk about it.
This movie is my the top best World War movie ever.
The tension, cinematography, score, story and screenplay was pure cinema.
Beautiful and Chilling experience with 1917, a perfect masterpiece.
Losing 1600 men in the context of this war wasn't that many. The Australian's at fromelles for example lost over 5533 of the 6000 men they sent into attack . The attack was a disaster and the survivors spent over 4 days trying to get the wounded in. The attack lasted about 12 hours.
A superb performance by George Mackay
Excellent reaction 😊😊😊
Jen, you should check out Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory from 1957, also set in the First World War, and especially All Quiet on the Western Front, which has astonishing cinematography for a film made in 1930.
Sir Roger Deakins (arguably the worlds greatest living cinematographer) filmed this 🎥
Appreciated your stunned reaction. It added to the weight of the rewatch.
Another 1-shot film is Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope" starring Jimmy Stewart. It was literally filmed in a single take with special moments where everyone would freeze so they could change the reel of film. They rehearsed it like a play for weeks to make sure there were no foul-ups. A single problem would have made them reshoot an entire 15-30 minute segment. Very cleverly shot, but an average movie.
I never caught until this rewatch that Benedict Cumberbatch was so far ahead allied lines that communication lines were cut off by the Germans and that the next stop is a trap filled with artillery.
@20:55 I cannot explain how amazing this shot looked (and felt) in theaters...
It was amazing!
Children of Men has some nice long shots. It also has that gritty, realistic feel at times like this one.
Not a one shot film but one of the best WWI movies is Paths of Glory starring Kirk Douglas and directed by Stanley Kubrick. Hope you put it on your list.
For me I found one of the strongest signs of his character was when he had to leave the young woman 22:56 with the child in the only moment of quiet safety and go back out into the chaos . He could have helped her too but choose the bigger and more dangerous mission.
There's a really interesting WW1 documentary that Peter Jackson did called "They Shall Not Grow Old". No idea if you'd be interested in that. All restored and colorized black and white footage
Great choice, Jen! I think this is in the class of other great war stories....it reminds me a lot of All Quiet of the Western Front....the 2022 version would be an excellent choice for your program....it's also a great read as one of the great pieces of world literature.
27:10 "He said call it off, the Mormons are learning to rap!" "What?!?"
8:31 Mark! If you see enough WW1 movies and series, you should notice that it seems like German trenches are always fortified with reinforced concrete!
How long were they there? - Some trench lines were fairly stable for years, though they would need modifications and changes as tactics changed or they were damaged. Battles shifted the lines forward and back but real advances were rare. Unless there was a battle, British troops would only stay in the front line trench for 4-6 days at a time, they would also spend about the same in the 2nd & 3rd line trenches, and after that, they would get some leave (local or back home) or be placed in reserve for a bit before going back to the front.
These (German) trenches seem well made. - German trenches were usually better placed and made sturdier than Allied trenches, this is because the Germanes were on French and Belgian territory and were happy to withdraw to better defensible positions forcing the Allies to dig in opposite, the allies needed to force the Germans out, the Germans wanted to keep what they had captured. This is why the German trenches were built more solidly, they were happy to keep what they had taken, the allied command did not want Allied trenches to feel too comfortable as they knew it was on them to push the Germans back.
No Helmet - A ww1 Helmet is no real protections from a rifle shot, or even a pistol shot. They are designed to protect from air blasted shrapnel. The *May* give some protection from ricochet bullets if you are very lucky.
"How long would they stay in a place like this?" They made the trenches so that they wouldn't be moved, and they stayed for years. The machine guns basically made it impossible to cross no man's land.
I suspect she was more wondering how long a particular unit would have to endure these conditions. Normally, they would spend 4 - 6 days in the front-line trenches followed by the same number of days in the secondary and then reserve ones,
Listening to you Jen, You have good instincts for a non-soldier. Good Reaction!
There's an old saying "If you're not marching....you're fighting"
Possibly power lines. More likely telegraph cables for communications between regiments.
Do yourself a favor and watch the 2018 WW1 documentary "They Shall Not Grow Old" directed by Peter Jackson. It uses archival footage, interviews with real WW1 vets, digital restoration and enhancement, historical references and specimens to get the look and sound (including the sound of the weapons and the correct regional accents of the soldiers) to follow the experience of soldiers from recruitment through the war to readjustment to civilian life. After watching the man feature film, also watch the making of documentary (which was shown in the theaters along with the feature film). You will be blown away.
-33:14 Mark! Howdy, Jen! World War 1! 1917! Notice all of the military technology? The transportation too? It looks high-tech for the time period, right? I'd mention the architecture too, but back then, a lot of it is still old and looks anachronistic.
Now, think about this! Here in the USA, the period known as "The Old West" officially ended in the 1920s!
Compare the steam locomotives and the weapons, and it is quite the contrast. Wooden Frontier architecture is newer than the older stone buildings in Europe, but it still looks primitive because it is made of wood for the most part. Very few people had cars.
When you watch the old documentary movies about the land runs in Oklahoma, you see people walking, running, riding bicycles, riding horses, and using horse-drawn wagons. Maybe a motorcycle? 🤔 I don't recall any cars or trucks being used.
Cheaters called "Sooners" sneaked out in advance to stake claims. They still got rewarded by having sports teams named after them! The official nickname of the state is "The Sooner State"! 😁🙄
Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman, co-star in the 1992 movie "Far and Away" as a married couple
Quote: "A young Irish couple flee to the States, but subsequently struggle to obtain land and prosper freely."
Compare it to this movie! 😎👍
Thank you for sharing this great movie. One of the earliest movies I can think of which tried to look as if it was in real time was Alfred Hitchcock's Rope, based on a stage play, which begins with a murder and builds in drama to Jimmy Stewart exposing the murder. Hitchcock is of course often thrilling, but I find Rope peculiarly poignant and devastating.
I particularly like the attention you pay to the score when you watch films, and you seem very adept st picking out the sounds of the instruments. I'd love to know which instruments you can play.
Piano, guitar, clarinet
@@jenmurrayxo Fantastic. 👍 xxx
Amazing movie and one the best!
Such a great line-up of films Jen! I do like the epic scope of this film. More directors should explore this type of film making. Thanks for the great reaction Jen 😊can't wait for the holidays...Eric
Hi Jen, you said "bad guys/good guys", I think WWI has no "good" side, I think it was like "you can't fight him, if you fight him, you fight me", also it was the end of the Romanov Monarchy, Austro-Hungarian Empire, etc. Anyways, great reaction as usual :)
An amazing movie, I've never seen an entire movie filmed as 1 long take, even if it is stitched together somehow. If this didn't win an Oscar for film editing or director, ot would be a shame. Gutsy
Great reaction, Jen.
The longest one shot I know of is not a movie but one of the best series ever " The Chosen " first season later episode. 1917 has I believe 34 cuts with the longest one just minutes.
Jen good video as always. If You like this movie and since christmas is near the corner I recommend a movie known as Joyeux Noel from 2005. It is about the christmas truce of 1914.
That was incredibly well made on every level and tense, moving. Great reaction. 💜
You'd have a similar experience with Platoon (1986) and We Were Soldiers (2002), both set in Vietnam.
In 1917, the song in the forest scene near the end is a traditional American folk and gospel song from 1800s, it's called "The Wayfaring Stranger". It's also in the epic Civil War love story film 'Cold Mountain' (2003), you would absolutely love this movie. It's already on the movie request site for your Patreon members. 👍
It was quite an experience to see this at the cinema, and remains in interesting and engaging piece of filmmaking. The minute I saw the destroyed French town toward the end, I couldn't stop thinking about the city of Dis.
My grandfather fought in World War I (Latvia our homeland was occupied by the Russian Empire, so he was drafted into Russian Army) my Father was in German occupied Latvia and drafted into Army. WWII) My dad often spoke of his war experiences I guess to heal himself) My Grandfather was too bothered by WWI and rarely if ever talked about what he witnesses; his way of coping I guess) So at the picnic my Father recounts his experiences. My Grandfather stood up after listening. This one time. The only time I recall he shared a story. Then looked at my Father, "You guys had it easy! We lived through Dante's Hell in those trenches. Hell on Earth! How would you feel, packing your childhood best friend into the trench walls to use him as a sandbag. So that you live another day!?!" My Grandfather went silent and sat down, using his cane handle to hold his head and weep. No one ever asked him again about his War years. World War I 'The War to End All Wars' as the propaganda went. We were silent for about fifteen minutes. We asked too much of World War I vets. Too much. NEVER let your Sons, Lovers, Husbands and now daughters go off to war to fight a war started by insane politicians.. They don't fight it. We do the common people. It's not our fight! If you love your family member. Fight as hell when that draft comes. Fight for their lives.
6:31 Mark! "Warhorse" came out before this movie did. This scene with the dead horses, because of your reaction to them, I'm now wondering if it was included for the purpose of being different from that movie, just to show the younger audiences of this century and millennium, that not every horse was as fortunate as that horse. German horses had it worse, though, as they were still being used to pull mobile artillery and wagons in World War 2!
Heck, the last horse calvary charges happened in WW2! 🙄
The Chosen had a much longer one shot in Season 2 episode 7. Perhaps the longest shot in movie history.
a great heartfelt and emotional reaction Jen. Thank you.
About WW1, War Horse and All Quiet on the Western Front from 2022 are also worth watching!
War Horse is amazing movie 👍🏻 🫶🏼
Really should check out Band of Brothers, one of the best mini series by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
I adore this film. Remember watching it with my mouth open the whole time. My eyes didn't leave the screen.
Sam Mendes tested the single shot concept on Spectre. It's interesting and makes for some interesting ways to tell a story. But I can imagine it presents challenges too.
The soundtrack is fantastic. The same guy who did the scores for Skyfall and Spectre (which I'm sadly not so fond of).
Jen, your smile and cuteness could stop wars the world over. You are adorable. 🤭🥰 xxx
1917 was one of the movies I was hoping for you to watch, you should definitely check out Band Of Brothers, and I also hope you would consider watching Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Stranger Things, The Queen’s Gambit, Inception, Oppenheimer, Harry Potter, and Mr. Robot at some point, Jen
This movie was nuts. The cut it so it looks like all one shot, no cuts. Its insane. Great movie. War sucks, and this movie (among others) gives us a glimpse of why. Powerful.
Two other movies with extended long shot sequences are "Children of Men" and "Dunkirk," both excellent movies, although neither keeps the long shots going for the entire movie like this one
Hitchcock's "Rope" is also shot so as to appear as one long shot - they were very long shots, to be sure, but the technology of the time wouldn't have allowed for one continuous shot for the entirety of the film in any event. Masterful, tense and twisted film. It's Hitchcock's fictionalized updating of/play on the 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder from Chicago, which was also the basis for the 1959 film "Compulsion," with Orson Wells and E. G. Marshall, another fictionalized, yet more factually faithful to the underlying case and another great film in its own right.
Wow, this was such a sobering reaction! My great grandad William Stewart was in the 9th Highlanders that fought at the battle of the Somme. He survived but was bound to a wheelchair for the rest of his days, bless him. Movies like this really honour the memories of so many that paid the ultimate price. 😔
This is great, one of my favorite movies with a bright, sensitive reactor! I'm very eager to watch this, Jen.
The movie "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" is a movie that's one continuous shot, just like this. Michael Keaton is the star, and he plays a washed up actor whose major role was a superhero called Birdman, and he's trying to stage a comeback. That's ironic because he played Batman in in a few of the Batman movies in the 80s. It stars Emma Stone and Ed Norton.
There is a Russian film that does the same thing called "Russian Ark" worth checking out. This is an incredible film. It won the Academy Award for best cinematography and best visual effects
Yes, "Russian Ark" is one, unedited shot for the entire movie - the ultimate one-shot. There was no stitching together of scenes like in "1917". Both movies are amazing and the shot in this movie where the messenger is running in front of the trench as all the men are going over and attacking is unforgettable. Another movie that does a lot of one-shot scenes is Alfred Hitchcock's early work, "Rope". Limitations of how much film could be in the camera meant that Hitchcock had to be very clever about how he patched them all together.
Well Jen, did you recognize the director's name? Sam Mendes, who directed Skyfall and Spectre. 3 more excellent movies to look out for directed by him are, American Beauty (1999), Road To Perdition (2002), with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, and Jarhead (2005), with Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Fox. Enjoy. Also bring tissue to Road To Perdition. It's really a gangster movie based on a graphic novel but still need the tissue.
I almost never watch a reaction for a movie I've not seen, however I knew I'd appreciate your reaction Jen and also I'm so impressed by the film I've just bought the blu ray on ebay! Thanks
Man, I forgot how this movie is just a downhill tumble the whole time. Fantastic reaction, Jen!
Such a great movie! Loved ghe lonb shogs and the cinematography! This was awesome in the theaters! Your reaction was touching! War is always Hell! Luv ya Jen ❤💛
Masterpiece film, perfect reaction. The whole experience was extremely moving, Jen. Bravo.