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Great movie, well done, seldom a boring moment, but I have a question.

Why wouldn’t they just fly over the English lines, and drop the message out of a plane?

Good question. Maybe the air fields were too far away and (maybe) there were no telephone lines to them.

Another question. Why did they have to cross German lines on foot instead of sending a truck by another route?

I thought it was a great movie, but the Germans seemed to be very lousy shots. Too lousy.

"Another question. Why did they have to cross German lines on foot instead of sending a truck by another route?"

Human legs were not only more efficient, but more dependable.

Notes from planes could be from anyone, not to mention no GPS.

A Brit is a Brit.

I saw the movie last night. Intense! Good flick.

Remember the bucket full of milk. The milk had not even soured. Who milked that cow?

During that time dispatch runners with messages were routine (SOP). Telephone lines were cut, usually with artillery fire. Hitler was a messenger/runner and decorated twice (Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class) for some pretty scary stuff. Not for the faint-hearted.
Bob

and why didnt all the troops on the trucks not fire at the sniper?

Just saw the movie today. My first thought was "somebody just milked that cow."

My little brother was really put off by the lousy shooting of the germans. If I found I fresh bucket of milk left after the germans just left I'd assume it was poisoned. Other than a few little issues I really enjoyed the movie.

Would have been a good one to see with my brother if he hadn't had his phone out texting in the theater for 30 minutes. There was any empty seat between us so evidently he didn't hear me telling him to turn off his damn phone.

Between him and the old lady who felt everybody within shouting distance came to hear her thoughts on wound care throughout. Made me realize why I usually wait and go to shows after theyve been out a while at a time when the theaters mostly empty. Seriously people, keep your phones off and save your comments until after the show. Nobody is impressed by your knowledge of wound care and that you shouldn't cut your hand on barbed wire and then stick it in a rotting corpse.

Great movie overall, I just wished I would have seen it alone in a mostly empty theater. I was so looking forward to it that the cell phone and people talking pissed me off more than it normally would.

Bb

Those two were creeping through total carnage, dead smelly horses, then one dead dog..lady in the audience says “ahhhh”.

Women should have never been given the vote.

I plan on seeing it for sure, as I've always been interested in that conflict, as my paternal grandfather was there with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Luckily, I'll be able to see it at a 12:50 PM Mon. thru Thu. showing this week. During the afternoon during the week is the only way to go, IMO. See it that way if possible. Mostly empty theater and lots of older retired folks, (like me) who actually just sit there and watch the movie. They also have a reminder before the show to please silence your devices.

Saw the movie just today. There was an audible response from the audience when the character ran his hand into the cadaver. "Ahhhhhh!!"
Later, when the character swam into a group of corpses in the river and had to climb over them, no one uttered anything....My thought was that they had never pulled a corpse out of water.

Anyway, a couple of other observations. When the pair of soldiers climbed ladders and went over the top. I caught myself physically stooping in my chair, keeping my head down.

After that, when they were clearing the enemy dugout in the German trenches, I caught myself leaning in my chair, while they were clearing corners and doorways. Old habits, I guess.

It is really well done,probablly visually the best since saving private Ryan

Just saw it. Pretty good. I had to tell the couple behind me to shut up after they talked thru the first two minutes.
And, yea. Who milked the cow?

Disappointing flick.

They could have done a lot with what they didn't.

Good question, but recall the greatest of them all, the Red Baron himself, was shot down and killed by ground fire when he flew too low over the lines.

Also, unless you can drop that bottle into a trench, someone is gonna have to go over the top to go get it.

That's a very nice way of saying that Barkoff asked a really dumb question.

I agree, the filming and the weapons and equipment were great. The storyline was nothing special.

The people that just left the area.

It's a human story.

Not a war story.