Richard Madden’s acting’s here even though it’s so short is amazing, his expression quickly from happy and hopeful, to terrible realization to complete and utter heartbreak and shock. Great acting.
And the way he's trying not to break down and show weakness in front of his men. Officers would be expected to keep a stiff upper lip, and you can see Blake really struggling with the weight of expectation.
@@timovangalen1589 is so unfair that Joe was forced to bury his grief it's bad enough that he never got to say goodbye to his baby brother but his rank forced to be an officer NOT a devastated big brother
@Joseph Sosa The thing is the other soldiers who lost relatives don't have to cope with the knowledge that their brother/friend was killed trying to save them Joe has to cope with the reality that Tom died trying to him
“Tom’s here? Where is he?” God, that line and then Blake’s brother looking around for his younger brother, before the realization hits him like a train, took all my effort to not break down in the theater.
I have a big brother who I am very close too so Joe's devastation about his baby brother was incredibly painful for me because I couldn't help but think of how James (my older brother) would have reacted if he was in Joe's shoes
I know. I felt my heart drop. That brief moment of excitement where he thinks he gets see his brother after god knows how long, only to realize that he will never see him again. Especially as the older brother, he wasn't supposed to outlive Tom.
That handshake in the end reminds me of how my grandpa would shake hands with his best friend, Louis. He met him in the army and they knew each other for over 60 years. They had a tremendous friendship. I remember the last time they visited in person they shook hands and said goodbye to each other, probably knowing that would be the last time. My grandfather passed in 2017 and Louis was the last one to say farewell at the funeral, he was there in his full military uniform and gave my grandpa a final salute and told him how much he loved him and that he was his best friend. Louis died on September 20, 2018. Three days before what would’ve been my grandfather’s 93rd birthday. I like to think Louis’s reunion with him in Heaven was a birthday gift from God to my grandpa.
Your grandfathers friend passed away the day before my birthday. I'm very sorry hearing about what happened, it struck me hard. My Great uncle William S. Fee fought in Vietnam and passed away in 2019 before our big Christmas get-together at his house. I dressed up as him in his uniform for halloween. He wrote a book if you want to check it out, it's on Amazon for $15.00 (hardcover) it's called "Memoirs Of Vietnam" By "William S. Fee" Anyways, I'm very sorry about what happened, I understand what you're going through, I'm imagining your grandfather and his best friend up in heaven having a great time. From, Noah
Erik Swanson thank you. And I agree. Sadly the world just won’t see good men like them anymore. It’s a good thing they lived though, because without them the world now would be very different
Noah Ellsworth thank you, Noah. I’m sorry to hear about your great uncle. I have a couple of Vietnam books that I’ve read so I’ll have to check his out! Again, sorry for your loss
The saddest thing about this scene is that we know there's still another year of fighting before the war finally ends, and there's no guarantee that Schofield will survive. I want to believe that he made it back to his family, but countless men didn't.
Richard Madden has 2 minutes of screentime, and yet he gives one of the best performances of the year. He conveys happiness, shock, grief, and gratefulness in a span of seconds, and some of those emotions at the same time. Can't wait to see what else he'll do.
You don't always have to be the main star of a movie. Sometimes it's the actors with only a few minutes fo screentime who give the most powerful performances, especially in this film's style where it follows Will the entire time.
Schofield had two messages to deliver: one that would save countless lives and one to Blake's brother about his death. After stopping the attack with the first message, it's barely even bittersweet, as it becomes very apparent that the cycle of death and war would continue. No one thanks him for that message, in fact he's straight up told to "fuck off". He only gets any thanks when he delivers the second message about Blake's death. It's for that he's actually given any recognition for caring and sacrificing so much as a messenger. No thanks are given to him for caring about the lives of hundreds of men, only for caring about the death of one man. But for him, that's enough. He ends where he begins, and the war machine continues on.
Hey man, I thought this comment was very inciteful. I am writing about 1917 in some English questions. If you don't mind, I am going to briefly mention the fact that he was thanked when he gave the message of Blake's death and was not thanked when he gave the message that saved lives. I will cite your name when I write this. Thanks.
This moment hits hard. Schofield went through all that knowing that he has a family back home. But in that moment, he chose to be a soldier, not a husband or a father. A harsh but bittersweet reality.
he never chose anything, he was mobilized to the army due to obligatory military sevice for all men of 18 years old, so basically he was taken away from his family to serve the King and Country
@@ShadowCompany799 What I meant was during the time he was trying to send a message. He put his mission first before his safety (knowing that he has a family that he'll leave if he dies) to fulfill a promise to a friend and for saving the life of many.
It means more than what is directly written. He had been at the Somme, which is still the bloodiest battle in British military history. He has been through so much beyond this journey. How do you simply come back from that? You may physically survive the war but you don’t mentally. “This story tells of a generation of men, who though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war”. - All Quiet in the Western Front.
Agreed! The score is phenomenal. One of those movies I stayed through the entire ending credits just to listen and think about this story. Powerful and beautiful
My younger brother is about to join the military, and when he was in the process of it we went to the movies and watch 1917 along with our mother. This scene was the most heavy of all of them. I couldn't sleep that night. Great acting, great messages and powerful storytelling, for this was the story of thousands of soldiers. My prayers to all of them, and all of you whom have family in the military.
J. R. Tolkien fought in the trenches was always weird his books had such a dark hopeless feel as well as a hope full one. Now I’ve seen this I can kinda understand
@@henrymckean8248 I think a critic once said that the Dead Marshes was one of the greatest written descriptions for a place. It’s because Tolkien not only managed to capture the view on how people see No Mans land but also the utter despair and just death that only someone who had seen and been through it all could understand.
I just love the sadness around this ending. There's no fanfare or uplifting message you get from other movies. No scene of Schofield reuniting with his family. The war is not over and they may still die the next day. Makes the whole story hit harder.
The world still suffers from the scars WW1 left it with. Even to this day you can feel the aftermath of that war. It truly changed the course of human history. This movie truly touched it to its spirit. I loved this movie. Everything about it. Absolutely... I cried like a baby at this ending
@@edghars99 Do you decide of what fits a movie or not ? If the director put the music in his movie, it's because it fits for HIM, and this is the only opinion that matters. Not yours
It was a toss up between this and Parasite (no other film stood a chance for Best Picture IMO and also based on award track record). Wouldn't have minded if it went to one or the other.
Because the Academy Awards was never about what the public believes is the best picture, but what the Hollywood elites believe. Personally, I don't give a rat's shit what the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science thinks.
The soundtrack captures the entire movie perfectly. Its mood and theme swells with bittersweet hope and tender despair. It reminds the audience that even though Schofield was successful, it still wasn't enough to save the lives of countless men, and end the war.
Didn't get to see this in theatres sadly, but bought the bluray ,and just finished watching it tonight .Absolutley blew me away, Sam Mendes is extraordinary some of the most fluid camera work I've ever seen put to film, and Deakins legendary cinematography. The intensity just built and built and never let up. Goeorge McKay was really excellent in the lead role this ending was beautiful.
For me the tears really started coming when Schofield's walking to the tree. He had accomplished the mission alone as he promised. I realized it was going to end where we've begun and the contrast between the exhaustion and pain and trauma at the end, with that of the beginning although now there's relief, there's hope, it just got me
I love how he cant close his hand over his brothers rings for a while, just stands there holding them out. Even when Schofield starts to walk away he just stands there. Closing his hand feels like closing the casket on his little brother. Incredible film.
This ending always leaves me undone. It's utterly heart-wrenching to know that so many other soldiers likely had those four words written on photos of their loved ones with them - and knowing how many would never come home. One the absolute greatest war films I've ever experienced.
In my most humble opinion, stories of war, of the people who fought and died bravely, are the saddest and most inspiring. It's not about glory or a country winning or losing, it's about the of people who where dragged into something by the tides os time, about the individual stories of total abnegation, of leaving family, friends and loved ones behind to endure the unendurable. it's about every single "come back to us" written in the back of a photograph. These people, the soldiers and their families, are the true heroes in war.
My favorite part about the acting here was Blakes eyes. As Schofield is saying the normal bits like "he was a good man" Blake is looking down but as soon as he hears something uniquely true about Tom "he was always telling funny stories" his eyes open up and he looks at Schofield
The saddest for me was to not experience " us". To not know sweetness, but to be left with the emptiness of being totally alone. Who would say to someone like this,"I am here. I am here." When I shut my eyes, I imagine I am not alone any longer. I am being cradled eternally in peace. I thank this movie for bringing me the peace I so desperately sought for.
I'm a 29 year old guy from Argentina. I loved this movie. I thank God for being born in times of peace in a largely peaceful country, because my age is conscriptable. I've read books about both World Wars, and the men who served in one, the other, or BOTH. Brave men that are far braver than I could ever be. Fuck wars.
It's bizarre to think that everything happened in this movie without cuts... It's so incredible how much happened in this movie without having a cut in time, only leaving the good parts. (Other than one part where he gets knocked out.) It's also incredible to think how MUCH happened in war. This was only about *one day* in the life of a soldier. Imagine how much more they had to endure, and how many other people had to endure the same things. It's heartbreaking, genuinely... Many of the men we saw died, and many of them had families, just like Schofield(? His name escapes me at the time being, excuse my bad memory.) Sometimes it's so difficult for me to see past the surreality of true event movies like this, but this really woke me up...
I love the visual rhyme of the Protagonist lazily resting with his friend against a tree in the beginning versus him resting in the end because he was mentally and physically worn out.
Through out this whole movie I was so focused on what's gonna happen next and never thought to much on this own love ones. When he pulled out those pictures at the end the sudden realization I felt brought me to tears.
What gets me about this scene is you know they want to embrace and share their grief but all they can do is shake hands and walk away to process alone.
Good God, when he walks the tree, the visuals combined with the music. It feels otherworldly. The single tree on the horizon, with the sun shining for the first time in the movie. The scene takes on the feeling of a dream suddenly. It's almost as if he has found a little personal heaven in this living hell. This film was a cinematic journey of the absolute highest order, and I hope everyone who worked on it has nothing but pride for their efforts put into to crafting this masterpiece.
I have an older brother who I am very close to and the thought of James (my older brother) being in Lt.Blake's shoes is devastating for me to think about
Simple message that's been done countless times, but such great execution in this movie. Surrounded by a beautiful summer prairie, but humanity is busy killing each other and causing each other misery.
This was one of those movies where when you finish, you don’t know what to say. Wether to be amazed or frightened. This was just 1 day. A movie that you can’t say much about cause it’s that moving.
This scene gets me everytime. It’s the last movie I watched with my brother and when my dad told me my little brother had died of covid, I’m sure my face fell and looked just like the brother’s did here. Watching this scene reminds me of every detail all over again. The acting is too good.
The most saddening part of this….. we shall never know if Schofield made it back to his beloved England in service of his majesty the king. The movie begins on the same day that the Americans sent their forces and yet the war was far from over. 20 years later, Europe would shed blood again. And British, American, French, Germans and more would have to fight on the same hallowed ground that was fought in the last war. May God bless these men who fought in both this conflict, the war to end all wars and the proceeding one.
Fuck, this scene...after all that tension, all that terror, danger, stress, sadness....just that simple, gorgeous shot of him walking towards that tree to rest, that finally broke me to absolute pieces...
you gotta give him some respect for holding composure like that even after he heard that happened I know this is a movie but things like this has happened before and I'm sure it hurts more than any gun wound.
:'( it's like he carry the whole world, all the death he saw during the war, on his shoulders. His walks seems so desperate and sad, it just burst me into tears :'(
The Science Man yeah . War is only necessary and sensible in special occasions like WW2. When the opposition has no desire to use other means of settling the problems at hand. Wars like WW1 though are just a sad loss of life
Both of my brother are service men. My eldest already did his time about 10 years ago, my second oldest serving his time now. This scene makes me wonder how I would feel or felt if I ever got the letter and the flag saying I would never see my brother or have a fun conversation, or go to the bar with him ever again. This shit is so heart breaking to me.
Lol yup. But I liked that they added that for Tom’s death, really shows that these two young men, had not lost themselves in complete cruelty yet, that they still valued human life and decency. Unlike that bastard pilot who even after being saved killed his rescuer, what a cunt.
The pilot was probably scared out of his mind and thought he was going to be captured (or worse). I doubt he was even thinking straight when he stabbed Blake.
That part was unrealistic. Soldiers would often help each other, that pilot wouldn't have done that, in all likelihood they would have just walked their separate ways.
I really like that when he pulls out those pictures. The whole time you think blake is the one rushing to save his brother. You think that he’s the one who has something to lose but it just goes to show you that everyone who was in the war had something to lose
This scene with the tree always affected me. I've always found trees very comforting and grounding. When you don't know where to go or what to do, you can almost always find a tree
I was stoned off my ass when l saw this in the theater. Same thing, l sat through the whole credits. Unbelievable. My friend and l were going to go out on the town afterwards but we just drove home in near silence that night.
I never realized until this scene, what Schofield meant when he said earlier on, that he didn’t want to take leave back, otherwise he wouldn’t be able leave again. i thought he meant desertion but it really meant he couldn’t bear to leave his family again, so it was better for him to not be tempted at all. Powerful scene.
And then I thought: a generation of men (younger and older) lost their lives before accomplishing any of their dreams, just for a piece of land. "Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot." Carl Sagan
Richard Madden’s acting’s here even though it’s so short is amazing, his expression quickly from happy and hopeful, to terrible realization to complete and utter heartbreak and shock. Great acting.
And the way he's trying not to break down and show weakness in front of his men. Officers would be expected to keep a stiff upper lip, and you can see Blake really struggling with the weight of expectation.
@@timovangalen1589 is so unfair that Joe was forced to bury his grief it's bad enough that he never got to say goodbye to his baby brother but his rank forced to be an officer NOT a devastated big brother
Hes a phenomenal actor
@Joseph Sosa The thing is the other soldiers who lost relatives don't have to cope with the knowledge that their brother/friend was killed trying to save them Joe has to cope with the reality that Tom died trying to him
Yes I agree watch the Bodyguard on netflix it's kinda slow but it's action great series btw I love his scottish accent
“Tom’s here? Where is he?” God, that line and then Blake’s brother looking around for his younger brother, before the realization hits him like a train, took all my effort to not break down in the theater.
Commodore I almost cried too, I had the hard feeling in my throat.
I have a big brother who I am very close too so Joe's devastation about his baby brother was incredibly painful for me because I couldn't help but think of how James (my older brother) would have reacted if he was in Joe's shoes
I know. I felt my heart drop. That brief moment of excitement where he thinks he gets see his brother after god knows how long, only to realize that he will never see him again. Especially as the older brother, he wasn't supposed to outlive Tom.
For real. This movie carries so much emotional weight. 10/10
Hits me like a fucking SEMI truck every time
That handshake in the end reminds me of how my grandpa would shake hands with his best friend, Louis. He met him in the army and they knew each other for over 60 years. They had a tremendous friendship. I remember the last time they visited in person they shook hands and said goodbye to each other, probably knowing that would be the last time. My grandfather passed in 2017 and Louis was the last one to say farewell at the funeral, he was there in his full military uniform and gave my grandpa a final salute and told him how much he loved him and that he was his best friend. Louis died on September 20, 2018. Three days before what would’ve been my grandfather’s 93rd birthday. I like to think Louis’s reunion with him in Heaven was a birthday gift from God to my grandpa.
Friendship goals
Your grandfathers friend passed away the day before my birthday. I'm very sorry hearing about what happened, it struck me hard. My Great uncle William S. Fee fought in Vietnam and passed away in 2019 before our big Christmas get-together at his house. I dressed up as him in his uniform for halloween. He wrote a book if you want to check it out, it's on Amazon for $15.00 (hardcover) it's called "Memoirs Of Vietnam" By "William S. Fee" Anyways, I'm very sorry about what happened, I understand what you're going through, I'm imagining your grandfather and his best friend up in heaven having a great time.
From, Noah
William that's a wonderful story. Thank you. They were our last truly great generation. We won't see others like them.
Erik Swanson thank you. And I agree. Sadly the world just won’t see good men like them anymore. It’s a good thing they lived though, because without them the world now would be very different
Noah Ellsworth thank you, Noah. I’m sorry to hear about your great uncle. I have a couple of Vietnam books that I’ve read so I’ll have to check his out! Again, sorry for your loss
The saddest thing about this scene is that we know there's still another year of fighting before the war finally ends, and there's no guarantee that Schofield will survive. I want to believe that he made it back to his family, but countless men didn't.
The story was based off the director’s grandfather. So I believe he did make it
@@exodustimes4266 no it was based on his stories not of him directly
I commented this on another video and got into a argument about it lol. The most pointless argument ever
He did but talking about the spanish flu-.....
He punctured his hand badly on barbed wire, then plunged it into a rotting corpse. This is decades before antibiotics. He’s screwed.
Richard Madden has 2 minutes of screentime, and yet he gives one of the best performances of the year. He conveys happiness, shock, grief, and gratefulness in a span of seconds, and some of those emotions at the same time. Can't wait to see what else he'll do.
Same. He and Andrew Scott did so much with the few minutes of screen time each of them had. Madden is outstanding here.
You don't always have to be the main star of a movie. Sometimes it's the actors with only a few minutes fo screentime who give the most powerful performances, especially in this film's style where it follows Will the entire time.
The little nods are heartbreaking, it's like sobbing but with composure
True point.
“He was... he was a good man. Always telling funny stories. He saved my life.” “Well, I’m glad you were with him. Thank you, Will”
Jamie Ace right when I started reading this I started to hear it too lol
white wolf2002 ya some of it
@white wolf2002 Fast forward roughly 20 years and something much worse happens.
@white wolf2002 true true
@@Sena-co1ug fast forward 28 years and the even most nightmarish thing happens. The dawn of nuclear warfare
Schofield had two messages to deliver: one that would save countless lives and one to Blake's brother about his death. After stopping the attack with the first message, it's barely even bittersweet, as it becomes very apparent that the cycle of death and war would continue. No one thanks him for that message, in fact he's straight up told to "fuck off". He only gets any thanks when he delivers the second message about Blake's death. It's for that he's actually given any recognition for caring and sacrificing so much as a messenger. No thanks are given to him for caring about the lives of hundreds of men, only for caring about the death of one man. But for him, that's enough. He ends where he begins, and the war machine continues on.
The major gave him a "well done lad"...he was recognized for his efforts.
“The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.”
-Josef Stalin
@@zombies4evadude24 It's ironic that Stalin said that.
That is an excellent observation that I had not picked up on. This movie is about as close to perfect as a movie can get.
Hey man, I thought this comment was very inciteful. I am writing about 1917 in some English questions. If you don't mind, I am going to briefly mention the fact that he was thanked when he gave the message of Blake's death and was not thanked when he gave the message that saved lives. I will cite your name when I write this. Thanks.
IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL IT LOOKS WHEN HE’S WALKING TO TREE
Roger Deakins. The man can shoot the hell out of a movie. He did Shawshank Redemption too
Yeah mate like I said france is a amazing place the country side is beautiful
That's the magic of cinematography. It makes you translate something you can't express with words.
Freddie RangerUK yeah I rlly wanna go to Europe but I can’t :,(
Brian Smith Blade Runner 2049 too!!!
This moment hits hard. Schofield went through all that knowing that he has a family back home. But in that moment, he chose to be a soldier, not a husband or a father. A harsh but bittersweet reality.
he never chose anything, he was mobilized to the army due to obligatory military sevice for all men of 18 years old, so basically he was taken away from his family to serve the King and Country
@@ShadowCompany799 What I meant was during the time he was trying to send a message. He put his mission first before his safety (knowing that he has a family that he'll leave if he dies) to fulfill a promise to a friend and for saving the life of many.
I like to think he chose to be a friend instead, one who fulfills his promise
dlr _rosa wrong
TheInfantry98 it’s not wrong . It’s just what they subjectively see
One of my favorite movies of all time. Seriously.
Same
This is my favorite WW1 movie of all time
@@kllk12ful scratch ww1, greatest action movie of all time for me.
@@batowner1 All Quiet On The Western Front (1930 version) is good too
Same here
Those words “come back to us” always strike a chord with me. I think the strongest love endures all things, even War
I like how he keeps the pictures in the same tin that probably used to hold his medal, the one that he traded for a bottle of wine.
the sad part is countless men probably had the same words on their letters but they didn't have the chance to come back
We don’t know if he made it
Thank you! No matter what, every time I think about it, tears shed.
It means more than what is directly written. He had been at the Somme, which is still the bloodiest battle in British military history. He has been through so much beyond this journey. How do you simply come back from that? You may physically survive the war but you don’t mentally. “This story tells of a generation of men, who though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war”. - All Quiet in the Western Front.
Such a great movie, and a great scene. A perfect ending to a phenomenal movie
To which I say "Agreed".
Agreed! The score is phenomenal. One of those movies I stayed through the entire ending credits just to listen and think about this story. Powerful and beautiful
My younger brother is about to join the military, and when he was in the process of it we went to the movies and watch 1917 along with our mother. This scene was the most heavy of all of them. I couldn't sleep that night. Great acting, great messages and powerful storytelling, for this was the story of thousands of soldiers. My prayers to all of them, and all of you whom have family in the military.
Don't be so dramatic. I am sure he will be fine.. More people die driving to work than in the service. Especially one as good as ours.
MelonHead1848 that’s because they have back up in the army you can die any second.
@@MelonHead1848 chillllll
@@fullmetalroyal1216 im chill bro. you chill bro. bro. chill. CHILL.
What a wonderful idea it was to take a guy joining the military to see a movie about war
When the violins started, I expected Lieutenant Blake to pull out his sword and start hitting that tree
It's a bit unprofessional even for this war especially in the British army.
@@zachbocchino5501 It's a reference to Game of Thrones where Lt. Blake's actor played Robb Stark who hit a tree repeatedly in grief.
“You’ve ruined your sword.”
@@Pseudowudoh Oh my god, I thought he looked familiar! 😱 now I understand it.
@@zachbocchino5501 Ironic to see him grieve over a Lannister in this movie lol
J. R. Tolkien fought in the trenches was always weird his books had such a dark hopeless feel as well as a hope full one. Now I’ve seen this I can kinda understand
Fun fact: J.R.R. Tolkien based the Dead Marshes from the Lord of the Rings off of no-mans-land
@@henrymckean8248 I think a critic once said that the Dead Marshes was one of the greatest written descriptions for a place. It’s because Tolkien not only managed to capture the view on how people see No Mans land but also the utter despair and just death that only someone who had seen and been through it all could understand.
I just love the sadness around this ending. There's no fanfare or uplifting message you get from other movies. No scene of Schofield reuniting with his family. The war is not over and they may still die the next day. Makes the whole story hit harder.
The movie started with him sitting under a tree with his comrade, and finished with him sitting under a tree by himself. I cried like hell.
The world still suffers from the scars WW1 left it with. Even to this day you can feel the aftermath of that war. It truly changed the course of human history. This movie truly touched it to its spirit. I loved this movie. Everything about it. Absolutely... I cried like a baby at this ending
“It was very quick, I’m sorry”
ian arboleda all you can wish for in a hell like that
@@robstark3464 he did it to comfort Joe
A lie to spare his brother and family pain. I understand it, but I'm not sure it was the right thing.
J S well don’t worry? It just a movie 😉.
@@bonclaymr.217 JUST A MOVIE millions of families like Lt.Blake were torn apart on both sides
Yeah, and this is where I finally started crying. Phenomenal movie capped off by a powerful, emotional and yet simple ending.
Imagine the next scene he wakes up: "Schofield, pick a man. Bring your kit. There are 3,200 men walking into an ambush"
Schofield: “Fuck off”
D G, nice one mate
Schofield:oh shit, here we go again
"Another battalion needs your help. I'll mark it on your map."
@@HylianChozo great my ptsd came back thank you
Thomas Newman went full Hans Zimmer in this film. Amazing all around.
This is such a gorgeous score, but Joker's was also well deserving
@@ricardoandres914 nope, Joker's BSO sucks, it doesn't even fit the movie itself.
@@edghars99 Do you decide of what fits a movie or not ? If the director put the music in his movie, it's because it fits for HIM, and this is the only opinion that matters. Not yours
@@TomTom-vu1hv its common sense you fucking moron, the director is a jerk who only made a good movie of this style bc of the hype.
@@edghars99 LOL
Didn’t expect to cry again. I love this scene. Man, it shows the humanity in war and that everyone had a family that loved and missed them.
Why this wasn't the Best Picture is beyond me.
Parasite was superior, straight up
It was a toss up between this and Parasite (no other film stood a chance for Best Picture IMO and also based on award track record). Wouldn't have minded if it went to one or the other.
1917 won the golden globe for best drama, that’s still something
Because the Academy Awards was never about what the public believes is the best picture, but what the Hollywood elites believe. Personally, I don't give a rat's shit what the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science thinks.
J S They got it right this year
Those words "Come Back To Us" started to make me tear up a bit.
that words hit🥺
Love how the entire movie has overcast skies but when Schofield rests by the tree, the sun shines on him. Perfect!
The soundtrack captures the entire movie perfectly. Its mood and theme swells with bittersweet hope and tender despair. It reminds the audience that even though Schofield was successful, it still wasn't enough to save the lives of countless men, and end the war.
Didn't get to see this in theatres sadly, but bought the bluray ,and just finished watching it tonight .Absolutley blew me away, Sam Mendes is extraordinary some of the most fluid camera work I've ever seen put to film, and Deakins legendary cinematography. The intensity just built and built and never let up. Goeorge McKay was really excellent in the lead role this ending was beautiful.
I did 1 min ago
The acting in this scene is so beautiful.
The scoring wrapped the entire scene so warmly. ❤❤❤
For me the tears really started coming when Schofield's walking to the tree. He had accomplished the mission alone as he promised. I realized it was going to end where we've begun and the contrast between the exhaustion and pain and trauma at the end, with that of the beginning although now there's relief, there's hope, it just got me
Yeah I really started crying heavy when he went to the tree plus this incredible music
This movie was mesmerizing. I remember almost feeling hypnotized the first time I watched it. It was just fully engrossing.
I wont lie this scene got me in theaters
It is perfectly acceptable for grown men to let a few tears out during this movie. This hits you even harder than the ending of Saving Private Ryan.
The story began with Schofield getting up from a tree and ended with him lying down on one.
“Come back to us.” So simple yet so powerful. I can’t imagine the long-suffering these mean endured.
I love how he cant close his hand over his brothers rings for a while, just stands there holding them out. Even when Schofield starts to walk away he just stands there. Closing his hand feels like closing the casket on his little brother. Incredible film.
I wept openly during this scene. The relief of him making it was overwhelming
This ending always leaves me undone. It's utterly heart-wrenching to know that so many other soldiers likely had those four words written on photos of their loved ones with them - and knowing how many would never come home. One the absolute greatest war films I've ever experienced.
Such a gorgeous film.
Sam Mendes literally put blood sweat and tears to craft this film.
No matter how it starts or how it ends, one of the most evocative ending scenes ever.
Richard Madden reaction when he find out that is brother is dead... So sad and very realistic
One of the greatest movies scenes ever.
In my most humble opinion, stories of war, of the people who fought and died bravely, are the saddest and most inspiring. It's not about glory or a country winning or losing, it's about the of people who where dragged into something by the tides os time, about the individual stories of total abnegation, of leaving family, friends and loved ones behind to endure the unendurable. it's about every single "come back to us" written in the back of a photograph. These people, the soldiers and their families, are the true heroes in war.
My favorite part about the acting here was Blakes eyes. As Schofield is saying the normal bits like "he was a good man" Blake is looking down but as soon as he hears something uniquely true about Tom "he was always telling funny stories" his eyes open up and he looks at Schofield
At that point LT Blake realizes that Schofield really did know his baby brother and it resonated. So touching.
If his brother heard his brother say "Am I dying" Boy that would make him cry.
If anything I'm relieved that Joe was spared the trauma of watching his baby brother die
The scene is both wonderful and haunting.
"Thank you Will" being the last line in this movie was flippin brilliant 👏 👌
@1:28, when Schofield brings up the mother, the look the brother gave, knowing how hurt their mom will be.
0:12 I love how genuine that look of realization is. Richard Madden is such a good actor.
The saddest for me was to not experience " us". To not know sweetness, but to be left with the emptiness of being totally alone. Who would say to someone like this,"I am here. I am here." When I shut my eyes, I imagine I am not alone any longer. I am being cradled eternally in peace. I thank this movie for bringing me the peace I so desperately sought for.
I'm a 29 year old guy from Argentina. I loved this movie. I thank God for being born in times of peace in a largely peaceful country, because my age is conscriptable. I've read books about both World Wars, and the men who served in one, the other, or BOTH. Brave men that are far braver than I could ever be. Fuck wars.
Goosebumps.
It's bizarre to think that everything happened in this movie without cuts... It's so incredible how much happened in this movie without having a cut in time, only leaving the good parts. (Other than one part where he gets knocked out.) It's also incredible to think how MUCH happened in war. This was only about *one day* in the life of a soldier. Imagine how much more they had to endure, and how many other people had to endure the same things. It's heartbreaking, genuinely... Many of the men we saw died, and many of them had families, just like Schofield(? His name escapes me at the time being, excuse my bad memory.) Sometimes it's so difficult for me to see past the surreality of true event movies like this, but this really woke me up...
The pressure all the actors involved must've felt to not mess up must've been immense. This movie really helps you appreciate good acting.
The track “1917” that played at 2:30 is the best imo. It truly sells the mood the film was going for.
Most beautiful shot of the movie as well
Blake says his brother looks like him but older. I saw lieutenant Blake and said "but he's a Stark, Tommen."
Lmao
Not for me.because I didnt recognize either of the actors until the next morning.
I KNEW I RECOGNIZED HIM FROM SOMEWHERE
The way Richard Madden's face morphs from relief to sadness conveys so many emotions.. brilliant acting
Amazing. Riveting. Simply one of the best movies I have seen in my life. Thank you. In tears at the absurd sacrifice made in an absurd war.
I love the visual rhyme of the Protagonist lazily resting with his friend against a tree in the beginning versus him resting in the end because he was mentally and physically worn out.
Through out this whole movie I was so focused on what's gonna happen next and never thought to much on this own love ones. When he pulled out those pictures at the end the sudden realization I felt brought me to tears.
What gets me about this scene is you know they want to embrace and share their grief but all they can do is shake hands and walk away to process alone.
Good God, when he walks the tree, the visuals combined with the music. It feels otherworldly. The single tree on the horizon, with the sun shining for the first time in the movie.
The scene takes on the feeling of a dream suddenly. It's almost as if he has found a little personal heaven in this living hell. This film was a cinematic journey of the absolute highest order, and I hope everyone who worked on it has nothing but pride for their efforts put into to crafting this masterpiece.
This ending was one of the saddest endings I’ve ever seen. Imagine hearing your brother is dead and you have no way of seeing or honoring him again.
Such a well-acted & touching scene. LT Blake fighting back tears, being stoic the entire time he's talking to Scofield.......😢
Such an amazing movie. This ending scene with the acting and music, is just icing on the cake. Great movie!!
I have an older brother who I am very close to and the thought of James (my older brother) being in Lt.Blake's shoes is devastating for me to think about
Simple message that's been done countless times, but such great execution in this movie. Surrounded by a beautiful summer prairie, but humanity is busy killing each other and causing each other misery.
The movie ends the same way it starts. Resting on a tree. Such a simple, yet poignant and beautiful ending.
I can't even imagine the sacrifice millions made. Amazing movie, should've won Best Picture
Ryan Campbell Exactly!
It didn’t feature enough diversity probably 🤦🏻♂️
This was one of those movies where when you finish, you don’t know what to say. Wether to be amazed or frightened. This was just 1 day. A movie that you can’t say much about cause it’s that moving.
It cut me all the way to my core. I cried at the end. That was true sadness.
This scene gets me everytime. It’s the last movie I watched with my brother and when my dad told me my little brother had died of covid, I’m sure my face fell and looked just like the brother’s did here. Watching this scene reminds me of every detail all over again. The acting is too good.
The most saddening part of this….. we shall never know if Schofield made it back to his beloved England in service of his majesty the king. The movie begins on the same day that the Americans sent their forces and yet the war was far from over. 20 years later, Europe would shed blood again. And British, American, French, Germans and more would have to fight on the same hallowed ground that was fought in the last war. May God bless these men who fought in both this conflict, the war to end all wars and the proceeding one.
In the midst of so much pain and carnage, they remained brothers in arms till the very end.
A masterpiece of a movie.
Fuck, this scene...after all that tension, all that terror, danger, stress, sadness....just that simple, gorgeous shot of him walking towards that tree to rest, that finally broke me to absolute pieces...
you gotta give him some respect for holding composure like that even after he heard that happened I know this is a movie but things like this has happened before and I'm sure it hurts more than any gun wound.
That walk Will took to get to that tree in the end... it feels as if he is truly alone in the world at this moment
:'( it's like he carry the whole world, all the death he saw during the war, on his shoulders. His walks seems so desperate and sad, it just burst me into tears :'(
The moral of this story: War is useless, go relax under a tree instead.
War isn’t ueseless
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WaR ISn't uSeLeSs
Leilio Lis-Amboyan well I think starting it is useless but not joining a war is useless
Art Kid it’s more unnecessary
The Science Man yeah . War is only necessary and sensible in special occasions like WW2. When the opposition has no desire to use other means of settling the problems at hand. Wars like WW1 though are just a sad loss of life
This scene just hits everytime I see it 🙏
You can tell the brother is so proud when Schofield tells him Blake saved his life.
Both of my brother are service men. My eldest already did his time about 10 years ago, my second oldest serving his time now. This scene makes me wonder how I would feel or felt if I ever got the letter and the flag saying I would never see my brother or have a fun conversation, or go to the bar with him ever again. This shit is so heart breaking to me.
I rewatched this movie today and noticed the "come back to us" and I had never noticed it before, I broke down so hard.
I can count on one hand the number of movies I can confidently say stayed with me well after the credits finished rolling. This movie is one of them.
And that’s why you don’t help an enemy pilot.
Lol yup. But I liked that they added that for Tom’s death, really shows that these two young men, had not lost themselves in complete cruelty yet, that they still valued human life and decency. Unlike that bastard pilot who even after being saved killed his rescuer, what a cunt.
CheetoThief yup. Amazing movie. So glad I saw it in a theater.
That, and the pilot was probably scared shitless because he couldn't understand English. From his POV, it was the better thing to do.
The pilot was probably scared out of his mind and thought he was going to be captured (or worse). I doubt he was even thinking straight when he stabbed Blake.
That part was unrealistic. Soldiers would often help each other, that pilot wouldn't have done that, in all likelihood they would have just walked their separate ways.
I really like that when he pulls out those pictures. The whole time you think blake is the one rushing to save his brother. You think that he’s the one who has something to lose but it just goes to show you that everyone who was in the war had something to lose
The last movie I saw in theaters. Legit the best movie I’ve seen in so long
This scene with the tree always affected me. I've always found trees very comforting and grounding. When you don't know where to go or what to do, you can almost always find a tree
I can’t imagine this scene without the music.
Why am I crying
Because of that ninja who keeps cutting those onions.
This ending was perfect because I didnt feel worried that he would make it through the war because I felt that this was the end of his journey
The soundtrack is amazing
There's like a Thanos vibe at the end under the tree. Sitting and contemplating on what just happened to get to that point.
The haunting single cello that ends this scene is just perfect.
And now he rests, and watches the sun rise on a grateful army
The king in the North has come a long way. He went from fighting Tywin to fighting willhelm II. The North will remember
I remember I couldn't move for a good 10 minutes after this movie ended, it was such a beautiful film.
I was stoned off my ass when l saw this in the theater. Same thing, l sat through the whole credits. Unbelievable. My friend and l were going to go out on the town afterwards but we just drove home in near silence that night.
No war movie was more impactful and thrilling than any other, well done.
I never realized until this scene, what Schofield meant when he said earlier on, that he didn’t want to take leave back, otherwise he wouldn’t be able leave again.
i thought he meant desertion but it really meant he couldn’t bear to leave his family again, so it was better for him to not be tempted at all.
Powerful scene.
And then I thought: a generation of men (younger and older) lost their lives before accomplishing any of their dreams, just for a piece of land.
"Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."
Carl Sagan
This film had the same eerie undertones of haunting sadness as the movie Dunkirk. Certainly a masterpiece.