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[Gwladysstreetlad]

1917

It's a great, spectacular film. There's some quite powerful scenes in there. Its going to take something really special to top it as film of the year.

Only one minor gripe (and it is a minor gripe) the overuse of swearing early on was a bit silly. They must of had their characters use the F word something like ten times in the opening ten-fifteen mins. I just felt that it was unnecessary and out of place in this movie.

 

[summerisle]

1917

It's a great, spectacular film. There's some quite powerful scenes in there. Its going to take something really special to top it as film of the year.

Only one minor gripe (and it is a minor gripe) the overuse of swearing early on was a bit silly. They must of had their characters use the F word something like ten times in the opening ten-fifteen mins. I just felt that it was unnecessary and out of place.

Swearing was ubiquitous amongst soldiers during the war :

A popular WW1 song - I don't want to join the army.

I don't want to join the army
I don't want to go to war
I'd rather hang around Piccadilly underground
Living off the earnings of a high born lady.
I don't want a bayonet up my arse hole
I don't want my bollocks shot away
I'd rather stay in England, merry [Poor language removed]' England
And ---- my life away.

The subsequent verses follow a similar vein.

Mademoiselle From Armentieres unexpurgated would get me a ban if I posted it.

 

[Nymzee]

1917

It's a great, spectacular film. There's some quite powerful scenes in there. Its going to take something really special to top it as film of the year.

Only one minor gripe (and it is a minor gripe) the overuse of swearing early on was a bit silly. They must of had their characters use the F word something like ten times in the opening ten-fifteen mins. I just felt that it was unnecessary and out of place in this movie.

You think soldiers in trenches wouldn’t swear all the time? I swear all the time and I’m just in an office full of guys doing it.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

Swearing was ubiquitous amongst soldiers during the war :

A popular WW1 song - I don't want to join the army.

I don't want to join the army
I don't want to go to war
I'd rather hang around Piccadilly underground
Living off the earnings of a high born lady.
I don't want a bayonet up my arse hole
I don't want my bollocks shot away
I'd rather stay in England, merry [Poor language removed]' England
And ---- my life away.

The subsequent verses follow a similar vein.

Mademoiselle From Armentieres unexpurgated would get me a ban if I posted it.

Sure people swore. It just wasn't anywhere near as common as it would be now and the swearing was over used and felt like it was now to me rather then 1917. Just my opinion anyway. Its still a fantastic film.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

You think soldiers in trenches wouldn’t swear all the time? I swear all the time and I’m just in an office full of guys doing it.

Sure they swear at times but not like it was a Quentin Tarantino movie.

You swear in your office in 2020. This film is set in 1917. Different world, of course people obviously swore but not anywhere near as much as you or I would now.

 

[Nymzee]

Sure they swear at times but not like it was a Quentin Tarantino movie.

How do you know?

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

How do you know?

The word of my Grandad (who served in the army and who's father and grandfather also where). Along with all the books I've read on the subject written by people who know a great deal more then you and me.

 

[Nymzee]

The word of my Grandad (who served in the army and who's father and grandfather also where). Along with all the books I've read on the subject written by people who know a great deal more then you and me.

I mean, I don’t even remember the swearing from the film so I wouldn’t see it as excessive anyway.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

I mean, I don’t even remember the swearing from the film so I wouldn’t see it as excessive anyway.

It wasn't for the most part after the first twenty or so mins which is why I said it was only a minor gripe.

It's not like its that big a deal anyway, its a movie using artistic licence, not a documentary that has to be 100% accurate. Its a fantastic film Imo it'll be up there for film of the year for 2020.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Sure people swore. It just wasn't anywhere near as common as it would be now and the swearing was over used and felt like it was now to me rather then 1917. Just my opinion anyway. Its still a fantastic film.

There's a diary by the priest of Ploegsteert which was the last safe town before you went up to the line in Flanders, where he says (in 1915) that his English is improving but he is still puzzled by the dual use of the word 'fork', sometimes its something to eat with and sometimes it's punctuation like 'fork Belgium', 'fork the army'

There's a reason for the phrase "Swears like a trooper"

 

[Nymzee]

It wasn't for the most part after the first twenty or so mins which is why I said it was only a minor gripe.

It's not like its that big a deal anyway, its a movie using artistic licence, not a documentary that has to be 100% accurate. Its a fantastic film Imo it'll be up there for film of the year for 2020.

It’s in the 2019 list isn’t it? Sure it is.

 

[summerisle]

The word of my Grandad (who served in the army and who's father and grandfather also where). Along with all the books I've read on the subject written by people who know a great deal more then you and me.

Many memoirs and autobiographies were censored ; officers were often shocked at the language used by the common soldiery. There's often a rosy tinted hue regarding the mores of people in the past.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

It’s in the 2019 list isn’t it? Sure it is.

It might of premiered in 2019 mate. I'm not sure, but it was theatrically released at the cinema here in the UK on Jan 10th so for me it counts as a 2020 film!

 

[Nymzee]

It might of premiered in 2019 mate. I'm not sure, but it was theatrically released at the cinema here in the UK on Jan 10th so for me it counts as a 2020 film!

Well it’s up for an Oscar now so *shrug*

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

Well it’s up for an Oscar now so *shrug*

Meh, couldn't care less about the Oscars tbh.