I watched both of these movies over weekend and one thing stuck with me.
There is genuinely something out of control and uncontrollable about The Revenant but 1917 kinda felt staged and orchestrated. It didnt feel like the production was too massive to control and sam mendes using his genius made the movie what it is. It felt like everyone involved wanted to make an awards movie with selling point being - "immersive war epic".
I respect sam mendes's ambition but i hoped it came from a place of positivity and not cynicism. Carrier-wise it is very clear that inarritu was never making revenant to get awards attention or getting his career back on track. He was making it just to see if he had what it takes to make an epic movie his own way. But sam mendes, while he did want to rise upto the challenge, it felt like he watched movies like gravity/revenant 100 times to see if he can one up them but in the end 1917 felt staged and fake.
I am not sure how much 1 take approach contributed to my disappointment but this movie feels fake.
There is genuinely something out of control and uncontrollable about The Revenant but 1917 kinda felt staged and orchestrated. It didnt feel like the production was too massive to control and sam mendes using his genius made the movie what it is. It felt like everyone involved wanted to make an awards movie with selling point being - "immersive war epic".
I respect sam mendes's ambition but i hoped it came from a place of positivity and not cynicism. Carrier-wise it is very clear that inarritu was never making revenant to get awards attention or getting his career back on track. He was making it just to see if he had what it takes to make an epic movie his own way. But sam mendes, while he did want to rise upto the challenge, it felt like he watched movies like gravity/revenant 100 times to see if he can one up them but in the end 1917 felt staged and fake.
I am not sure how much 1 take approach contributed to my disappointment but this movie feels fake.