Cookies help us deliver our Services. In the 1917 movie, the pair are given the mission of crossing deep into enemy territory to get a message to 1,500 soldiers who are unknowingly headed into a deadly trap, including Blake's own brother (portrayed by Richard Madden). If you still have problems, it might be bedding: check the inside of the stock for places where the barrrel might bear. The movie opens just after the German army purposely fell back to the Hindenburg Line, which was shorter and easier to defend. -The TimesBorn on the Caribbean Island of Trinidad, Mendes' grandfather, Alfred, left for England in 1915 and joined the British Army, enlisting in January 1916 at age 19. I concur with your post... especially re: WWI technology. 158 of the 484 men in Alfred's battalion were killed, wounded, or unaccounted for. His little personal signature on all of his comments is endearing. The movie 1917 is visually accurate in terms of uniforms, but it suffers from multiple historical errors, I liked the movie. British soldiers attacked in the pouring rain and suffered significant losses. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies.

Such was the case with Christopher Nolan's war drama Dunkirk. I think the WW II replacement barreels, 4 groove with conventional, not Enfield rifling, group OK with boattails.

Director Sam Mendes' grandfather, whose true story inspired the idea for the movie, was injured in May 1918 when he accidentally inhaled poisonous gas used by the German army during their attack at La Bassee Canal near Béthune, France. In the end, the battle resulted in the German army being pinned to Flanders and suffering unsustainable casualties. After serving with the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, he was sent to Oisemont, not far from Dieppe, France, where he trained to be a signaller.

The missing men were scattered across miles of water-filled shell craters in the mud-soaked No Man's Land, unable to communicate their positions. Telegraph or telephone message to rear HQ.

1917 Is a Visual Feat and a Bad Movie Sam Mendes’s war drama is designed to look like it was shot in two long takes. It means the ammo is ok. None of the 1917's I ever had were real tight shooters.

However, if they don't have glaring ones that take me out of the movie, then I'm not that bothered. Clean your bore with something that will eliminate copper fouling (probably years of it built up i there). Whether this helps or not, I have no idea. Moderators:M39Scout, trautert, Carl Gustav, nothernug, ThePitbullofLove, VIS35, beanstrung, Cabinetman, Rick the Librarian. A classic example of pure excellence. My grandfather was on the western front, 2nd Army. But this technical accomplishment is wasted on a soulless film. Also, even if they were sending air message they wouldn't want to tell the two message runners because then they wouldn't try as hard. It was okay, but it perpetuates a bunch of British memes, and the many long shots do not make it more realistic. Dropped messages (I'd assume with a streamer) could be intercepted. I really loved this movie and I urge people to go watch it, but every single war movie has inaccuracies. Also, without witnesses how could they be sure Mackenzie followed the orders. Those things were commonplace in 1917. I don't make up stories, I just repeat them. My 1917s don't like boattails including the 168 gr Sierra Match King. M1 Talker: My experience parallels yours.

Press J to jump to the feed. 5 Saving Private Ryan: A More Concrete … It turns out Mendes' grandfather was the messenger in question.

1917 is a 2019 British war film directed and produced by Sam Mendes, and written by Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns. I've had a half-dozen....of these, the two I kept are real tack-drivers. The 1917 true story reveals that, at best, Dean-Charles Chapman's character, Blake, was very loosely inspired by Sam Mendes' grandfather, Alfred Mendes. No, we've found no evidence that they represent real people.

If you want a movie lacking inconsistencies, I'd recommend They Shall Not Grow Old, They could have easily gotten a message through by plane, they even show you in the film that the British have air superiority over the area. Could be my luck but maybe there's reason they were not used for competition shooting like the 03. Though much of the World War I movie 1917 is fiction, it is loosely based on an account that director Sam Mendes' paternal grandfather, Alfred Mendes, told to him when he was a boy. The very best comments on reddit as submitted by the users of reddit. Seeing the film tomorrow, so I can't permit spoilers. British vs German forces, in French territory (apparently filmed in Scotland). Telegraph or telephone message to rear HQ.

Plenty good for normal military purposes though.

In the mostly fictional movie, the Second Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment mistakenly believes that the Germans are in retreat. On October 12, 1917, hundreds of British soldiers, including Alfred Mendes, were tasked with reclaiming the village of Poelcappelle, which is close to the Passchendaele Ridge and had been overtaken by the Germans. They aren't inaccuracies that attest to a lack of research but rather inaccuracies that serve the story and the aesthetic of the movie.

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