Waste of time

A Brilliant Conflict

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

The best war film ever made. Possibly the best film ever made. Outstanding writing. Outstanding acting. Outstanding directorship.I never normally say thing like this, but if you don't appreciate this film you're a moron.

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film 4 stars out of 5, calling it "expertly cast and really well acted: forthright, powerful, heartfelt." I cannot agree more with that. Journey's End is a powerful depiction of what all bleakness, rudeness, booze, pain, suffering, trauma, shock, death, blood, vomit, sweat and mud are all about - they are all elements of brutal, merciless, sad, sick, dirty, even filthy, muddy, very crual and very shocking war. WWI is never forgotten due to such awesome yet deeply tragic movies, so this one does its job well. A stellar cast of Asa Butterfield - Second Lieutenant Raleigh, Sam Claflin - Captain Stanhope, Paul Bettany - Lieutenant Osborne, Tom Sturridge - Second Lieutenant Hibbert, Toby Jones - Private Mason, Stephen Graham - Second Lieutenant Trotter, Robert Glenister - The Colonel - among others - is a huge asset here, as all these very British actors show how unberable and awful war was. This deep, thick, fat, gurgling mud is omnipresent here, and this is the very symbol of that war - trenches, death, poor food, poor health, shock, traumas, alcoholism, endless waiting, and then - sudden, bleeding, vomiting war. The movie is a must, but be warned - this is a very depressing one

Journey's End is an adaptation of RC Sherriff's play set in the trenches during World War One.A young officer Raleigh (Asa Butterfield) arrives to the trenches straight out of training. Excited with his posting. Raleigh has pulled a few favours through his uncle, an army bigwig to be in the unit of Captain Stanhope (Sam Claffin) who he was at school with and who is going out with Raleigh's sister.Stanhope though is suffering from the strains of command, the chaos around him and death. After a daring but suicidal mission, Stanhope loses his second in command, the stoic Osborne (Paul Bettany) which drives Stanhope further into drink and takes his temper out on Raleigh who now realises that life in the trenches is not a bed of roses.The film takes place in the dugout over the course of six days, with the soldiers under a sense of impending doom. You see a range of other characters, many are anxious, a few are suffering from shell shock, a fewer still trying to keep going with some sort of humour.Director Saul Bettany has tried to open up the play with an action sequence, but it is too many men talking in dimly lit scenes. As 2018 is the 100 year anniversary of the ending of the Great War, this was something just too melancholy, familiar and low budget. It is a journey that we have seen before, the countless waste of young men but this story is told in a lugubrious fashion.

It's no secret that there is an abundance of WWII movies, but not many world war 1 flicks. World War 1 is a dark, interesting, and brutal war, and this film really captures that. The smoke, the dirt, and the filth of the set and area immediately immerse you into the film, and really make you feel like you're right there experiencing it. The acting is great and all well performed, each character interesting and showcasing the effects that war can have on a person's mental state. It's a slow burn of a film, taking it's time developing characters as well as leading up to an inevitable and dreaded battle, and the slow burn is absolutely worth it. The final 20 minutes of this film are absolutely terrifying, yet beautiful.