1917: History Buffs Reaction

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[@saltzkruber732]

This movie gets the age of the soldiers right, they got young actors unlike Saving Private Ryan which has nearly all just middle aged men lol

[@LorianElderPrince]

fun fact for those who dont know: when Schofield was running across the field at the end of the movie, he runs into 2 soldiers completely on accident and unscripted but got back up and kept running so the director left it in

[@marke4663]

My great grandfather served with the 8th Devons. He was killed in action in April 1917 during the battle of Arras. His remains have never been recovered. Lest we forget.

[@Nuvendil]

Kinda shocked he missed the whole point that the final fight in the film is very deliberately NOT depicting the Battle of Arras. It's depicting a "forgotten" minor engagement that Schofield stops, but ultimately doesn't matter in the grand scheme of the War. Because, as the Colonel points out, "Tomorrow they'll send a new order: attack at dawn." Which specifically foreshadows the Battle of Arras which was fought just days later

[@laurapalmer7120]

Your Ypres Battlefield Tour documentary was incredible.

[@slavaukraine5245]

Ive found myself a small history community from this channel. Its nice not being alone while enjoying this stuff

[@BlandSpagetti]

I really regret not seeing this movie in theaters

[@Xino6804]

I thought the movie was fantastic. The part that made me cringe was when he stuck his wounded hand inside the dead body, and was visibly grossed out. The No Mans Land part was visually spot on.

[@josephagundez5336]

I recently showed this film in my high school history class when we covered our WWI unit. It's been the only film where all of my students watched from beginning to end without looking at their phones. Lol

[@thecynicaloptimist1884]

When I watched

[@joeohara3447]

VLogging: that's an oversimplified way of looking at it

[@zacharync3066]

Col McKenzies speech at the end to Schofield gives me goosebumps every single time I watch it. Every word he said was true, and that’s the tragedy of the entire thing

[@reneszeywerth8352]

Siegfried is not just some dude who kills a dragon, he's one of the main characteres of the German national epic the "Nibelungenlied" (kinda the German version of the Ilias).

[@TheBrandon898]

There’s supposed to be a new movie coming out this year about the ANZAC’s on the western front called “Before Dawn”. I think there is a resurgence coming in WW1 movies and shows.

[@mattybgame]

"Lions led by Donkeys." I adore the casting of "known" actors as the callous armchair commanders. Most provocatively promoted during anti-Thatcherite times (I think?); it is still a narrative held among many artists (especially young) in Britain.

[@sgtrpcommand3778]

7:40

[@fantango8012]

Really cool that your cracking into History Buffs. It's by far one of my favorite movie review channels and I can't wait for you to get into some of his older videos as well!

[@layeeeeeTV]

One of the narratives I loved from the movie was the fact that Schofield after the booby trap scene wanted nothing to do with the mission and it wasn’t until Blake convinced him that he kept moving forward.

[@zach7825]

Low key a big fan of VTH movie reviews. Would love to see more stuff like this. I noticed there were several times where you pointed out something soon mentioned in the OP you’re reacting to. I love your depth of knowledge and specific details you can recall from events that are so defining in world history but so microcosmic in the events themselves. Great commentary as always

[@joshuabowen6919]

I'm so glad that VTH is reacting to History Buffs. I found VTH around a year ago and have loved it since. I found HB like 6-7 years ago and am a big fan. I'm a huge fan of both and seeing VTH reacting to HB is so awesome.