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#SCSuggests - Oscar Series - 1917

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1917 - The words "War" and "Soldier" get defined with brilliance in this nerve-wracking patriotic drama. War films have become a prominent Genre in this Millenial Hollywood Movie Decade with films like  Dunkirk(2017), Hacksaw Ridge(2016) ,  The Imitation Game(2014).   The genre is a fiddly choice to pick up, for the stories here are an inspiration or rooted to a real scenario and get weaved further with the creativity and mindset by a person born decades after. The authenticity in the story's timeframe blending with new-age cinematic techniques also is not everybody's chore. Firstly, let's get familiar with the loose structure of Hollywood's "War" films. We have a Side or Entity(which becomes the audience's prime perspective), a Motive, a War running and a cost(mostly manpower). In  Dunkirk(2017)   we have the British, France and the Belgium army with the goal of escaping(on a broader sense) Dunkirk (rounded by the G