They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war. (imdb)
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They Shall Not Grow Old belongs to 7 collections
1. Best of criticker: Documentary (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 13 stars)
2. Films available in HD (public: moderated by kubricksucks - 12 stars)
3. Best of criticker: War (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 5 stars)
4. World War 1 (public: moderated by td888 - 4 stars)
5. Best of criticker: 2018 (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 2 stars)
6. Best of criticker: History (public: moderated by avgcrtckr)
7. toucé (private: rnest)
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| Apr 21 | Barxday | 71 85% |
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| Apr 21 | elimpe | 75 61% |
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Hofschneider | 86 84% |
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What an achievement in empathy!
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warmur7 | 79 59% |
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halkas | 70 75% |
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HKi | 74 73% |
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| Mar 08 |  |
cagedwisdom | 75 65% |
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An impressive project, but something is slightly off for me, I think maybe it has to do with runtime. I'm not sure every anectode about featured necessarily needed to be included, and it takes a long while to get going.
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Calabria | 76 38% |
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FutureCritic | 80 62% |
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sheepslasher | 3 58% |
| Mar 04 | SpeedMarque | 75 81% |
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| Mar 03 |  |
Nroo | 68 41% |
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KasperL | 80 86% |
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An impressive collection of restored clips from WWI. As all of the interviews have been edited together with these clips, there are no talking heads in sight. While the many dead bodies clearly belong in the doc, I felt the need to close my eyes many, many times during the film, but I nevertheless highly recommend it.
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| Mar 03 |  |
Pessimisthen | 85 75% |
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Moledro | 80 71% |
| Mar 02 | chiphall72 | 77 69% |
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| Mar 02 | stecheru | 95 83% |
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flowing | 53 40% |
| Mar 01 | volkantaner | 85 80% |
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MontyCircus | 60 66% |
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I enjoyed Peter Jackson's explanation of the work that went into making the film more than the film itself. I like "macro" stories and this was more a "micro" one. The story of the day-to-day experiences of the grunts in the trenches, which isn't that interesting to me. In high school history class we had the horrors of "trench foot" beaten into us day after day, and I hated that. I'd rather learn about why the war started, the leaders, the generals, the strategies.
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| Feb 28 |  |
Ofterdingen | 75 86% |
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Shocking, important, and kind of beautiful.
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| Feb 27 | Number5 | 100 96% |
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A change of track for Mr Jackson (although 'Forgotten Silver' is superb in other ways.) This was as spellbinding as it was heart breaking.
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| Feb 27 | mrdelish | 90 67% |
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| Feb 26 | geowb | 95 96% |
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| Feb 25 | Fi0U9o | 73 % |
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offlineoz | 85 84% |
| Feb 25 | gummorabbit | 50 24% |
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| Feb 24 | kmb43xgame | 91 59% |
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acrolyne | 85 68% |
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tinythedogg | 80 82% |
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jackinthebox | 70 55% |
| Feb 16 | Dirky | 76 66% |
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| Feb 16 | lang95 | 90 85% |
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| Feb 14 | ibi8588 | 90 87% |
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| Feb 12 | nobamba | 70 65% |
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Fuck WW1. Amazing technology to bring 100 year old film to clarity and color. Watched 30 minute behind the scenes afterward; wish it showed more restoration work. I found myself getting so used to war that I wish this film spent more time showing how truly terrible it was for all those starry-eyed underage teenagers. Seriously, fuck WW1 trench warfare, gas attacks, rats, and terrifying nighttime lighting. Fav scene: the haunting initial transition to color.
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| Feb 11 | donquixotic | 70 77% |
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| Feb 10 | peyez | 6 54% |
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| Feb 10 | GFoster | 53 37% |
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| Feb 10 | theWatcher | 75 61% |
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| Feb 10 | psjobb1 | 85 44% |
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| Feb 09 | kerryland | 90 87% |
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| Feb 09 | sandrocottus | 90 61% |
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| Feb 09 | circleoffilm | 57 38% |
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| Feb 09 | ezxIIi | 85 % |
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Amiroliyaie | 66 19% |
| Feb 09 | andycarhart | 66 26% |
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wokelstein | 85 76% |
| Feb 08 | Deoradh | 78 46% |
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| Feb 08 |  |
Paxton | 82 87% |
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Goes to some unbelievable lengths to make World War I footage look like World War II footage. This was actually an excellent watch. I highly recommend the documentary on the making of the film as well as it shed quite a bit of light on the intentions and reasoning behind a lot of the choices.
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| Feb 07 | sellis | 84 72% |
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Simple and earnest in its intentions - to capture the textures and visceral nature of a time where this information was limited, in hopes of allowing those in the future to empathize like never before. It achieves the intention but somehow felt too vague to be truly affecting in a non-cerebral way, despite using specific interviews and photography. An amazing achievement nevertheless.
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| Feb 05 |  |
Laddie Bird | 55 41% |
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TheDiceman | 85 98% |
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Stunning.
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| Feb 03 | abesempire | 90 75% |
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| Feb 03 | thatgreatwar | 76 69% |
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| Feb 03 | areoharewhy | 8 84% |
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Megaharrison | 70 84% |
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Stewball | 50 14% |
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Pretty much a boring downer. The only thing I learned is that there was no celebration when it ended, and it reinforced my belief that it was an entirely pointless war.
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cweng50 | 85 97% |
| Jan 29 | JudgeX | 50 26% |
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| Jan 28 | Warren Shum | 80 58% |
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| Jan 27 | theris | 80 77% |
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| Jan 26 | firebirdekb | 72 73% |
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Kebapche | 85 80% |
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TMDaines | 70 44% |
| Jan 23 | Holygrail2 | 98 97% |
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Holy cow what a gorgeous film.
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weirdyoda | 80 54% |
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helfen419 | 80 62% |
| Jan 20 | al bundy | 84 91% |
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JackRyan2014 | 75 82% |
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eCitizen | 50 48% |
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A shallow look at World War I from the point of view of an ordinary soldier. There is not much context to the events, the purpose of the war or its final outcome. It effectively shows the character of the infantrymen and some of the brutal carnage of the battles. The remarks and outdated attitudes were hard to enjoy or identify with. The colorization and restoration of the film footage were truly impressive.
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| Jan 16 |  |
patman | 37 5% |
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CoffeeMage | 80 70% |
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micmac | 81 87% |
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tracy | 7 85% |
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MSoprano | 75 69% |
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glumpy_99 | 100 98% |
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Stunning documentary would be invaluable as an oral history of The Great War, but the vivid and beautifully restored archival footage does a visceral (and terrifying) job of dropping the viewer in the midst of the horrible, awful action like no other film (documentary or otherwise) has done before. Perhaps the principal of augmenting the footage with colour and sound recreation could give pause, but Jackson tastefully and respectfully utilises these techniques to achieve his desired effect.
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SirRobbie | 80 81% |
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hentroboss | 70 40% |
| Dec 30, 2018 |  |
jagarnyfiken | 68 53% |
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MaxVonSydow | 90 98% |
| Dec 30, 2018 | Ram0n | 79 81% |
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| Dec 30, 2018 | ransmovies | 87 71% |
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| Dec 29, 2018 |  |
Rexlito | 80 48% |
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Some images were used too much.
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| Dec 29, 2018 | fireplacer | 79 85% |
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Guernica | 66 74% |
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avgcrtckr | 76 96% |
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filmaffinity | 75 93% |
| Dec 28, 2018 |  |
Difontaine | 81 82% |
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It would be a powerful work if it were entirely in black and white. The addition of colour adds a layer of intimacy and brings you closer to the horror of the accounts.
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| Dec 28, 2018 | njm1211 | 95 75% |
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VengefulKBM | 85 84% |
| Dec 27, 2018 |  |
thaklos | 75 36% |
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Very interesting, gives a personal look at the First World War from the perspective of its soldiers, assembled from archived interviews and footage that have been restored and colorized. The assembled nature makes the narrative a bit unusual, but the personal stories keeps it engaging.
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| Dec 26, 2018 | T3hJohnson | 37 96% |
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Hamidso | 80 82% |
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PrestoBix | 80 49% |
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Seen 2x
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mich8bsp | 85 95% |
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Hefty Howie | 6 33% |
| Dec 18, 2018 |  |
zoink | 65 48% |
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I had issues with the colorizing of some of the faces. I realize what some of the issues were but after watching the behind the scenes after the credits I think I would have left things black an white. The restoration was still very successful. The voice overs were really great.
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| Dec 18, 2018 |  |
whatismyname | 75 88% |
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One of the better documentaries I've seen in recent memory. What they were able to do with colorization, detail restoration and smoothing out the footage added and wasn't gimmicky. The voice over of those that experienced first hand worked seamlessly.
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| Dec 18, 2018 | michaelm2391 | 60 23% |
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| Dec 18, 2018 | SundayJim | 85 90% |
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theshmo | 90 89% |
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MetaCritic2 | 92 98% |
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Warren | 82 62% |
| Dec 16, 2018 | filmcricket | 96 99% |
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peekingpanda | 60 72% |
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EwanGleadow | 65 41% |
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Kraven1905 | 78 80% |
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daniel | 45 61% |
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semitozge | 75 75% |
| Nov 28, 2018 | debaser1985 | 75 79% |
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| Nov 24, 2018 |  |
zae | 68 45% |
| Nov 23, 2018 |  |
BillyShears | 85 85% |
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Stunning footage , the restoration work done here is incredible. While watching I came to the conclusion I would’ve Probably survived the war unscratched, I’d become Dame Edna and get to stay home.
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| Nov 22, 2018 |  |
mandy | 7 74% |
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Peter Jackson's love letter to those who lived and died through such times is a thoughtful, moving and revealing piece of art.
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| Nov 17, 2018 | Old_Spriggan | 75 59% |
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msprague | 85 90% |
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Fascinating footage with an overlay of memories recounted by the men who lived through the war. Some of the interesting things I noticed were the fixation of everyone on the camera. Dental hygiene was not top of mind in 1914-18. Mines are horrible. Anyone with an interest in history should see this.
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| Nov 14, 2018 |  |
aurora | 80 87% |
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thegreyfox | 80 72% |
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An amazing history of WW1, brought to life mainly through the voice testimony of soldiers; a nightmare journey from niave bravado in 1914, through the horrors of the front, to ultimate demobbing, and the inevitable feeling of redundancy in 1918. The colourization is brilliantly done, and breathes life to old film stock, although there is not enough to sustain the running time, and is often repeated and gives way to drawings, postcards and placards on several occasions. But still a fantastic feat
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| Nov 13, 2018 |  |
Koernia | 70 67% |
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Nemo_91 | 88 71% |
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RealMacgyver | 80 74% |
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bearmaster | 90 95% |
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RadioFreeLee | 88 84% |
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cascade | 85 92% |
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ADragon91 | 80 76% |
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WarrenWho | 80 79% |
| Nov 11, 2018 | spoiledff7 | 84 74% |
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angrypierre | 80 73% |
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Colourising and re-dubbing archive footage is the part of this that captured much of the media attention. The use of these techniques is certainly very effective. The film starts and ends in monochrome, with the vivid colour only introduced during the most deathly, horrifying part of the experiences being relayed. The most poignant part of the piece, however, is the voice testimony of men who lived through the western front, describing their own feelings and motivations as well as the horrors.
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| Nov 11, 2018 | cayh | 90 88% |
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ShaunLewis54 | 79 59% |
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nickv | 71 67% |
| Average Percentile 70.86% from 186 Ratings |  |
