I loved the director Sam Mendes premise of paying homage to his grandfathers stories of 1 st World War. I loved the cameo roles by Colin Firth ,Andrew Scott ,Benedict Cumberbatch but the unbreakable only by death camaderie of Blake Dean Lewis Chapman and George Mackay ,and particularly George Mackays , performanence and determination to save others lives even if it meant losing his own was mesmerizing to watch. I came away humbled by the lives those young men gave in those trenches.