Review of In Which We Serve (1942) by Ben L — 01 Nov 2017
In Which We Serve opens with a voiceover that tells you it is a story of a ship. It was indeed a story of this battleship that participated in World War II, but when you focus a story on an inanimate object it lacks some heart.
They tried to tap into emotion by using flashbacks to introduce us to the crew, but I never connected with any of them. The storytelling was so jumbled and incoherent that I never found myself engaged in any way by the movie.
It has the natural benefit of telling the story of soldiers fighting against Nazis, so of course I want to see them succeed and survive. The problem is, there are so many movies that already touch on this same topic that it?s almost become white noise to me and they have to do something truly remarkable to stand out.
The majority of the film is also told through flashback, which sucks some of the drama out of it since we know where everything will end. In Which We Serve is not a bad film in any way, it simply isn?t special or unique.
I imagine I will completely forget about it in a matter of days.
This review of In Which We Serve (1942) was written by Ben L on 01 Nov 2017.
In Which We Serve has generally received positive reviews.
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