and John Hannah's Jonathan Carnahan proves that I am incapable of not overthinking even summer blockbuster pulp, because when I see, in 1926, a young-ish Englishman that drunk, that flippant, and that good with firearms, I can't help wondering if his war was the Western Front or the Mesopotamian campaign.

If it helps, you are not the only person to have had this thought:

http://lemonsharks.tumblr.com/post/164568185593/thebluemeany-jkthinkythoughts-star-anise

(Have not seen the movie but remembered having seen this post.)