I think it's a good movie that stands up well to a second viewing. It's not perfect but it's not as bad as some are making out.
The cinematography, soundtrack & CGI are all excellent. The overlapping stories in staggered timelines got confusing, but it all came together in the end.
It's a very 'Christopher Nolan' kind of a movie in terms of the feel of the scenes, the way the soundtrack paces long wandering scenes and so on.
I thought the opening scenes (despite historically inaccurate) were very well done. The glider one on the other hand became an annoying clanger. I came away thinking Nolan was leaving some breadcrumbs for a Battle of Britain epic at some point in the future. There was a lot of emphasis on the RAF in this movie which I didn't fully understand.
I can ignore the wrong guns, post war boats and wrong aicrcaft details, I think getting bogged down in the minutiae is missing the point a bit. It was a huge operation and story, parts were left out and it could have been done 50 different ways, so I don't think it's fair to criticise on just the parts left out. Personally when I think of Dunkirk I always think of the soldiers (including many from Eire who joined the British Army) standing for hours in waist high water freezing and waiting their turn, this part didn't seem to make the movie at all.
It was also refreshing to see the Germans not referred to constantly as 'dem nazeees', & that they didn't crowbar into the movie the usual ww2 movie elements. I like the way the movie dealt with this part of the war in isolation to the rest of the war, it was a unique event and the film kept that clear.
Overall 8/10
The cinematography, soundtrack & CGI are all excellent. The overlapping stories in staggered timelines got confusing, but it all came together in the end.
It's a very 'Christopher Nolan' kind of a movie in terms of the feel of the scenes, the way the soundtrack paces long wandering scenes and so on.
I thought the opening scenes (despite historically inaccurate) were very well done. The glider one on the other hand became an annoying clanger. I came away thinking Nolan was leaving some breadcrumbs for a Battle of Britain epic at some point in the future. There was a lot of emphasis on the RAF in this movie which I didn't fully understand.
I can ignore the wrong guns, post war boats and wrong aicrcaft details, I think getting bogged down in the minutiae is missing the point a bit. It was a huge operation and story, parts were left out and it could have been done 50 different ways, so I don't think it's fair to criticise on just the parts left out. Personally when I think of Dunkirk I always think of the soldiers (including many from Eire who joined the British Army) standing for hours in waist high water freezing and waiting their turn, this part didn't seem to make the movie at all.
It was also refreshing to see the Germans not referred to constantly as 'dem nazeees', & that they didn't crowbar into the movie the usual ww2 movie elements. I like the way the movie dealt with this part of the war in isolation to the rest of the war, it was a unique event and the film kept that clear.
Overall 8/10
Me and Tote have watched it 10 times by now. Kidding, I actually hate this movie.
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