Dunkirk (2017)

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Excellent, a Must See

Crappy film

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

One of the best pure action movies of the modern era: would highly recommend

No idea who the characters are or what's really going on. Just scene after scene without focus.

[...] "Throughout the film Nolan creates an almost claustrophobic feeling of uneasiness and an overwhelming sense of helplessness is always present. No one feels safe, no matter what their rank is and how important or not they are. There isn't any safe places, enemies might attack at any moment and there's suspense from the first minute to the last. Two of the elements that help create a constant tenseness and suspense is the cinematography and music. Instead of relying on dialogue, it's a film with little dialogue and sometimes there are scenes that play out for several minutes without audible dialogue - something that isn't too usual in today's big budget commercial cinema. Which is both a bold and interesting choice in my opinion. Sometimes, just like in real life, facial expressions, body language and actions can speak louder than words."

No doubting the expertise and craft given in the making of this film, it is an epic tale of an epic moment seen though the eyes of the participating servicemen. It never was meant to be anything more than just a simple plain telling of a complicated battle, which is good as a complicated retelling of a complicated battle would of been "Inception 2' - !!, however, it is thankfully kept simple and yet still seems crammed. It is seen through the eyes of several serviceman but definitively through just mainly two and also a civilian and within these perspectives lay the heart of the British spirit which the film proudly yet with subtlety displays. The fighter pilots, the civilian rescue missions, and the young heroic 'boy' soldier, who are all excellently played. It is a difficult movie to make if made the way Nolan has made it and yet it still weaves together well. I guess my underlying issue is that I've waited to see another Nolan masterpiece and made to his own specific and 'branded' way and to wait and then be served with a grey skied bleak re-telling of a story another director could of made means I now have to wait longer? I know this is selfish and possibly disrespectful to the heroes of this war, but I only wish someone else could of come along instead to make this movie. Great production, superb sound engineering, decent acting, very good directing. It a 6.7 from me...