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No plot spoilers in this review. May be considered technical spoilers, so if you like being surprise by them, maybe don't read this. This is my personal take away from the movie Dunkirk, which I saw Friday.
It was not as long running time wise as I expected from a Nolan movie (roughly an hour forty five minutes). It felt like it was much longer. There are actors with top billing as there are with every film, but if you intend to see the movie based on that alone, you will be disappointed. This movie is truly an ensemble film in which no one character is portrayed as more important than any other. It is immersive in that an excellent job was done making the audience feel like they are a part of the film as opposed to just watching events on the screen. There is the desperation of waiting, the anticipation of rescue, the horror of constant enemy bombardment, elation, terror, and finally guilt that the audience gets to experience with the soldiers, sailors, and pilots on screen. It is not a typical Hollywood offering that must end with hope, despite knowing the ultimate end result.
I watched this movie on Friday, and couldn't decide whether I enjoyed it or not immediately after watching. I watched the 70MM version, which to me gave it an old time movie feeling that I liked. I couldn't tell you the name of any of the characters. I will say that the majority of characters were an archetype of the British forces. The civilian boat captains, the Navy, the Army, and the RAF all are represented. I would recommend seeing it on the big screen as it is visually and aurally stunning. Nolan did a great job of giving it a sense of urgency in all scenes by having a ticking stopwatch running in the background throughout the film.
It was not as long running time wise as I expected from a Nolan movie (roughly an hour forty five minutes). It felt like it was much longer. There are actors with top billing as there are with every film, but if you intend to see the movie based on that alone, you will be disappointed. This movie is truly an ensemble film in which no one character is portrayed as more important than any other. It is immersive in that an excellent job was done making the audience feel like they are a part of the film as opposed to just watching events on the screen. There is the desperation of waiting, the anticipation of rescue, the horror of constant enemy bombardment, elation, terror, and finally guilt that the audience gets to experience with the soldiers, sailors, and pilots on screen. It is not a typical Hollywood offering that must end with hope, despite knowing the ultimate end result.
I watched this movie on Friday, and couldn't decide whether I enjoyed it or not immediately after watching. I watched the 70MM version, which to me gave it an old time movie feeling that I liked. I couldn't tell you the name of any of the characters. I will say that the majority of characters were an archetype of the British forces. The civilian boat captains, the Navy, the Army, and the RAF all are represented. I would recommend seeing it on the big screen as it is visually and aurally stunning. Nolan did a great job of giving it a sense of urgency in all scenes by having a ticking stopwatch running in the background throughout the film.
Dunkirk (2017)
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WWII World War Two
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I saw it on Sunday on a pretty large screen. I thought it was very well done. There are essentially 4 stories going on at the same time. The story of the average British soldier, the story of a couple of Spitfire pilots flying air cover, the boats coming from England to rescue stranded soldiers and the story of the leaders on the docks trying to get people off the beach and back to England.
The stories intertwined very well and overlapped at varying places very well too. I thought it had an intensity to it without any of the Saving Private Ryan beach scene stuff. The story was the main focus. The frustration of trying to get out and get home, so close they could almost see it but no way to get there.
I would recommend the film.
The stories intertwined very well and overlapped at varying places very well too. I thought it had an intensity to it without any of the Saving Private Ryan beach scene stuff. The story was the main focus. The frustration of trying to get out and get home, so close they could almost see it but no way to get there.
I would recommend the film.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
Cpl Jeff N. They also managed to convey that desperation throughout each aspect. Showing that from the soldier on the beach to the pilot in the air and from the highest officer to lowest private the desperation of the situation spared nobody.
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