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Dunkirk

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I agree with comments that it's pointless trying to watch a film like this on some dodgy stream .... I can't be arsed to go
Metrocentre imax (in fact I never have), but I
May make my annual trip to our cinema to watch this
 

Monument View said:
No sense of scale or the magnitude of the effort of the little ships
The numbers and scale of the evacuation is poorly depicted
It was obviously a cheaply made film relying on some classy aerial spitfire shots and bit part cameo roles which are not fully developed
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That was what I felt, although I loved the film, and was emotionally affected by the little boats and Churchills landing ground speech, I felt there was not sufficient character differences between the actors and sometimes wondered which character it was meant to be.

My second nitpick was that they simply never got over that the little ships went over repeatedly, not just once. They could also have made the queues on the beaches look more impressive, and numerous by doubling up queues and using a narrower angle or cgi to make other queues for wide screen shots.
 
Flared Hicks said:
Because you watched it on a cam.a movie that relies on visuals and sound does not come across well on cam marra
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Whether you watch it on a cam or on Imax won't change the actual script of the movie marra. The first 20 mins or so was good, plenty of action and interesting, with a sound track that added a sense of mystery to the atmosphere. The movie turned from action and became more of a drama, far too slow for me. I love watching war movies but this left me disppointed because it didn't reach the same level as Enemy at the Gates or Saving Private Ryan but then i think it was made as a drama more than an action movie. The sound and visuals may well look and sound amazing on an Imax screen and if that's all you want then great, but the story line falls flat. There was something like 340,000 men, thousands of aircraft and around 860 vessels many of which were little ships that sailed from Ramsgate, the movie fails to portrait the massive scale of this event.
 
SteveFTM said:
Nowt like stating the obvious marra, my comment wasn't about the sound or visuals, I didn't even mention that in my post. What I said was, I had been looking forward to watching this for ages but felt slightly disappointed that scale of the event just didn't come through in this fillum.
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I refer you back to the bit you've quoted me
 
Just came out of a screening, thought it was great.

Ariel combat scenes were brilliant, the whole film was just capturing the atmosphere and depicting the emotions of each character in that given situation. The opening scene was excellent, those lads walking down that street....

To the last scene with Tom Hardy on the beach, classic scene.

Comments about not seeing enough boats saving the men? Who he frig wants to watch that for 2 hours, its art imitating life. The film told a story of a small portion of what happened in that historical event. It was uplifting seeing them do it, but the point was made no need to show more.

Go see it on the big screen.
 
itscoldinhere said:
I refer you back to the bit you've quoted me
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WTF you going on about?

spike said:
I watched it last night, not that impressed with it to be honest, it fell short and didn't tell me anything the trailers didn't tell me.

I don't think they managed to portray the scale of it successfully, a few lines of soldiers on the beach, about 10 civilian boats, 2 spitfires. Just a couple of German air assaults as well shown, looked like they were dropping hand grenades as well

I agree that there wasn't enough gore shown either, not that it needs loads or to be explicit or anything but I didn't feel like anyone was in danger or scared, even screams of pain following the bombing and then cut to someone witnessing it and more focus on the urgency of the men to get off the beach would have got the message across better.

I also get what Nolan wanted to do with the 3 storylines but it just came across as messy for me, I didn't care about the civilian boat and it got too much screen time

The music and cinematography were both amazing though. Doubt I'd watch it again
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My thoughts exactly marra, not sure if Nolan meant this to be a war film or a rescue tale based on a true story, either way i wasn't overly impressed.
 
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Not often a film can make me very emotional but Nolan and in particular the Zimmer soundtrack made it truly brilliant.

The lack of dialogue is also genius by Nolan so you can just focus on the survival aspect of the scenes.

The quote from the man saying well done at the end was poignant too.

10/10
 
Saw it at the Imax in Nottingham last night, pleased I'd read the thread to recommend seeing it that way. A very good war fillum, very intense and superb in IMAX format, the seat was literally shaking as the bombs dropped. 9/10 in Imax, probably 7.5 if watching on a small screen
 
Very good film, I certainly recommend going to see it at the cinema. Very powerful.
 
I really liked it. The intersecting stories were clever and not over complicated, the human element shone through brilliantly, the cinematography and sound were properly stunning and all without a hint of jingoism that you often get with films about war.

I read a review that said that it could work well as a silent film and (while obviously the sound adds brilliantly to it) I totally get that.

9/10
 
Saw it in the IMAX as well and it was amazing. Every bomb rattled my rib cage!

I can see why some wouldn't be so impressed by seeing it on cams etc. It's my first time ever in the IMAX and I really feel like it was the right film to see in that setting.
 
Royston Vasey said:
Olivier's commentary is outstanding....
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It's superb all the way through in every episode but there's a couple of closing comments that stand out for me:

The one in one of the early episodes where he reminds us that "Britain, stood alone" and the one after the episode about the Japanese where he mournfully intones that they had no idea of what was to come for them - "Unimaginable. Unstoppable. Mushroom-shaped".

My apologies if I've misquoted those - it's been a while since I last saw them.
 
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