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Go, run, walk, wobble to your theater and see Dunkirk! It was amazing, scary, wonderful, enough action for everyone, and totally inspiring...timely, too, considering the past few weeks. Since the actors were English, I didn't really know the names of anyone except Tom Hardy 
, Harry Styles, and of course, Kenneth Branagh. Naturally, I kept expecting Branagh to break into the speech from Henry V...but he was great. Everyone was great.
We have a quite small theater that was restored by a non-profit group with donations and grants...many of us gave time and whatever help we could. Generally, the theater shows more kid-friendly films, but this time it was a big audience of older people, couples without kids, and teens (who I was glad to see there!). Because it's small, you're right on top of the action. I admit I jumped a few times. You'll see. Neal said he was glad we didn't go to the IMAX because I might have fallen out of my seat.
The plot is pretty simple...the English army stranded on the beach at Dunkirk, and the way the British got them home, for the most part. Tom Hardy is a Spitfire pilot, Harry Styles is a soldier who sort of joins up with another guy for the most spectacularly bad luck (outside of being killed) trying to get off the beach and back to England, and Kenneth Branagh is a Naval Commander (who has one of the funniest lines in the film while he's discussing tides with an Army officer).
It's a war movie, straight and simple. If you want convoluted plots and all that jazz, don't go. If you like good old fashioned war films with heroism, cowardice, and a triumph of the human spirit and good over evil, you'll love it. I was always fascinated with this part of history, since I read about the flotilla in a Reader's Digest as a child. And, well, there is the speech Winston Churchill gave...always one of my favorite parts of Senior English.
Love to hear what those of you who went think. You may not be obsessed with Tom Hardy (Neal didn't even know who he is, lol), but I think you might like it.
, Harry Styles, and of course, Kenneth Branagh. Naturally, I kept expecting Branagh to break into the speech from Henry V...but he was great. Everyone was great. We have a quite small theater that was restored by a non-profit group with donations and grants...many of us gave time and whatever help we could. Generally, the theater shows more kid-friendly films, but this time it was a big audience of older people, couples without kids, and teens (who I was glad to see there!). Because it's small, you're right on top of the action. I admit I jumped a few times. You'll see. Neal said he was glad we didn't go to the IMAX because I might have fallen out of my seat.
The plot is pretty simple...the English army stranded on the beach at Dunkirk, and the way the British got them home, for the most part. Tom Hardy is a Spitfire pilot, Harry Styles is a soldier who sort of joins up with another guy for the most spectacularly bad luck (outside of being killed) trying to get off the beach and back to England, and Kenneth Branagh is a Naval Commander (who has one of the funniest lines in the film while he's discussing tides with an Army officer).
It's a war movie, straight and simple. If you want convoluted plots and all that jazz, don't go. If you like good old fashioned war films with heroism, cowardice, and a triumph of the human spirit and good over evil, you'll love it. I was always fascinated with this part of history, since I read about the flotilla in a Reader's Digest as a child. And, well, there is the speech Winston Churchill gave...always one of my favorite parts of Senior English.
Love to hear what those of you who went think. You may not be obsessed with Tom Hardy (Neal didn't even know who he is, lol), but I think you might like it.
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