NF Dunkirk

[truthckr]

I thought it was a decent movie. The only parts I didn't care for was all the jumping around the timeline. Still, an excellent movie about a difficult time of our UK friends.

 

[bankerpapaw]

Good movie!!!

 

[Zack]

I absolutely loved the movie. The management of the tension was amazing and the sound design was superb. Being able to hear every creak, rattle, and groan of the Spitfire was incredibly immersive. Go see it on the big screen if you can!

As for accuracy, it was fairly good. The role of civilians in the evacuation of Dunkirk is actually vastly overstated. The Association of Dunkirk Little Ships writes on their website, "The Mrs. Miniver story of owners jumping into their Little Ships and rushing off to Dunkirk is a myth. Very few owners took their own vessels, apart from fishermen and one or two others. The whole Operation was very carefully co-ordinated and records exist of most of the Little Ships and other larger vessels that went to Dunkirk." In fact, such was the urgency of the operation that many of the little boats were simply rounded up in the Thames and towed downriver whether the owners knew it or not. Many ended up phoning the police to report that their boats were stolen, only to find out they'd been requisitioned by the military and were on their way to Dunkirk!

As another fun fact, one of the reservists who piloted a little ship was Gerard "Dickie" Olivier - brother of actor Sir Laurence Olivier.

 

[dibbern]

Sorry, thumbs down on this one. I'm a real WWII movie nut, and this really disappointed. The short, jerky editing became tiresome instead of creative, reminded us of a cable reality show. There was no backstory whatsoever, which is a pretty crucial component of historical fiction narratives. We learn almost nothing about the main characters: where they came from, what they were thinking. The script just let them be shallow, wooden robots. Did anybody have a character more than skin deep?

I believe this movie was directed and edited to appeal to the sound bite generation; you know, attention spans of about 4 minutes, max. And then there is the RAF Spitfire, totally out of petrol, that glides, and glides, and glides.... for what, 20-30 miles without loosing altitude.

 

[Dusty]

A "Saving Private Ryan," it was not, but I wouldn't mind seeing it again. I still have a movie gift card with twentyfive bucks left on it!

 

[Gandycreek]

I enjoyed this movie very much. But I had read a couple of books on Dunkirk. Like others have said, If you are expecting a type of "Saving Private Ryan" movie. This aint it !

 

[archieclement]

How could you not have germans, they win............a successful retreat is still just a retreat............

 

[JOHN42768]

A successful retreat is actually an advance in a different direction

 

[Aussie Billy Sherman]

A masterpiece technically for sure. The work on the water and in the air was amazing especially considering very little computer magic was used like most other flicks these days. The director, Nolan, proves that in this age of silly comic book movies and other dreck you can make mature adult ones that still attract big audiences. Best director in the world imo.
A criticism I've seen is that you don't get to know the characters much. I didn't need to get to know them more plus a movie like Black Hawk Down also doesn't get into much character depth and is a classic. Plus you get to know the characters in Saving Private Ryan and that only detracts from that movie. And what would you learn about the characters in Dunkirk if Nolan had written some depth to them? Same old clichés you hear in other war movies. Missing the family and wife/girlfriend, scared, wish the war was over, what are we fighting for etc etc.

 

[FZ11]

It's worth seeing....I,really,go for the Popcorn and a Coke!

 

[LoriAnn]

I don't do indoor theaters, so I am waiting for it to be released on DVD.! Looking forward to it.

You and me both! I much prefer my own couch.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

You and me both! I much prefer my own couch.

And bathroom !

 

[Drew]

The role of civilians in the evacuation of Dunkirk is actually vastly overstated. The Association of Dunkirk Little Ships writes on their website, "The Mrs. Miniver story of owners jumping into their Little Ships and rushing off to Dunkirk is a myth. Very few owners took their own vessels, apart from fishermen and one or two others. The whole Operation was very carefully co-ordinated and records exist of most of the Little Ships and other larger vessels that went to Dunkirk." In

I'm calling this out as a marker. I need to see the movie and do a little bit of homework.

 

[Aussie Billy Sherman]

You and me both! I much prefer my own couch.

Me too but this is one you should definitely see on the big screen. The use of sound is amazing and it was shot in IMAX so it looks great on that cinema size screen.

 

[Brenal]

Good movie but disappointing as it failed to show the scale of what happened at Dunkirk. Where were all the little "ships"? In these days of cgi they could have at least tried to show the hundreds of boats that answered the call. Two days after watching this I watched the 1958 John Mills b&w version, a much better depiction of the beaches and the evacuation from Dunkirk despite the lack of the modern movie makers toolbox .

 

[Aussie Billy Sherman]

Good movie but disappointing as it failed to show the scale of what happened at Dunkirk. Where were all the little "ships"? In these days of cgi they could have at least tried to show the hundreds of boats that answered the call. Two days after watching this I watched the 1958 John Mills b&w version, a much better depiction of the beaches and the evacuation from Dunkirk despite the lack of the modern movie makers toolbox .

It did show a scene towards the end of many little ships on their way. I agree they should've shown the scale more on the beach at least. Where was all the tanks, trucks, guns etc that had to be left behind. And there was no sense of the thousands upon thousands of men that should've been there.

 

[Cavalry Charger]

You and me both! I much prefer my own couch.

Something else we have in common...though I don't mind a smaller cinema if there's one nearby

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Really want to see this, thank you for the review. Unsure what the whole myth association is about. The civilian population in the UK fought a war we cannot fathom. Lived there for 5 years. No need to build myths. And you never heard the war spoken of in terms other than - heck, can't put my finger on it because I'm not British- but sure as heck there is simply no myth-making. Battle of Britain? Old guy, a coast watcher showed me an RAF crash, around a mile from my house. He said the village mourned that pilot.

Will see this.

 

[Nathanb1]

Good movie: interesting mix of time frames: the soldier on the beach is a week, the civilian on his little boat is a day, and the fighter pilot is one hour.

Exactly.

 

[J. Horace]

Britbox has excellent 3 part documentary on Dunkirk.