I completely agree, its an incredible film. My Grandad was there, he was 18 at the time. He didn't talk much about his war experiences and most of little he did say was pretty negative. What he told me about Dunkirk was that everybody was quietly afraid, the day seemed to last forever and they all faced the horrible choice of standing near the shore and having a good chance of being rescued first or further up the dunes and having some cover from the attacking aircraft, by the time he got onto one of the little boats he had lost everything with the exception of his boots, trousers and shirt. Watching this film brought everything he told me into colour. It’s a mesmerising and horrific masterpiece.
Tony Horner That’s incredible! That he was actually there, did what he had to do, and made it...I hope you’re proud of him! Not many left from that era now; they were the real men.
Dude, you have no idea how beautifully harrowing your own description of what your grandfather told you is. You honour him by sharing his story so succinctly.
The reason the characters weren't developed was to show how individuals with their own lives are so puny in a war. No one's life is more important than the others'. All that matters is whether you survive the madness.
TheKarlOshaughnessy Some people need a little more than shit blowing up to enjoy a movie. It’s cool that you’re easily entertained though. I remember when I was 6.
The main problem i had wasn't that i didn't care for them it was that i didn't find any of them interesting. They literally feel like default war movie characters dropped in and could have been replaced by anyone. Just my opinion though!
People commenting on character development sorta miss the point. The movie purposefully is not about characters. They barely talk, a lot of them don't have names and they all share equal screen time. Even the biggest star in the cast doesn't get any special treatment from the camera. This is a fresh new approach to war movies and portraits the fact that war is about everyone and about every single event, small or big. Of course, some people might not appreciate that type of storytelling, which is a valid opinion. But it seems that a lot of people miss the point and try to judge the movie like a traditional war movie. This movie is all about feeling and perception.
André Ikeda I’m afraid I’m going to disagree with you on that. What a lot of people don’t realise is that in films and stories, the CHARACTERS are the story. They aren’t just some ploy for the story. And in order to have a good story, the characters must be relatable, likeable, realistic and have some memorable quality to them. If you fail to make your characters engaging, then you’ve failed in making a compelling story.
Greg Barnett Looks like you’re a little triggered. It is kinda factual because“professional” screenwriters and novelists actually emphasise the importance of character development and engagement with the viewer. It’s one of most important elements with writing any movie, book, play and even videos games because an idea or story is only as good as the person telling the story and the person/ people who are a part of the story. Inception does have a good concept, but u can only far with a concept because u NEED engaging characters. Regardless of how you tell the story, complex or simple, it is (and I don’t want to sound like broken record) VERY IMPORTANT to have good and engaging characters. Regardless of the plot, regardless of the genre and regardless of the age range.
That's an incredibly lame excuse for bad storytelling. I'm not watching a war documentary I'm watching a movie and when I watch a movie I should be able to understand who these people are. It's odd you would say that a good war movie shouldn't have characters in it considering there are countless other, better war films that don't have that problem.
@@spaceace4387 Well that's your opinion then, this film is about the event, not about the characters, and theres nothing objectivly wrong about not having fleshed out characters. Clearly you don't know much about film if you think that.
@@okayge_ And now you're arguing something completely different, you're arguing what the film was about when my comment was whether the film was effective. I get what the movie is about and it wasn't effective at conveying its intentions. And yes there are plenty of war movies that don't take this approach and they are way better than Dunkirk, Apocalypse Now is a great example. I mean the movie looks nice, the sound effects are good but it's clearly Nolan's weakest film. So yes it's actually you who doesn't know what you're talking about, better luck next time kid.
@@spaceace4387 you're so the type of person that brings such negativity and depression in people's life. If you didn't like the film no one cares we think it was good and thats all that matters. Keep your trash opinions to yourself next time kid
Varinder Bhandal nahh Martin Scorsese and Denis... However the fuck you spell his last name are top right now,Nolan makes complex movies with lots of expositional dialogue and has smart scripts sure,but from a directoral stand point...he's absolutely no Kubrick, Scorsese, or Tarintino, and all of his films best moments are thanks to scores made by Hans Zimmer, I know it sounds like I'm shitting on Nolan, I'm not,he's made a lot of great movies, never a bad one,but I think people hype him up too much as the master of film, imo, Nolan has always had a bland take on action, very standard and the fights in the TDKR were filmed with poor choreography you could clearly tell these were actors performing and not characters in a fight,who knows,maybe Dunkirk will change my opinion about him entirely, Inception is one of my favorite movies so I'm always down to see what he makes, and I got a huge soft spot for WW2
They're are no German characters in this film, you never see the soldiers, apart from the silhouettes at the end. You never k ow what they're doing, you don't know where they are or how close they are. That is very deliberate, the suspense and tension is incredibly well built. By seeing less you show more.
I saw the film in IMAX today and I'll be damned, I felt as if that entire theatre became the battlegrounds and beaches of Dunkirk. I can't even remember the last time I'd been so engrossed or totally immersed in a film. Nolan's a craftsman, and watching this film unfold from start to finish restored my faith in what filmmaking is all about. A+
I don't care about the lacking character development. It really focuses on the experience. There is no real protagonist cause the audience needs to experience being there themselves.
Eric Mayhew really? I mean your trolling comment using first grade insults is one of the worst trolling comments ever. Insulting someone's lack of intelligence is pretty hypocritical when you really can't use any form of intelligence to insult people.
Candy for Breakfast agreed. It can sometimes create a "hierarchy". Like, what's the difference between a soldier who has a wife at home and who doesn't?
I first saw Dunkirk in my local cinema, and it was so clear and crisp and LOUD that the film and the whole experience was a 10 out of 10. My friend's hands were shaking as we left the cinema, from the sheer sensory bombardment we had just sat through (and had loved every second of). I saw Dunkirk again a week later at an ODEON in Kingston-Upon-Thames, and the size of the screen was ridiculous, probably only filling around a third of my vision. It was so quiet that you could hear the audience mumbling to themselves, and the battle scenes had no weight whatsoever as nothing that happened had any 'ooomph!' behind it. I was so disgusted that the experience had ruined what I felt of the film the first time. To purge my brain of this experience I watched the film about six months later on a friend's living room wall with a projector he had just bought. That was so much better than the ODEON experience that I fell completely in love with the film again. Sorry for my rant!
Christopher Nolan made a movie that shows the present moment, not really a story. He shows our relationship to time as humans, how there's a duality of time and action in reality (real reality). The suspense AND excitement is in the feeling of being part of the movie.That feeling is in the theme of duality by allowing the viewer to be a participant of the war AND the movie. The last movie that did that was Birdman, without the war part.
I like how they didn't hold back on portraying just how deafeningly loud the German dive bombers were. I don't think any sound system could ever do them full justice
The sound design for the film was fantastic. The unexpected gunshots in some scenes were so loud, intense and unexpected, that they could almost be considered jump scares.
Holy crap when the machine gun fire started in the film I went from casually watching a movie in a theater to feeling like I was there. Absolutely amazing sound design in this movie.
i agree 1000% with the review...one thing worth mentioning are the sounds of the movie....not (only) the sounds tracks, but the sound effects....make sure you watch this movie at a system that has good sound, cuz the noise of the gun-shots and Aeroplane engines are incredible
yeah, later on i found out that they actually used the original Spitfire V12 engines to make the sound of the fighters...and when you watch the movie you can tell its the real deal!
Mute Me If you're perceptive you can notice a lot of nuance in the characters by their actions, body language, facial expressions and the little dialogue they have. For example, the first thing the main guy grabs everytime he's in "safety" is bread with jelly on it. Or a little less subtle one being how at the end the boy who died on the boat got his name in the paper because he always wanted to be famous. The actors also did a great jobs expressing themselves through their faces, even Harry Styles did a pretty good job. It's all little things that at least make you route for them and feel relieved that they survived after all that. It's not the most complex character writing, but it's far more difficult to pull off and I personally feel it did.
kanishka roy Oh Yeah? Then, without looking up on IMDB, tell me who are the names of the first three main characters, what their personalities are and what memorable quotes can you remember from them. Fail to do so and it proves that Nolan doesn’t know how to write good character development.
Watched it in IMAX yesterday with 6 friends of mine. Wow, this movie grabs you by the neck, drags you into the war with these soldiers and does not let you go until it ends. 2 hours felt like 40 minutes, the cinematography looked spectacular and the sound was fantastic, and not just the music. Bombs, bullets, screams, airplanes, it all sounded so raw and realistic and you'e constantly on edge. Not ONE dull moment in the entire movie. Yes, there's not really a character arc or development for these characters. All these people were equally represented in this event and this is how they reacted to it. And this movie shows beautifully that most of these men don't want to go to war, they don't want to die or kill, but they have to. One of the best movies of the year.
What Chris is trying to say is that do not go in this film expecting something dramatic and patriotic like Saving Private Ryan. Go into this film and watch it like a live documentary or a live "breaking news" if that is what you call it.
Saving Private Ryan is 'patriotic'? I know loads of people believe that it is, but it was intended to be an anti-war film. The opening shot showing the dull colored American flag pretty much sums up its message.
GhostOfOnyx - That's not exactly what Eugene is getting at. He's not saying "Watch this for the purpose of becoming an expert about the real event that took place." He's saying "Watch this more as a study in realism rather than a Hollywood melodrama full of standard cinematic devices."
I think this movie did a really amazing job at making the audience feel isolated, trapped, and disoriented, just as the soldiers felt, which is why it is so realistic and interactive.
Can we talk about that one moment, when the guy in the water is trapped under the oil and has to choose between drowning and burning? That was brilliant and showed a horror of war rarely seen in movies.
*MINOR SPOILERS* He plays the voice of "Wing Leader" (you never see his face) Michael Caine also plays the same role in the movie "Battle of Britain" (I believe Nolan did this on purpose)
OF COURSE none of the characters will be extremely developed in a movie like Dunkirk! They're not going to be sitting around talking about their private lives and they're motives!!!!! They're in the middle of history's biggest emergency evacuation!!!!
Well that and also you just see these people as innocent civilians who just want to get the fuck out of there before the place becomes a graveyard. Theres no flashbacks to their childhood or say a barbeque cause its uneccessary. The story is what freakin matters..
rujuta sane The characters are the story. They are what drives the plot. They don’t need to talk to develop. They need to show genuine emotion and thoughts which is not what this film was showing.
Came out of the IMAX cinema an hour ago and holy shit. Two years ago, Interstellar just blew me away and now Nolan is back at it again with Dunkirk. The dog fights, the bombs, the shooting - its all so damn loud and authentic. Combined with the soundtrack, this movie was so damn good to watch and to experience. Never had such an intense cinema experience before.
Edwin Capidos The experience was just unbelieveable. The docking scene was so intense. :) The cinema near me has IMAX since last year but I wish they would show certain movies from a few years ago again in the IMAX version.
Yeah. I can imagine that docking screne in IMAX. That would have been mind blowing. I wish they show Interstellar again for the sake of those who missed it.
The thing with the characters wasn't that I cared that much about who they were as a person or what their life back home was like, I cared about them as If I was them, just feeling that desperation to survive. I feel the lack of characterization helped the movie in that sense. With the characters not having a back story or much dialogue the actors main focus was portraying their anxiety and fear, and that portrayal of emotion is what connected me to the characters. I was invested in their survival because I felt their fear, and in my opinion that's what makes this movie so great.
Jessika Lucero No way you can care as if you were them because you weren’t there lol. Movies tell stories. This story was a mess for me and I didn’t care enough about any character to feel anytging
Exactly! In particular, I loved how the characterization of every person in this movie was left to the spectator - the spectator sees how the different characters act and from that infers their personalities. No one tells the spectator that Farrier is brave, because it is obvious through his actions.
Just left the theater about an hour ago and I'm still feeling and thinking about this movie. It's true that you won't connect on a personal level with any of the characters (knowing hardly anything about them other than being in the war) but still I was biting my knuckles, on the edge of my seat when it came to the 2 pilots, Tom Hardy in particular. I was thoroughly engrossed in his fate. If there is one "hero" in this movie it is him. Let's just say his character was very good at his job. What a performance!! Would definitely see it again.
Superfireben Thx, I didn't know any of the characters names except Collins and George cuz I heard them mentioned several times in the film. After seeing the movie I found out what some of the other's names were. Interesting and fitting since we are meant to care about the group in peril as a whole rather than the individuals. At least that was my take on it. And it worked. Their backstories really didn't matter that much, what mattered was surviving that particular situation. Unique way of telling a true story.
The only "knuckle biting, on the edge of the seat moment" was when the pilot was trying to break the cockpit window. The rest of it was an emotionless bore fest.
adambelfast1 Well, you're entitled to your opinion. Clearly a lot of people felt differently. I try always to reiterate that my comments are only my personal opinion and I welcome other people's thoughts so... thx for sharing!
Duncan Sands good point. Except for the pulse pounding music it didn't manipulate me into any particular way of feeling. It was honest and straightforward and allowed me to experience the fear and uncertainty that accompanies war without forcing me to feel a certain way. Just as some characters were shell shocked, some were numb, some were stalwart, some naive so too each viewer will have a different emotional experience.
Your not meant to connect with the soldiers individual, it's about that every soldier and person on that beach is equal, no one is better or more important than anyone else. It's purely on how these men coped with the realisation that anyone can die at any moment. It's a perfect representation
That's what documentaries are for, this was supposed to be a fucking movie. If we apply that same logic to the tragedy of the titanic the movie Titanic would have been just as shit as this one, instead James Camerón decided to treat his audience to a proper film.
+blackilluzionz This so much. This was hard to watch. I can only care about nameless soldiers being blown up over and over again so much before I'm bored and desensitized. Oh look the worst possible situation happened again and the characters I don't feel connected to on any level can't do anything about it. They can only just stand around and hope the next bomb doesn't hit them. Not exactly entertaining. Sure it's sad and it shows war sucks but we need more than that. I loved the beginning but the rest of it was boring and repetitive. As a retelling of an event it was good but as a movie I couldn't fall asleep faster.
kiosimoto09 I guess you two are one of those people who likes Pearl Harbor...lol what a single change can do to a uneducated people who only likes drama.
No I didn't like Pearl Harbour. I don't give a shit about drama I wanted characters that I could connect to, fear for, and root for. This movie didn't give me any of that. A scary experience from no one I cared about or could relate to. I don't blame the director for making it realistic in this way I blame whoever thought it would be a good idea to make a movie about Dunkirk, a miraculous, awe inspiring, but overall not exactly action packed story. Makes for a better history lesson/documentary to learn from than a 2 hour long war movie. That's a lot of time for a story that takes about a minute to tell especially when the only interesting parts are the beginning and end. Uneducated people are the ones that flock to movie reviewers opinions because they are unable to form their own.
Susan Goyle I sure af can, every shot of the beach that includes the waterfront buildings shows that they are painfully obviously modern era super off-putting once you notice it, what's worse is for these shot it would have been so easy just to cover those buildings in a green screen
Susan Goyle No faults? Dude, every movie has its faults. You just need to take off your rose tinted glasses to see it. There is no such thing as a perfect movie and this one in particular was full of flaws.
Susan Goyle yeah very well done, though the beach was underpopulated... Chris Nolan refuses to use CGI so he did everything with extras but 40 000 men couldn’t be done. Would have added that extra authenticity if they used CGI to fill in the holes
Saw the film tonight. Would love t say I saw Hollywood film and came out thinking YEA! We won the war, but in stark truth I felt my eyes open to the horrific experience of anyone involved! This is a movie that doesn't glorify Dunkirk in any way, and for that I only have praise!
Yet it still shows how the British public treated them as heroes when they returned. It shows our spirit and why we eventually won the war. Because we never give up
Alright! We got it all. Thank you for these Reviews, Chris. Following: B Memento: A+ Insomnia: A+ Batman Begins: A+ The Prestige: A+ The Dark Knight: A+ Inception: A+ The Dark Knight Rises: A+ Interstellar: B+ Dunkirk: A MINE: Following: B+ Memento: A Insomnia: B Batman Begins: A+ The Prestige: A+ The Dark Knight: A+ Inception: A+ The Dark Knight Rises: A- Interstellar: A++ Dunkirk: Hope it's an A+
I saw this movie on a lazy Saturday in a mostly empty theater without knowing anything about it beforehand. It was honestly one of the best movies I've seen in years. It absolutely blew me away and I can't recommend it enough.
great movie - I was rooting for Tom Hardy up in the Spitfire, I was rooting for Mark Rylance in his little boat, I was rooting for whatever the young guy is called...I was rooting man roooooting
Completely agree, I teared up after seeing George in the newspaper, felt mad at the shivering soldier and Alex in the boat hull and cheered and rooted for Farrier
When the soldiers cheer for Home, when George in the front page of newspaper, when people at train station pop out the beers and cheer "Harry Style", and When the plane falls down the beach,... At all that moments, I teared up so much
It goes to show how powerful of a director Nolan is when in a summer full of sci-fi and superhero blockbusters, his WWII film is going to be just as big. I'm super excited for this film. Good job on the review Chris!
Eh. Don't count on it. It'll make money, sure. But it's a non-American war film about a military loss. If this was directed by anyone else, it'd probably tank. This will probably be Nolan's lowest-grossing film since The Prestige.
Arrival is a completely different movie WTF are you talking about? Just cause they are Sci-Fi, doesn't mean you can just easily compare the two.....SMH
1:35 That's what Jeremy Jahns was saying was missing, and I'm like thats what they had in Pearl Harbor and look how that turned out lol. Yeah this didn't have much character development, but like you said the movie is about being in the moment, no one's gonna talk about how their life is, when they're trying to survive. And I like how they never really show the enemy, like theyre faces at all, you just hear the bullets flying, bombs landing, and planes roaring. It was more suspenseful to hear a bullet with no warning. Only thing I didn't like about the dog fight, was that there were only 3 planes, like really there could've been way more dogfights, but still they were amazing.
MightyMouseFTW Of course Pearl Harbor was crap. Who was the director? From here to eternity was a great guys horsing around base waiting for going to war movie, of course Dunkirk could not be either: they were GETTING OUT of war, not waiting to go in. The air battles, I had no idea what was going on, who was who, or whose plane was in peril.BTW Titanic first part, the unlikely romance was crap too, it got terrific after the iceberg was ready for its close up.
MightyMouseFTW The dramatic question AKA, why we watch the film, of Memento is "How did this happen? The structure of that film supports that question. The dramatic question of Dunkirk is "what happens next?". This structure doesn't support that question.
How? They're all fking cowards.... 400k men can't band together and fight the Germans closing in on them at land? (Easily could've hunkered down in the buildings at shore. Defending their position) Literally pathetic how they're all squirming to escape, and waiting on the beach to be slaughtered like cattle. They should've went to war. not evacuate like rats.
Really ? Watching your fellow countrymen gloriously flee for king and country made you feel patriotism ? Or maybe it is because of all those belgian and french men dying to allow your boys to 'miraculously' make it through the channel ?
Ŵèřęŵøłf • Jeremy is like IMDB, Chris is like Metacritic. I go to them based on the type of movie I want reviewed. Fast and Furious/Star Wars - Jeremy Inception/Dunkirk/Ex-Machina - Chris
I see it like this: Chris is who you go to when you want to see a good film and Jeremy is who you go to when you want to see a good movie. Chris looks at it from the perspective of someone who loves every element of film and looks deeper into it than most people. Jeremy is the sort of layman that focuses more on how the film made him feel at the end of the day, looking at the package as a whole, and gives the perspective of the common viewer. Both are valid perspectives and styles.
Kevin C. i know there's not that much character development, but it's focused on the events happening, and the war, so there's not that much emotional parts.
I think instead of connecting with one single person and rooting for them, you're to connect with everyone on the beach, the pilots and the seamen. You're supposed to root for the soldiers and civilians to come home
Reasons I want to see this movie - Nolan not doing fucking exposition - Nolan being small on the dialouge - Nolan doing a film that just exists over the period of a day - Chris rubbing his nipples doing a Joker Impersonation
i just saw it with my brother ... and i left the theater in awe. mr. nolan got me thinking the whole movie, stitching every scene in my head and always at the edge of my seat. the acting fits, and it fits well. not too gaudy or dramatic, and not too bland and robotic. the cinematography and the music wasn't like a michael bay "everything uses gasoline and big sound booms". it was more like a War channel dramaticized biopic. you aren't suppose to connect directly with the characters, but more of the terror on what they got themselves into. it was the setting, to the point that i would say the main character was the scenes themselves. anyway, 10/10 must see (especially on IMAX, or on a theater-like sound system if you ever get a copy once it comes out in the future)
You just don't want to admit you wasted 20 dollars from your wallet in the theaters watching this war film thinking "this shit is fucking boring". I wouldn't blame you cuz they did overhype this movie in the trailer. This was just a sad excuse of a war film. Hollywood is going to shit if they can't come up with better movies. Nothing is original anymore. Just the same old sequels and rehashed movies with different actors or rebooted movies. Nothing new like how it used to be in the 80's or 90's. Just shit movies now a days. It's going to end up at the point where ppl just don't care anymore they'll have to come up with something new.
Alright guys listen up. Chris gave this movie a "A" which i agree but Jeremy didn't like it cause of Characters. Well I have to agree with Chris about the dialogue and character development... CHRISTOPHER WANTED THIS MOVIE TO BE/FEEL 100% REAL. IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR ZONE... DO YOU HONESTLY FUCKING THINK PEOPLE WILL TALK WHILE THERE'S BOMBS DROPPING. NO. LIKE WHAT CHRIS SAID... PEOPLE ARE DYING HERE AND THERE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ESCAPE. From start to finish it's non-stop action becuase that's what happened. This movie was amazing. Best movie of 2017 ❤
You're not alone. I was fearful for Tom hardy in the dogfights, I cared deeply about the family and their civilian boat. I will say I was sort of indifferent if the other guy (don't even remember his name) died or not. It's a great movie. I think it's 3 out of 4 stars. I do wish their was some more character development and I thought they completely wasted Cillian Murphy
Niall Hassett nope you're not the only one. I cared about all of the characters but the one I personally connected the most with was the young soldier that was introduced right at the beginning of the film. He seemed so young, innocent and inexperienced. I kept thinking about how I am young like him and how I couldn't imagine myself in that situation. His age really got to the root of war. It shows how some stupid selfish people can make decisions that effect young innocent lives forever. Make them loose their innocence. I felt as if all the characters were relatable in some way or another. They all told a piece of the story of war.
Agreed, Such as Mr Dawson's quiet subtle heroism, Farrier's perserverance and charismatic qualities as a heroic pilot. I seriously would love a film about him in the German camps or George especially seeing him in the newspaper gave me chills and made me cry
This is so different to the Jeremy jahns review, he called Dunkirk pretty dull whereas Chris describes it has thrilling.Just shows reviews are opinion so shouldn't sway you.
This movie gets you gets you genuinely stressed, Because you know those things can actually happen too. You have no idea about the characters backstory but when that guy was stuck in the plane, my god I was terrified. It should have been nominated to an award. it's scary realistic.
potpolima what you talking about bro my spiritualist told me my star sign will indicate I’m going to be visited by a dead ghost child from the 1750s who can communicate to me from my Walmart Ouija Board.
I honestly felt like I could breathe again after the movie ended. I had also brought popcorn that I had completely forgotten. So captivating, so thrilling, brilliant Nolan moment (when everything starts to seem a little weird and you know it's Nolan so it can't be a mistake and then you find it out and go "... Aaaaaaaaahhh... I see...") and then you have to rethink the movie and... oh my god. I could just watch Nolan films once every two years and I'd be fully satisfied with movies. Man's a fucking genius.
Reet Pandher Well shortly put, there are three "timelines", or rather, three separate points in one timeline shown at the same time: the beach takes place 1 week before the solution, the boat takes 1 day, and Tom Hardy 1 hour. In the film, 1 week goes the fastest, then boat, both catching up to the 1 hour until they emerge (the boat picks up the guys from the sea as Tom Hardy protects them) and then fall apart again. Cillian Murphy was shown at night to demonstrate this. That night happened in the past, while the boat takes place closer to the present. This is the "Aah I see" moment for me, because although they announced the time at the beginning of each point, I didn't catch up to that until they showed Cillian at night.
Tiia Mannix see that's what confuses me.. i thought cillian was the 3rd pilot that was with tom hardy..it looked like he was standing on top of plane wreckage when he was rescued.. it didn't make sense for him to be in a ground team
I also love how big moments aren't done in the typical Hollywood way: drawn out, music swells, etc...Moments like when the torpedo was launched were so subtle and underscored that you might've missed it if you turned away for a few seconds. That made it so much more impactful to me.
Dunkirk is perfect. I have seen it 3 times already and was in complete awe and cried all three times. Anyone saying this movie *edit * needs more character development and connection clearly misses the point, this movie is meant to represent the event, the atmosphere rather than the people
Hâm Hấp Hằng I'm shocked that no one is discussing how it was PG-13 and that when soldiers were hit by bombs that they were perfectly intact and posed like they were sleeping on the beach. That separates the film from being realistic to just another movie.
Ram of the Rose At which locations do they have those theaters I always get confused with the options. - Do they have one in San Francisco or the bay area or another city in CA?
Hassan Rao Okay. We know it is different and we know why. It doesn't mean it necessarily resonated with us. Many prefer story-telling, and that is a valid opinion
Green Whovian Oh boy.... Have seen many effed ups like you... Do not see reviews or Comments or anything just go to the theatre . You would feel the same . This movie is awesome and I had my heart racing even after it was over. Top notch.
Saw this films nearly alone in IMAX. Forever changed the moviegoing experience for me. Nothing will ever be the same. I walked out of the theater completely out of breath. It was like a roller coaster ride that just ratcheted up the intensity every ten minutes. I've never been more affected by a movie during the run time. Amazing.
This is the highest-rated film of Nolan's career, so I think Chris just didn't respond quite as enthusiastically to Dunkirk as the vast majority of film critics out there.
Nice to see the British recognised in a modern war film, they were fighting alone as a superpower for a long time against the Nazi / Fascist Italy war machine. It mustn't be neglected -I hope it isn't, that French soldiers held the line until they fell, allowing the British to recuperate. I hope it captures the British spirit, Civilians went out in mass to the front line to bring their boys home. Could do with some national pride in the UK.
I'm glad to see a movie like this too. Both the british and french are often overlooked despite their roles in the war. I'm glad he showed that the french were left behind, and in general made sure to include them in the movie.
Gaming with Mikey! I agree, but ironically they kind of left out the French who were a huge part of the battle of Dunkirk. They were protecting the beach from inside the city while the British waited on the beach (not a knock on the British just saying the French did a lot at Dunkirk too)
I truly don't understand the critic of "lack of characterization". Nolan shows you the characters, he shows you how they act when confronted with difficult situations, he shows you how they respond to different people. *Is it really necessary to know a bunch of details about someone's life to empathize with them?* I think Nolan, with this movie, shows it is not (necessary). Like Tommy (the first soldier we follow) immediately *empathizes* with Gibson (french soldier), so we can do the same. These are *humans* who are being portrayed, not aliens. Do people really not see the *utter fear* on the soldiers faces, their want of home, of safety. Do they not see the *bravery and dutifulness* of the commander who stays behind and Farrier who, in air, defends his comrades till the last of his abilities. Do they not see the way Peter (blond civilian boy) *grows*, from locking up the shell-shocked soldier to omitting the death of George (black haired civilian boy) in order to not upset that same soldier. In my view, this movie has sufficient characterization to make the viewer connect to these soldiers. To *feel* that the soldiers are human. To feel that you could be one of them, going through the same terror and desperation. When you hear that a school has been bombed, you don't need to know the names, the faces, nor the voices of the children who died to feel for them, to empathize with their families, to condemn whoever killed them. Sure, this movie is not about innocent children but I believe it stands that you can feel - that you can fear, cry, be joyous, etc - for a fellow human without knowing much about them.
I didn't even realize it had no blood until Chris pointed it out. I'm a blood and gore enthusiast, I watch some movies just to get that "Ahhh! That must have hurt! Jesus! I love it!" feel from it, but I did not realize this movie had no blood. It was so violent and attacking and cruel and unforgiving that I just... somehow assumed there were blood. And there wasn't. ... I feel fooled.
This is Christopher Nolan's Masterpiece. The argument could be made that either or both The Dark Knight and The Prestige are better Movies, but this is not only his best work as a Director but his Masterpiece based on his Film-making. Chris Nolan is the best Immersive Filmmaker working today and this is his best work. Sorta like how Dr Strangelove is said to be Kubrick's best Film but 2001 is his masterpiece based on his Film-making (and his most important film)
Tekena igoni I haven't seen it yet, but I plan to as soon as I can...however I'm curious, did Nolan acknowledge the integral fighting the French did to defend Dunkirk? From the trailers I'm glad to see the RAF was included because while many soldiers stuck at Dunkirk thought the RAF wasn't doing anything they definitely were, just not right above the beaches for all to see. I really hope he included the sacrifice of the French troops to hold off the Germans for the evacuation to succeed.
I personally find Dr. Strangelove to be Kubrick's most overrated, but I totally agree with you on 2001, it is both Kubrick's best and my favorite of his and for me blows everything by Nolan out of the water despite how good a majority of his work is. Not even Interstellar tops such a groundbreaking sci-fi masterpiece.
jackriver1999 yeah I don't expect it to be, I just hope those actions are addressed, as they were both brave as hell and horrifying. I just hope we get a glimpse at least at what the French did, even if it stays with the (from what ive heard) bleak tone. We're obviously gonna get the RAF v Luftwaffe, but it would be nice to at least give a glimpse of the terror and death the French soldiers went through to save those men. They deserve it. But I have a feeling we're just going to see the British civilians putting themselves in danger for the evacuation instead. However I want to be proven wrong.
I came here after the Jahns review and I understand why he didn't like it so much.... characters. Now character development is important in film world to keep the audience interested in the story and them. But this movie doesn't need to focus too much on character development, it's about the real life event that shook the world. Jahns also mention their wasn't a lot of talking from the characters, well less is more. You don't need words to describe what's going on, it shows you and I think that's more powerful to grab the audience attention than people talking during the battles
Giancarlo Martorella After all, people complain all the time about "show, don't tell". Well, Dunkirk "showed" quiet a bit and "told" very little. Which was the whole point of the film! It was to drop you into what was happening and let you felt what those guys were feeling: Anxious. The whole movie is a nail biting event and every little bit of good that cane out if it made you want to cheer along with the soldiers. I sure did. My whole theater cheered when certain events happened. It was brilliant!
the thing is it doesnt fail at that at all, simply because thats not what the movie is trying to do. There are probably 12 total pages of dialogue, which is nothing compared to your average movie. It doesn't have you connect with the characters because they are barely characters anymore at that point. They have become animals consumed by one instinct. Survive. This is not House of Cards, with political motivations and whats going on with everyone and who can you manipulate and who is your friend and... Its about the story. No one here is making excuses. You just didn't understand it at all.
Ana Irene Martinez So, you saw a German plane go down, and now the Krauts ain't shit? Whatever. The British pilots kicked the Germans' asses during the Battle of Britain: something else you've probably never heard of.
Not fanboying or anything but this is probably the best review slash explanation of this film that I've come across yet. It's not a traditional war film. It's certainly not an action film. It's not even rated R. There's not a lot of dialogue in it but for this movie I think it works. It's not about a great victory, rather it's about a great loss and subsequent evacuation. The Americans weren't involved yet, it was only 1940 I think. Or 1941 (USA entered late 1941 around Christmastime). This is truly a movie that's less about what the characters have to SAY and more about what they actually DO in the moment, given the circumstances. It does kind of drag on and one of the themes I think is simply "waiting" in the context of being in a basically hellish situation where you could be shot at any given moment. Like waiting at a bus stop, waiting for your bus, as open and vulnerable of a shot as the enemy could ever hope to get. But at the time the Allied forces were losing, that sort of hopeless feeling is felt in the film as well. But the most important thing of all is that in spite of the odds aginst them not just in that battle but the entire war, they were determined to NEVER surrender. And in fact of course they used the legendary Churchill speech at the end which basically reaffirms all of that. This movie was phenomenal for a lot of reasons but one of the most chief among them was the fact that this era in history is rarely ever touched upon. This depicts a part of the war in which the "good guys" as we know them now I suppose as basically not just losing but getting their asses handed to them. This movie was about them rescuing as many as possible and getting the rest of them back on their feet to strike again... and of course we already know they won in the end. Anyways. Long comment, but the movie was great but DO REALIZE it's different before going to see it. It's really not bloody or gory at all, again it was only rated PG13, but as a film for history buffs it's a powerhouse. 9/10 IMO
There's quite a bit of accuracy in the film, actually. Much of the sounds used for certain weapons were accurate, and the way the Stukas flew were quite accurate as well. But then again, I don't know what else you're referring to so I might be completely missing the point.
Inaccurate? The two biggest historical inaccuracies I could find were that the 109s had yellow noses and that one officer saluted without his hat. That’s really it.
Judging by this review, Dunkirk sounds like a WW2 equivalent of Mad Max Fury Road: A simple survival movie of characters trying to escape a totalitarian dictator, with the intensity turned up to 11 from beginning to end.
This is what Nolan is a master at doing it's creating the perfect mixture of an epic spectacle but never ever losing the heart of it which is the story and the characters within
Nolan has earned that trust from the audience . Its the respect because of his previous work that people have that they go for it. With such reviews its cherry on the cake . thankyou @chrisstuckmann .
Another fantastic film from Mr. Nolan. I get why people dislike it. But for me, the cinematic experience of it all is simply *amazing*, and I love being sucked in an intense and immersive battle for 2 hours if the visuals, visual storytelling and score work as well as they do in Dunkirk, it's movie ecstacy for me. People like Jeremy Jahns (though I like him) don't enjoy these things as much as other people, and that's fine. Call me a Nolan fanboy, I really, really don't care. His directing/editing/soundtrack/writing style just absolutely work for me and I love every fucking minute of his movies. I am so glad to live in the years Christopher Nolan (and Hans Zimmer) are making incredible movies. This should not be taken for granted, Nolan is one for the cinematic history books, at least for me. God I love movies! :)
I completely agree, its an incredible film.
My Grandad was there, he was 18 at the time. He didn't talk much about his war experiences and most of little he did say was pretty negative. What he told me about Dunkirk was that everybody was quietly afraid, the day seemed to last forever and they all faced the horrible choice of standing near the shore and having a good chance of being rescued first or further up the dunes and having some cover from the attacking aircraft, by the time he got onto one of the little boats he had lost everything with the exception of his boots, trousers and shirt.
Watching this film brought everything he told me into colour. It’s a mesmerising and horrific masterpiece.
Tony Horner That’s incredible! That he was actually there, did what he had to do, and made it...I hope you’re proud of him! Not many left from that era now; they were the real men.
Did your granddad see the film?
@@rorywhelan_ No, he died about 5 years ago.
@@tbrasc0 sorry to hear that
Dude, you have no idea how beautifully harrowing your own description of what your grandfather told you is. You honour him by sharing his story so succinctly.
The reason the characters weren't developed was to show how individuals with their own lives are so puny in a war. No one's life is more important than the others'. All that matters is whether you survive the madness.
Sounds good on paper, but that’s about it
TheKarlOshaughnessy Some people need a little more than shit blowing up to enjoy a movie. It’s cool that you’re easily entertained though. I remember when I was 6.
@@EddieMachetti If that was true we would watch a Micheal Bay Movie.
The main problem i had wasn't that i didn't care for them it was that i didn't find any of them interesting. They literally feel like default war movie characters dropped in and could have been replaced by anyone. Just my opinion though!
That may have been the reason but that doesn't mean that it was executed well.
People commenting on character development sorta miss the point. The movie purposefully is not about characters. They barely talk, a lot of them don't have names and they all share equal screen time. Even the biggest star in the cast doesn't get any special treatment from the camera. This is a fresh new approach to war movies and portraits the fact that war is about everyone and about every single event, small or big.
Of course, some people might not appreciate that type of storytelling, which is a valid opinion. But it seems that a lot of people miss the point and try to judge the movie like a traditional war movie. This movie is all about feeling and perception.
Well said.
André Ikeda I’m afraid I’m going to disagree with you on that. What a lot of people don’t realise is that in films and stories, the CHARACTERS are the story. They aren’t just some ploy for the story. And in order to have a good story, the characters must be relatable, likeable, realistic and have some memorable quality to them. If you fail to make your characters engaging, then you’ve failed in making a compelling story.
Well said
Cathal Carson that’s your opinion, not fact (just like the OP said)...clearly this is not your kind of film
Greg Barnett Looks like you’re a little triggered. It is kinda factual because“professional” screenwriters and novelists actually emphasise the importance of character development and engagement with the viewer. It’s one of most important elements with writing any movie, book, play and even videos games because an idea or story is only as good as the person telling the story and the person/ people who are a part of the story. Inception does have a good concept, but u can only far with a concept because u NEED engaging characters. Regardless of how you tell the story, complex or simple, it is (and I don’t want to sound like broken record) VERY IMPORTANT to have good and engaging characters. Regardless of the plot, regardless of the genre and regardless of the age range.
The lack of characterization is intended. Soldiers aren't characters, they are like robots, and this movie captured that perfectly.
THANK YOU
That's an incredibly lame excuse for bad storytelling. I'm not watching a war documentary I'm watching a movie and when I watch a movie I should be able to understand who these people are. It's odd you would say that a good war movie shouldn't have characters in it considering there are countless other, better war films that don't have that problem.
@@spaceace4387 Well that's your opinion then, this film is about the event, not about the characters, and theres nothing objectivly wrong about not having fleshed out characters. Clearly you don't know much about film if you think that.
@@okayge_ And now you're arguing something completely different, you're arguing what the film was about when my comment was whether the film was effective. I get what the movie is about and it wasn't effective at conveying its intentions. And yes there are plenty of war movies that don't take this approach and they are way better than Dunkirk, Apocalypse Now is a great example. I mean the movie looks nice, the sound effects are good but it's clearly Nolan's weakest film. So yes it's actually you who doesn't know what you're talking about, better luck next time kid.
@@spaceace4387 you're so the type of person that brings such negativity and depression in people's life. If you didn't like the film no one cares we think it was good and thats all that matters. Keep your trash opinions to yourself next time kid
Spoiler Alert: Germany loses the war.
Pat Bateman psycho
Pat Bateman we been knew
Pat Bateman did they look at europe now I would say my country britain lost
Phil Barber But that wouldn't have happened had you not have lost the war.
PS. The Nazis most certainly lost WWII.
My business card has a watermark and am darn proud of it, Pat.
Academy: You're a big Oscar Contender!
Nolan: For you.
BattleUp Saber Nolan reference win
@TheDisasterfreak it's a reference to a scene in The Dark Knight Rises, that kind of became a meme ...
Christopher Nolan: "No one cared who I was until I made a film about a guy in a mask."
Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.
Academy: Was getting an oscar part of your "master plan"?
Nolan: Of course.
"The school ain't there anymore cause the nazis blew it up oh boohoo" Savage, Chris, savage
Pretty sure that was from _Saving Private Ryan._
Chris F How is that "savage"
KingKyleTV because it is.... *DEAL WITH IT*
Chris F Oh geez ...out of context. Desperate for likes.
Chris F I died when he said that
The last shot with the Spitfire landing was an extremely beautiful.
- " We can praticly see it from here"
- " What ? "
- " the Oscar "
Nice.
*Snub
para 1RPIMa SAS That part made me cry
Goddamn best comment I've read in months
*practically
A Christopher Nolan movie that's good? In other news water is wet.
But seriously Nolan is easily one of the best directors working today.
Varinder Bhandal scorsese and tarantino are still out there buddy
Varinder Bhandal you said it best
Varinder Bhandal nahh Martin Scorsese and Denis... However the fuck you spell his last name are top right now,Nolan makes complex movies with lots of expositional dialogue and has smart scripts sure,but from a directoral stand point...he's absolutely no Kubrick, Scorsese, or Tarintino, and all of his films best moments are thanks to scores made by Hans Zimmer, I know it sounds like I'm shitting on Nolan, I'm not,he's made a lot of great movies, never a bad one,but I think people hype him up too much as the master of film, imo, Nolan has always had a bland take on action, very standard and the fights in the TDKR were filmed with poor choreography you could clearly tell these were actors performing and not characters in a fight,who knows,maybe Dunkirk will change my opinion about him entirely, Inception is one of my favorite movies so I'm always down to see what he makes, and I got a huge soft spot for WW2
Varinder Bhandal don't forget about my friend Edgar Wright
They're are no German characters in this film, you never see the soldiers, apart from the silhouettes at the end. You never k ow what they're doing, you don't know where they are or how close they are. That is very deliberate, the suspense and tension is incredibly well built. By seeing less you show more.
dude, that is the exact reason why i didnt't like it. Because I just couldn't fucking understand what was happening!!!
I wish we got some more views of those badass uniforms
Nuno V. That just tells me youre kinda dumb
Nuno V. You clearly don't know your history.
Nuno V. do you need everything explained to you? Do you need someone to clean your butt also? Watch MCU movies then.
I saw the film in IMAX today and I'll be damned, I felt as if that entire theatre became the battlegrounds and beaches of Dunkirk. I can't even remember the last time I'd been so engrossed or totally immersed in a film. Nolan's a craftsman, and watching this film unfold from start to finish restored my faith in what filmmaking is all about. A+
Took the words out of my mouth
It’s so damn loud too that every shot fired scared the shit out of my ass
Taj Campbell stfu
@@manueltalavera7877 Wow, edgy. sTfU.
Marvell Alvaro Darmawan
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I don't care about the lacking character development. It really focuses on the experience. There is no real protagonist cause the audience needs to experience being there themselves.
Eric Mayhew really? I mean your trolling comment using first grade insults is one of the worst trolling comments ever. Insulting someone's lack of intelligence is pretty hypocritical when you really can't use any form of intelligence to insult people.
Why must a movie hold character development paramount? Dunkirk is a great example of not holding the norm as the highest value....
Just because other movies have character development doesn't mean all movies need it, Nolan is going against the norm and I think that's great.
Candy for Breakfast thanks for repeating what Chris just said throughout the entire video
Candy for Breakfast agreed. It can sometimes create a "hierarchy". Like, what's the difference between a soldier who has a wife at home and who doesn't?
In Nolan , We fucking trust.
garry sharma damn straight!
Straight up preaching brother
garry sharma dude make that a shirt
I have a t shirt with that haha
garry sharma and TRUMP
"We're gonna need a bigger boat." Shit. Wrong movie. Shit. Wrong quote.
Larry Kenshalo "Who's Zed?" "Zed is dead."
Larry Kenshalo it's "you're gonna need a bigger boat"
Is Zed dead though? Is he? Maynards dead. But Zed?
TheCelticTiger32
Mandela effect😯
Still, you're going need a bigger boat.
I feel bad for anyone who didn't see this in theater.
yea, i feel bad for myself
Even more sorry if they missed it on iMax
@@allensxcz (2)
I saw it at home, and I hated it. It is easily the most overrated of his movies
I first saw Dunkirk in my local cinema, and it was so clear and crisp and LOUD that the film and the whole experience was a 10 out of 10. My friend's hands were shaking as we left the cinema, from the sheer sensory bombardment we had just sat through (and had loved every second of). I saw Dunkirk again a week later at an ODEON in Kingston-Upon-Thames, and the size of the screen was ridiculous, probably only filling around a third of my vision. It was so quiet that you could hear the audience mumbling to themselves, and the battle scenes had no weight whatsoever as nothing that happened had any 'ooomph!' behind it. I was so disgusted that the experience had ruined what I felt of the film the first time. To purge my brain of this experience I watched the film about six months later on a friend's living room wall with a projector he had just bought. That was so much better than the ODEON experience that I fell completely in love with the film again. Sorry for my rant!
Christopher Nolan made a movie that shows the present moment, not really a story. He shows our relationship to time as humans, how there's a duality of time and action in reality (real reality). The suspense AND excitement is in the feeling of being part of the movie.That feeling is in the theme of duality by allowing the viewer to be a participant of the war AND the movie. The last movie that did that was Birdman, without the war part.
Wow that is a stunning analogy. Nice.
FunnyBuns1 yeah. fucking accurate bruh.
Dunkirk is sheer brilliance.
And birdman too was another level.
Great analogy but Birdman was an overrated movie this movie deserves all it's accolades
not really though...
I can't be part of the war unless I feel that horror inside me. Nolan failed to communicate that feeling.
I like how they didn't hold back on portraying just how deafeningly loud the German dive bombers were. I don't think any sound system could ever do them full justice
pokedude104 I agree the most loud film I've been too beside imax the speakers were vibrating being so loud , holy moly!!! Fantastic movie!
It was so ungodly loud. Really sent chills down my spine, loved it.
The sound design for the film was fantastic. The unexpected gunshots in some scenes were so loud, intense and unexpected, that they could almost be considered jump scares.
Holy crap when the machine gun fire started in the film I went from casually watching a movie in a theater to feeling like I was there. Absolutely amazing sound design in this movie.
That noise came from the Jericho-Trombete, all the Junkers were made with them as a means of striking terror into their targets.
i agree 1000% with the review...one thing worth mentioning are the sounds of the movie....not (only) the sounds tracks, but the sound effects....make sure you watch this movie at a system that has good sound, cuz the noise of the gun-shots and Aeroplane engines are incredible
Pe Peroni ikr? I had to cover my ears half the time. It felt like I was there
yeah, later on i found out that they actually used the original Spitfire V12 engines to make the sound of the fighters...and when you watch the movie you can tell its the real deal!
I cared about the characters honestly
kanishka roy the characters barely do anything 😂 stop it
Mute Me Characters trying to survive isn't 'barely anything'. If you could empathize, you'll feel the characters' relevance more.
Mute Me If you're perceptive you can notice a lot of nuance in the characters by their actions, body language, facial expressions and the little dialogue they have. For example, the first thing the main guy grabs everytime he's in "safety" is bread with jelly on it. Or a little less subtle one being how at the end the boy who died on the boat got his name in the paper because he always wanted to be famous. The actors also did a great jobs expressing themselves through their faces, even Harry Styles did a pretty good job.
It's all little things that at least make you route for them and feel relieved that they survived after all that. It's not the most complex character writing, but it's far more difficult to pull off and I personally feel it did.
I felt for the french dude 😔
kanishka roy Oh Yeah? Then, without looking up on IMDB, tell me who are the names of the first three main characters, what their personalities are and what memorable quotes can you remember from them.
Fail to do so and it proves that Nolan doesn’t know how to write good character development.
Watched it in IMAX yesterday with 6 friends of mine. Wow, this movie grabs you by the neck, drags you into the war with these soldiers and does not let you go until it ends. 2 hours felt like 40 minutes, the cinematography looked spectacular and the sound was fantastic, and not just the music. Bombs, bullets, screams, airplanes, it all sounded so raw and realistic and you'e constantly on edge. Not ONE dull moment in the entire movie. Yes, there's not really a character arc or development for these characters. All these people were equally represented in this event and this is how they reacted to it. And this movie shows beautifully that most of these men don't want to go to war, they don't want to die or kill, but they have to. One of the best movies of the year.
no not 1 dull moment CUZ EVERY MOMENT WAS DULL
ulfenburg yeah! Micheal Bay is right for you. Everything will be exploding giving really exciting moments.
What Chris is trying to say is that do not go in this film expecting something dramatic and patriotic like Saving Private Ryan. Go into this film and watch it like a live documentary or a live "breaking news" if that is what you call it.
Saving Private Ryan is 'patriotic'? I know loads of people believe that it is, but it was intended to be an anti-war film. The opening shot showing the dull colored American flag pretty much sums up its message.
I see it as a dramatic reenactment with a big studio budget quality.
Remembrance of soldiers who lost their lives at D-day isn't patriotic m8. Did you even watch Saving Private Ryan?
No. What Chris is saying is that you should go into this Film and just experience it.
GhostOfOnyx - That's not exactly what Eugene is getting at. He's not saying "Watch this for the purpose of becoming an expert about the real event that took place." He's saying "Watch this more as a study in realism rather than a Hollywood melodrama full of standard cinematic devices."
I think this movie did a really amazing job at making the audience feel isolated, trapped, and disoriented, just as the soldiers felt, which is why it is so realistic and interactive.
Can we talk about that one moment, when the guy in the water is trapped under the oil and has to choose between drowning and burning? That was brilliant and showed a horror of war rarely seen in movies.
Ro G that was gruesome
ngl I watched this because I’m a 12 year old girl and wanted to see Harry Styles but I bloody loved it.
HAHAHA that's hilarious. And even if it isn't a super demanding part, Styles actually did a very good job.
Dunkirk. Nolan. Zimmer. IMAX.
Hype - Yeah. Fuck Yeah.
Sanchit Varma Hype?!?! how come? elaborate bruh.
i didnt watch it in imax., im so poor :(
no Michael caine? are we sure this is a Christopher Nolan film?
He actually has a role in this film, although it's easy to miss. So yup, it's a Nolan film all right. ;)
he was talking to tom hardy in the plane at the beginning
*MINOR SPOILERS*
He plays the voice of "Wing Leader" (you never see his face)
Michael Caine also plays the same role in the movie "Battle of Britain" (I believe Nolan did this on purpose)
M.T.KaiserSoze I though i heard Caine in communication with Hardy at one point over the radio? Maybe wrong, could have sworn it was a voice cameo
Fortis Leader
So is Tom Hardy wearing a mask gonna be a meme like Tom Cruise running?
OF COOUURRSSEE!
Varinder Bhandal that reminds me . I really want Nolan and Tom cruise to do a movie together
No one cared who he was until he put on the mask.
Ethan hunt I don't think Tom could deal with a director actually trying to direct and make a good movie without his input.
The masks betray you because they belong to Hardy.
Lmfao - “Ohhhh... I like that.” Great Ledger Joker impression Chris 😁
supermanguy1214 I'm still asking myself what scene he was talking about.
Yes please? what scene?
@@vashsunglasses they did a classic time jump, am I right?
@@roofy6645 Cillian Murphy's character
@@melastname4558 can you explain please? I don't get it.
OF COURSE none of the characters will be extremely developed in a movie like Dunkirk! They're not going to be sitting around talking about their private lives and they're motives!!!!! They're in the middle of history's biggest emergency evacuation!!!!
They could still speak and act in distinct ways.
Well that and also you just see these people as innocent civilians who just want to get the fuck out of there before the place becomes a graveyard. Theres no flashbacks to their childhood or say a barbeque cause its uneccessary. The story is what freakin matters..
What website did you steal this from lol
why are you yelling??
rujuta sane The characters are the story. They are what drives the plot. They don’t need to talk to develop. They need to show genuine emotion and thoughts which is not what this film was showing.
Came out of the IMAX cinema an hour ago and holy shit. Two years ago, Interstellar just blew me away and now Nolan is back at it again with Dunkirk. The dog fights, the bombs, the shooting - its all so damn loud and authentic. Combined with the soundtrack, this movie was so damn good to watch and to experience. Never had such an intense cinema experience before.
I missed the Interstellar on IMAX and I felt bad.
Edwin Capidos The experience was just unbelieveable. The docking scene was so intense. :)
The cinema near me has IMAX since last year but I wish they would show certain movies from a few years ago again in the IMAX version.
Yeah. I can imagine that docking screne in IMAX. That would have been mind blowing. I wish they show Interstellar again for the sake of those who missed it.
Thats exactly what I want too. Seeing some certain movies in IMAX would be awesome. :D
Lmaoo
The thing with the characters wasn't that I cared that much about who they were as a person or what their life back home was like, I cared about them as If I was them, just feeling that desperation to survive. I feel the lack of characterization helped the movie in that sense. With the characters not having a back story or much dialogue the actors main focus was portraying their anxiety and fear, and that portrayal of emotion is what connected me to the characters. I was invested in their survival because I felt their fear, and in my opinion that's what makes this movie so great.
Jessika Lucero
Unfortunately, most people are psychopaths these days and can't empathize with others unless they have a wife with 4 kids.
bananian Ad hominem, make better arguments.
Jessika Lucero Okay but what you're saying implies more to a documentary than a normal movie
Bruh, if you've got documentaries like what I described recommend them to me. I've been missing out. I'm being genuine.
Jessika Lucero No way you can care as if you were them because you weren’t there lol. Movies tell stories. This story was a mess for me and I didn’t care enough about any character to feel anytging
My favorite part of this movie is the lack of dialogue. The way Nolan conveyed the story through actions instead of words was astonishing
Exactly! In particular, I loved how the characterization of every person in this movie was left to the spectator - the spectator sees how the different characters act and from that infers their personalities. No one tells the spectator that Farrier is brave, because it is obvious through his actions.
Dont scare me like that Chris. At the start you made it seem like it turned out bad.
I thought the same.
lol. he was like "DUNKIRK..." *deep sigh*
Bandit Jeremy Jones actually thought it was so boring and he forgot to rate it.
Torus Brusk haha 😂 i thought i was the only one who noticed that he forgot to rate it
Just left the theater about an hour ago and I'm still feeling and thinking about this movie. It's true that you won't connect on a personal level with any of the characters (knowing hardly anything about them other than being in the war) but still I was biting my knuckles, on the edge of my seat when it came to the 2 pilots, Tom Hardy in particular. I was thoroughly engrossed in his fate. If there is one "hero" in this movie it is him. Let's just say his character was very good at his job. What a performance!! Would definitely see it again.
Andrea Chapman SPOILER:
Tom Hardy's character's name is Farrier. I thought that he was going to die at the end when he ran out of gas.
Superfireben Thx, I didn't know any of the characters names except Collins and George cuz I heard them mentioned several times in the film. After seeing the movie I found out what some of the other's names were. Interesting and fitting since we are meant to care about the group in peril as a whole rather than the individuals. At least that was my take on it. And it worked. Their backstories really didn't matter that much, what mattered was surviving that particular situation. Unique way of telling a true story.
The only "knuckle biting, on the edge of the seat moment" was when the pilot was trying to break the cockpit window. The rest of it was an emotionless bore fest.
adambelfast1 Well, you're entitled to your opinion. Clearly a lot of people felt differently. I try always to reiterate that my comments are only my personal opinion and I welcome other people's thoughts so... thx for sharing!
Duncan Sands good point. Except for the pulse pounding music it didn't manipulate me into any particular way of feeling. It was honest and straightforward and allowed me to experience the fear and uncertainty that accompanies war without forcing me to feel a certain way. Just as some characters were shell shocked, some were numb, some were stalwart, some naive so too each viewer will have a different emotional experience.
Your not meant to connect with the soldiers individual, it's about that every soldier and person on that beach is equal, no one is better or more important than anyone else. It's purely on how these men coped with the realisation that anyone can die at any moment. It's a perfect representation
That's what documentaries are for, this was supposed to be a fucking movie. If we apply that same logic to the tragedy of the titanic the movie Titanic would have been just as shit as this one, instead James Camerón decided to treat his audience to a proper film.
blackilluzionz so give me one documentary that same as Dunkirk...if you think this is shit...
+blackilluzionz This so much. This was hard to watch. I can only care about nameless soldiers being blown up over and over again so much before I'm bored and desensitized. Oh look the worst possible situation happened again and the characters I don't feel connected to on any level can't do anything about it. They can only just stand around and hope the next bomb doesn't hit them. Not exactly entertaining. Sure it's sad and it shows war sucks but we need more than that. I loved the beginning but the rest of it was boring and repetitive. As a retelling of an event it was good but as a movie I couldn't fall asleep faster.
kiosimoto09 I guess you two are one of those people who likes Pearl Harbor...lol what a single change can do to a uneducated people who only likes drama.
No I didn't like Pearl Harbour. I don't give a shit about drama I wanted characters that I could connect to, fear for, and root for. This movie didn't give me any of that. A scary experience from no one I cared about or could relate to. I don't blame the director for making it realistic in this way I blame whoever thought it would be a good idea to make a movie about Dunkirk, a miraculous, awe inspiring, but overall not exactly action packed story. Makes for a better history lesson/documentary to learn from than a 2 hour long war movie. That's a lot of time for a story that takes about a minute to tell especially when the only interesting parts are the beginning and end. Uneducated people are the ones that flock to movie reviewers opinions because they are unable to form their own.
I can find no faults with this movie. The audience is completely immersed from beginning to end - perfect movie in my opinion.
Susan Goyle I sure af can, every shot of the beach that includes the waterfront buildings shows that they are painfully obviously modern era super off-putting once you notice it, what's worse is for these shot it would have been so easy just to cover those buildings in a green screen
Susan Goyle
No faults? Dude, every movie has its faults. You just need to take off your rose tinted glasses to see it. There is no such thing as a perfect movie and this one in particular was full of flaws.
It has no blood lol it’s pg13 that’s 2 faults right there. Do look at documentaries about WW2. This movie is terribly forgettable right out the gate
Susan Goyle yeah very well done, though the beach was underpopulated... Chris Nolan refuses to use CGI so he did everything with extras but 40 000 men couldn’t be done. Would have added that extra authenticity if they used CGI to fill in the holes
LOL best joke i've heard. This movie is one of the worst i've ever watch. He is soooooo inacurate historicaly and you can't get into it.
Saw the film tonight. Would love t say I saw Hollywood film and came out thinking YEA! We won the war, but in stark truth I felt my eyes open to the horrific experience of anyone involved! This is a movie that doesn't glorify Dunkirk in any way, and for that I only have praise!
Yet it still shows how the British public treated them as heroes when they returned. It shows our spirit and why we eventually won the war. Because we never give up
Daniel Price Especially when it comes to queues.
I grew up with Christopher Nolan
Alright! We got it all. Thank you for these Reviews, Chris.
Following: B
Memento: A+
Insomnia: A+
Batman Begins: A+
The Prestige: A+
The Dark Knight: A+
Inception: A+
The Dark Knight Rises: A+
Interstellar: B+
Dunkirk: A
MINE:
Following: B+
Memento: A
Insomnia: B
Batman Begins: A+
The Prestige: A+
The Dark Knight: A+
Inception: A+
The Dark Knight Rises: A-
Interstellar: A++
Dunkirk: Hope it's an A+
damn, that's a hell of a track record for a director.
E&Entertainment interstellar A+ in my opinion
jose roman Hey just doesn't know when to say when. Good kid though.
E&Entertainment wish my grades looked liked that
MrGoodkat Chris reviewed TDKR like 5 years ago. His opinion could've changed since then. I'd say Interstellar is more of a B-, but that's just me. :/
I saw this movie on a lazy Saturday in a mostly empty theater without knowing anything about it beforehand. It was honestly one of the best movies I've seen in years. It absolutely blew me away and I can't recommend it enough.
great movie - I was rooting for Tom Hardy up in the Spitfire, I was rooting for Mark Rylance in his little boat, I was rooting for whatever the young guy is called...I was rooting man roooooting
Completely agree, I teared up after seeing George in the newspaper, felt mad at the shivering soldier and Alex in the boat hull and cheered and rooted for Farrier
ah i fucking hated that soldier, how much i wished the cabby boy (whatever his name's called) pushed him out of the boat
When the soldiers cheer for Home, when George in the front page of newspaper, when people at train station pop out the beers and cheer "Harry Style", and When the plane falls down the beach,... At all that moments, I teared up so much
I rooted for this one french soldier who didn't speak a word, shame he drowned :/
Rooting for what, yes we knew the Germans were around but what threat level did we really feel..the odd German plane, a torpedo and not much else
It goes to show how powerful of a director Nolan is when in a summer full of sci-fi and superhero blockbusters, his WWII film is going to be just as big. I'm super excited for this film. Good job on the review Chris!
Eh. Don't count on it. It'll make money, sure. But it's a non-American war film about a military loss. If this was directed by anyone else, it'd probably tank. This will probably be Nolan's lowest-grossing film since The Prestige.
It's only projected to make 40m for the weekend.
Cabbage Reloaded even so, the fact that it's got buzz is an achievement in itself
jøʏռɛʀֆɛǟֆøռ uhh.....nice try
Arrival is a completely different movie WTF are you talking about? Just cause they are Sci-Fi, doesn't mean you can just easily compare the two.....SMH
1:35 That's what Jeremy Jahns was saying was missing, and I'm like thats what they had in Pearl Harbor and look how that turned out lol. Yeah this didn't have much character development, but like you said the movie is about being in the moment, no one's gonna talk about how their life is, when they're trying to survive. And I like how they never really show the enemy, like theyre faces at all, you just hear the bullets flying, bombs landing, and planes roaring. It was more suspenseful to hear a bullet with no warning. Only thing I didn't like about the dog fight, was that there were only 3 planes, like really there could've been way more dogfights, but still they were amazing.
MightyMouseFTW Of course Pearl Harbor was crap. Who was the director? From here to eternity was a great guys horsing around base waiting for going to war movie, of course Dunkirk could not be either: they were GETTING OUT of war, not waiting to go in. The air battles, I had no idea what was going on, who was who, or whose plane was in peril.BTW Titanic first part, the unlikely romance was crap too, it got terrific after the iceberg was ready for its close up.
MightyMouseFTW The dramatic question AKA, why we watch the film, of Memento is "How did this happen? The structure of that film supports that question. The dramatic question of Dunkirk is "what happens next?". This structure doesn't support that question.
See? It's all about perspective at the end of the day.
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MightyMouseFTW I mean, historically, they were trying to reserve as many planes as possible for future battles. They even state this in the movie.
As a British person this film instilled such strong patriotism in me and i just found it so powerful
How? They're all fking cowards.... 400k men can't band together and fight the Germans closing in on them at land? (Easily could've hunkered down in the buildings at shore. Defending their position) Literally pathetic how they're all squirming to escape, and waiting on the beach to be slaughtered like cattle. They should've went to war. not evacuate like rats.
Really ? Watching your fellow countrymen gloriously flee for king and country made you feel patriotism ?
Or maybe it is because of all those belgian and french men dying to allow your boys to 'miraculously' make it through the channel ?
people before were like-
*Marvel VS DC*
now they are like-
*Jeremy VS Stuckmann*
why not like both?
Ŵèřęŵøłf • They only watch reviews to justify their opinion.
I do like them all!
Ŵèřęŵøłf • Jeremy is like IMDB, Chris is like Metacritic. I go to them based on the type of movie I want reviewed.
Fast and Furious/Star Wars - Jeremy
Inception/Dunkirk/Ex-Machina - Chris
I see it like this: Chris is who you go to when you want to see a good film and Jeremy is who you go to when you want to see a good movie.
Chris looks at it from the perspective of someone who loves every element of film and looks deeper into it than most people.
Jeremy is the sort of layman that focuses more on how the film made him feel at the end of the day, looking at the package as a whole, and gives the perspective of the common viewer.
Both are valid perspectives and styles.
ClubSoda fuck that Stuckmann all the way
For ones who want to watch Dunkirk : WATCH IN IMAX
Dr. Bee still sucked
Kevin C. i know there's not that much character development, but it's focused on the events happening, and the war, so there's not that much emotional parts.
Dr. Bee watched it in imax and it was fuckin LOUD. loved it
I watched the movie on a shitty laptop screen with shitty earphones , this movie was still amazing , but still not better than interstellar .
You can’t even tell me why you liked it besides BiG EXPLoSiOnS! Why do you guys lie to yourselves? It was boring and you know it.
I think instead of connecting with one single person and rooting for them, you're to connect with everyone on the beach, the pilots and the seamen. You're supposed to root for the soldiers and civilians to come home
I saw this in imax and the floor literally vibrated when explosions and shells went off which scared the shit out of me
Reasons I want to see this movie
- Nolan not doing fucking exposition
- Nolan being small on the dialouge
- Nolan doing a film that just exists over the period of a day
- Chris rubbing his nipples doing a Joker Impersonation
you forgot length
Um...one of those isn't correct.
AQWMalkoir Nolan is so incredible at crafting stories with minimal exposition
3:14 his own opinion of the movie in 2 seconds.
larry Meers joker reference
yep
i just saw it with my brother ... and i left the theater in awe. mr. nolan got me thinking the whole movie, stitching every scene in my head and always at the edge of my seat.
the acting fits, and it fits well. not too gaudy or dramatic, and not too bland and robotic. the cinematography and the music wasn't like a michael bay "everything uses gasoline and big sound booms". it was more like a War channel dramaticized biopic. you aren't suppose to connect directly with the characters, but more of the terror on what they got themselves into. it was the setting, to the point that i would say the main character was the scenes themselves.
anyway, 10/10 must see (especially on IMAX, or on a theater-like sound system if you ever get a copy once it comes out in the future)
You just don't want to admit you wasted 20 dollars from your wallet in the theaters watching this war film thinking "this shit is fucking boring". I wouldn't blame you cuz they did overhype this movie in the trailer. This was just a sad excuse of a war film. Hollywood is going to shit if they can't come up with better movies. Nothing is original anymore. Just the same old sequels and rehashed movies with different actors or rebooted movies. Nothing new like how it used to be in the 80's or 90's. Just shit movies now a days. It's going to end up at the point where ppl just don't care anymore they'll have to come up with something new.
Turboman 2244 name 1 90s war movie better than this
David Schmidt I'm in the US.Its *theater.
When I move to Britain it will be *theatre.
Thank you.
Tom Hardy's character deserves a damn medal and then some for the piloting skills he showed. And Tom Hardy himself did a great job portraying him lol
I hope the French army isn't DLC
Alright guys listen up. Chris gave this movie a "A" which i agree but Jeremy didn't like it cause of Characters. Well I have to agree with Chris about the dialogue and character development... CHRISTOPHER WANTED THIS MOVIE TO BE/FEEL 100% REAL. IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR ZONE... DO YOU HONESTLY FUCKING THINK PEOPLE WILL TALK WHILE THERE'S BOMBS DROPPING. NO. LIKE WHAT CHRIS SAID... PEOPLE ARE DYING HERE AND THERE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ESCAPE. From start to finish it's non-stop action becuase that's what happened. This movie was amazing. Best movie of 2017 ❤
Truth
Jav thank you
you really feel the need to post this in all caps on multiple videos?
Jav If he wanted it to feel 100% real, it should've been rated R.
A 100% real PG-13 movie...
* rubs nipples *
"I Like That"
- Chris Stuckmann, 2017
It ain't nipple rubbing
Not sure if you got the reference,
but that is a good impression of the Joker from The Dark Knight
pretty spot on joker if i do say so myself.
I need a gif of that
I like how when I saw the british ships I legit got teary eyed and extremely happy, as though I were a soldier when that happened.
This movie floored me to the ground
- Chris stuckmann 2017
I must be the only one who was interested in the characters and cared about them
You're not alone. I was fearful for Tom hardy in the dogfights, I cared deeply about the family and their civilian boat. I will say I was sort of indifferent if the other guy (don't even remember his name) died or not. It's a great movie. I think it's 3 out of 4 stars. I do wish their was some more character development and I thought they completely wasted Cillian Murphy
Niall Hassett nope you're not the only one. I cared about all of the characters but the one I personally connected the most with was the young soldier that was introduced right at the beginning of the film. He seemed so young, innocent and inexperienced. I kept thinking about how I am young like him and how I couldn't imagine myself in that situation. His age really got to the root of war. It shows how some stupid selfish people can make decisions that effect young innocent lives forever. Make them loose their innocence. I felt as if all the characters were relatable in some way or another. They all told a piece of the story of war.
Agreed, Such as Mr Dawson's quiet subtle heroism, Farrier's perserverance and charismatic qualities as a heroic pilot. I seriously would love a film about him in the German camps or George especially seeing him in the newspaper gave me chills and made me cry
this film was just boring.
I think each one of them was there to represent a different emotion, not so much satisfy a character arc. Helpless fear, duty, and bravery.
This is so different to the Jeremy jahns review, he called Dunkirk pretty dull whereas Chris describes it has thrilling.Just shows reviews are opinion so shouldn't sway you.
People always compare Chris and Jeremy but at the end of the day one thing matters: Who has the better arse??
SirCouchus You are someone with their priorities straight. I respect that.
Joe Kelly exactly!
I'm a character person so I'm just gonna skip this film. I think Chris caveats it pretty well.
SirCouchus I don't know,both don't have legs,so there's no much space for the trunk
this is the real horror story not some ghost shit that doesn't even exist..
I feel you man, i watch it in Evening now im having Nightmares.
This movie gets you gets you genuinely stressed,
Because you know those things can actually happen too.
You have no idea about the characters backstory but when that guy was stuck in the plane, my god I was terrified.
It should have been nominated to an award.
it's scary realistic.
potpolima what you talking about bro my spiritualist told me my star sign will indicate I’m going to be visited by a dead ghost child from the 1750s who can communicate to me from my Walmart Ouija Board.
3:13 Chris Stuckmanns beautiful impression of the joker
Oh hi Daft Funk! "DafunbacktodapuncomeonDafunbacktodapuncomeon"
Yayyy!!!!!!!!!!! finally Stephen King reviews! I've been requesting for this a long time!
request your mom douche bag.
I honestly felt like I could breathe again after the movie ended. I had also brought popcorn that I had completely forgotten. So captivating, so thrilling, brilliant Nolan moment (when everything starts to seem a little weird and you know it's Nolan so it can't be a mistake and then you find it out and go "... Aaaaaaaaahhh... I see...") and then you have to rethink the movie and... oh my god. I could just watch Nolan films once every two years and I'd be fully satisfied with movies. Man's a fucking genius.
Same! I came back home, and still had a full bag of pop corn, nachos and my drink! I felt disoriented when the movie ended.
Tiia Mannix exactly the same
Tiia Mannix can someone please explain cilian murphy's night time appearance.. I don't get what that was all about
Reet Pandher Well shortly put, there are three "timelines", or rather, three separate points in one timeline shown at the same time: the beach takes place 1 week before the solution, the boat takes 1 day, and Tom Hardy 1 hour. In the film, 1 week goes the fastest, then boat, both catching up to the 1 hour until they emerge (the boat picks up the guys from the sea as Tom Hardy protects them) and then fall apart again.
Cillian Murphy was shown at night to demonstrate this. That night happened in the past, while the boat takes place closer to the present. This is the "Aah I see" moment for me, because although they announced the time at the beginning of each point, I didn't catch up to that until they showed Cillian at night.
Tiia Mannix see that's what confuses me.. i thought cillian was the 3rd pilot that was with tom hardy..it looked like he was standing on top of plane wreckage when he was rescued.. it didn't make sense for him to be in a ground team
I also love how big moments aren't done in the typical Hollywood way: drawn out, music swells, etc...Moments like when the torpedo was launched were so subtle and underscored that you might've missed it if you turned away for a few seconds. That made it so much more impactful to me.
Dunkirk is perfect. I have seen it 3 times already and was in complete awe and cried all three times. Anyone saying this movie *edit * needs more character development and connection clearly misses the point, this movie is meant to represent the event, the atmosphere rather than the people
Hâm Hấp Hằng m
I get the point of the movie. Saying it lacks character development isn't missing the point, it's a factual observation.
Jeffrey Lebowski That's true.
+Jeffrey Lebowski Saying "lacks" implies that it should have it. It's more correct to say "doesn't concern itself with"
Hâm Hấp Hằng I'm shocked that no one is discussing how it was PG-13 and that when soldiers were hit by bombs that they were perfectly intact and posed like they were sleeping on the beach.
That separates the film from being realistic to just another movie.
Christopher Nolan is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time plain and simple
Lorenzo von Matterhorn
Nah
Definitely not the greatest, but one of the greatest, totally agree with you.
Mr. Keyser Söze he didnt say the greatest he said one of
Jake Yeah.
better than Michael Bay?
Reserved my seats for that 70mm IMAX screening 😎 this hypes me up even more.
Ram of the Rose I have kids. Got my redbox copy ready in October, can't wait!
Ram of the Rose At which locations do they have those theaters I always get confused with the options. - Do they have one in San Francisco or the bay area or another city in CA?
Dulce Garcia you just have to look it up! I'm in socal, so I don't know any theaters with 70mm imax up north haha
tiger22 yea, that $20 ticket hurts
Dude I saw The Hateful 8 in 70mm and I gotta say it was incredible!
I think the limited talking of the two characters was a fantastic way for the movie itself to speak
I thought it was amazing
It's funny how polar opposite this review is from Jeremy Jahns as far as it being non stop action can boring lol. Can't wait to see it though
KM Reviews i can find movies like avengers boring if there isn't enough character development or reason to care.
I totally get that, i'm just saying they usually have pretty close reviews in terms of the overall feeling, and this one is total opposite lol
KM Reviews I get you. I didn't mean necessarily in context of this movie. I haven't seen it.
Nikolaevna Jeremy Jahns is like the father of movie reviewers on RUclips so he's familiar with what he's talking about lol
KM Reviews JJ is a fucking clown.
It's not a story telling movie. It's about the fucking experience. Understand people
Hassan Rao Okay. We know it is different and we know why. It doesn't mean it necessarily resonated with us. Many prefer story-telling, and that is a valid opinion
agree
I understand that, but I still think it was kinda boring
Hassan Rao cough cough transformers cough cough
Kou Yang m
Review in 3 words...directed by Nolan
osmen whitaker A++
3 words? So much overexplanation
Green Whovian Oh boy.... Have seen many effed ups like you... Do not see reviews or Comments or anything just go to the theatre . You would feel the same . This movie is awesome and I had my heart racing even after it was over. Top notch.
Dunkirk had some of the most perfect and breathtaking cinematography I have ever seen. It was distractingly good!
A little fight in you 3:13
I'm glad someone else heard Joker
Holy shit
best joker I like that
Saw this films nearly alone in IMAX. Forever changed the moviegoing experience for me. Nothing will ever be the same.
I walked out of the theater completely out of breath. It was like a roller coaster ride that just ratcheted up the intensity every ten minutes. I've never been more affected by a movie during the run time. Amazing.
Tom hardy is so fucking cool
Fionn's character?
Who the hell is Fionn ?
The guy we watch at the beginning, Dude
10/10 for me, very thrilling and I loved the pilot's experience
I thought this movie gonna be A+
I think the greatness of Baby Driver and the 3rd Remake of the Apes probably upped the measuring bar.
hey nice profile picture
ranch Thank you
This is the highest-rated film of Nolan's career, so I think Chris just didn't respond quite as enthusiastically to Dunkirk as the vast majority of film critics out there.
He made it quite clear that the characters are too basic. That easily brought it from A+ to A.
Nice to see the British recognised in a modern war film, they were fighting alone as a superpower for a long time against the Nazi / Fascist Italy war machine. It mustn't be neglected -I hope it isn't, that French soldiers held the line until they fell, allowing the British to recuperate.
I hope it captures the British spirit, Civilians went out in mass to the front line to bring their boys home. Could do with some national pride in the UK.
I'm glad to see a movie like this too. Both the british and french are often overlooked despite their roles in the war. I'm glad he showed that the french were left behind, and in general made sure to include them in the movie.
Gaming with Mikey!
I agree, but ironically they kind of left out the French who were a huge part of the battle of Dunkirk. They were protecting the beach from inside the city while the British waited on the beach (not a knock on the British just saying the French did a lot at Dunkirk too)
I know the French did a lot at Dunkirk, that's why I was hoping they'd get some recognition. It's a shame if their plight isn't covered.
Had this movie included some of that inland fighting it might not have been utter garbage.
Modern day masterpiece without a doubt
nope
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Most overhyped movie that I've ever seen
Actually I thought it was pretty disappointing. Visuals were great but the characters were bland and I didn't care about them at all.
WarriorsComp HD it's almost like there were supposed to be characters.....
I truly don't understand the critic of "lack of characterization". Nolan shows you the characters, he shows you how they act when confronted with difficult situations, he shows you how they respond to different people.
*Is it really necessary to know a bunch of details about someone's life to empathize with them?* I think Nolan, with this movie, shows it is not (necessary).
Like Tommy (the first soldier we follow) immediately *empathizes* with Gibson (french soldier), so we can do the same. These are *humans* who are being portrayed, not aliens. Do people really not see the *utter fear* on the soldiers faces, their want of home, of safety. Do they not see the *bravery and dutifulness* of the commander who stays behind and Farrier who, in air, defends his comrades till the last of his abilities. Do they not see the way Peter (blond civilian boy) *grows*, from locking up the shell-shocked soldier to omitting the death of George (black haired civilian boy) in order to not upset that same soldier.
In my view, this movie has sufficient characterization to make the viewer connect to these soldiers. To *feel* that the soldiers are human. To feel that you could be one of them, going through the same terror and desperation.
When you hear that a school has been bombed, you don't need to know the names, the faces, nor the voices of the children who died to feel for them, to empathize with their families, to condemn whoever killed them. Sure, this movie is not about innocent children but I believe it stands that you can feel - that you can fear, cry, be joyous, etc - for a fellow human without knowing much about them.
I didn't even realize it had no blood until Chris pointed it out. I'm a blood and gore enthusiast, I watch some movies just to get that "Ahhh! That must have hurt! Jesus! I love it!" feel from it, but I did not realize this movie had no blood. It was so violent and attacking and cruel and unforgiving that I just... somehow assumed there were blood. And there wasn't. ... I feel fooled.
I need to get Stuckmannized asap
This is Christopher Nolan's Masterpiece. The argument could be made that either or both The Dark Knight and The Prestige are better Movies, but this is not only his best work as a Director but his Masterpiece based on his Film-making. Chris Nolan is the best Immersive Filmmaker working today and this is his best work. Sorta like how Dr Strangelove is said to be Kubrick's best Film but 2001 is his masterpiece based on his Film-making (and his most important film)
Tekena igoni I haven't seen it yet, but I plan to as soon as I can...however I'm curious, did Nolan acknowledge the integral fighting the French did to defend Dunkirk? From the trailers I'm glad to see the RAF was included because while many soldiers stuck at Dunkirk thought the RAF wasn't doing anything they definitely were, just not right above the beaches for all to see. I really hope he included the sacrifice of the French troops to hold off the Germans for the evacuation to succeed.
I got a feeling this is not the tubthumpingly patriotic film people are expecting it to be. And that is not necessarily a bad thing.
I personally find Dr. Strangelove to be Kubrick's most overrated, but I totally agree with you on 2001, it is both Kubrick's best and my favorite of his and for me blows everything by Nolan out of the water despite how good a majority of his work is. Not even Interstellar tops such a groundbreaking sci-fi masterpiece.
Barry Lyndon is his (best) masterpiece
jackriver1999 yeah I don't expect it to be, I just hope those actions are addressed, as they were both brave as hell and horrifying. I just hope we get a glimpse at least at what the French did, even if it stays with the (from what ive heard) bleak tone. We're obviously gonna get the RAF v Luftwaffe, but it would be nice to at least give a glimpse of the terror and death the French soldiers went through to save those men. They deserve it. But I have a feeling we're just going to see the British civilians putting themselves in danger for the evacuation instead. However I want to be proven wrong.
Viewing tip: Watch "Darkest Hour" first and then "Dunkirk".
so looking forward to this.
Nice to have a British war film for a change.
Get ready for Gary Oldman and the Darkest Hour. If you haven't seen the trailer, I suggest you do
What about Lord of the Rings?
Looking forward to a British war film? Even one that never shows the Union Jack?
Glrk10
Brits, thankfully, don't suffer from that rabid, childish, "measles of mankind" patriotism that the US does. Flags don't mean shit.
Buc Whovian please tell me you aren't serious
I came here after the Jahns review and I understand why he didn't like it so much.... characters. Now character development is important in film world to keep the audience interested in the story and them. But this movie doesn't need to focus too much on character development, it's about the real life event that shook the world. Jahns also mention their wasn't a lot of talking from the characters, well less is more. You don't need words to describe what's going on, it shows you and I think that's more powerful to grab the audience attention than people talking during the battles
Giancarlo Martorella After all, people complain all the time about "show, don't tell". Well, Dunkirk "showed" quiet a bit and "told" very little. Which was the whole point of the film!
It was to drop you into what was happening and let you felt what those guys were feeling: Anxious. The whole movie is a nail biting event and every little bit of good that cane out if it made you want to cheer along with the soldiers. I sure did.
My whole theater cheered when certain events happened. It was brilliant!
Midgetwithahacksaw Only when the first German plane went down. I thought those German sob had better aircrafts and pilots than anybody else
the thing is it doesnt fail at that at all, simply because thats not what the movie is trying to do. There are probably 12 total pages of dialogue, which is nothing compared to your average movie. It doesn't have you connect with the characters because they are barely characters anymore at that point. They have become animals consumed by one instinct. Survive. This is not House of Cards, with political motivations and whats going on with everyone and who can you manipulate and who is your friend and... Its about the story. No one here is making excuses. You just didn't understand it at all.
Ana Irene Martinez
So, you saw a German plane go down, and now the Krauts ain't shit? Whatever. The British pilots kicked the Germans' asses during the Battle of Britain: something else you've probably never heard of.
adamtzsch I paid $15 for this crap, I was disappointed, fuck you.
Why does your face in the thumbnail look like you didn't like/bored of the movie?
Levi Anguiano clickbait tactics.
Trying to mislead the audience to think one thing against their expectation.
To get u to click
He was looking in awe, I think.
to get us to watch the video.
i thought he might have hated it, but he fooled me in the beginning
Not fanboying or anything but this is probably the best review slash explanation of this film that I've come across yet. It's not a traditional war film. It's certainly not an action film. It's not even rated R. There's not a lot of dialogue in it but for this movie I think it works. It's not about a great victory, rather it's about a great loss and subsequent evacuation. The Americans weren't involved yet, it was only 1940 I think. Or 1941 (USA entered late 1941 around Christmastime). This is truly a movie that's less about what the characters have to SAY and more about what they actually DO in the moment, given the circumstances. It does kind of drag on and one of the themes I think is simply "waiting" in the context of being in a basically hellish situation where you could be shot at any given moment. Like waiting at a bus stop, waiting for your bus, as open and vulnerable of a shot as the enemy could ever hope to get. But at the time the Allied forces were losing, that sort of hopeless feeling is felt in the film as well. But the most important thing of all is that in spite of the odds aginst them not just in that battle but the entire war, they were determined to NEVER surrender. And in fact of course they used the legendary Churchill speech at the end which basically reaffirms all of that. This movie was phenomenal for a lot of reasons but one of the most chief among them was the fact that this era in history is rarely ever touched upon. This depicts a part of the war in which the "good guys" as we know them now I suppose as basically not just losing but getting their asses handed to them. This movie was about them rescuing as many as possible and getting the rest of them back on their feet to strike again... and of course we already know they won in the end. Anyways. Long comment, but the movie was great but DO REALIZE it's different before going to see it. It's really not bloody or gory at all, again it was only rated PG13, but as a film for history buffs it's a powerhouse. 9/10 IMO
I've been waiting for this for so long
A documentary with amazing cinematography
and very historically inaccurate.
There's quite a bit of accuracy in the film, actually. Much of the sounds used for certain weapons were accurate, and the way the Stukas flew were quite accurate as well. But then again, I don't know what else you're referring to so I might be completely missing the point.
Looks like we got some historians around here.
Inaccurate? The two biggest historical inaccuracies I could find were that the 109s had yellow noses and that one officer saluted without his hat.
That’s really it.
This was a fantastic war movie. Good review.
Nice background btw! I love the Empire Strikes Back poster.
Dunkirk is a masterpiece!
Nah.
stop
FYNFB if you want a love story go watch Pearl Harbor
FYNFB then what did you find wrong with it? Because everyone else that didn’t like it didn’t like it because of the character
Planeboy 2520 You can’t really explain yourself to close-minded people who aren’t accepting of other opinions, now can you?
3:13 Chris is a better joker than leto
I like that
Judging by this review, Dunkirk sounds like a WW2 equivalent of Mad Max Fury Road: A simple survival movie of characters trying to escape a totalitarian dictator, with the intensity turned up to 11 from beginning to end.
Phil Michaels It also stars Tom Hardy
Saw this today, I just love how every shot took it's time and wasn't rushed
This is what Nolan is a master at doing it's creating the perfect mixture of an epic spectacle but never ever losing the heart of it which is the story and the characters within
Harry Styles is in this? Man, his debut album was great, and he may be great in this film.
i'd say he did a pretty good job
DestructionCentral - He was pretty good not gunna lie he fit in perfectly
DestructionCentral - he didn't even stick out. It was pretty great
he's very good in this film(to my surprise), and of course you should watch it, you will not be disappointed
fastlane That's good to hear. But don't underestimate him. People say he's not talented, but his singing voice and this movie proves everyone wrong.
Nolan has earned that trust from the audience . Its the respect because of his previous work that people have that they go for it. With such reviews its cherry on the cake .
thankyou @chrisstuckmann .
Nolan is my spiritual animal.
he is the only one who digs deep into the very fundamentals and builds everything from the ground.
Comment Machine Nolan is my city.
Comment Machine most overrated director at the moment
Syed Haider his movies are amazing, no director comes close imo
Another fantastic film from Mr. Nolan. I get why people dislike it. But for me, the cinematic experience of it all is simply *amazing*, and I love being sucked in an intense and immersive battle for 2 hours if the visuals, visual storytelling and score work as well as they do in Dunkirk, it's movie ecstacy for me. People like Jeremy Jahns (though I like him) don't enjoy these things as much as other people, and that's fine. Call me a Nolan fanboy, I really, really don't care. His directing/editing/soundtrack/writing style just absolutely work for me and I love every fucking minute of his movies. I am so glad to live in the years Christopher Nolan (and Hans Zimmer) are making incredible movies. This should not be taken for granted, Nolan is one for the cinematic history books, at least for me. God I love movies! :)