Compared to ww1 I think many soldiers had it slightly better in ww2 as they are not stuck in the same trenches from weeks to months to maybe even years especially during the invasion of France and the push to Germany they would have probably stayed in the same position at most for a couple of days. Edit: I was trying to point about the British situation
@@robinm1299 Well, I think that guys on Russian front or in Pacific would strongly disagree with this statement. It was a war after all, worst place where you could be. Huge respect to all men who went to fight for their country.
Hmm blind definitely, however i don't think it was gas, or if it was, he was able to cover his mouth and not suffer any effects. My own great uncle had survived a gas attack and had a very noticeable raspy voice afterwards.
What many at the time didn't realize is that "All we did is survive." is the most important thing to do. If you are not winning - then survive - and live to fight another day. Had there not been a Dunkirk, our Brit cousins would have been pretty much out of the war right then and there. And all those on the beaches would have become dead or POWs. Because of Dunkirk, they did not have to do any of the unpleasant things that I am sure the powers that be were considering - before England went to sea to retrieve her sons, brothers and fathers.
That line: “We let you all down didn’t we?” is truly heartbreaking in its own way. As soldiers your sworn duty is to protect your country and your people. And for the people they were sworn to protect risking their lives and rescuing them it had to feel like they had failed in holding to their oath. That gut-wrenching feeling of failure had to have weighed on those men’s minds.
The situation too, which is something not felt today. They weren't just fighting for colonial/influential power or securing some resources. Hitler was knocking out every country that stood in his way at rapid speed. Going home meant the possibility of dooming your home to be next. That is a very hard weight to carry.
The soldiers didn't fail in the fall of France. The generals and high command did. They never even gave a thought to a rapid armored advance via the route the Germans took. Once they had the french high command was so paralyzed with how to react it basically damned itself to defeat. However, props to the french commanders and troops tho who fought and held the German advance tho around Dunkirk to allow the British forces to evacuate.
Without the privilege of hindsight Dunkirk mustve been the single most depressing, haunting event in modern british history. Hitler's knocked out France, the planned bulwark against German expansionism, Chzechoslokavia with its sizeable industry is fuelling the German war machine, Poland's being ransacked. Pretty grim.
"Alright, you tossers! Next ship to Egypt has got your name on it lads! We're gonna serve Jerry and his Italian friends up some payback!" (Operation Compass)
Not gonna lie that shot of Cillian Murphy seeing George’s body is heartbreaking and honestly really dark given that he now has to live with the guilt of killing an innocent 17 year old.
I heard that PTSD has to do with what happened to soldiers, but even more to do with the things they did to others. Trauma drove him to accidentally hurt the boy, and then he has to live with that, too.
I like how Peter turns to see if Cillian Murphy has also seen George's body being taken ashore but Cillian is already lost in the crowd and Peter will never know that he did.
I felt so bad for Collins He did his best to provide aerial support, nearly died after crashing his plane and then a man berates him when he gets back home at least Mr Dawson stuck up for him "They know where you were"
That was the reality of it, the men on the ground had no clue what the RAF was going through in the skies. They all thought that the RAF gave up on them
@@colincrisostomo1490 I remember a story of a boat full of soldiers fleeing Dunkirk refusing to pick up a downed pilot in the water because they resented them for “not being there”
@@PravinAswalePhotog No it's not, that's a myth. educate yourself. They fought the Luftwaffe miles away from the beaches out of sight of BEF lads and many of them died doing it. They could not stop them all from getting through, but they did stop some of them. You have a computer, use it.
In the translated version of the movie in my language, "That's enough" is actually translated roughly in "And you think that's a small thing?" I always feel it gives much more power to the scene don't know why
He was also the cop/detective in Following, Christopher Nolan’s first film. He was also Fredricks, a Wayne Enterprises board member in The Dark Knight Trilogy.
Just hit me that Collins, after all he went through at Dunkirk, will be first rank for the upcoming months of the Battle of Britain and be one of « The Few » Churchill spoke so highly of. Many blessings to those and the memory of those who fought for and saved their country.
He may have also served in WW1, when they returned from (the worst fighting conditions ever suffered by humans) they were looked down upon by the general public. Signs went up in windows for jobs saying "ex-servicemen need not apply" etc. Incredibly sad.
@@user-fz3sz2dj4r That sign shocks me. I was outraged about it for a few minutes, then I started to pick it apart to imagine how such a sign would ever have been posted after a war. Tell me what you think: Shop owners were getting servicemen who survived - but not healed fully or adapted to new disabilities yet. They were at a heartbraking stage - probably NEEDED to work, but were not yet ABLE. No shop owner could like telling a man that. That conversation became the one they wanted to avoid at all costs. So they put up the sign: "ex-servicemen need not apply." I hope things are better now for troops returning wounded. God I hope so - but I doubt we have it figured out to the extent desired or needed. Yet.
@@user-fz3sz2dj4r I have always wondered about that. Yes - the failure was at that level, but the expertise was there, so why did it happen? I've always felt there was something that either was never told or perhaps just not ever acknowledged. I've heard there were not enough ships - the fleet was otherwise engaged. I know that there was a blockade to be dealt with. There were the u-boats to deal with and there may have been ships dispatched to obtain weapons because the merchant fleet was being turned back. Not that this is an insignificant list of issues but was that all there was? Or did it take civilians, thinking out of the box and realizing that a boat that carried 20 men home was better than waiting for the fleet's ships to become available! Whatever. It happened and it saved Britain!
@@julieenslow5915 Oh no, i was talking about Ww1 the whole time. Check out "they shall not grow old" by peter jackson (director of the lord of the rings movies). That's where the signs went up in the windows. Lots of young men went out dreaming of the romance of war they'd always read about, and found that the weapons had outgrown the tactics. It was easily the worst human conflict to have ever been a soldier in, and pretty much was for nothing. People hated them when they returned and they had all been through an intense amount of trauma. One scene a soldier is talking about how a man in front of him was hit by a shell, it took off his left arm, his left leg and his eyeball was hanging out of its socket. He was calling out for his nanny, the soldier speaking said he shot him, because he had to put him out of his misery, in the next clip (50-60 years on) he is sobbing saying how it hurt him. Super sad.
My great uncle Peter Williams died fighting with the rearguard in the sand dunes at Dunkirk....ive watched this movie and the most moving part is this scene, when the little boats arrive is also very moving especially with the faint music of Edgar's Nimrod in the background, this movie is a masterpiece
I was thinking the same. A lot of people, myself included, feel like it was a year wasted, like we have nothing to show for it. But I and everyone I care about is alive and healthy, this year that is nothing to take for granted.
One of my Granddads was captured at Dunkirk, a Sapper in the Royal Engineers he had to blow the bridges around Dunkirk to slow the German advance, he was setting charges at one bridge when another Sapper set his charges off early, and my Granddad thought "sods law I'm going to be killed by a splinter". That night they were ordered to move to the front line. As they arrived they were met by Germans who had taken the line. He was forced marched to Poland where he spent the rest of the war in POW camps including Stalag 21D. My other Granddad signed up under age and was sent to fight in Crete. Then he fought at El Alamein, the invasion of Sicily and Monte Casino. After the war he fought for the UK in the Greek civil war before training "special troops" out in Ethiopia where he also happened to be one of the best men for Emperor Haile Selassie
Tenet didn’t need a quiet and eerie atmosphere. Tenet is an espionage science fiction thriller. Dunkirk is a suspense survival war film and makes sense for the atmosphere in this film to be quiet and eerie.
Tenet is not war eerie and survival movie. This movie created for suspension and history lesson. Not fiction thriller. You can't just compared Historical Movie with Fiction Movie. That's pure stupid
@@davyjones5068 but u have to agree that tenet was Nolan's worst film ever, I have watched TDK trilogy, Memento, interstellar, inception, dunkirk and all of them were amazing but TENeT was complete garbage, I hope Oppenheimer doesn't disappoint as I am a Nolan fan but after TENET I was really disappointed
@@muhammadzaidmuckba9097 you never learned about people's opinions? Stupid you are if someone said "you have to agree" like wtf kind of argument is that? If i someone to says "YOU HAVE TO AGREE MUHAMMAD MARRIED A CHILD IS WRONG" you like that?
@@Jared_Wignall , I disagree. Think about some of the best spy thriller films in history. Most of them have both quiet and loud. To me it's not about genre at all - this kind of suspense building is not exclusive for films like Dunkirk. To me Tenet felt too loud and too "full" most of the time. Dunkirk breathed both ways and it works.
That's John Nolan I believe. Christopher Nolan's uncle and an accomplished English actor in his own right. Miranda Nolan is his daughter. Lots of arts folk in that family. She's also been in some of Christopher's movies.
Well, Person of Interest was created by Jonathan Nolan, so that makes sense as to why he was in that show. His nephews like to cast him in their projects.
@@hagamapama iirc Greece and Crete was mostly fought by soldiers already in the Mediterranean. It’s far more likely that he would’ve been sitting tight in the British Isles for a while until the war in North Africa picked up, or the invasion of Sicily
@@paulpaterson1661 Just a student of history. Britain did some amazing work evacuating its troops from its early defeats against the German war machine, but it was still a string of defeats.
Leon Zhu they’re saying how they’re surprised they didn’t include that in the clips here. They know it comes later. But instead of this being the last clip they have for Dunkirk, one might think the scene where Farrier lands the plane, while Tommy reads the Churchill speech would have been the last scene Movie Clips included.
1:35 That line got me way more emotional than I expected. Mr. Dawson assures Collins that the accuser is just one person. The soldier doesn't have to defend himself because there were so many witnesses to his peril that he survived. It's a way for him to give him peace of mind. This movie is amazing.
And some times that is all that is needed, all they did at Rorkes Drift was survive, all they did at Stalingrad was survive, and most of the time as the old man said "that's enough"
Ughhhh when they mention the cliffs of Dover I can imagine the feelings of sheer hopefulness. Especially at that time of war. Seeing those cliffs must have made them feel safe, as if they know they will make it home. I’m not even from Britain but I can imagine.
@@prasanth2601 I have because our history books are really biased. There was a point of time when I thought the same as you. But now, my opinions have changed, so I love them.
This is why I would like to have a boat, aside from my personal use- I’d love for it to be offered/used in some form of service to our Country, God forbid we have to go through something like this again. God Bless is all and Keep is all Safe! God Bless Britain & God Save The Queen🇬🇧❤️
I know they made a decision to avoid CGI but it would have fixed the only real flaw in the movie. The beaches did not have nearly enough soldiers on them to convey the true scope of the operation. Other than that an outstanding film.
When the RAF pilot took off the uniform and then got asked where the hell were you its because the RAF wasn't seen to often at dunkirk because they got held up by the luftwaffe and only few planes got through and even then shot down so they would be made to hide when they got to dunkirk in fear that they would be thrown off the boat really the ground forces thought that the RAF didn't do enough when really they did the best they could
well the RAF was actually providing some pretty good cover, but that cover was deep in france and the RAF was stretched thin. So when a squadron of stuka's got through for example, there weren't many planes there to stop them, of course giving the troops on the ground the impression that the RAF just wasn't there.
It's nice seeing how the generation with their own war behind them, is much more understanding and positive about their survival, than the young men who feel like they failed.
Many of those young men sought out the old men of WWI to find comfort and healing. Many WWI veterans found peace with their own guilt helping the WWII veterans.
i just realised the man in the end saying "well done" is a survivor from WW1 losing his eyes and knowing how hard it was to survive sutch an ordeal and get home.
He's there to not only given them blankets, but to show that it's not shameful to have survive. Many WWI veterans wondered why they survived; come WWII many found the answer: to save these boys.
4 years later, these troops were the opposite of what they were when they returned from Dunkirk. Returning from Dunkirk, a demoralised, defeated and dejected army. Casting off for Normandy, retrained, reformed, good morale and itching for a fight.
They all got to live to fight another day. I think they deserved all the commendations in the world. I bet when they returned to Western Europe their hearts were filled with immense motivation.
He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day. I suppose there were those who wanted to die with honor but in the end isn't that simply just death? There's no dishonor in surviving.
General Georg von Küchler, commander of the XVIIIth army of the Wehrmacht, entirely engaged around Dunkirk, this is taken from his war diary: "Despite our overwhelming superiority in men and hardware numbers, the french troops are counter-attacking in several places. I can't understand how those soldiers, sometimes fighting at one versus ten (or even one versus thirty in some areas), can find enough strength to assault us: this is simply amazing ! I see in those french soldiers the same energy than with the veterans of Verdun in 1916. For several days now, hundreds of bombers and guns are pounding the french defence. But, it's always the same thing: our infantry and panzers can't break through, despite some local and ephemeral successes. The french high command has very smartly set up his troops and artillery. I fear that the Dunkirk operation could be a failure for all of us: almost all the BEC and the biggest part of the french 1st Army will escape, because a few thousands of braves block the path to the sea. That's distressing, but that's it ! Dunkirk brings the proof that the french soldier is one of the best in the world. The french artillery, already dreaded in 1914, demonstrates once more its efficiency. Our losses are terrifying: numerous battallions have lost 60% of their men, sometimes even more ! By resisting ten days or more to our much bigger forces, the french army has accomplished, in Dunkirk, a superb achievement that you must pay tribute to. They have certainly saved Great-Britain from the defeat, by allowing the british professional army to reach the british coast." - General Franz Halder's diary, one of the chief of staff of the Wehrmacht: "May 18th 1940: the Führer still worries a lot about the southern flank. he's furious and claims that we take the best path to make the whole campaign fail ! The french troops never stops counter-attacking. May 21st 1940: that day starts in an extremely tense atmosphere: reports indicates a serious pressure on the northern flank of the IVth army. The VIth army faces a solid front. May 22nd 1940: our tanks, that are currently fighting in the south, have met a powerful enemy. Our panzerdivisionen suffer too many losses and attack without being required to. Stress is growing. May 23rd 1940: the losses for the tanks of our ten panzerdivisionen reach 50% ! The french resistance is fierce." - So what more beautiful homage than to receive it from its adversaries ... As for that of his so-called English or American allies ... like French : better not to talk about
French? Oh you mean those guys who surrendered and before that spent most of their time fighting amongst themselves.... yeah we remember them... great joke to tell at parties.
You forgot to mention the 40,000 or so British Soldiers that were ordered to stay behind and help to defend the beaches, you also failed to mention that Britain rescued over 120,000 French troops from those beaches.
It's true, all they did was survive. But they did survive to fight another day--and a lot of these same men would be back, to storm ashore on D Day and begin the push to liberate Europe.
All thanks to allies for keeping the peace in the world, without US and western nations russia and china will feast on the smaller countries without a doubt.
When he said " we let you down" I wished the old man would be there and saying " we let you down!" Nothing good comes from wars, only the young pay their lives.
Are you drunk? Let me remind you that this war was a war that we had to be involved in for the sake of humanity. Bearing in mind the old man was likely a veteran of the Great war (due to him being blind). He knew what it feels like to feel defeated yet be able to fight another day. Sounds as if you dont appreciate the necessary sacrifices these men throughout faced.
a digital intermediate would have meant cutting the overall resolution of the film in half, id rather have less extras than have the film feel dated in 15 years time
Me an Indian We were told to do a review of a historical movie. I did a review on this and my high school history teacher liked it. Moreover this movie gave me the chills because I was watching it one afternoon during the festival of Durga Pujo. You folks should thank us since our soldiers fought with you with linked arms in these battles and last but not least the one who sent these soldiers to fight for Great Britain was none other than Gandhi himself. 🇮🇳❤️🇬🇧
First of all gandhi did not sent them...he is a coward man. Britishers always have upperhand Or 2. If gandhi send them as you say...then he is a hypocrite of century , he promote non violence in India and on the other hand he sending our men to do violence.
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I always thought the man who says, “It’s enough” may have been gassed and blinded in the trenches in the first world war. He survived, too.
Compared to ww1 I think many soldiers had it slightly better in ww2 as they are not stuck in the same trenches from weeks to months to maybe even years especially during the invasion of France and the push to Germany they would have probably stayed in the same position at most for a couple of days.
Edit: I was trying to point about the British situation
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Dude.
@@robinm1299 Well, I think that guys on Russian front or in Pacific would strongly disagree with this statement. It was a war after all, worst place where you could be. Huge respect to all men who went to fight for their country.
Hmm blind definitely, however i don't think it was gas, or if it was, he was able to cover his mouth and not suffer any effects. My own great uncle had survived a gas attack and had a very noticeable raspy voice afterwards.
“All we did is survive.” Sometimes that’s the only thing you can do.
Their survival guaranteed that the British Army for the rest of the war would hve an experienced core of junior officers and NCOs to draw upon
What many at the time didn't realize is that "All we did is survive." is the most important thing to do. If you are not winning - then survive - and live to fight another day. Had there not been a Dunkirk, our Brit cousins would have been pretty much out of the war right then and there. And all those on the beaches would have become dead or POWs. Because of Dunkirk, they did not have to do any of the unpleasant things that I am sure the powers that be were considering - before England went to sea to retrieve her sons, brothers and fathers.
It's better than the alternative, but survivors always have survivor's guilt. They can't help but question why they lived and their comrades died.
So true!
The realism portrayed in this movie is top-notch. No bullshit, fake characters and cliches. A true masterpiece. Great job Nolan!
fake as hell and unaccurate
starkiler13 Based on what? Are you even a Brit?
starkiler13 no it’s not. Nolan showed this film to actual Dunkirk survivors, and they praised its authenticity and realism.
This film is a masterpiece
i see you as a man of culture by your profile pic.
It is a fictionalized dramatization, but while the details are in fact made up, they are authentic in the sense of being "truth in fiction".
At it's core, this was a survival film more than it is a war film.
that's part of war as well though?
Peter Frank it says on the trailer that this is a survival thingy
Peter Frank I agree
All good war films are survival films
Coda Mission true
That line: “We let you all down didn’t we?” is truly heartbreaking in its own way. As soldiers your sworn duty is to protect your country and your people. And for the people they were sworn to protect risking their lives and rescuing them it had to feel like they had failed in holding to their oath. That gut-wrenching feeling of failure had to have weighed on those men’s minds.
The situation too, which is something not felt today. They weren't just fighting for colonial/influential power or securing some resources. Hitler was knocking out every country that stood in his way at rapid speed. Going home meant the possibility of dooming your home to be next. That is a very hard weight to carry.
The soldiers didn't fail in the fall of France. The generals and high command did. They never even gave a thought to a rapid armored advance via the route the Germans took. Once they had the french high command was so paralyzed with how to react it basically damned itself to defeat. However, props to the french commanders and troops tho who fought and held the German advance tho around Dunkirk to allow the British forces to evacuate.
Without the privilege of hindsight Dunkirk mustve been the single most depressing, haunting event in modern british history. Hitler's knocked out France, the planned bulwark against German expansionism, Chzechoslokavia with its sizeable industry is fuelling the German war machine, Poland's being ransacked. Pretty grim.
"Alright, you tossers! Next ship to Egypt has got your name on it lads! We're gonna serve Jerry and his Italian friends up some payback!" (Operation Compass)
"Maybe...but we didn't want to let you down."
- All the civilians that risked the journey
Not gonna lie that shot of Cillian Murphy seeing George’s body is heartbreaking and honestly really dark given that he now has to live with the guilt of killing an innocent 17 year old.
I don't know how I never noticed that, there is so much gravity in this scene.
That shot of Cillian quickly turning his head was a good shot showing that
I´ve seen the movie 3 or 4 times and never noticed that
I heard that PTSD has to do with what happened to soldiers, but even more to do with the things they did to others. Trauma drove him to accidentally hurt the boy, and then he has to live with that, too.
I like how Peter turns to see if Cillian Murphy has also seen George's body being taken ashore but Cillian is already lost in the crowd and Peter will never know that he did.
I felt so bad for Collins
He did his best to provide aerial support, nearly died after crashing his plane and then a man berates him when he gets back home at least Mr Dawson stuck up for him
"They know where you were"
That was the reality of it, the men on the ground had no clue what the RAF was going through in the skies. They all thought that the RAF gave up on them
Thats what happened actually
@@colincrisostomo1490 I remember a story of a boat full of soldiers fleeing Dunkirk refusing to pick up a downed pilot in the water because they resented them for “not being there”
@@PravinAswalePhotog No it's not, that's a myth. educate yourself. They fought the Luftwaffe miles away from the beaches out of sight of BEF lads and many of them died doing it. They could not stop them all from getting through, but they did stop some of them. You have a computer, use it.
@@bepolite6961Yeah, the RAF actually did pretty well during the initial and late stages of the war.
In the translated version of the movie in my language, "That's enough" is actually translated roughly in "And you think that's a small thing?"
I always feel it gives much more power to the scene don't know why
As was said in another movie..."Surviving is the only glory in war."
The man who plays the blind man is John Nolan, Christopher Nolan’s uncle. He also plays the main villian in Person of Interest
He was also the cop/detective in Following, Christopher Nolan’s first film. He was also Fredricks, a Wayne Enterprises board member in The Dark Knight Trilogy.
Interestingly, his main motive in POI was from his experience during the Blitz. Looks like its about to come full circle.
Just hit me that Collins, after all he went through at Dunkirk, will be first rank for the upcoming months of the Battle of Britain and be one of « The Few » Churchill spoke so highly of.
Many blessings to those and the memory of those who fought for and saved their country.
I love Hans Zimmer's music in this film. It's very effective, eerie and primal. Unbelievably well done.
"All we did was survive!"
"That's enough!"
Enough to carry on, recuperate and fight another day. If they hadn't, god knows where we'd be now
"It's enough."
For a war film without the intense gore and profanity every other word. This was probably the best I've ever seen.
My gut tells me the old man's son was in the battle, and he felt his face hoping it was him.
He may have also served in WW1, when they returned from (the worst fighting conditions ever suffered by humans) they were looked down upon by the general public. Signs went up in windows for jobs saying "ex-servicemen need not apply" etc. Incredibly sad.
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That sign shocks me. I was outraged about it for a few minutes, then I started to pick it apart to imagine how such a sign would ever have been posted after a war. Tell me what you think:
Shop owners were getting servicemen who survived - but not healed fully or adapted to new disabilities yet. They were at a heartbraking stage - probably NEEDED to work, but were not yet ABLE. No shop owner could like telling a man that. That conversation became the one they wanted to avoid at all costs. So they put up the sign: "ex-servicemen need not apply."
I hope things are better now for troops returning wounded. God I hope so - but I doubt we have it figured out to the extent desired or needed. Yet.
@@julieenslow5915 Thanks for the reply Julie, yes i agree, it is ultimately the leaderships fault for failing these poor men.
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I have always wondered about that. Yes - the failure was at that level, but the expertise was there, so why did it happen? I've always felt there was something that either was never told or perhaps just not ever acknowledged. I've heard there were not enough ships - the fleet was otherwise engaged. I know that there was a blockade to be dealt with. There were the u-boats to deal with and there may have been ships dispatched to obtain weapons because the merchant fleet was being turned back. Not that this is an insignificant list of issues but was that all there was? Or did it take civilians, thinking out of the box and realizing that a boat that carried 20 men home was better than waiting for the fleet's ships to become available!
Whatever. It happened and it saved Britain!
@@julieenslow5915 Oh no, i was talking about Ww1 the whole time. Check out "they shall not grow old" by peter jackson (director of the lord of the rings movies). That's where the signs went up in the windows. Lots of young men went out dreaming of the romance of war they'd always read about, and found that the weapons had outgrown the tactics. It was easily the worst human conflict to have ever been a soldier in, and pretty much was for nothing. People hated them when they returned and they had all been through an intense amount of trauma. One scene a soldier is talking about how a man in front of him was hit by a shell, it took off his left arm, his left leg and his eyeball was hanging out of its socket. He was calling out for his nanny, the soldier speaking said he shot him, because he had to put him out of his misery, in the next clip (50-60 years on) he is sobbing saying how it hurt him. Super sad.
My great uncle Peter Williams died fighting with the rearguard in the sand dunes at Dunkirk....ive watched this movie and the most moving part is this scene, when the little boats arrive is also very moving especially with the faint music of Edgar's Nimrod in the background, this movie is a masterpiece
They made sure his sacrifice wasn't in vain.
Greatness runs in your veins.
That guilt feeling of a soldier saying all we did is survive 👏.. and that old guys response .. that's also enough 🔥. Wow just wow
“All we did is survive.”
“That’s enough.”
Summary of 2020
I was thinking the same. A lot of people, myself included, feel like it was a year wasted, like we have nothing to show for it. But I and everyone I care about is alive and healthy, this year that is nothing to take for granted.
So proud of all of those young men that fought for us
One of my Granddads was captured at Dunkirk, a Sapper in the Royal Engineers he had to blow the bridges around Dunkirk to slow the German advance, he was setting charges at one bridge when another Sapper set his charges off early, and my Granddad thought "sods law I'm going to be killed by a splinter". That night they were ordered to move to the front line. As they arrived they were met by Germans who had taken the line. He was forced marched to Poland where he spent the rest of the war in POW camps including Stalag 21D.
My other Granddad signed up under age and was sent to fight in Crete. Then he fought at El Alamein, the invasion of Sicily and Monte Casino. After the war he fought for the UK in the Greek civil war before training "special troops" out in Ethiopia where he also happened to be one of the best men for Emperor Haile Selassie
This kind of quiet and eerie atmosphere was unfortunately missing from Tenet. Dunkirk is fantastic.
Tenet didn’t need a quiet and eerie atmosphere. Tenet is an espionage science fiction thriller. Dunkirk is a suspense survival war film and makes sense for the atmosphere in this film to be quiet and eerie.
Tenet is not war eerie and survival movie. This movie created for suspension and history lesson. Not fiction thriller. You can't just compared Historical Movie with Fiction Movie. That's pure stupid
@@davyjones5068 but u have to agree that tenet was Nolan's worst film ever,
I have watched TDK trilogy, Memento, interstellar, inception, dunkirk and all of them were amazing but TENeT was complete garbage, I hope Oppenheimer doesn't disappoint as I am a Nolan fan but after TENET I was really disappointed
@@muhammadzaidmuckba9097 you never learned about people's opinions? Stupid you are if someone said "you have to agree" like wtf kind of argument is that? If i someone to says "YOU HAVE TO AGREE MUHAMMAD MARRIED A CHILD IS WRONG" you like that?
@@Jared_Wignall , I disagree. Think about some of the best spy thriller films in history. Most of them have both quiet and loud. To me it's not about genre at all - this kind of suspense building is not exclusive for films like Dunkirk. To me Tenet felt too loud and too "full" most of the time. Dunkirk breathed both ways and it works.
Harry Styles is a decent actor.
The actor who plays the blind man at 2:20 is the main villain in person of interest
That's John Nolan I believe. Christopher Nolan's uncle and an accomplished English actor in his own right. Miranda Nolan is his daughter. Lots of arts folk in that family. She's also been in some of Christopher's movies.
@@matth1143 the same man who played Frederick in Wayne enterprise?
Yup. Same guy.
Well, Person of Interest was created by Jonathan Nolan, so that makes sense as to why he was in that show. His nephews like to cast him in their projects.
"We let you all down". Who knows Harry Styles character could have been off to North Africa or Asia after the events of Dunkirk
or Greece and another series of retreats and evacuations
@@hagamapama iirc Greece and Crete was mostly fought by soldiers already in the Mediterranean. It’s far more likely that he would’ve been sitting tight in the British Isles for a while until the war in North Africa picked up, or the invasion of Sicily
@@hagamapama ohhh quite the Anglophobe arent you.
@@paulpaterson1661 Just a student of history. Britain did some amazing work evacuating its troops from its early defeats against the German war machine, but it was still a string of defeats.
Suprised they didn't included the "we shall fight on the beach" speech scene.
That's later
Leon Zhu they’re saying how they’re surprised they didn’t include that in the clips here. They know it comes later. But instead of this being the last clip they have for Dunkirk, one might think the scene where Farrier lands the plane, while Tommy reads the Churchill speech would have been the last scene Movie Clips included.
Jared Wignall should have been.
Shadowkey392 agreed
Darkest Hour came out the same year, it would seem kind of repetitive
1:35 That line got me way more emotional than I expected. Mr. Dawson assures Collins that the accuser is just one person. The soldier doesn't have to defend himself because there were so many witnesses to his peril that he survived. It's a way for him to give him peace of mind. This movie is amazing.
How tf that the fifty shades of water won the best picture over thesse
ok i agreed but wtf is "the fifty shade of water" i- HNGSSH if you intentionally said that then that is the best ways to call the movie.
Shape of water is better but not as rewatchable as dunkirk
Because Hollywood has a bestiality fetish
“All we did is survive.” “That’s enough.”
As a person living through 2020 and 2021, I needed to hear this.
"You didn't just survived, you lived to fight another day."
Harry Styles described the movie in a nutshell- "All we did is just survive"
And some times that is all that is needed, all they did at Rorkes Drift was survive, all they did at Stalingrad was survive, and most of the time as the old man said "that's enough"
The part where Harry's character (Alex, I think?) says the man wouldn't even look at them because he didn't realize he's blind still gets me.
Ughhhh when they mention the cliffs of Dover I can imagine the feelings of sheer hopefulness. Especially at that time of war. Seeing those cliffs must have made them feel safe, as if they know they will make it home. I’m not even from Britain but I can imagine.
It is enough to survive, to fight another day.
I read in the comments that blind guy may survived ww1 but lost his sight and he knows that surviving is enough ❤
That's why he's there: to show them that it's enough. Many WWI veterans were like that to the WWII veterans.
Me an Indian. I was watching it during Durga Pujo one afternoon. This just brought tears to my eyes.
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Tbh I don't have any positive feeling towards Britain at the end since you know how worse they treated us during their colonial rule.
@@prasanth2601 I have because our history books are really biased. There was a point of time when I thought the same as you. But now, my opinions have changed, so I love them.
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I remember this scene and I get goosebumps, I am not even British.
Where are you from please ?
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This is why I would like to have a boat, aside from my personal use- I’d love for it to be offered/used in some form of service to our Country, God forbid we have to go through something like this again. God Bless is all and Keep is all Safe! God Bless Britain & God Save The Queen🇬🇧❤️
Indeed.
I feel for the guys in the back of the line
I know they made a decision to avoid CGI but it would have fixed the only real flaw in the movie. The beaches did not have nearly enough soldiers on them to convey the true scope of the operation. Other than that an outstanding film.
Yeah, 300 thousand man it's alot of man ...
You can also just about see obviously-modern buildings off to one side
When the RAF pilot took off the uniform and then got asked where the hell were you its because the RAF wasn't seen to often at dunkirk because they got held up by the luftwaffe and only few planes got through and even then shot down so they would be made to hide when they got to dunkirk in fear that they would be thrown off the boat really the ground forces thought that the RAF didn't do enough when really they did the best they could
well the RAF was actually providing some pretty good cover, but that cover was deep in france and the RAF was stretched thin. So when a squadron of stuka's got through for example, there weren't many planes there to stop them, of course giving the troops on the ground the impression that the RAF just wasn't there.
Also Distance to Dunkirk and back left them with little fuel for time over target area.
That old man saying "thats enough" was the most touching and sweet thing in this whole movie
It's nice seeing how the generation with their own war behind them, is much more understanding and positive about their survival, than the young men who feel like they failed.
Many of those young men sought out the old men of WWI to find comfort and healing. Many WWI veterans found peace with their own guilt helping the WWII veterans.
That moment cillian Murphy walked away cause he couldn't get himself to see that boy 😔
john nolan nails his role even if it takes no more than 30 seconds
Next stop...
TENET
It'll open the right doors
But some of the wrong ones too
You have to start looking at the world in a new way.
@@drewsmith4452 why?
@@LeonardoKlotz Its from the trailer.
i just realised the man in the end saying "well done" is a survivor from WW1 losing his eyes and knowing how hard it was to survive sutch an ordeal and get home.
He's there to not only given them blankets, but to show that it's not shameful to have survive. Many WWI veterans wondered why they survived; come WWII many found the answer: to save these boys.
4 years later, these troops were the opposite of what they were when they returned from Dunkirk.
Returning from Dunkirk, a demoralised, defeated and dejected army. Casting off for Normandy, retrained, reformed, good morale and itching for a fight.
They all got to live to fight another day. I think they deserved all the commendations in the world. I bet when they returned to Western Europe their hearts were filled with immense motivation.
they know where you were.......... still hits everytime
All nodding to each other, like those who haven’t dunk beer together, but are still civil. Masterful
‘I don’t mind the troops running away
they ALL DO that at some time or other
as long as they come back…’
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day. I suppose there were those who wanted to die with honor but in the end isn't that simply just death? There's no dishonor in surviving.
Especially if you think to yourself, my... god... I’m still breathing... distraught... but breathing...
and this was only the beginning.
One of the best and most realistic movies I have ever watched! A true masterpiece! It's so real!
Fun fact: The blind man giving blankets is John Nolan, Chris Nolan's uncle.
i want this movie on netflix
It's on now
@@israppleraglobalistgroup2270 It was, but not anymore
@@t.g.5256 check again still on Netflix
@@israppleraglobalistgroup2270 Not in the EU at least. I know it was there, but it isn't anymore
It is on just saw it the other day
You don't win every battle in a war, sometimes the best you can do is survive and fight on.
As long as the saviours of country surviving, the country will survive too
Absolutely brilliant.
Incredible movie
General Georg von Küchler, commander of the XVIIIth army of the Wehrmacht, entirely engaged around Dunkirk, this is taken from his war diary:
"Despite our overwhelming superiority in men and hardware numbers, the french troops are counter-attacking in several places. I can't understand how those soldiers, sometimes fighting at one versus ten (or even one versus thirty in some areas), can find enough strength to assault us: this is simply amazing ! I see in those french soldiers the same energy than with the veterans of Verdun in 1916. For several days now, hundreds of bombers and guns are pounding the french defence. But, it's always the same thing: our infantry and panzers can't break through, despite some local and ephemeral successes. The french high command has very smartly set up his troops and artillery. I fear that the Dunkirk operation could be a failure for all of us: almost all the BEC and the biggest part of the french 1st Army will escape, because a few thousands of braves block the path to the sea. That's distressing, but that's it !
Dunkirk brings the proof that the french soldier is one of the best in the world. The french artillery, already dreaded in 1914, demonstrates once more its efficiency. Our losses are terrifying: numerous battallions have lost 60% of their men, sometimes even more !
By resisting ten days or more to our much bigger forces, the french army has accomplished, in Dunkirk, a superb achievement that you must pay tribute to.
They have certainly saved Great-Britain from the defeat, by allowing the british professional army to reach the british coast."
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General Franz Halder's diary, one of the chief of staff of the Wehrmacht:
"May 18th 1940: the Führer still worries a lot about the southern flank. he's furious and claims that we take the best path to make the whole campaign fail ! The french troops never stops counter-attacking.
May 21st 1940: that day starts in an extremely tense atmosphere: reports indicates a serious pressure on the northern flank of the IVth army. The VIth army faces a solid front.
May 22nd 1940: our tanks, that are currently fighting in the south, have met a powerful enemy. Our panzerdivisionen suffer too many losses and attack without being required to. Stress is growing.
May 23rd 1940: the losses for the tanks of our ten panzerdivisionen reach 50% ! The french resistance is fierce."
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So what more beautiful homage than to receive it from its adversaries ...
As for that of his so-called English or American allies ... like French : better not to talk about
French? Oh you mean those guys who surrendered and before that spent most of their time fighting amongst themselves.... yeah we remember them... great joke to tell at parties.
@@Ishlacorrin great jocke to read your comment too
You forgot to mention the 40,000 or so British Soldiers that were ordered to stay behind and help to defend the beaches, you also failed to mention that Britain rescued over 120,000 French troops from those beaches.
Him wanting to look at the cliffs of Dover one last time is one of my favorite movie scenes
Thats enough! live to defend the home land, live to fight another day, live to liberate others.
"Let US down? We weren't even there. We let YOU down."
This movie is so powerful, it shows the courage and strength people have to overcome adversity 🎉I commend the bravery to survive!!🎉
My girlfriend bought this movie for me on my birthday. I will NEVER get rid of it.
Excellent movie.
At the end it just kills me when Tom Hardy playing one of the pilots gets caught by the enemy. I so much wanted his character to survive
2:05 even if its a movie about war, Harry is still cute 🥺
I know he's character and face went w the movie
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We all let you down didn't we 😔...
It's true, all they did was survive. But they did survive to fight another day--and a lot of these same men would be back, to storm ashore on D Day and begin the push to liberate Europe.
Not sure if anyone realizes or knows, but, the character who says "All we did is survive", Alex, is played by Harry Styles.
History Always Repeat it Selfs.
"History does not repeat itself. But it often rhymes" - Mark Twain
@@RLKmedic0315 Oh You! God damn it you got me then. You Won! :-')
Next: INCEPTION
Please 🙏🙏
Nolan really did a great job picking all the characters. .. I really under estimated harry styles
Please please please put on movie the 30 foot bride of candy rock and brain Dover on movieclips
Weymouth scrubbed up okay
Live to fight another day soon lads
It amazes me what all humanity has been through within the past 100 years. Then, look around today...
All thanks to allies for keeping the peace in the world, without US and western nations russia and china will feast on the smaller countries without a doubt.
Without the US and western allies Russia and China would have been feasted upon.
Good job uk for saving us now
heartbreaking scene
When he said " we let you down" I wished the old man would be there and saying " we let you down!"
Nothing good comes from wars, only the young pay their lives.
Are you drunk? Let me remind you that this war was a war that we had to be involved in for the sake of humanity. Bearing in mind the old man was likely a veteran of the Great war (due to him being blind). He knew what it feels like to feel defeated yet be able to fight another day. Sounds as if you dont appreciate the necessary sacrifices these men throughout faced.
Great work
This film is great, but for the love of God, Nolan! Would it have killed you to use CG to fill up those beaches!?
Shadowkey392 practical over cgi
a digital intermediate would have meant cutting the overall resolution of the film in half, id rather have less extras than have the film feel dated in 15 years time
Me an Indian
We were told to do a review of a historical movie. I did a review on this and my high school history teacher liked it. Moreover this movie gave me the chills because I was watching it one afternoon during the festival of Durga Pujo.
You folks should thank us since our soldiers fought with you with linked arms in these battles and last but not least the one who sent these soldiers to fight for Great Britain was none other than Gandhi himself.
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First of all gandhi did not sent them...he is a coward man. Britishers always have upperhand
Or
2. If gandhi send them as you say...then he is a hypocrite of century , he promote non violence in India and on the other hand he sending our men to do violence.
I didn't know he was blind till I saw the subtitles
I watched this when I was ten and it traumatised me I had to leave the cinema I’m not even joking now I can only watch these clips at 14 lmao
It’s only been 3 years
@@admiralwolf7218 when I was 11 then lol it was when I went to Cornwall and I literally go every year aha
Emergency found rulers please save me
“All we did is survive”
he was talking about 2020
So that's how Tommy Shelby got PTSD 🤔
Who does that guy think he is asking Collins where he was?
angry soldier to the fighter (royal air force) pilot, "where the hell were you?!!".
the movie of the same name staring John Mills is much better
2:26
*Bruh*
He was blinded in the trenches in WW1 and survived that's why he said that's enough when the soldier said all we did is survive
TwiistedBlox dang son your like detective.
@@seanjohn2312 there was even gas behind him to show it
So sad it was all for nothing 😢😢😢
Thats enough means "shut up"
No it means they survived to fight the Germans another day. That’ was the only goal of the Dunkirk operation........ survival
not in this context
You’re twisting his words to poison our sustained enjoyment of this feature.
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