When I saw this scene in theaters, I legit started crying. What a beautiful scene. Bless the brave civilians who headed towards a warzone to help out those young men.
I go to the Historic Dockyard in Portsmouth quite often, a few years ago i went on a boat for a tour around the the Harbour, when i got on the boat i noticed a plaque above the cabin door , when i read it i was shocked to find out that this little boat was one of the Dunkirk rescue boats, and here she was, still working, all these years after taking part in this incredible rescue effort. I don't mind admitting i blubbed. What a piece of history.
Part of building the tension with songs like Supermarine rely on an auditory illusion called a Shepard's Tone, where it makes the listener believe the music is constantly increasing in pitch. It increases the tension for most of the movie until you get to this point in Home. Then it all resolves peacefully as you see the armada approach to evacuate. It's easily one of my favorite soundtrack moments from any movie because the tension builds for so long it is anxiety inducing. Then that calm slow music when the ships appear.
The War in France was a catastrophe: the allies had the soldiers and tanks to win against Germany relatively easily, but in fact failed utterly. They outnumbered them and had better tanks, they also had fresher troops -- many of the Germans had just fought in Poland. But the allies' tactics and generalship were just awful. And they were a bit unlucky. They also underestimated the importance of radios -- in particular for armored warfare. I've heard of military simulations (not computer games like Panzer General) where 10 re-runs of the War in France produced 7 allied victories. The worst part was that this early form of Blitzkrieg invented by the Germans was actually based on combined arms warfare pioneered by the Canadians, the Australians and some of the better British formations in the Great War.
This scene should have been much more epic than it was portrayed in this movie. There were HUNDREDS of little boats that made that dangerous journey across the channel, not just a couple dozen. To get an idea of the scope of what you should have seen, check out the old movie "Mrs. Miniver". There is an inspiring part of the movie where all of these private boat owners (most of them in dinky boats) all volunteer to follow a RN destroyer to the beaches at Dunkirk. I am sad to say that I was actually disappointed with this movie. It should have been much more epic than it was, with the heroes truly being those old men in their puny boats going to rescue their boys off the beaches. Too bad.
It's one beach, one group. Two pilots. Nolan went with the micro instead of the macro, and it humanizes the story (at least for me). He wasn't trying to recreate the entire operation, just these vignettes. I think it works.
@@adrianspeeder The movie did a lot very well but they didn't do scale. The director was against CGI which is fine but then didn't have the budget to get enough extras to compensate. The scenes on the beach with the lines of men should have had hundreds for every person shown. Still a cool movie but somehow didn't ever show the scale of things.
@@cyberchaplain slight rebuttal. This event isn't D day with miles of beach. Dunkirk was a lot smaller of an area, effectively the whole army was condensed into 1/5 the area of D day. Someone else is right about not having enough lines of men in the shots because of how little area they had. So having hundreds of small boats showing up would really look like a large marina sailing en masse together. Then seeing another marina worth of ships behind that one. It had to be a nightmare to process and protect. Target rich environment comes to mind for enemy planes.
The refusal to augment practical effects with CGI doomed this film. There is no way to get the sense of the scale of this battle without use of CGI. As a result, the film made what was grand seem small.
That is true. While I do love Nolan and I do love practical effects, the result of him fully sticking to it meant that what we see is really pitful compared to actual events. While most movies completely overexagerrate the destruction for the sake of drama, in "Dunkirk" we received a completely opposite representation.
@@davidmason7765 Whether I am a celebrated director or not, there is widespread agreement that this was not the director's best effort and indeed many lists of his movies list this movie near the bottom of his body of work in terms of quality.
I understand your point entirely. I still think it's an excellent film. I know a few young people that found it moving and opened their eyes to history. Not a bad thing.
When I saw this scene in theaters, I legit started crying. What a beautiful scene. Bless the brave civilians who headed towards a warzone to help out those young men.
most of the boats were actually crewed by navy sailors, at the start of the film you see this where the navy were coming to commandeer the Moonstone.
I go to the Historic Dockyard in Portsmouth quite often, a few years ago i went on a boat for a tour around the the Harbour, when i got on the boat i noticed a plaque above the cabin door , when i read it i was shocked to find out that this little boat was one of the Dunkirk rescue boats, and here she was, still working, all these years after taking part in this incredible rescue effort.
I don't mind admitting i blubbed. What a piece of history.
Elgar’s Enigma as the background music helps make this moment in the film dramatic.
Part of building the tension with songs like Supermarine rely on an auditory illusion called a Shepard's Tone, where it makes the listener believe the music is constantly increasing in pitch. It increases the tension for most of the movie until you get to this point in Home. Then it all resolves peacefully as you see the armada approach to evacuate. It's easily one of my favorite soundtrack moments from any movie because the tension builds for so long it is anxiety inducing. Then that calm slow music when the ships appear.
One of the best non-action scenes in a war movie.
When a nations people said OUR CHILDREN , and backed the words up .
Awesome scene. Awesome movie
The War in France was a catastrophe: the allies had the soldiers and tanks to win against Germany relatively easily, but in fact failed utterly. They outnumbered them and had better tanks, they also had fresher troops -- many of the Germans had just fought in Poland. But the allies' tactics and generalship were just awful. And they were a bit unlucky. They also underestimated the importance of radios -- in particular for armored warfare. I've heard of military simulations (not computer games like Panzer General) where 10 re-runs of the War in France produced 7 allied victories. The worst part was that this early form of Blitzkrieg invented by the Germans was actually based on combined arms warfare pioneered by the Canadians, the Australians and some of the better British formations in the Great War.
Don't forget to mention the betrayal of the French government in surrendering to the Germans without warning the Brits.
Most navy vessels cannot operate in SHALLOW waters. That's why they asked civilian ships to help them evacuate their army.
Base on a true story home came for them when they can't go home
Yep the people had to step up since the world leaders failed to do their job of keeping the peace.
The british spirit the small boats crossed the channal to take the boys home
This scene should have been much more epic than it was portrayed in this movie. There were HUNDREDS of little boats that made that dangerous journey across the channel, not just a couple dozen. To get an idea of the scope of what you should have seen, check out the old movie "Mrs. Miniver". There is an inspiring part of the movie where all of these private boat owners (most of them in dinky boats) all volunteer to follow a RN destroyer to the beaches at Dunkirk. I am sad to say that I was actually disappointed with this movie. It should have been much more epic than it was, with the heroes truly being those old men in their puny boats going to rescue their boys off the beaches. Too bad.
Seems pretty epic to me.
It's one beach, one group. Two pilots. Nolan went with the micro instead of the macro, and it humanizes the story (at least for me). He wasn't trying to recreate the entire operation, just these vignettes. I think it works.
@@adrianspeeder The movie did a lot very well but they didn't do scale. The director was against CGI which is fine but then didn't have the budget to get enough extras to compensate. The scenes on the beach with the lines of men should have had hundreds for every person shown. Still a cool movie but somehow didn't ever show the scale of things.
@@cyberchaplain slight rebuttal. This event isn't D day with miles of beach. Dunkirk was a lot smaller of an area, effectively the whole army was condensed into 1/5 the area of D day. Someone else is right about not having enough lines of men in the shots because of how little area they had.
So having hundreds of small boats showing up would really look like a large marina sailing en masse together. Then seeing another marina worth of ships behind that one. It had to be a nightmare to process and protect. Target rich environment comes to mind for enemy planes.
Well yah, but these are the surviving actual boats.
And now we have A labour government
Beautiful scene!!
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The refusal to augment practical effects with CGI doomed this film. There is no way to get the sense of the scale of this battle without use of CGI. As a result, the film made what was grand seem small.
That is true. While I do love Nolan and I do love practical effects, the result of him fully sticking to it meant that what we see is really pitful compared to actual events. While most movies completely overexagerrate the destruction for the sake of drama, in "Dunkirk" we received a completely opposite representation.
@@Lehr-km5bethe smaller scope makes sense for the nature of this film* makes the suspense suffocating
yeah thats why you are a celebrated director, oh wait
@@davidmason7765 Whether I am a celebrated director or not, there is widespread agreement that this was not the director's best effort and indeed many lists of his movies list this movie near the bottom of his body of work in terms of quality.
I understand your point entirely. I still think it's an excellent film. I know a few young people that found it moving and opened their eyes to history. Not a bad thing.
One of the sucky war movies ever made
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