Dunkirk

[Scud]

Has anyone seen Dunkirk yet? I hear it's really good.

[Herr Straße Laufer]

The trailers look interesting.
But, I have not seen it ... yet.



HSL

[Schwerpunkt75]

Saw it earlier tonight.

Overall, I liked it. Good movie. Keeps you engaged and in suspense, which is what a good movie is supposed to do.

Some WW2 historians might be a little disturbed that the scale of the Dunkirk evacuation and the air battles that went on overhead were not quite captured. If historical accuracy in films is exceedingly important to you, this will not be your ball of wax.

But this didn't bother me. The director, Joseph Nolan, set out to make a personal, intimate war movie, and in that sense, he really succeeded. The connection with the main characters, who are British Army soldiers, a British civilian boat captain and his son, RAF pilots, and British officers in charge of the evacuation, is there. You genuinely care what happens to them, whether they live or die.

[Laza]

Saw it yesterday and really enjoyed it
Those who like linear character driven stories may be disappointed 

Agree that historians might raise their eyebrows about the scale  but I quite liked the fact that movie wasn't  chock full with CGI men and ships
History buffs may  also quibble over things like  ME109s having Battle of Britain paint schemes. Though I  found Tom Hardy's spitfire having been armed by the same guy who loaded six guns in 1960s westerns far more distracting. Though along with great naval scenes I still enjoyed air component of the film

These are minor flaws though as it really is a good suspenseful movie best seen on big screen .Also  Really like the fact that it shows people doing heroic and not so heroic things with out turning them into stereotypical heroes and villians

[agmoss99]

I was rather disappointed. Probably give it a 6/10. Several comments above are relevant - you certainly don't get any idea of the scale of the real event from this - small groups of soldiers on a big beach. And similarly with the air combat. It is certainly not a Saving Private Ryanesque type of realistic gore fest either, no blood or limbs flying around.

Several cliches.

Indeed not much character development and I didn't care what happened to them. In fact I sort of got lost as to who was who at times as they sort of looked alike.

I didn't care much for the same event seen from different perspectives at different times, it sort of got confusing.

Certainly aimed at a British audience. One could be forgiven for thinking that the French played little or no part.

And the variations on Elgar's Enigma Variations drove the wife mad. Being a purist it's a case with her of good music or no music.