OT: Dunkirk

Buttah304 · Post #1 » by **Buttah304** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:30 am

Nolan proved once again why he is the best Director of his generation. After seeing countless war films I would be hard pressed to find another movie that reminded me of Dunkirk. For 1 Hour 45 minutes you have such a helpless feeling. The entire movie captures emotion without having to say many words and I haven't felt like I was on pins and needles from a movie in a long time. See it on 70mm.

yesimmad · Post #2 » by **yesimmad** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:52 am

This movie is freaking amazing. I saw it in Imax.

Starks · Post #3 » by **Starks** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 12:48 pm

Dunkerque

Post #4 » by **King of Canada** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 12:53 pm

I saw it last night in Imax too. Amazing, and didn't feel like you were watching a movie at all. My dad's a real WW2 buff (both of my grandfathers served during the time).

Post #5 » by **duetta** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 1:01 pm

The original story was amazing before any movie was made.

That's why they used to call it "the miracle of Dunkirk".

It's a shame that it's taken this long for a movie to made re-telling this story.

VirginiaKnickFan · Post #6 » by **VirginiaKnickFan** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 1:20 pm

I'm looking forward to seeing it on Imax.

Post #7 » by **King of Canada** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 1:21 pm

duetta wrote:The original story was amazing before any movie was made.

That's why they used to call it "the miracle of Dunkirk".

It's a shame that it's taken this long for a movie to made re-telling this story.

I think that the only thing that the movie didn't capture was the epic size of the evacuation

Buttah304 · Post #8 » by **Buttah304** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 2:55 pm

King of Canada wrote:
duetta wrote:The original story was amazing before any movie was made.

That's why they used to call it "the miracle of Dunkirk".

It's a shame that it's taken this long for a movie to made re-telling this story.

I think that the only thing that the movie didn't capture was the epic size of the evacuation

What I love about Nolan is that it's obvious to the eye that THIS is the story he wanted to tell. Instead of making a 160 minute epic he decided to wrap his claws around a tight narrative that was under 105 minutes. I give him so much credit for accomplishing what he sought out to do without boring the audience or having them anticipate the action. From the first frame it's as if he DROPS the audience into the thick of it. Remarkable.

poeman · Post #9 » by **poeman** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:13 pm

Seeing it tonight...leggo

Post #10 » by **NoLayupRule** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:49 pm

spoiler alert

the nazis lose

BKlutch · Post #11 » by **BKlutch** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 5:55 pm

NoLayupRule wrote:spoiler alert

the nazis lose

Yay! It's nice to think we were the good guys. I hope we can remain just that.

Jadoogar · Post #12 » by **Jadoogar** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:13 pm

So excited for this. Nolan hasn't made a bad movie IMO (haven't seen Insomnia). I didn't love Interstellar or TDKR but they're not bad by any means and both have some really great moments

I've seen some reviews saying interweaving storylines were confusing. Anyone find this to be the case?

N8isScofield · Post #13 » by **N8isScofield** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 6:25 pm

BKlutch wrote:
NoLayupRule wrote:spoiler alert

the nazis lose

Yay! It's nice to think we were the good guys. I hope we can remain just that.

We haven't been the good guys in decades.

DaKnicksAreBack · Post #14 » by **DaKnicksAreBack** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 12:48 pm

NoLayupRule wrote:spoiler alert

the nazis lose

Actually the Germans won the battle of Dunkirk

DaKnicksAreBack · Post #15 » by **DaKnicksAreBack** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 12:51 pm

The movie straight sucked. A stain on the brave men who fought against nazi aggression during world War II. The dialogue was minimal and unimpressive, there was no character development, and the story lines were weak. Bad movie.

delvec19 · Post #16 » by **delvec19** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 12:53 pm

Seeing this at 10:45am this morning, then headed to the pool for the day. Gonna be a good day.

daily_burger · Post #17 » by **daily_burger** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 1:49 pm

yesimmad wrote:This movie is freaking amazing. I saw it in Imax.

Your missing out if your not watching in Imax or a theater with good audio, the sounds of battle really made this movie an intense experience.

Post #18 » by **NoLayupRule** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 1:57 pm

DaKnicksAreBack wrote:
NoLayupRule wrote:spoiler alert

the nazis lose

Actually the Germans won the battle of Dunkirk

Actually the fact that the English weren't wiped out and were able to continue fighting was the victory

Thanks though

DaKnicksAreBack · Post #19 » by **DaKnicksAreBack** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 2:12 pm

NoLayupRule wrote:
DaKnicksAreBack wrote:
NoLayupRule wrote:spoiler alert

the nazis lose

Actually the Germans won the battle of Dunkirk

Actually the fact that the English weren't wiped out and were able to continue fighting was the victory

Thanks though

Umm the British retreated.

Do you want to try again?

Post #20 » by **NoLayupRule** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 3:39 pm

DaKnicksAreBack wrote:
NoLayupRule wrote:
DaKnicksAreBack wrote:
Actually the Germans won the battle of Dunkirk

Actually the fact that the English weren't wiped out and were able to continue fighting was the victory

Thanks though

Umm the British retreated.

Do you want to try again?

Ok

Study history

It's a pivitol moment in the history of Europe

Not all successes were battles won

Instead of being wiped out the english we're able to retreat and save their army. Had they not there would have been no - oh whatever

Obviously the original spoiler alert about the nazis losing was tongue in cheek

Perhaps you are German and humor isn't really in your genetics