OT: Dunkirk

[NBKnight]

I knew the story being a history buff. I was very disappointed when I saw how he portrayed the scale of this. If I didn't know my history I would have thought 10 French guys stayed behind to fight off the Germans, with 3 RAF fighters to protect them from the Luftwaffe. While 5,000 guys were being save by 1 destroyer and 50 small boats.

This should have been epic. With the entire French 1st army staying behind to hold off the Germans till they ran out of food and ammunition. 16 squadrons and some 3,500 sorties flown by RAF pilots to protect those on the beach. Some 340,000 men saved by a flotilla of 40 destroyers, nearly 400 civilian craft and 800 total vessels. CGI that crap in, give it the scale it deserved.

He just made a different film that focused on a handful of individuals instead of trying to recreate the entire battle.

I liked it, saw it on 70 IMAX, and I like how he tied, what started out as three individual stories, together as the movie progresses.

 

[Armor and Sword]

I saw Dunkirk today. It was pretty good. It will get nominated for a sound or sound editing Oscar, and Hans Zimmer score may get a nomination too. It was different as far as movie scores go.

https://www.vox.com/videos/2017/7/26/16033868/dunkirk-soundtrack-shepard-tone

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

I think with some quentin tarantino dialogue this could have been the best war movie ever made. But because it was so deficient in that area, you have to put it somewhere in "very good" category.

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Cannot speak to this movie.. but Tarantino dialogue gets old.. fast. If you squint you can clearly see that every character is Quentin Tarantino talking to himself and trying too hard at that.

In some cases, some actors are always really just playing themselves. Consider Brad Pitt.. he's always Brad Pitt. The best actors.. it is like they put on their characters skin and change completely. In QT's case, his dialog is all "him"... nothing of what the character should be like. The best actors he gets can sometimes mask it a bit.. but it is QT.

Not saying QTs dialog is bad or unenjoyable.. just saying it cannot improve a more serious movie.

 

[zwick.sixpack]

Anyone see it yet? Just got back from seeing it on IMAX. Incredible film. Anxious to hear other thoughts.

Good but they needed to give us a little more background in the beginning.

 

[PSU_Nut_rivals17625]

I enjoyed it but like others have said it left me wanting so much more. To me it was a war epic for the ADHD generation. They left out all the development and went straight to the action. To me would be like Band of Brothers if they cut all the training episodes.

 

[Colbert17!]

Saw it when I was home and really didn't care for it. Thought that there was little to no character development and I never really was invested in any of the characters. In a movie like that you should want to care if somebody makes it or not. Didn't feel that at all.
On the other hand on the plane coming back here I saw Hacksaw Ridge which I thought was a tremendous movie. Agreed with a previous poster that it had the best battle scenes since Saving Private Ryan.
Didn't like Vince Vaughn in his role though.