rather than putting up the trailers to this film I thought I would post this commentary from the CBC in Canada
Dunkirk is unlike any war movie you've ever seen
I must admit that I have been waiting 6 months to see this film as I felt it would be amongst the best released this year.
Receiving a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes and 88% on MRQE I felt it would be one for the ages
Dunkirk (2017) Movie Reviews
Cast: Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh, James D'Arcy, Mark Rylance, Cillian Murphy, Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D’Arcy, Jack Lowden, Barry Keoghan, Tom Glynn-Carney
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Christopher Nolan
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 107 min.
Synopsis:
In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end of this heroic mission, 330,000 French, British, Belgian and Dutch soldiers were safely evacuated
Suffice it to say the movie was fabulous yet when all was said and done I left the theater wanting more or feeling something was missing
This is really not a war movie although war is all around but rather a movie about the evacuation of 330,000 troops.
The movie was all action with hardly any dialogue. As a result IMO there are no deserving actors here for academy award possibilities. The story was about these troops with but a handful interspersed through the movie for the sake of carrying the story forward. Many prominent British actors in the film but as stated they were there to carry the story
Essentially this is 3 stories brought together in the film and they are all extremely well told
I feel for sure the film will be nominated and quite possibly will win Oscars for Sound Mixing and Sound Creation as the walls and chairs of the movie theater literally shook with the explosions and gun shots
Even though this was war and the brutalities seen there is no blood and gore and as a result is far form that seen in Saving Private Ryan which IMO is the ultimate war movie. This one comes a very close second
In short this is a film not to be missed as it is that good. Yet having said that until other contenders are released later this year I cannot proclaim Dunkirk as Best Movie of the year
Dunkirk is unlike any war movie you've ever seen
I must admit that I have been waiting 6 months to see this film as I felt it would be amongst the best released this year.
Receiving a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes and 88% on MRQE I felt it would be one for the ages
Dunkirk (2017) Movie Reviews
Cast: Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh, James D'Arcy, Mark Rylance, Cillian Murphy, Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D’Arcy, Jack Lowden, Barry Keoghan, Tom Glynn-Carney
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Christopher Nolan
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 107 min.
Synopsis:
In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end of this heroic mission, 330,000 French, British, Belgian and Dutch soldiers were safely evacuated
Suffice it to say the movie was fabulous yet when all was said and done I left the theater wanting more or feeling something was missing
This is really not a war movie although war is all around but rather a movie about the evacuation of 330,000 troops.
The movie was all action with hardly any dialogue. As a result IMO there are no deserving actors here for academy award possibilities. The story was about these troops with but a handful interspersed through the movie for the sake of carrying the story forward. Many prominent British actors in the film but as stated they were there to carry the story
Essentially this is 3 stories brought together in the film and they are all extremely well told
I feel for sure the film will be nominated and quite possibly will win Oscars for Sound Mixing and Sound Creation as the walls and chairs of the movie theater literally shook with the explosions and gun shots
Even though this was war and the brutalities seen there is no blood and gore and as a result is far form that seen in Saving Private Ryan which IMO is the ultimate war movie. This one comes a very close second
In short this is a film not to be missed as it is that good. Yet having said that until other contenders are released later this year I cannot proclaim Dunkirk as Best Movie of the year
