Review of Dunkirk (2017) by Ihateeverymovie — 22 Jul 2017

One of the things you don't want to make your audience say when a movie is done is "That's it?!". Dunkirk is very underwhelming.

First of all, there isn't a good explanation of what is going on or why. At the beginning of the movie there are little papers landing in the streets with a map that says "We have you surrounded" and that's basically it. The rest of the movie is a revolving door of slow moving scenes of a plane fight, a civilian boat making its way to Dunkirk, and Harry Styles and co. trying to survive on the beach and water.

And how about that fake ending right? You know the one I'm talking about. The one where the military higher-up on the dock looks through his binoculars and says "Home." The music and everything indicates that the movie is over but...WRONG! There's one final skirmish to go through. It's like Nolan, master of the plot twist, realized he couldn't do a plot twist in a movie based on real life but decided to fool the audience somehow anyway.