Review of Dunkirk (2017) by Bob L — 08 Feb 2018

Dunkirk is a typical American-styled movie hidden behind the hypnotising disguise of using a different story method. Regardless of this disguise, which let us witness what happened to the characters and their bravery, the plot is the same: you have a bunch of unsuccessful people shine through their theatrical success by the end of the movie.

Instead of actually representing the terrors of war as one would expect such a cinematic build would project, we are made to believe everything will end up okay, and are not presented with failure without it bringing greater success (ie.

death of boy in boat for a greater cause or sacrifice of pilot for similar reasons). There is despair, but everything will be alright, which to me is the equivalent to any other typical sugar-coated American blockbuster movie where protagonists have their share of misadventures before ending with success to the goals they set out to reach.

I despise the praise this movie gets for what it is not, merely because people were blinded by the premise to see it for what it is as a whole. A pandered tragedy. Nothing too surprising, considering that is the model pretty much all of Christopher Nolan's movies follow.