Review of Dunkirk (2017) by Tony1984 — 26 Jan 2018
A British Saving Private Ryan in essence.The British love tales of plucky defiance such as Dunkirk or The Blitz much much more than straightforward victory. And Dunkirk is one of the great historical moments of defiance against hopeless odds.
This story has underneath it all a strong anti war message, the futility and stupidity of throwing away lives for nothing, just cogs in a machine (Everyone looks the same in this movie for a reason, nobody is gung ho, war is a dreadful, even pointless experience.
It doesn't improve character.You just survive it. ). The cinematography is excellent, even if it doesn't quite give the sense of the 300,000 saved, and the beach is well portrayed and suitably ominous.
Not an inviting beach by a long shot. Zimmer's score is one of the the best things about the movie creating a very appropriate atmosphere. No need for fluffy superfluous dialogue, everything is deadpan (Churchill's speech was for the civilians not the soldiers) and serious.
It's pure nostalgia for a Britain and a British spirit which is dead and gone, swamped in modernity and comfortable soullessness.
This review of Dunkirk (2017) was written by Tony1984 on 26 Jan 2018.
Dunkirk has generally received very positive reviews.
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