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Dunkirk - brilliant (Original Post) mcar Jul 2017 OP
Loved it! Chasstev365 Jul 2017 #1
Just saw it today. scarletlib Jul 2017 #13
It's screening in IMAX 70mm in a handful of theaters TexasBushwhacker Jul 2017 #2
We were talking about seeing it again in IMAX mcar Jul 2017 #8
I'm going on Monday mitch96 Jul 2017 #3
Just came back from seeing it in IMAX...wow... Satch59 Jul 2017 #4
Kenneth Brannagh is underrated. Genius Catmusicfan Jul 2017 #5
Brannagh is great... Oubaas Jul 2017 #6
Wild West is the only turkey I thibk he's ever made. He must have needed the $. VermontKevin Jul 2017 #14
I saw it today. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2017 #7
The non-linear time aspect is a Nolan specialty geek tragedy Jul 2017 #10
Best film I've seen in years. geek tragedy Jul 2017 #9
Mine too mcar Jul 2017 #12
I loved it shenmue Jul 2017 #11

scarletlib

(3,420 posts)
13. Just saw it today.
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 06:25 PM
Jul 2017

Well done and very intense. The soundtrack has an almost continuous ticking sound during the action. It really revs up the intensity.

mitch96

(13,954 posts)
3. I'm going on Monday
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 10:05 PM
Jul 2017

Being a big WW2 history buff it's on my agenda. We have a 70 mm iMax here in Ft Laud so it should be neat..
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Satch59

(1,353 posts)
4. Just came back from seeing it in IMAX...wow...
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 10:08 PM
Jul 2017

Riveting...stellar cinematography and haunting score...

War sucks...

Oubaas

(131 posts)
6. Brannagh is great...
Sat Jul 22, 2017, 11:37 PM
Jul 2017

I can't remember ever seeing anything that he was in that I didn't like.

Being both a movie and history buff, I'm looking forward to seeing this one. I haven't seen anyone post anything about not liking it on any of the websites that I visit. The praise for this film seems quite consistent.

 

VermontKevin

(1,473 posts)
14. Wild West is the only turkey I thibk he's ever made. He must have needed the $.
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 07:02 PM
Jul 2017

My daughter remind me that Frankenstein was awful, but I thought his acting was appropriately overwrought and gothic.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,938 posts)
7. I saw it today.
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 01:11 AM
Jul 2017

I found the plot, such as it was, very confusing and difficult to follow. Three different stories are told, one of which apparently plays out over one hour, another over one day, and the third over a week. They are intertwined in a way that does not clarify much, but makes it a complete muddle.

Plus, quite frankly, it was a bit tricky to keep various characters straight.

What happened at Dunkirk is one of the most amazing things ever. I'm not sure this movie does it justice.

In all honesty, the movie "Their Finest" is a better depiction of Dunkirk.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
10. The non-linear time aspect is a Nolan specialty
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 11:03 AM
Jul 2017

It's not for everyone, but it appears in his films more often than Cillian Murphy.

Character development wasn't the point, rather it was to make the audience feel the event itself.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
9. Best film I've seen in years.
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 10:59 AM
Jul 2017

But, people seeing it should be prepared for the unrelenting intensity. The score, the visuals, the sound, it all tied my guts up.

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