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Dunkirk Nolan Fans Member Reviews (NFometer)
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This is very much how I felt as well. It's like, it isn’t comfortable to watch, you're never relaxed. But at the same time, you can't look away from it.Ruth wrote:While the structure, like everybody else and their grandma mentioned, is unconventional indeed, it's nothing too jarring and I'm honestly slightly baffled by how someone could not get "into" that. It surrounds you with disordered chaos so perfectly and whenever a scene cuts and jumps back and forth - it actually doesn't feel irritating or confusing. It feels like prolonged suffering in a way, it drags you through all of that shit, sand and water, and I consider that to be a massive plus.
Hi guys i just came from the theater .
I watch this masterpiece experience on Imax . All i can say is, to all people who love cinema go watch Dunkirk ASAP on the biggest and quality screen you can find . Remarkable movie, for me for sure Nolan best movie .
9.99/10
I watch this masterpiece experience on Imax . All i can say is, to all people who love cinema go watch Dunkirk ASAP on the biggest and quality screen you can find . Remarkable movie, for me for sure Nolan best movie .
9.99/10
Came back from the IMAX. 
Like many have said, this is less of a war movie as much as it is a movie about war. However, it's still a war movie. It's ambitious and something different from Nolan but I would say this is one of those times where I think this would have been a more authentic film if this Nolan script would have been co-directed by Mel Gibson, Denis Villeneuve, Peter Berg or Steven Spielberg. For me Nolan's stubbornness of not using CGI and his PG13 allegiance needs to stop in the future. I really want him to do something completely different. Even if it's smaller.
Overall a great fucking experience nonetheless. But nothing close to the likes of Saving Private Ryan or Apocalypse Now. I don't however understand the criticism regarding the non-linear structure. Just as I don't understand the criticism regarding the lack of character development. Characters are not really pivotal to the story here.
Positives:
- almost perfect writing (the structure, while not conventional is nothing hard to follow and the film is carried by it's writing)
- situational realism (loved how several scenes spoke so much about survival at any cost, desperation and fear)
- great sense of tension, probably Nolan's most tense film
- the hidden enemy is a great choice to be honest and I liked this particular approach of not showing the Germans as that was clearly not the point
- the haunting hans zimmer
- fantastic sound editing/mixing
- great cinematography
Negatives:
- lacking in scale and scope which leads to certain scenes breaking the immersion
- the lack of blood/gore is bothersome in certain scenes, once again, breaking the immersion
- both negatives build up to a severed authenticity cord
- underwhelming ending. I think the burning plane shot would have been much better, but the entire sequence felt like it came a bit out of nowhere and was anticlimactic.
- minor but still... dogfighting scenes for the most part got old fast and were pretty lame at points. i feel the entire sequence overall dragged a bit.
I am also a firm believer however that there are plenty of other war films that talk about war and say a lot more than Dunkirk does. I don't have a final rating yet as I have to watch it again this weekend to really finalize my thoughts but so far it's an 8+/10.
Like many have said, this is less of a war movie as much as it is a movie about war. However, it's still a war movie. It's ambitious and something different from Nolan but I would say this is one of those times where I think this would have been a more authentic film if this Nolan script would have been co-directed by Mel Gibson, Denis Villeneuve, Peter Berg or Steven Spielberg. For me Nolan's stubbornness of not using CGI and his PG13 allegiance needs to stop in the future. I really want him to do something completely different. Even if it's smaller.
Overall a great fucking experience nonetheless. But nothing close to the likes of Saving Private Ryan or Apocalypse Now. I don't however understand the criticism regarding the non-linear structure. Just as I don't understand the criticism regarding the lack of character development. Characters are not really pivotal to the story here.
Positives:
- almost perfect writing (the structure, while not conventional is nothing hard to follow and the film is carried by it's writing)
- situational realism (loved how several scenes spoke so much about survival at any cost, desperation and fear)
- great sense of tension, probably Nolan's most tense film
- the hidden enemy is a great choice to be honest and I liked this particular approach of not showing the Germans as that was clearly not the point
- the haunting hans zimmer
- fantastic sound editing/mixing
- great cinematography
Negatives:
- lacking in scale and scope which leads to certain scenes breaking the immersion
- the lack of blood/gore is bothersome in certain scenes, once again, breaking the immersion
- both negatives build up to a severed authenticity cord
- underwhelming ending. I think the burning plane shot would have been much better, but the entire sequence felt like it came a bit out of nowhere and was anticlimactic.
- minor but still... dogfighting scenes for the most part got old fast and were pretty lame at points. i feel the entire sequence overall dragged a bit.
I am also a firm believer however that there are plenty of other war films that talk about war and say a lot more than Dunkirk does. I don't have a final rating yet as I have to watch it again this weekend to really finalize my thoughts but so far it's an 8+/10.
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