Things I realized upon my second viewing:
- Dude on the beach who says that the little platform they made when the tide was coming in, then when it's used as the tide was high you saw a smirk on his face like he was impressed with himself.
- George stating he was hoping to make a name for himself in the local paper. I'm sure I heard it the first time, but after seeing the end the first time then connecting it with the words this time, I liked the foreshadowing.
- Really looked harder at Alex's development by the end of the film when he was almost incredibly humiliated returning home. Snubbed himself to the blind man (Alex didn't even realize he was blind, he just thought that the guy was ashamed of looking at him), couldn't bear to read Churchill's statement or look out the train window upon returning, etc. Felt really good for him being redeemed in the end by his countrymates.
- I don't know why, but the first time with the timeline jumping I thought the people ditching the bluish boat and swimming away were the Dutchmen because they thought they were hitting shore (and couldn't make out why it was sinking and then later washed upright later for the boys). I then realized that was the boys near the end of the film, and they just showed a later timeline sequence very early on. I know I'm not typing these words out very well as I'm saying them, heh.
- That score, man. I don't think it stopped until Tommy closed his eyes on the train... or at least it might have been the first time since the beginning of the film where there was no noise whatsoever. I also like how the score would sometimes blend into whatever sound effect was coming on screen, specifically the violins going into the sounds of the planes. Very wild.
- Cillian Murphy's character actually sees someone carried off the Moonstone on a stretcher, and puts two-and-two together and realizes that he actually had killed George.
- Per the movie's take, I don't think any severely wounded soldiers not still on the beach prior to the civilian evacuations survived, beginning with the first ship that sank near the beginning of the film.
- George stating he was hoping to make a name for himself in the local paper. I'm sure I heard it the first time, but after seeing the end the first time then connecting it with the words this time, I liked the foreshadowing.
- Really looked harder at Alex's development by the end of the film when he was almost incredibly humiliated returning home. Snubbed himself to the blind man (Alex didn't even realize he was blind, he just thought that the guy was ashamed of looking at him), couldn't bear to read Churchill's statement or look out the train window upon returning, etc. Felt really good for him being redeemed in the end by his countrymates.
- I don't know why, but the first time with the timeline jumping I thought the people ditching the bluish boat and swimming away were the Dutchmen because they thought they were hitting shore (and couldn't make out why it was sinking and then later washed upright later for the boys). I then realized that was the boys near the end of the film, and they just showed a later timeline sequence very early on. I know I'm not typing these words out very well as I'm saying them, heh.
- That score, man. I don't think it stopped until Tommy closed his eyes on the train... or at least it might have been the first time since the beginning of the film where there was no noise whatsoever. I also like how the score would sometimes blend into whatever sound effect was coming on screen, specifically the violins going into the sounds of the planes. Very wild.
- Cillian Murphy's character actually sees someone carried off the Moonstone on a stretcher, and puts two-and-two together and realizes that he actually had killed George.
- Per the movie's take, I don't think any severely wounded soldiers not still on the beach prior to the civilian evacuations survived, beginning with the first ship that sank near the beginning of the film.