Post by armchair general on Jul 20, 2017 20:32:09 GMT
My nephew and I were fortunate enough to have free tickets for an advanced screening of Dunkirk on Tuesday. I had been looking forward to it for some time, having the opening day marked on my Google Calendar for months. Annnddd....I was NOT disappointed!
The movie focused on 3 major parts of the battle: (1) the airwar, (2) the desperation of the men to get off the beaches by any means possible contrasted by the stoic bravery that they displayed while waiting in lines to be rescued, (3) the heroic journey of the Little Ships and, in some cases, the ordinary civilians who piloted them (many ships were commandeered by the Royal Navy and piloted by Able Seamen).
The movie was historically accurate with Christopher Nolan going so far as to use REAL WWII planes instead of computer graphics. Seeing it in IMAX was especially impressive; my nephew and I jumped out of our seats after we heard the first two bullet rounds go off.
Besides the "big picture" (330,000 + British, French, Polish, and Belgian troops being rescued), the movie managed to do a nice job covering lesser known aspects of Operation Dynamo such as:(a) the "disgust" (not sure if that's the word I'm looking for) of the French troops at having to hold off the Germans while ALL the English soldiers were being evacuated FIRST, (b) the fear of the British soldiers upon returning back home that they would be thought of as failures or that they had let the English people down when instead of course they were celebrated as heroes.
Kenneth Branagh, one of my favorite actors, was great as usual (you MUST see him in Henry V if you haven't already!).
I would definitely recommend Dunkirk. If you've been around enough to know this reference, I would "Give It 2 Thumbs Up
"!
The movie focused on 3 major parts of the battle: (1) the airwar, (2) the desperation of the men to get off the beaches by any means possible contrasted by the stoic bravery that they displayed while waiting in lines to be rescued, (3) the heroic journey of the Little Ships and, in some cases, the ordinary civilians who piloted them (many ships were commandeered by the Royal Navy and piloted by Able Seamen).
The movie was historically accurate with Christopher Nolan going so far as to use REAL WWII planes instead of computer graphics. Seeing it in IMAX was especially impressive; my nephew and I jumped out of our seats after we heard the first two bullet rounds go off.
Besides the "big picture" (330,000 + British, French, Polish, and Belgian troops being rescued), the movie managed to do a nice job covering lesser known aspects of Operation Dynamo such as:(a) the "disgust" (not sure if that's the word I'm looking for) of the French troops at having to hold off the Germans while ALL the English soldiers were being evacuated FIRST, (b) the fear of the British soldiers upon returning back home that they would be thought of as failures or that they had let the English people down when instead of course they were celebrated as heroes.
Kenneth Branagh, one of my favorite actors, was great as usual (you MUST see him in Henry V if you haven't already!).
I would definitely recommend Dunkirk. If you've been around enough to know this reference, I would "Give It 2 Thumbs Up
"!