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So I will preface this by saying I don't think Dunkirk is a steaming pile of ****, I really don't.
Some superb special effects and given how much of it was practical, an astounding achievement, you wanna talk about sound design, holy mother of god, every shot sounded like it was happening in my living room, acting was largely solid, some scenes done just unbelievably well.
I've always been a big history guy and this was a story that needed to be told and I'm glad someone went and green lit a project on this scale and backed it up with the budget it needed.
However... I do have some major gripes with this film.
The entire story and the way it was told, I just don't get it, why did it need to be done that way?
Why did the whole thing need to be split into 3 to 4 difference stories and told out of sequence, was that really necessary?
For me, I honestly believe that creative choice just destroyed what could have been a truly, truly great film and made it into a bit of a contrived mess.
Another piece of the puzzle that bothered me is I don't believe that the film really was able to convey the true sense of scale of what occurred at Dunkirk, it is truly amazing what happened and I don't really think the film captured it, like at the end I really didn't get that sense of scale or jubilation at the success of the operation that I believe from what I've studied it deserved.
I write this as I was reading the Rotten Tomato reviews and got a little annoyed, I mean no one had a problem with the narrative being sent through a paper shredder and re-assembled by a blind armadillo?
Anyway that's just my thoughts and opinions, do you think I have a point or am I being overly critical?
Edit: Yeah, I don't know why I put *spoilers* in the title either
Some superb special effects and given how much of it was practical, an astounding achievement, you wanna talk about sound design, holy mother of god, every shot sounded like it was happening in my living room, acting was largely solid, some scenes done just unbelievably well.
I've always been a big history guy and this was a story that needed to be told and I'm glad someone went and green lit a project on this scale and backed it up with the budget it needed.
However... I do have some major gripes with this film.
The entire story and the way it was told, I just don't get it, why did it need to be done that way?
Why did the whole thing need to be split into 3 to 4 difference stories and told out of sequence, was that really necessary?
For me, I honestly believe that creative choice just destroyed what could have been a truly, truly great film and made it into a bit of a contrived mess.
Another piece of the puzzle that bothered me is I don't believe that the film really was able to convey the true sense of scale of what occurred at Dunkirk, it is truly amazing what happened and I don't really think the film captured it, like at the end I really didn't get that sense of scale or jubilation at the success of the operation that I believe from what I've studied it deserved.
I write this as I was reading the Rotten Tomato reviews and got a little annoyed, I mean no one had a problem with the narrative being sent through a paper shredder and re-assembled by a blind armadillo?
Anyway that's just my thoughts and opinions, do you think I have a point or am I being overly critical?
Edit: Yeah, I don't know why I put *spoilers* in the title either