Dunkirk

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Im so excited about this one.

Does anyone else have plans to see it?

It looks amazing, I can not wait to see it.

It looks amazing, I can not wait to see it.

I'm going to buck the trend here and say I was completely unmoved by the whole thing. Beautifully shot, beautifully acted but was lacking in something and I can't quite put my finger on what is was. I'm normally the one crying buckets st these things but last night? Nothing. It failed to elicit any emotion in me. I'm quite disappointed as I wanted to love it. I really did.

Went to see this last night and loved it.

I liked the fact there was so little dialogue and that I didn't feel over invested in any one person. I think it was deliberate so you realised that any one of those people on the beaches mattered just as much as the pilot or soldier that you did "meet"

Not sure if I have explained that very well but it made sense in my head

I want to take DS - I want his generation to understand what my parents and grandparents generation went through.

My 11yr old came with us and enjoyed it. There was one drowning scene he found tricky to watch but overall didn't find it too traumatic.

Definitely one to see at the cinema rather than on DVD.

I didn't find it upsetting in a "make me cry" sort of way, but I think that was due to not knowing anything about the characters personal lives or stories. It did make a deep impact on me however, seeing the absolute horror of the bombing and shooting, the repeated sinking of ships and the planes being shot down.

It certainly didn't gloss over the horrors of war and it certainly gave me a good idea of what my grandfather must have gone through when his ship was strafed in port later in the war. I do think the scale of the achievement didn't come across. I appreciate that the director was trying to show the evacuation through a small number of eyes but it's the scale of the thing that makes you gasp. The sheer audacity of sending a load of fishing boats and pleasure cruisers. The fact that these civilians offloaded their soldiers and went back. I'm in awe of these people and maybe that's what was missing for me. A moment to be in awe of the achievement of these incredible people. I'd still recommend everyone to see this film though.

It's pouring down. Raining buckets. Sat in the caravan. Thinking of going to york cinema.
I want to see some light relief.
Obviously this won't be it!

There's always Despicable Me 3

Watched this on Friday night - what a great cast. I was impressed with Harry Styles and thought he'd be a gimmick but he did very well.

I enjoyed that it wasn't an emotive plot line and we were immersed in the soldiers' situations. Very well done.

iv heard it is very good indeed, really looking forward to seeing it!

Well we went to see it and I found it very uplifting.
Never seen that before at the cinema... the audience applauding at the end.
Had no idea who the actors were but I thought the little blonde one on the ship was superb

He gets my vote.

Oh and did the Frenchman make it.

What. A. Film. Saw it tonight and cried a few times. Thought it was absolutely phenomenal. Definitely go see it in IMAX if you can - the soundtrack pulses through you. Oscars all round for sound & production I'd say.

Thought the acting was superb from everyone (lots of intense eye-acting going on - Ken cried at the same time I and most of the audience did I think)

I'm still thinking about it. Our showing got a standing ovation. I think it was partly for the film and partly for those involved in real life. I cannot believe the sheer audacity of launching another sea invasion again in 1944 after such a disaster in 1940. Thankfully, that one turned out rather differently

I know it's a bit naff (& I have since had gin), but I looked at my husband & DSs tonight in a slightly different way - it's only through sheer bloody luck and a trick of birth that we're here in 2017 and not in 1940.

Oh and when Nimrod kicks in, have a tissue ready...

And Harry was alright wasn't he? Thought the Scottish pilot was lovely too.

Oh and when Nimrod kicks in, have a tissue ready...

Oh yes. And not naff at all Luckiest

And Harry was alright wasn't he? Thought the Scottish pilot was lovely too

Harry was perfectly fine. The Scottish pilot was indeed lovely. He was exactly what one would imagine a Spitfire pilot to be - very handsome, slightly rakish and devil may care.

Given how little time there was to develop character I thought all of the actors managed to compress so much into the time they had.

I'm 70, so I've seen most of the old war films from the 50s and 60s, which I've always enjoyed, I took my DD(38) on Wednesday to see Dunkirk, and was VERY impressed! The cinematography was excellent (I hope it wins some well-deserved awards), the score was also excellent - especially when it segued into Nimrod at the end. It was good that the actors didn't take precedence from the screenplay, although Mark Rylance was brilliant, as was Tom Hardy, and Harry Styles proved his worth too.Apparently, Michael Caine had a cameo, but unless you knew, you would have missed him (I only found out afterwards).
DD thought it was excellent too, so I'm glad I took her. I rarely go to the cinema theses days as I'm not keen on today's films, but so glad I saw this one!

Love your user name Nan. Brilliant choice.
I'm just a few years behind you and yes I've seen a lot of the earlier war films too.
In fact I think there's been a few on this topic but can't remember the names of them

What annoys me is why do we write the name as if it were a town in Scotland instead of giving it its correct spelling if Dunkerque.
We don't write Marsay or Tooloose, Bordo or just plain old Roshell for La Rochelle. Really irks me that.

Anyway nan, do you know if the Frenchman made it?

I have great difficulty differentiating between similar features. So young men of roughly the same age with similar features will gradually morph into one. I thought it was old age but my daughter has it too . Eek! So unless it's spelled out to me, I struggle with that one.

Regarding the spelling of Dunkirk, Dowser, historically we have always used that spelling, just as the French use Londres for London, and probably easier for the British at that time to pronounce (not many would have travelled far from their home town or even abroad back in the 40s).
I don't know what happened to the Frenchman (there were several French soldiers in the film).

Think I might have watched the 1958 film called Dunkirk with John mills.
My dad used to practically jump up and down with excitement if a ' filum' came on tv.

He loved it and we watched all sorts. He'd record it in a notebook..
All the years of going to a local cinema and having to pay made him feel most likely that he was getting his money's worth.

When we got a colour tv in 1973 , it was even better!

The Frenchman drowned at the end in the bottom of the boat. He didn't realise that everyone was abandoning ship (probably because he didn't speak English) and the other soldiers just left him 😢 and he saved them all earlier in the film. So sad.

Ah, thank you Gladys. That makes sense now. I wondered if that is what happened.
It's this facial recognition thing with me.

I didn't recognise Harry styles, cillian Murphy , Mark rylance ( I thought he was slimmed down Jim broadbent) or tom hardy either.
I just thought they looked vaguely familiar.

Went to see this today. I found it uncomfortable to watch but that's the point. The storytelling was great and very understated in its complex emotions, such as the older son on the civilian boat was conflicted in how to cope with cillian Murphys character. Great score and yes nimrod got me!

Saw it today with my 9 year old. It was his idea. They had a WW2 topic at school so he was interested in seeing this film.

We both enjoyed it a lot and has given us lots to talk about.