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Watched it and it was pretty good, although I think it's his worst movie, which is saying a lot.
It's pure war and nothing else, dialogue is kept to a minimum, some scenes are just incredibly beautiful to look at and there is certainly a lot of action and tension.
I didn't like how the movie changes from past to present every now and then, basically trying to tell three different stories that then intertwine as the movie progresses. It's sometimes a bit hard to keep up until you realize that you've already seen that same scene from a different perspective already.
I also would've liked some more conversations.
Story is pretty simple too.

8/10



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According to Box Office Mojo, the film pulled in $113 million globally as of Monday the 24th. Looks like it's set to turn a healthy profit.



curl-6 said:

According to Box Office Mojo, the film pulled in $113 million globally as of Monday the 24th. Looks like it's set to turn a healthy profit.

Yup, and people seems to be reacting very well to it going by the scores and opinions everywhere.



curl-6 said:

Just saw it last night. Thought it was fantastic.

It brilliantly captures the hellish intensity of war yet manages the difficult feat of doing so without the need to resort to arterial sprays of blood or severed limbs. Rather the impact is in its brutal audio and stark cinematography; be it the deafening scream of dive bombers, the thunderous crack of gunfire, or the near constant pulsing score which modulates with the action yet lurks in the background even in quieter moments, so that like the characters, we're reminded that the violence is only ever on hold, never truly absent.

The action, when it does come, hits like a freight train, and is designed to be frightening rather than thrilling. These guys aren't fighting for glory or even for victory; they're fighting for survival.

It also deserves props for never preaching; it has emotional moments, but they never feel cheap or tacky. There's little character development, but honestly I didn't feel this was a flaw; the film isn't about the personal lives of these guys, but rather how they respond to the extreme situations they're put through. Performances are strong across the board, with the big name actors wisely underplayed so as not to distract.

Where most war films try to capture the broader geopolitical context through the story of a squad or unit, Dunkirk goes for a more minimalist approach; it's less a story than an experience, less a journey of heroes than a raw portrayal of what it would have been like for the average guys caught up in the madness, and it pulls it off magnificently.

A 9/10 from me.

Couldn't have said it better myself, we must have similar taste in movies, seen as I remember you also saying super hero movies are the definition of lame (or something along those lines). 



I watched the movie today and I really love it, the first act is a little slow but the sequence is amazing, the action scenes, visual, sound, everything is amazing! about characters this movie make the exactly thing that i want for years, this is a war, didn't have soldiers with history or something like that, this is a movie focus on the dunkirk event not characters (ok, Tom Hardy was badass), the best part definitely was the soundtrack, Hanz Zimmer will win the Oscar easily, one of the best movies of the year and Nolan made a amazing movie again.

Score: 9.5/10



     


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Looks like this one is showing excellent legs at the box office; held onto #1 spot in the US for its second weekend, and is now at $236 million worldwide.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=chrisnolan2017.htm