Dunkirk Reviews - 94 Metacritic - 92% RottenTomatoes

[Nuvendil]

Lawlight said:

Nuvendil said:
I studied film for a time in college and from who I talked to who has studied it for years...yes. Oh goodness yes are there biases. Your "Oscar Bait" movies are long running staples that get doted on by critics, sometimes despite viewers bemoaning them. And yes, big blockbusters or mainstream stuff usually gets a harder time. Hell, you want clear evidence of biases, look no further than this: in the entire history of the award, only ONE speculative fiction film (horror, SciFi, or Fantasy) has ever received Best Picture, and that's Return of the King. Next to none have been nominated.

Thank you. Nolan finally gave in and did an Oscar bait movie but someone should have told him that WW2 movies aren't the in thing anymore - should have a movie about the struggle of black people to get a sure-fire nomination.

Uh, pardon?  This, from what I have thus far seen and read, is not Oscar bait.  Oscar baits are usually more avant garde, more pretentious, aloof, etc, often laced with chin-stroking  (and often faux) intelectualism, sentimentality, etc.  They deal with, what your pretentious academics call, "real issues" ie the ones they feel deserve attention in literature and are usually going to take  t hat slice of life approach.  This just looks like a very well made and somewhat experimental film.  Critics *do* love movies that aren't Oscar bait.  And not all Oscar bait succeeds.  I see no evidence of it here yet, I'll have to see for myself when I see the movie.