If I knew nothing about Dunkirk before seeing the movie, I would know no more now. No characters, no dialog, all trees with no forest. I suppose it gave a mood, but that could have been done in 10 minutes. We saw it in a luxury theater with dinner. We’re it not for eating, I would have gone to sleep.
My wife and I saw Dunkirk today. I thought it was good but not great. My wife walked out and had a lot of questions. Here are her top three —
1) Why were the British fighting the French at Dunkirk?
2) Where is Dunkirk? (She guessed that it was somewhere in Europe)
3) Was this how WWII ended?
My wife is not political and does not have any interest in history. Part of “the fault” must lie with here, but it needs to be said: The moviemakers made NO ATTEMPT to explain anything that was going on in this movie.
I imagine most Freepers would have no confusion. We tend to know this stuff. But as a movie for the general public, I kind of think this one failed.