Posted on 07/24/2017 6:18:35 AM PDT by C19fan
Period has become increasingly challenging at the box office, not to mention in recent times marquees have been inundated with World War II fare, particularly films starring Brad Pitt. But when director Christopher Nolan embraces the historical subject, it’s a different story, and Warner Bros is celebrating a win for its older-male-skewing Dunkirk this weekend with $50.5 million — a figure that not only beat tracking, but the total $40M stateside ticket sales of Pitt’s November WWII bomb Allied.
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im not hearing that great word on mouth on this movie...it seem its ok but not great
It’s really good. But it’s not like it’s a happy fun time movie. Gave my wife a tension headache.
This movie was not a documentary. Is was not intended to historically educate people about the war.
I saw it as a vehicle for showing those who have never been in battle or in a war, just how horrible, violent, chaotic and hellish war can be. It was loud because war is loud. War is not something for the faint of heart.
War is all about "gunfire, explosions, rushing sea water, etc". What did you expect from a war movie?
Great reviews except from the Left who criticized it for not being diverse enough. For not including any blacks, hispanics, asians, LGBTs or muslims in it. Ever the social justice warriors those liberals are. They can't help themselves.
This was an excellent film. Fifty million dollar box office hit the first weekend. But apparently not everybody's cup of tea, as they say.
Yes, and there are no closed captions in the movie theatre!
Those are not the stats in the movie.
War sucks, I get it.
But the point of a war movie should be to point out the reasons for the war, and why it was a worthy cause to fight the war, especially to those young skulls of mush who don’t know the context of the war.
New films of those Revolutionary War battles should be made for modern audiences who have no idea of history, thanks to our public schools. However, Christopher Nolan should NOT make the film. He’s not very good at getting a message across.
Absolutely! 4 of us saw the film together and none of us liked it. 2 of us like dialog films and 2 of us are action flic fans. None of us liked this effort. And I ask again: Why did they never mention the identity of the enemy? In fact, I'm not sure that you ever saw an enemy on the screen.
Saw it Sunday night in a mostly empty super max theatre.
It wasn’t about the Germans.
It wasn’t about Churchill.
It was barely about the French.
I don’t know why you keep insisting they never mention the enemy. They mentioned German soldiers, German airplanes, Germany, and Hitler many times. And you saw a few German soldiers at the end of the Pilot’s story. Plus a few German airplanes, lots of gunfire, and a torpedo attack. The enemy WAS identified very clearly and fairly regularly.
It will not be spoon-fed to you.
I wonder how many carping about the timelines liked Pulp Fiction.
Closeup scenes on the one boat in the "one day" part of the story were filmed on another boat or a built set, but still!
By “built set” I mean that the actual boat was used in a specially built tank rather than in open water.
Agree. And if the movie you are watching isn't loud, you can hear the excessively loud sound effects from the adjoining theatre.
Agree. And if the movie you are watching isn't loud, you can hear the excessively loud sound effects from the adjoining theatre.
#21 I hate actors who mumble their lines and speak in a loud stage whisper. They are distracting. It covers up that they cannot act.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The lead Benjamin Sisko character has a sing song whisper and Star Trek: Enterprise where the actor Scott Bakula talked in a loud stage whisper and kept jumping about instead of standing still.
It’s not just you, Roger Moore - modern actors really do mumble too much
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/11862431/Its-not-just-you-Roger-Moore-modern-actors-really-do-mumble-too-much.html
Why Do So Many Actors [Whispery Growl] Talk Like This?
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2017/01/why_actors_speak_in_soft_whispery_growls_on_tv_and_in_movies.html
Excerpt;“Every actor who has done film or TV has experienced a moment where you’re in a scene with another actor. You’re both on set. He’s two feet away from you, but he’s talking so quietly, you can’t actually hear him.”
Excerpt: Think of the difference between Michael Keaton’s Batman, who spoke in a harsh whisper but still sounded like Michael Keaton, and Christian Bale’s Batman, who sounds nothing like Christian Bale. Or a human being.
Speak up! How ‘mumble acting’ is ruining TV and film
Can’t hear a word actors are saying now? Yes, it’s a problem.
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/speak-up-how-mumble-acting-is-ruining-tv-and-film-20170201-gu2u5j.html
Excerpt: In 2013, BBC boss Tony Hall said the corporation should do more to stop actors “muttering” in its dramas, following sustained complaints from viewers.
Never have so many dedicated such effort to being understood by so few.
If I wanted to be educated, I'd watch a documentary or read a book. This was not a documentary.
Most of the people who will see this movie are not young skulls of mush. The main audience will be old, white guys.
The directors said he wanted to "immerse the audience into the experience" of Dunkirk. He was telling a story.
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