Saving Private Ryan premiered in July 1998 and it seemed to do pretty well.
I think another WW I epic story which ought to be put to the screen is the first battle in the war for the Americans....the Battle of Cantigny. The second battle at Mame (June 1918) would also be an epic story.
Saw Dunkirk last night. I would NOT recommend it. Perhaps it was the fault of the theatre. It was so loud that it was painful. Plus the dialogue (what little there was) was obscured by gunfire, explosions, rushing sea water, etc. It was hard to follow. Plus, for whatever reason, the filmmakers never identified the enemy (and hardly anybody else). When they covered Churchill’s stirring address at the end, they glossed over it.
This retreat was a turning point in WWII and deserved a more comprehensive coverage. Certainly anybody seeing this movie who isn’t British would hardly understand what happened. I say “who isn’t British” because the British seem to take better care of their history than others and also because they lost so many men.
I did get the message from the film — 400,000 awaiting evacuation on the beach; 30,000 made it to Dover. War is Hell.
We saw Dunkirk this weekend. I thought it was good, but had difficulty following when the action went from day to night and back to day and then again night. The stories intertwined were interesting. Dunkirk was an event like no other. I am glad to see a resurgence of movies about World War 2. It was a time when men were men and there was an important job to be done......and they put Good and Right ahead of their personal safety. The respect I have for those who fought in WW2 is overwhelming. As is the respect I have for those serving now.
Addendum: and what was the reason that the film maker never identified the enemy? Did the Germans have money in this production?
Das Boot. Epic!
I highly recommend this movie, it is a classic. I learned a great deal about this battle and am gratefulfor it.
High courage in war.
Nolan should produce & make a film about either the George Washington, Revolutionary War, victory battle at Trenton & Princeton, NJ or, the victory battle of “The CowPens”, South Carolina, in January, 1781, led by backwoods, French/Indian war, General, Daniel Morgan, under the great leadership of Washington’s favorite General, Nathanial Greene. This battle at CowPens, coupled with the successful “holding” Greene battle at Guilford Court House, North Carolina led by Greene, leader/commander of the Revolutionary War, Southern Department. In the bleakest days of the Revolutionary War, these three great American leaders rose to the occasion with stunning victories against the then strongest army in the entire world, the British Redcoats!!!
I doubt that many young Americans have any idea of these key battles that helped establish the great American Republic. The Democrat Party scum & vermin, their hate America media and the academic low life, liberal, scum would never allow our kids to learn who and how our country reached freedom and liberty for all!!! SHAME...SAD!!!
This “COULD” have been, the next “Saving Private Ryan”, but for the egregious editing process. It RUINED the movie.
egregious:
shocking, appalling, terrible, awful, horrendous, frightful, atrocious, abominable, abhorrent, outrageous; monstrous, heinous, dire, unspeakable, shameful, unforgivable, intolerable, dreadful
“Warner Bros is celebrating a win for its older-male-skewing Dunkirk this weekend with $50.5 million”
Watch that “drop like a rock” when people that actually saw it start talking about it.
I was VERY disappointed with this movie. I went to see it opening day. Not a waste of money, but it could have been great, but for the editing.
We are going to see this film today. First time in years for us to attend a movie.
Saw it Saturday. Epic! Outstanding piece of cinematic storytelling. The story is told not only from three perspectives but in three different time frames. Very intricate but it works. Suspense holds from beginning to end. Personally I liked the fact that the dialogue was minimal. Played like a documentary but you still connect with the characters. Terrific movie.
Well you know his character would have been killed off. ;)
I’ll wait for it on Netflix.
One of Nolan’s more remarkable abilities as a director is being able to make massive money on what should be art house movies. His fondness for abnormal structure and oddball subject matters should at best have his receipts hanging out in the Coen/ Anderson crowd, and yet somehow he’s in Spielberg country.
I saw the movie this weekend and thought the beginning was a little muddled and confusing with the different storylines. Once the movie got going though I thought it was really done well. My favorite part was when all of the fishing trawlers, yachts and every other civilian boat in England showed up at Dunkirk to rescue the soldiers and they were cheering.
One of the main themes I got out of the movie was how a whole country perceived the existential threat to them and pulled together towards a common goal. It’s a lesson we could use in this country in 2017.
im not hearing that great word on mouth on this movie...it seem its ok but not great