Hubby and I rented Dunkirk last night. I was not all that impressed. Found it confusing in the beginning, thought the soldier was dreaming on the beach. We both thought the main soldier in the story was a bit of a coward; he was thinking of ways to survive, pushing past others carrying a wounded soldier to get on board the ship that was leaving. I also found it hard to understand what they were saying with the Brits.
Sadly, I agree - I had missed Dunkirk in theaters last summer, and was greatly looking forward to it, so I streamed On Demand on Christmas Eve night.
What a disappointment.
Oh, well, going to see Darkest Hour tonight.
I agree with you and then some. I did not like this version at all and was very disappointment in it. The 1958 version, also called Dunkirk, with Richard Attenborough and John Mills is MUCH better. It was on TV the other night so I recorded it.
I actually agree with all of what you said, but I would still give it 5 stars overall on how it made me feel inside.
Thankfully, I watched it with my 15 year old son who was cluing me into what was going on. It’s one of those films that would take at least a couple of watches for me to pick up on everything fully.
I didn’t believe at first that the soldier was carrying (with another soldier) the wounded military man to the ship for his own ends. I thought my son had it wrong when he told me that was what they were doing. I thought they had a more noble motive...lol.
But it didn’t bother me as it explored an aspect of human nature that I’m sure many people had...even the Greatest Generation. He looked so young. Maybe the character was 18 years tops. That would be perfectly in keeping with the thought of processes of someone that age/maturity.
And the soldier picked up on the civilian boat had reached the end on what he could handle psychologically. He wasn’t bad, but he had just reached his breaking point.
I like when characters are human.
My mom is from England, but I found some of the dialogue hard to make out, too.