Visually Stirring with Nolan Panache

Rating: 8/10 (21 July 2017)

(spoilers) Reminding us of his labyrinthine layering more from Inception in story-telling, Director Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" tackles a sub- story from WWII, and well succeeds. The movie is competent, and a bit muted in dialog which seems fairly commonplace in the War genre. The music though and score has undertones of Chariots of Fire all over it, as does the feel of this recent reported labor of love. Occasionally the music overstayed its welcome but other than that the movie was quite good. Mark Rylance may be up for an Oscar with his work here, Supporting or Lead. His performance stands out as sort a throwback of your parent, grand or great grand-parent of the era. It's great storytelling with a look on the chaotic nature of War and Survival without relying too much on violence. Recommended and 8/10.