Are the reviews even legitimate?

Rating: 4/10 (26 December 2017)

When I saw the rating and the rave reviews I thought maybe I was about to watch the next "Saving Private Ryan" or "Hacksaw Ridge". No. Just no. This movie lacked action, character development, and a script. It is a very untraditional war movie. Rather than heroic battles and men charging head long into certain death only to find victory waiting for them, "Dunkirk" is a story of men hiding, running, and simply trying to get home alive. Perhaps that was the reality, but reality doesn't always make for good cinema. I think a lot of the hype around this movie is because it is untraditional, but that doesn't make it good. It was boring.