Best movie for 2017, but 2017 is a weak year for movies

Rating: 6/10 (10 August 2017)

One of the most important retreats in WW 2 is recreated with the movie Dunkirk. What worked: Big cast, lots of extras, big budgets makes for a believable film. The dialog, characters portrayals are believable. Excellent portrayal of the order and discipline of the British military. A retreating army was not in panic and the a calm orderly public which with pleasure craft saved an army. What did not work: Dunkirk has many macro scenes and characters which creates a plethora of too much information. The viewer is overwhelmed. What makes Dunkirk's filming style confusing is the story flips back and forth from different character and events in time sequences. I am usually good at following complex story lines but Dunkirk had me lost in a few parts. Dunkirk had the potential to be a epic movie, but fizzles out because of poor editing. Six out of ten stars. Could have been like a epic 70's war movie.