Artful Directing

Rating: 7/10 (23 July 2017)

There were a lot of hyped movies coming throughout the year, but after interstellar, I was only really looking at what was Mr. Nolan's next move... when I saw Dunkirk and realized it was a war movie, I couldn't avoid but having an "iffy" gut...but here we are and Dunkirk is another Christopher Nolan's masterpiece.
This movie from a cinematographic point of view is spectacular... I mean I am not expert to speak about the Imax cameras and 16 mm or something, but for a movie that doesn't lean into the 3D " frenzy schizophrenia" this blows one away... please watch it in a movie theater... not suitable for rooms/TV if you really want to live and feel the movie... the photography is awesome, the takes really great, the feel of the movie feels like...WAR...
What I really like in this movie is the survival and the war drama element to it... Sometimes war movies seems to organized to be true, I mean people in the war... This show case various situations where even though officers were in command, not always seemed that there was full control over the troops... and this feels like true... the plane wars, amazing! The survival from young soldiers really great... the civilians commitment to support their soldiers really emotional... Overall it is great, the special effects...
What also makes this movie great are the actors, simple lines, great acting... raw emotions, true emotions... every single one of them were great...
If there is one thing I question in this one, is the stories connection, not sure if Mr. Nolan's techniques of reverse storytelling plays it right here...But overall a 7+ movie...highly recommended.