Dunkirk – I want my money back!

Rating: 1/10 (30 July 2017)

Dunkirk – I want my money back!
No back story. No character development. Almost no dialogue. Film makes no effort in getting you to care about these characters. Besides knowing your history, you really don't have any reason to love the good guys or hate the bad guys.
There is a constant ticking sound that plays like a time bomb about to go off. Like in many movies the last 10 seconds. Except here, it played for what seemed like 25 minutes straight. I began to wonder if I'd have been better off being one of the extra's that got killed off in the opening scenes.
I'm sure this will be hailed as some sort of masterpiece for its visual and sounds which aren't bad save for the stupid ticking time bomb.
But the music is so over down. The impending doom that we know from a Jaws movie or any horror flick is constant throughout most of the film. Done to such a point you begin to question if there is going to be an actual story here or are we just going to witness a battle more in a documentary fashion.
This reminded me of the first half of 2001 a space odyssey. No story. More of an opera than a movie. But at least 2001 started to tell a story of actual characters.
This is totally for the artsy fartsy type. They should add a new rating for this type of movie. Rated AFB. Artsy Fartsy B!@#$#it. I hated it. A waste of time and I want my money back. I'm sure it'll win the Oscar for Best Picture as it's totally made for those AFB types that vote on who wins.
Normal everyday people should avoid. You'll hate it.