Bravery in the making

Rating: 8/10 (4 September 2017)

I guess when it comes to Nolan or anyone we really appreciate, we may have a different standard we hold them accountable to. So maybe I am being a bit unfair, while I was trying to figure out if I'd give it a 9 or an 8, deciding to go with an 8 in the end. Minor details I know, but I want to get into, why I only gave it an 8.
Let's take the positive: Try to watch it as big as possible (no size matters jokes here please, still this was shot to be seen as huge as possible)! The framing, the quality of the pictures is amazing to say the least. And even critics of Nolans work admit that he know how to frame his movies. Furthermore the audio and sound design in general is on a top level. No doubt it will be nominated for the Academy Award. I actually right now would even say is a strong contender for winning at least one of the sound "awards".
So technically speaking this is on a top level. It also has a story that will leave many in disbelief, but this really happened (haven't looked at details, but I reckon we just watch the overall picture - no pun intended). Now why not a higher rating? The fact that it defies certain narratives and goes a bit of a different route is nice to see. What it does have is a repetition in scenes. Which kind of defies certain highlights ... and is sort of a shame ... so maybe I am too harsh on it and maybe I should applaud it for not being too personal about certain things, even though we have tent-pols of certain characters, that we get back to amidst all the chaos ... a very well choreographed and shot chaos that is ...