A well made, disguised propaganda movie

Rating: 4/10 (6 September 2017)

THIS REVIEW DOES NOT REALLY CONTAINS SPOILERS. I ADDED THIS BECAUSE I HAVE NO CLUE HOW MUCH OF PLOT ELEMENTS YOU CAN SHARE FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED A SPOILER.
From beginning to the end, Dunkirk is gorgeous. The scenes look real and lifelike and that can have a strong impression. It's photography is so stunning (I assume shot in location), and the scenes so well composed that you really have the impression you are in the middle of a war zone. That was the only thing I liked about this movie. I mean, don't get me wrong, most people will likely find this movie amazing. I believe I have a perhaps more strict requirements from movies than most, to name a few that weren't met (maybe some people will feel like this is a spoiler, because it will make them enjoy less the movie, since well, it's crap, but the haven't realized yet):

there is no story. Nothing happens. I like movies where things happen. This movie is funny that way, nothing really goes on.

it's some propaganda BS. like really: the time when some rich aristocrat came to rescue soldiers with his yacht. it almost makes me laugh. I keep thinking about the uselessness of yachts and how much it costs to keep one, about an aristocratic Englishman voting laws to keep immigrants away and going around in his yacht, maybe feeling bad about starving kids in Africa and how he just voted a law that makes sure none of those will never enter English soil, and maybe he feels a little bit bad about his yacht and how much diesel it uses. Maybe he thinks about climate change or how he spent in one hour 120 pounds in diesel alone on making his way to Belgium, and how much he would spend in total, not that he cares that much about money as he has plenty. He cares about the public opinion, he himself knows a yacht IS an useful thing, a necessity, if you will. And also he didn't even buy this yacht, he inherited it, so was it really his fault? But now, after Dunkirk, he is relieved. He will be seen sailing as the hero he believes he is. Rescuing people, letting strangers into his boat and taking them to safety. Not that he would let anyone into his boat and help them to England - Hell no! If the were English soldiers, in distress, in time of war, then yes, but other cases, of course not.

do I really need to bash it more? Okay, so the characters are not developed. There is no depth to them. I cannot even tell if the actors did a good or a bad job, because we learn nothing about no one. Maybe that's the genius (GENIUS BEGINS), keeping the mystery. OR it is lazy writing and poor storytelling. WHO knows?

One sided AF. We see no German soldiers - maybe that's the genius (THE DARK GENIUS) - or maybe it is a one sided propaganda crap, as the victor tells the story kinda thing. I mean, have you seen a story book saying that the rapist, thieving bigoted man that destroyed the land and were insane and horrible actually won something?

In short, the whole thing was mind numbing. I was expecting some sort of introspective drama, maybe even some new insight into war or something deeper, OMG, an 8.4 on IMDb, right. But I think this score is fabricated, this movie is mediocre at best - although beautiful. Huge disappointment, don't spend your money, wait for it to come in Netflix and then, I will congratulate you if you watch it until the end. 2 hours of my life I will never see again and money they took from me to watch a freaking English yacht aristocrat save the day by going into war when he wasn't even drafted. Like really, it pisses me off so much thinking about it I would like to challenge the director to a fist fight. And have him give me my cinema money back.