Visually and Sound Wise... Wonderful

Rating: Null/10 (17 September 2017)

Dunkirk (2017)
**** (out of 4)
Christopher Nolan's story of German, French and Dutch soldiers being trapped by the German's and the risky evacuation attempt that would require the help of common people.
You have to think that DUNKIRK was one of the most hyped movies in recent memory. As soon as it was announced people started talking about the brilliance that they were expected. Throughout the production the hype grew even more. When the teaser was first released it didn't try to hide anything. The marketing was aimed at people and they wanted the people to know that this here wasn't just your average war picture. With all the hype into it, Nolan actually managed to deliver a great picture and one of the most dazzling that you'll ever see and hear.
I've heard a lot of people asking if we really needed yet another war movie. To be honest, the war genre had played itself out even before sound came to movies but I've always said it doesn't matter how many times something has been done as long as you get to see it in a new way. There's no question that Nolan is a technical genius as his previous films prove that. What DUNKIRK has done is pretty darn impressive because everything we see in the film is something we've seen countless times yet it all seems fresh and original here.
Visually this is certainly one of the most impressive war movies out there. Pretty much from the opening to the closing sequence is nothing but action and there's so much that your sense are never given a break. I think what's so impressive with the look is that the director manages to put you in with these characters and you really do feel as if you're in the water with them, in the plane getting hit or on the boat being bombed. The terrific use of sound also puts you right there in the action and some of the sound effects were so real that you couldn't help but feel as if you were right there.
The entire cast deliver terrific performances and especially Kenneth Branagh. Throughout the movie I was thinking that I'd probably be critical because there wasn't much heart or emotion with what you were watching. That was until the finale when it finally hit me with what the director was trying to do. DUNKIRK is a technical marvel and a film that put itself out there as something special and different. It lived up to the hype.