Dunkirk is an experience. Nolan a master at work.

Rating: 8/10 (25 July 2017)

Pros: A masterpiece of cinema. Directing, editing, cinematography, music, acting. Every ingredient in this film put into it was of the highest quality and as such, it sucked you into the film. This is the work of a man at the peak of his ability, creating art in ways that are becoming harder to find in modern cinema. Like Spielberg, he has managed to find an army of artists that now appear to follow him film to film helping him realise his masterpieces and in that respect this film is an experience to your senses for the 100 minutes you are watching it.
Cons: The story. Simple, no characters I could relate to, in fact most of them felt very expendable throughout the whole film. Considering the lengths Nolan went to convey the huge sense of scale of the war taking place around these people, I felt that the story moving throughout it was quite plain, were it not for the music creating an ever present sense of tension, I would probably have not been held by the story at all. Maybe he was trying to show how truly low in value human life is during a time of war, or trying to present the stories as more of a collective of the soldiers on the beach all being humans etc but I just could not get immersed into it as deeply as many of his other stories he has told sadly.
Fantastic war film. Definitely sits well in Nolan's work.