Not Nolans best but its almost there !

Rating: 8/10 (23 July 2017)

IMO Dunkirk is not Nolans best work, and its not a war movie comparable with saving private Ryan, apocalypse now, Schindler's list etc but ( Nolans best according to me are The Dark Knight, Interstellar, Inception in the order) Dunkirk comes mid of all his movies.
We could not witness Nolan brilliance in this movie, mainly due to its based on history and there is not much u can change or involve Nolan's mind bending theories. but he still manages to use different time line to perfection so that all comes to fruition in an awe inspiring conclusion of the movie.
The main thing that made this an excellent engaging drama/thriller is due to the ambiance the movie creates, and its mind blowing. There is a scene halfway around where a fighter planes gets crashed onto the sea, the sound of the engine, the propeller , and the way the wings gets hold off on the water... it did make me go oooph (that was amazing). The bombing scenes, the drowning scenes, and the sound of the bullet ( Oh man). and visual aspect of the Dunkirk is something that should be given special mention to Nolan for staying with 2D rather than going with money grabbing 3D ones. For me 2D is the best.
Nolans direction + Hanz Zimmers as music director has always produced gems and it will continue to do so. He has also created one here too. you should watch this in theaters to understand the true beauty of it. it was breathtaking sometimes.
Acting wise everyone has done a brilliant job, special mention to Fionn Whitehead he has done a marvelous job of portraying a soldier who is trying to get home. harry styles was good, tom hardy as usual great. Kenneth Branagh,Mark Rylance, Cillian Murphy did good.
I didn't rate Dunkirk as Nolan's best work was mainly because i expected more, and a pure satisfaction was lacking for me and we couldn't see the true potential of Nolan here. maybe because it was a movie based on history rather than going with sci-fi or hero level story's where he could add his own imagination in to fore. But its still a great one,it has its moments and effect. But to me its not the greatest war movie, and to me that is still Saving private Ryan (how anyone could compare Dunkirk to SVP, i don't understand.)
PS: Watch it in theaters for the whole experience.