a movie that could have been better

Rating: 6/10 (22 July 2017)

When I first saw the trailer for the Dunkirk movie, I will admit that I had rather high expectations for the movie since it did look rather stunning and amazing. Instead I felt that I was disappointed. While there were parts of the movie that were good particularly Harry Styles in his film debut and does his best with the role despite the limited dialogue. Kenneth Branaugh was also good as well as Mark Rylance. However I felt that diminished the film was the lack of character development and felt more like survivors waiting for a rescue and lacked a sense of likability or care for them. Despite that the film did have a wonderful musical score but felt a somewhat longer running time might have benefited the film. Maybe it might get an Oscar in 2018, but only time will tell.