A case of the emperor's new clothes

Rating: 3/10 (24 November 2018)

I think about all the wonderful movies currently scoring around 7.9 on IMDb and I think about the end of Cinema Paradiso when the older Toto looks back on the all censored clips from the local cinema and I realise that movies, for me, are about understanding the human experience in all its shapes and sizes and emotions.
Dunkirk would perhaps score highly as an avant garde documentary but for me it's a very disappointing movie in its genre and in absolute terms.
I've watched Priv Ryan, 4th July, Apoc Now, Lawrence of A, Patton, In Which We Serve, ran, Das Boot, The deer hunter all multiple times but I cannot bring myself to watch this movie one more time.
It's self indulgent and emotionally vacant and I could not care two hoots about any of the characters which is table stakes for any decent movie.
Good cinematography alone does not maketh a good movie.