Not What I Thought It Was Going to Be.

Rating: 6/10 (22 July 2017)

This was one of the biggest movie buildups of the summer. Before I went to see it I was picturing a Dunkirk version of Saving Private Ryan with realistic war scenes around a set of characters that you got to know and care about, and followed them through some type of struggle.
If you separated each scene from the movie they were visually fantastic. But, when you put them all together you still had only a series of great looking clips, not an engaging movie. The lead characters were virtually indistinguishable from the other 400,000 soldiers. You never got to know them as individuals, so it had no impact when something happened to them. Nothing was ever explained, so if you don't know the historical context you still won't know the significance of the event, or even what really happened after you see this movie.
I've seen much more interesting and clear documentaries on TV. If you are going to this movie expecting it to be the next big thing, you will likely be disappointed.