This movie made me regret the Allies actually escaping from Dunkirk

Rating: 3/10 (25 May 2018)

I really wanted to like this movie. I was excited after seeing the trailers. Dunkirk is a great story, but this movie doesn't capture it, much like the Germans didn't capture the Allied forces at Dunkirk. The acting is fine. The cinematography is first rate (expect for the fact that it only shows about 1,000 soldiers on a beach that was supposed to hold a half million. The story - there is no story.
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The Germans u-boats and airplanes kill any boats in the channel. A single boat piloted by BFG picks up a stranded soldier who causes trouble and with unecessary drama picks up a dozen or so soldiers and brings them back to England. Yes, they escape an attack by a German fighter - but it is decidedly BORING.
The climax of the movie really is a montage while some schmuck is reading the newspaper and quoting Churchill.
THERE IS NO STORY HERE! SOMEBODY SHOOT THE SCREENWRITER!!!