Christopher Nolan Does It Again with His Shorter and More Tense Movie to Date

Rating: 9/10 (7 September 2017)

First of all, I have to say that I have watched all the movies of Nolan, and while he might be too cool-minded and calculator at times, he really knows how to make a movie and how to get you to feel what he want you to feel. For me the best movies of him are The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception and also Interstellar was very good, but I have to say that this enters in my Nolan top 5 without doubt.
The movie tells us the story of how the British army tried to rescue the soldiers trapped in the beach of Dunkirk. It tells us the story in three different time lines. First, there is the mole (one week), then the sea (one day), and finally, the air (one hour). The story goes back and forth in the three different time lines and tells us the story from the perspective of different characters. But the thing that differentiates this movie from other war movies is that it does not have a n emotional weight in the sense that it not stares at just one soldier and tell us his story, how he got to the war, or why he wants to escape from there.
And for that you might think that if it does not have emotional feeling it might be boring, but it is never boring. It transmits you the feelings of a real war. Fear, tension, panic That is helped a lot by the great actors in this movie. Here there is a really big cast, from veteran actors like Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy to the newer actors that for me were the biggest surprise of the movie. From Fionn Whitehead to Harry Styles the all provide great performances that help you connect with them and the situation they are.
And now I have to talk about the visuals. Nolan likes to make his movies' looking the more realistic that is possible, so he decided to use real ships and planes from the IIWW. And also he decided to record the movie in 70mm and that provides an immersive cinematic experience that provides some very beautiful shots with the planes flying over the sea, but also some very claustrophobic moments while the soldiers are being attacked. And to this you have to add the always effective soundtrack of Hans Zimmer who created a one long track using mainly sound designs and that only helps to make you feel more far and tension.
This movie is truly one of Nolan's bests so if you like his style of filmmaking, I'm sure you will like this one. And this is not only for Nolan fans, but also for cinema fans who wants to watch a movie and be immersed in a real cinematic experience.