What an absolute Turkey !

Rating: 2/10 (25 July 2017)

Normally I love this kind of wartime historic movie but it was absolutely terrible, just a total Turkey. Dunkirk is a infamous piece of British history, it was a disaster like the film !
The filming itself is reasonably good, but the biggest thing that lets it down is the soundtrack. Hans Zimmer should be fired ! It is constant relentless noisy drone through literally every single scene, that adds nothing and which totally ruins it. When it switches from one scene to another the same drone continues ! It is doesn't feel in any way 1940s, and neither does it feel British or French apart from the very last scene, but by then I was glad to get out. At the very least the entire soundtrack should be changed.
There is almost no speaking or chit chat at all by any of the characters so you know nothing about them not even their names. Again not natural. Even in the very first scene when he arrives on the beach and takes a drink from another soldier. They don't even speak which isn't natural and just not what British people do. Strange stuff also happens in that the young lad seems ill and then dies on the boat but there is no clue why ? Has he been shot ?
You don't see anyone German at all other than another bomber or another Stuka. The film could have been so good in that the scenes themselves look okay(ish) but it just doesn't work as a film.
When all the little ships arrive together this was quite nice, and one of the main legends of Dunkirk but they don't make enough of this. In conclusion save your money and watch it on TV instead but only if you are a real WW2 buff.
If you want to see a real genuine movie about how it was flying Spitfires etc then watch the Battle of Britain film, hint they don't fly until they run out of fuel, It is literally about 5 minutes for a Spitfire to fly back across the English channel to refuel.