Oh dear, so disappointing

Rating: 2/10 (7 May 2018)

After the trailers, the awards and the hype I was looking forward to watching this. How disappointed I was. I missed the chance of seeing this at the flicks, and how glad I am.
What should have been a portrayal of an amazing feat of collective bravery and stoicism failed dismally to convey the the sheer scale of this remarkable event. I hope no veterans watched it as I imagine they might feel betrayed or cheated of their real story.
We relied on Kenneth Branagh to tell us the scale, rather than any visual effects. Shame he was doing it with some container vessel cranes in the background and modern warehouses. Couldn't the director be bothered to find the right angle.
The number of vessels involved was pathetic. Some crappy CGI would have been better than the little regatta that was used in the film.
There was no real sense of peril created.
Imagine if Britain had not managed to recover so many troops from the BEF and other nations. Nazi invasion would have been a reality and any hope of the USA getting involved would have been pointless without fortress Britain. This event was so important it deserves to be portrayed properly. The producers and director should be ashamed. You failed. I feel for Kenneth Branagh having to narrate some of the key points the film failed to put across.
And well done Supermarine for inventing the perpetual motion device for the Spitfire that could zoom up and down the shoreline, win a dog fight and land in German territory. Shame the pilot had to burn the one and only example. Yes I'm being sarcastic!!
I think Monty Python's women's guild would have done a better reenactment.