Nolan's new Masterpiece to behold

Rating: 9/10 (23 July 2017)

Dunkirk or also known as Dunkerque is a true-story of teamwork, heroism and humanity which took place during the World War II. British soldiers are surrounded on all sides by Germans as are French soldiers. The film focuses mainly on British soldiers, and the presence of French soldiers as war- allies is addressed as well.
Before watching it, I already was super-hyped for it, it was after all my most anticipated film of the year along with Call Me by Your Name, and Oh My God, it did not disappoint. What an incredible movie, it is not just my favorite movie of 2017 by far so far, but also my favorite Nolan film.
Nolan's new masterpiece, instant-classic, film-treasure or whatever one wants to address it like, is an incredible achievement not just only for directing, but most of all an achievement for technical aspects of cinema. Every sound detail, the score (I'll get to that later), cinematography, editing, sound editing and of course the directing by one and only Christopher Nolan were perfection to witness. I don't know if Dunkirk will win Best Picture but Nolan will win the Best Director Oscar, I wasn't this impressed by directors work this decade, not even by Birdman, Gravity, The Revenant, La La Land and they all won Best Director.
The story, the story is real, it happened. Would you believe it could've happened if it wasn't a proved true story, would you think it can only be fiction? Probably not. Just try to imagine it: Dunkirk a Film by Christopher Nolan When 400,000 soldiers couldn't get home; Home came for them. And after you watched the movie. Two scenes in particular were so scary to imagine being real but how many soldiers died that way in WWII? Countless. And also there is character development and you really feel for them, especially George, Peter and Mr. Dawson, but still none of the characters are going to be iconic like Oscar Schindler is, because, again the story doesn't center around one, ultimate hero.
So many things I love about the film, the only criticism of the movie was that there's no character development. It was so smart of Nolan to not give one of the characters a girlfriend he loves so much and he probably knows he will never see her again but he has to serve his country. The film starts at the event, the evacuation at the mole took a whole week, it took civilians one day to come to Dunkirk and the air force fought for an hour. Why adding an irreverent story for just one character when the whole point of Dunkirk wasn't just about one person? I did like every performance by every actor, it doesn't have a lead character as all of those soldiers that got saved, the civilians that helped, and the air-force were all heroes; Churchill too.
The three actors I think are really stand-outs for me at least are Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy, but of course, everyone does a great job. Mark Rylance is the only Oscar winning actor in the movie, and although he won the Oscar for being quiet he proves those who thought he didn't show anything besides a quiet character, well he can yell. And Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy are such a professionals. Tom's just great in everything and he owns every scene he's in, and Cillian is one of the most underrated actors of today. And I saved my favorite part for last: Hans freaking Zimmer's score is eye-opening, the best score he's ever done by far and Supermarine is one of the best pieces of music ever. While I was going home, I still felt like I heard the music, every sound I heard I tried to make Supermarine of it, and I still feel like I hear it. An unforgettable experience.