Dunkirk - NO Spoilers

Rating: 7/10 (19 September 2017)

I'm sure everything I'm about to say has been said before over and over but I'll say it anyway. I did spent a quite good moment during the film overall.
The film is visually stunning. The intense music and sound effects create a singular atmosphere that felt quite captivating at times. The acting is on point, my favourite performance comes from Cillian Murphy but we don't see that much of him. So yeah, the movie is technically superb, I could really feel the tension at several points but not as much as one would expect. At times, I was even laid back and simply enjoying the action but it felt like the music insisted on trying to make me feel tense, nervous, trying to keep me on my toes, like it was telling me "watch out! watch out! be wary! this is a stressful situation!" and I was like "give me a break man, I'm not tense right now ( yes, I call my musics "man" when I speak to them regardless of their gender) .
The lack of dialogue, character background and the constant invisible threat (ennemies are virtually invisible most of the time and you never see their faces) didn't work for me. I understand why the director made this choices, or at least I think I do but the end, it doesn't matter. Question is if I liked it or not. The lack of emotional involvement towards the different characters made me unable to truly relate, care and thus fully enjoy the movie and story. It also took away some of the tension as I can't get really stressed out for a character if i don't care about him.
Overall, it was a good experience but it's not what I'm looking for in a movie.
Final verdict: 7/10. This rating isn't an attempt to evaluate the actual objective value of the film but merely reflects my appreciation of it.