Beautiful cinematography but still left me cold..

Rating: 3/10 (27 July 2017)

As expected of a Christopher Nolan movie, Dunkirk has beautiful cinematography. I enjoyed the sometimes dizzying shots of the airplanes and the ocean but it made me appreciate the range of filming. However the movie itself was devoid of a plot. I understand Nolan was aiming for a movie geared towards survival of the soldiers, but I was not particularly moved by their struggles. The plot was too scattered for me. For instance, I was under the impression that the movie started out with "the mole", which was later referenced to, but never followed up on, which confused me very much as to what they were aiming for in terms of the story line. The fighting scenes were drawn out WAY too much and could have easily been cut down by 30 minutes so that I didn't have to watch 2 hours of essentially nothing. Also, the pounding music was suspenseful in the beginning but eventually began to hurt my ears.
Also, as a side note,I later read on the actual events on Dunkirk and learned that Indian soldiers had a significant contribution in the events at Dunkirk, as they were a colony under the British Raj at that time. Nolan claimed that he didn't want to politicize the movie, but I don't understand how not including Indian soldiers would have politicized the movie. Thus it gave me the impression that in spite of beautiful graphics, I was yet again watching another stereotypical movie with white people saving the day during a war at the core of the movie, while pushing aside the contributions of other people. It might not matter to a lot of people but I would have personally liked to see SOME historical accuracy, along with a better stitched plot to keep me more engaged *yawn*