Dunkirk spirit.

Rating: 8/10 (7 August 2017)

With not one,but two birthdays coming up,I went into town to get some presents. Deciding to go to the cinema,I talked to a fellow IMDber who praised Christopher Nolan's latest, which led to me seeing the Dunkirk spirit.
The plot:
Retreating to Dunkirk, thousands of Allied forces wait to be taken back to the UK,as the Axis troops close in. Answering a call from the Royal Navy for private boats to go and help collect soldiers, Mr. Dawson tells the Navy that he will run the ship himself. Getting agreement from the Navy, Dawson is joined by his son Peter and his friend George,who set sail for the battleground of Dunkirk.
View on the film:
Backed by a hypnotic,rumbling score from Hans Zimmer,writer/director Christopher Nolan departs from his traditional dialogue-driven structure for a spectacular (done largely with practical effects) visual assault. Closely working with cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema from a 76 page screenplay, Nolan places the viewers feet on the Dunkirk beach, with sand,mud and oil being rubbed across the screen.
Told by Dunkirk veterans that the soundtrack was louder than the actual evacuation (!) Nolan brilliantly uses sounds to turn the gears of war, with the clanging of metal, the rattle of bullets and the screeching of planes heightening the atmosphere of emergency built on the beach. Working from a sparse screenplay, Nolan does very well at using the rough outlines of the characters to place the viewers in the shoes of the Dawson's on the ship,the RAF pilots in the air,and the soldiers, trying to survive on the beach of Dunkirk