A masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (9 September 2017)

As a long time Nolanist and after seeing all of his movies, Dunkirk was no exception to the greatness this man can produce/direct/write. This is a movie one does not simply watch. This is a movie one experiences.
1) A war movie unlike you have ever seen. The whole movie presents war in all of its "glory." There are few scenes in this movie that do not present the horror of warfare, the agony all of those men went through or the diversification between them that it created. The story itself does not exist. The whole movie presents itself through a series of spectacular and brutal scenes, pushing the characters to the very limit of their possibilities, driving them to survive. Every scene is crafted with such precision that the viewers feel like they are inside of the scene itself, going through all of the things the characters are going through. This is particularly noticeable in the mole segment of the movie. On the other hand, the sea segment presents the story driven part also depicting most of the acting capabilities of Cillian Murphy and Mark Rylance. The air segment is here to give the movie most of its dynamic, and it does it with such grandeur that it astonishes everyone watching it. The very climax, when all of the three segments come together during the oil scene, is to this point unseen in war movie history. The tension and panic that was created within the characters and how it was transferred to the audience is sheer brilliance.
2) The music. Up to this point Interstellar was considered to be the best Zimmer has ever done due to its time related segments and tempo. But, Dunkirk is by far the darkest and most psychologically challenging soundtrack he has ever done. The tension driving note that is present from the very first scene of the movie until the end credits rolled is ingenious. But, maestro Zimmer created three different themes for the three different segments of the movie that overlay the all present tension note. So, the audience hears simultaneously two different themes: one that creates tension and the other depicting the action present on the screen. It is still unknown if Nolan brings the best out of Zimmer, or is it the other way around, but what ever it is, their collaboration at this point is legendary.
Never before has a movie like this been made. One does not simply see Dunkirk, one feels it in every aspect of his body. All sensations are simultaneously attacked with multiple situations and stories, the tension is present from start to finish, and it is almost completely impossible to find a flaw in this masterpiece. This is a movie that has to bee seen over and over again, as many times possible, in order to capture all of the details it presents, because the shock at first viewing is indescribable.
P.s. I almost forgot. Many new directors and screenwriters should study this movie, because the terror and tension of warfare was depicted without a single drop of blood on the screen!
By far the best this year has offered, and in my opinion the best it could and will offer.