Brilliant...another confirmation of the genius of Nolan

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2018)

I get why some people don't get this film. On my first viewing I was glued to my seat as the subtle brilliance of what I had seen was just washing over me. Yes it's not Saving Private Ryan (which is a great film). But this is a totally different way of approaching a war film. An approach only Nolan can pull off. He makes it deeply personal and therefore it gets deep into your emotional soul.
He takes it from the perspective of three different witnesses, at three different times and three different mediums...remember when you see this one week (land), one day (sea), and one hour (air). Just to think about this conceptually it's genius, but to actually realise on film is beyond belief. The acting is brilliant from every cast member, the scene of the unknown solidier running into the sea..it was pure despair..how does a director convey all that emotion in a fleeting moment. The detail is beyond belief. This is Nolan's best film (he has a faultless CV btw). And Zimmer is his usual otherworldly best...off to take my 19 year old daughter to see it at the Prince Charles tonight (my third viewing)...