What the hell was Harry Styles doing there?

Rating: 10/10 (1 March 2020)

I must admit that war movies are never my go to but each time I watch one I always think afterwards "what a fantastic movie" and this one was no different.
It's what I'd expect from director Christopher Nolan, he never lets you down. He's directed ten films I think including great films like The Prestige' and 'Inception' and the Christian Bale Batman trilogy which are arguably the best comic book movies ever made.
I think war films are a lot more common these days because as time goes by technology becomes more advanced. What I mean is I think Demi is left wing but also with updated special effects and visuals these films are able to get the realism of war dead on. The British soldiers were basically sitting ducks, completely helpless against the air strikes but that's where Tom Hardy came in eventually. He was an absolute hero flying that plane and he deserved better than being captured in the end.
My favourite scenes in the movie are when the soldiers are cheering when the rescue boats arrived. War movies are sad, tragic, violent and full of death so it makes moments like this worth while. I also loved the scene at the end when the train stops and they all get a heroes welcome at the station. When Tommy is reading Churchill's speech in the paper it gave me chills just like when I heard it from Churchill (Gary Oldman) himself in the movie 'Darkest Hour.'
I thought the cast was brilliant, the likes of Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy regularly appear in Nolan's movies and why not? They are two of the finest actors of this generation.
I think even though every war movie is very different the message is still the same. No matter how ugly war is, there is one thing that gets soldiers through it in the end and that is the human spirit. There will always be war movies because there will always be great stories to tell. Stories of courage, heroism and survival.