ThomFork

4y

The idea of a 16 year old dying for no reason is incredibly powerful when pitted against the idea of war.

The only blood we see in Dunkirk is not as a result of the Germans. Powerful imagery.

And it's made even more powerful by Peter telling the Shivering Soldier that George is going to be okay.

ThomFork

4y

Yep. That moment gives me chills like crazy.

He asks earlier because he feels bad and Peter tells him George won't. But after George dies, and they're getting the soldiers, Peter tells the soldier George is okay. The Shivering Soldier then actually ends up helping get the swimming soldiers on board.

Cillian Murphy played that role pitch-perfectly.

Also there's the scene where Mr. Dawson freaks out to Peter about Collins being in the water, and at first it seems a little over-acted, but at the end you realize that Dawson's older son was about Collins' age and died recently in the war flying a plane, so his panic was him essentially trying to save his son.

S*** hits like a FREIGHT TRAIN. I honestly have no clue why people rank Dunkirk so low and say it's emotionless. It's one of Nolan's finest works.

decked

4y

dunkirk became critically acclaimed because the lack of characterization wasn't a drawback, it was part of the movie's point. he cut down on dialogue immensely, which has always been his most common critique. nolan instead relied on creating atmosphere and moving the plot forward thru visual storytelling, instead of exposition hammered over the audiences head. critics are generally more receptive to that kind of stuff, so by combining that with his unique film structure and visceral spectacle, it's pretty understandable why dunkirk scored as high as it did.

with tenet tho, the character's motivations aren't developed nearly as well as in his previous films, and his usual problems with expository dialogue are 10x worse here due to how convoluted the plot is. to make up for it though, nolan is at his peak conceptually and action-wise, so its still interesting to watch

MrIndigo96

4y

Love the use of color in the time inversion machine rooms. That’s all I’ll say

MrIndigo96

4y

I left my theory on why Nolan used red and blue in the spoiler sxn.

JaeRell

4y

I thought the post meant you had negative thoughts on the movie and that was the only part worth mentioning, lol. I haven't seen it yet though. Plan on checking it out next week.

decked

4y

damn i forgot all about murphys character, that was some great acting

seeing the change in his mental state from the first time hes shown on screen when hes rescued by civilians to when hes shown later in the film acting in a leadership position was crazy. remarkable restraint from nolan by leaving what happened in between up to the imagination of the audience

Humble

4y

It’s his best movie

decked

4y

lowkey

I still think prestige or interstellar is his best tbh

Modal

4y

See, I respect this, and have no problem with this post. I agree, right down to the confusing, expository dialogue.

It just never seemed to be billed as an emotional movie, but the side characters were there to explain the inner workings of that world. The action and manner of how this movie was shot and edited? Jesus christ.

decked

4y

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its not an emotional movie per se, but my problem with tenet was that nolan tried to establish an emotional core in kat's abusive relationship with sator, which just didn't resonate with me. it didn't make sense that the protagonist would go out of his way to help kat to the degree that he did either. also, sator's motivation for ending the world was really flimsy imo. in contrast, inception was a high concept/plot-centric film like tenet, but had a compelling emotional core in cobb's struggle to get back to his children and fischer's desire to make up with his father.

decked

4y

its not an emotional movie per se, but my problem with tenet was that nolan tried to establish an emotional core in kat's abusive relationship with sator, which just didn't resonate with me. it didn't make sense that the protagonist would go out of his way to help kat to the degree that he did either. also, sator's motivation for ending the world was really flimsy imo. in contrast, inception was a high concept/plot-centric film like tenet, but had a compelling emotional core in cobb's struggle to get back to his children and fischer's desire to make up with his father.

psychedelic

4y

potential spoiler, dont read if you haven’t seen the movie
And then you realize at the end that Kat is responsible for her relationship with Sator going sour. Sator never cheated on her. The woman she sees jumping off the boat is Kat from the future. The movie was a real mess

psychedelic

4y

potential spoiler, dont read if you haven’t seen the movie
And then you realize at the end that Kat is responsible for her relationship with Sator going sour. Sator never cheated on her. The woman she sees jumping off the boat is Kat from the future. The movie was a real mess