Toondude10: So...Dunkirk

Toondude10 07.18.17	Surprised that it's a shorter movie, especially since we're so used to seeing two and a half hour movies from Nolan
yanquiuxo 07.18.17	I think Nolan is a bit overrated. I was a little disappointed by the script and dialogues of Interstellar. Inception was superior to me. excluding these 2, Nolan's objectively best film is probably Memento, but goddamit i abslolutely love Following. Too fucking forgotten
Toondude10 07.18.17	well it looks like this might be his best film to date, at least that's what the critics are saying.
MO 07.18.17	yea everyone's claiming it to be his masterpiece. definitely wanna see it
Toondude10 07.18.17	I was honestly more excited for this movie than any of the Marvel movies coming out this year
henryChinaski 07.18.17	Can't wait to watch this! I'm not necessarily a Nolan fan, but the world needs more great WW2 movies and this one looks fantastic.
yanquiuxo 07.18.17	Looks like it might be his best...i got another month of waiting in my country.. hype is growing..
MO 07.18.17	"I was honestly more excited for this movie than any of the Marvel movies coming out this year" that's cause at least this is something more original than the 17th iteration of the same fucking thing that got so old so fast
Toondude10 07.18.17	you mean Marvel or Transformers....or both? but fair point regardless.
Astral Abortis 07.18.17	Nolan is so hit or miss for me, a lot of his films serve as strong but basic entertainment without much depth, which is the reason why some of his films fail when they attempt depth. I don't have many expectations for Dunkirk but I'll give it a go.
bloc 07.18.17	Not a fan of war movies, but I will probably check this one out
henryChinaski 07.18.17	"that's cause at least this is something more original than the 17th iteration of the same fucking thing that got so old so fast" ^ this.
guitarded_chuck 07.18.17	beyond excited
MeatSalad 07.18.17	Definitely not the most interesting concept he's tackled but it's getting exceptionally good reviews, better than his last few movies
NorwichScene 07.18.17	Seeing this next week, gonna be epic
tempest-- 07.18.17	I've not looked too much into Dunkirk, but the trailers do absolutely nothing for me. I'm only seeing it because Nolan's director.... and Tom Hardy 😍
mifzal 07.18.17	Nolan wants oscar Nolan must not block-buster I still like him though
BallsToTheWall 07.18.17	Didn;t realize this was opening this week, fuck yeah.
Toondude10 07.18.17	"Nolan wants oscar Nolan must not block-buster" Blockbuster films have gotten Oscars before
Faraudo 07.18.17	"I think Nolan is a bit overrated. I was a little disappointed by the script and dialogues of Interstellar. Inception was superior to me. excluding these 2, Nolan's objectively best film is probably Memento, but goddamit i abslolutely love Following. Too fucking forgotten" I actually think that his best and most overlooked film is The Prestige.
yanquiuxo 07.18.17	''I actually think that his best and most overlooked film is The Prestige.'' It's overlooked indeed. The Prestige is truly great. The thing is that most people began to know Nolan with Interstellar, Inception and the Batman Trilogy..
Corney 07.18.17	Nolan is undoubtedly a great film maker. Unfortunately, I don't see him ever making another masterpiece besides Memento. I found movies like The Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar to be the weakest in his filmography but this definitely interests me and I will be seeing it soon.
Corney 07.18.17	I really hope this explores a new direction for a war movie. War movies are starting to fall into the same formulaic trash pile as biopics and sports movies. A recent biopic that broke the mold was Steve Jobs. Even though I thought the film was weak it wasn't formulaic garbage. I hope this film follows a similar unique take on a war film.
ZippaThaRippa 07.18.17	Yeah was just gonna say. War films are extremely overdone. If you played every WWII film end to end it would probably be longer than the fucking war itself.
neekafat 07.18.17	Inception is best This is supposed to be super different as a war film Corney
Satellite 07.18.17	chris nolan is to movies what the foo fighters are to music his films are mostly fine but only idiots get excited over them
tempest-- 07.19.17	im happy being an idiot
Ryus 07.19.17	inception is the worst ever interstellar is also terrible this looks good tho
zaruyache 07.19.17	Might see this and Valerian same day. Excited.
mifzal 07.19.17	"Blockbuster films have gotten Oscars before" tell that to Nolan
yanquiuxo 07.19.17	''inception is the worst ever'' probably one step over interstellar, but compared to his other efforts, it's weaker indeed ''interstellar is also terrible'' Interstellar sometimes acts like a good movie until turns out it's actually shitty. Some dialogues made my ears fucking bleed
Toondude10 07.19.17	"tell that to Nolan" Dark Knight and Inception got a few oscars, granted he hasn't gotten best director or best picture yet
Toondude10 07.19.17	hopefully going to see this alongside Valerian sometime this weekend
Kalopsia 07.19.17	nah yall, go see Baby Driver instead. then maybe this.
JeetJeet 07.19.17	Baby Driver gonna shit on this so you might as well watch this one first.
zaruyache 07.19.17	Baby Driver was sweet, but alas I've already seen it. (Go see it if you haven't.)
mifzal 07.20.17	Baby driver was great, I don't know which is better it or scott pilgrim vs the world
Crymsonblaze 07.20.17	I love Interstellar, I like Inception... and everything else from him is meh. Except The Prestige, still haven't seen that. Dunkirk looks generically good though. Definitely won't see it in theaters, but maybe I'll DL it at some point. Valerian, on the other hand... gotta see that shit in theaters. Looks really ridiculous in the way only Luc Besson or maybe the Wachowskis can do.
mifzal 07.20.17	I feel bad for Dane DeHaan
Crymsonblaze 07.20.17	Yeah, especially after appearing in such great films as The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Chronicle! I know some people inexplicably like Chronicle, so I guess I should clarify that this comment comes with heavy sarcasm ;-)
Intothepit 07.20.17	Lol Nolan is massively overrated.
mifzal 07.20.17	I had a feeling that he'll be the new DiCaprio..he even looks like him
Toondude10 07.20.17	he...actually kinda does
hasan 07.20.17	bat man need a new movie
Toondude10 07.21.17	just got back from a Thursday screenings. Fantastic film, go see it.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 07.21.17	Lmao Christopher Nolan is garbage as fuck
Lord(e)Po)))ts 07.21.17	And this looks like his absolute worst
Lord(e)Po)))ts 07.21.17	Having valerian in the same sentence as the directors of Jupiter ascending is also cancer
baldymort 07.21.17	saw dunkirk last night. pretty disappointing. nolan is way too clean a director to make a movie that captures how truly horrific war is. another problem was that it didnt really have any dynamics, it just trudges along from the beginning, never really building, nor climaxing. i was expecting something a lot more tense and claustrophobic. the last 10 mins or so were fantastic though.
Crymsonblaze 07.21.17	"Having valerian in the same sentence as the directors of Jupiter ascending is also cancer" That's literally what it looks like
mifzal 07.21.17	also this movie implies that all British solders were just plain douche bags...
Toondude10 07.21.17	what's your fav nolan Arcade?
zaruyache 07.22.17	Just saw it. It was pretty good, and used some narrative devices that I thought were pretty nifty.
mifzal 07.22.17	Dunkcake
MeatSalad 07.22.17	Was decent, not great. Probably the most family friendly WW2 movie I've ever seen
Toondude10 07.23.17	Dunkirk is a much more visually interesting movie than Valerian
anat 07.23.17	how anyone can say this film wasn't tense is beyond me
MyNameIsPencil 07.23.17	nolan can suck an egg
zaruyache 07.23.17	All those close-up shots when people were in the sinking ships made me feel pretty anxious, so I'd say it had some tenseness to it.
rabidfish 07.23.17	Interstellar was the most overhyped piece of trash I had the disgrace to get through I do not trust this man anymore
Toondude10 07.23.17	well if you see this movie you might change your mind
Intothepit 07.23.17	No, it won't. It's the same shit. The same cinematography, the same pace... the guy hasn't stretched himself one bit since The Dark Knight.
Clumseee 07.23.17	Memento's his best. Outside of that, everything feels cold and sterile. Not a Nolan fan at all. Edit -- also hate the lack of colour in his films.
Ryus 07.24.17	just saw it. wasnt a fan
onionbubs 07.24.17	thought it was boring af but it's not my kind of movie. my friends liked it a lot
Ebola 07.24.17	Solid film. Baby Driver was much better imo
TheSpaceMan 07.24.17	"Nolan's objectively best film is probably Memento" no. good movie, but cmon. the concept is better than any other part of it. i truly believe anyone who denies the dark knight as his best is trying to not like it.
Satellite 07.24.17	the dark knight has that one unforgivable scene where batman jumps out of the hotel to save jake gyllenhaal's sister and then it just cuts to the next scene, leaving a menacing joker in the hotel with a bunch of helpless rich fucks. dumb, dumb, dumb. good movie, but i could never get past how stupid that was.
TheSpaceMan 07.24.17	lol yeah he also survived that fall. but i mean theres a few other flaws too like how did the 2 face bomb go off at that exact moment etc. still his best movie regardless
baldymort 07.24.17	batman begins is the better film imo, but often gets overshadowed by dark knight because of ledgers performance
DoofusWainwright 07.24.17	Dark Knight still his best film, Dunkirk was good though - esp the first half an hour. Baby Driver still the best thing I've watched from 2017.
Crymsonblaze 07.24.17	I dunno. I really don't think there's that much to like about TDK. I mean, yeah, Ledger is excellent, but one great thing does not a good movie make. It has some truly terrible dialogue. Like really bad, hamfisted and forced "THIS IS THE THEME OF THE FILM!!!" dialogue to make its point, along with some awful little incidental moments (the big car chase scene I remember has some particularly groan-worthy stuff). It's either a crime film masquerading as a superhero movie, or vice verse, and it does neither well. The one thing I can say in its favor is that it isn't quite as flat-out boring as Batman Begins or as much of an embarrassment as TDK Rises. But what do I know, my favorite of his is Interstellar, by far. Some scenes in Inception come close, but Interstellar is really his only film that has any heart to it. It's silly at times (love conquers all, etc.), but it's genuine, it's emotional, and it's grandiose. I'd watch it a dozen times before I'd ever watch any of his Batman films again.
Storm In A Teacup 07.24.17	how this could excite anyone is beyond me
DoofusWainwright 07.24.17	I can't see how anyone could have made a better Batman film than TDK :/
Mort. 07.24.17	Dunkirk was great but i had a bit of a weird viewing experience as this old man sitting on the other side of my gf kept reacting to the film loudly with "aw jesus" and shit and muttering to himself and just generally reacting to the film wanted to tell him to stfu but he just seemed like a sad lonely old man and im british so just couldnt
DoofusWainwright 07.24.17	Yeah, an old boy sat alone in the row directly in front of me and after the film got up and said something like 'fucking awful'. Film may have 95% critical acclaim but the customer ratings on Odeon cinemas are barely 3.5/5
Piglet 07.24.17	lets just hope he was talking about the situation in the film doofy
zakalwe 07.24.17	He just overheard doof harping on about The The
guitarded_chuck 07.24.17	saw it twice, loved it
Madbutcher3 07.24.17	I'm gonna watch this soon but I think the main thing holding me back from being too excited is the fact that I really didn't like Inception or Dark Knight Rises. Haven't seen Interstellar yet either though. Again, Memento and The Prestige were both fun so if he manages to tap into what made those great I imagine this would be good
Toondude10 07.24.17	planning on seeing this again in IMAX
guitarded_chuck 07.24.17	i think fans of older nolan films will like this one more than some of his other recent films prolly yeah
Toondude10 07.24.17	I agree
Pajolero 07.24.17	I miiiiight check this, although everything he's done since Memento has been progressively worse. Interstellar was the only film that made me walk out of a theater. People who like his batman trilogy baffle me, as those were straight up dogshit.
Kalopsia 07.24.17	i told ya'll that ya'll should've gone and seen Baby Driver instead, but did ya'll listen? Ya'll didn't. Ya'll.
Toondude10 07.24.17	this is probably better than Baby Driver tbh
guitarded_chuck 07.24.17	sm ae
Gmork89 07.24.17	Dunkirk was great, will see it again for sure. I'm a sucker for war movies, I loved how subdued this one was in comparison to something like hacksaw ridge, and I felt like there were a lot of subtle moments that meant a lot more than they initially appeared. It didn't need to swell the music and make a huge emphasis on every heroic moment that happened which was a really cool way of handling those scenes, where most directors would have made a huge orchestrated slow motion scene of it, he just kind of let it happen and moved on, which made it feel much more grounded and realistic in my opinion. It might be similar cinematography to his other movies but damn it looked so good, I want to see it again in IMAX.
guitarded_chuck 07.24.17	agreed yeah the subdued unspokenness made it feel way more realistic than most war films, intense stuff
DoofusWainwright 07.24.17	I think it drops intensity as it progresses though, partly because Nolan had to put some trademark time shifts in there. Also I agree with criticisms only one or two characters look truly horrified/terrified by events. Everyone else you see is 'bla', maybe you could call it 'numbed'/'hardened by war' I dunno
Gmork89 07.24.17	I didn't think the time-shifts were really necessary, it paid off pretty well with the not-tom-hardy pilot scene near the end, other that it just kind of made it confusing with little pay off. Agreed about the characters not looking horrified, I would expect people to look a little more scared but who knows. I could see a kind of vacancy and numbness being realistic in some cases.
guitarded_chuck 07.24.17	i think blank expressions were p common in those scenarios, ofc ive never been in one but i can imagine at some point you just become a numb pawn in the grinder of war, you feel hopeless and overwhelmed until you feel nothing, remember these guys didn't just enter the war, this was at the end of the loss of france not to mention theyre all probably extremely exhausted physically as well
Nomos 07.24.17	Hmm maybe it's worth seeing then. The trailers made it look like middling-out hot trash without character, and a story that looked boring from the get-go in the trailers. But if that's actually indicative of something a little less "cinematic" and more hypnotic, then I'm all-in.
Piglet 07.24.17	Honestly I think the movie merits a viewing just to gain an inkling of what these men went through. I found it incredibly moving to relive their experiences in as vivid a light as film can allow, despite any other criticisms I might levy at the movie. I wonder if anyone who dislikes it can at least appreciate it for that purpose alone, because I think that's arguably the overarching intention. I somehow believe it's important to understand the claustrophobia, bleakness, desperation, hope and mateship that so rib the cankerous carcass of war, even though I can't put into words exactly why.
Gmork89 07.24.17	Nomos, it is basically the opposite of grandiose super explosive heroic stuff in most war movies. It's overall about heroism but in a much more down to earth subtle way. It's cinematic in the sense that its beautiful to look at, but much more hypnotic and grounded. It's a fairly quiet movie for a war movie and nothing is really overdone.
guitarded_chuck 07.24.17	"Honestly I think the movie merits a viewing just to gain an inkling of what these men went through" [2] on reddit yesterday was a video of a dunkirk vet who went to see it and came out all emotional and stuff saying it was just like he was there, very moving
Nomos 07.24.17	Dang I'm sold. I want more Thin Red Line and less Saving Private Ryan.
Corney 07.24.17	This is the best work he's done since Inception. It's nice to see a change in form, as I didn't care at all for his last two films. Also, it is a breath of fresh air to see a different take on a war movie. Memento is still easily his best film and I'd like to see him tackle another film in that vein again in the future.
neekafat 07.24.17	Great movie Worst Nolan film
GhostOfSarcasticBtrd 07.24.17	It's "y'all" you fucking halfwit.
Kalopsia 07.24.17	yal'l
anat 07.24.17	It seemed to me like the time shift was used so that the apex of the tension in each perspective was able to play out at the same time in the film, I'd have to see a chronological version of the film to say whether it's better that way, but at least it wasn't awkwardly exposited
Crymsonblaze 07.24.17	you all
Toondude10 07.25.17	@Nomos yeah if you're expecting this to be a 3-hour blood-splattering gore fest you're in for a surprise.
Satellite 07.25.17	more like a 3-hour bore fest amirite
mifzal 07.25.17	its was good, I think its ok for a director to have his own formula. But yeah Baby Driver was more fun
bloc 07.25.17	Dunkirk dun fucked up
zakalwe 08.11.17	I've seen it, it's alright but something that really rankled was the complete lack of manners. No please, thank you, cheers, ta, to be heard whatsoever.
ianblxdsoe 08.11.17	lol zak you fuckin legend, solid fucking movie though on some real shit. great sense of immersion and intensity especially with the cinematography
zakalwe 08.11.17	Loved the lack of syrup. It definitely captured the realties of solider interaction more than the usual Hollywood fare.
Aerisavion 08.11.17	'But yeah Baby Driver was more fun' Baby Driver was fucking awesome. Easily one of the best films this year based on enjoyment alone.
Storm In A Teacup 08.12.17	fuck this movie
zaruyache 08.12.17	NO.
Storm In A Teacup 08.12.17	im still on the fuck war movies bandwagon from five or ten years ago. it's still too soon.
Intothepit 08.17.17	Movie practically put me to sleep.