Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" (July 21, 2017) - Part 3

[TheVileOne]

I view the we're-taking-this-ship-not-you-scene as being mostly a non-issue for the Navy men; they're requisitioning civilian ships to rescue hundreds of thousands of men, and as long as those ships end up at Dunkirk and pick up men, they probably don't care who's piloting the damn thing. In real life, the Navy flat out emptied whole harbors of ships even if the owners weren't aware of what was happening. If anything, that crew that silently watches our protagonists sail away probably just shrugged and presumed they'd be manning a boat regardless.

It's also important to note that The Sea's protagonists are *not* part of the military. They're not subordinate officers or enlisted men, so there's really no "insubordination" at work here. They could theoretically be placed under arrest, but why? What would you gain from stopping men who crewed a rescue ship and successfully brought back a boatload of soldiers? As civilian volunteers? They're not getting any glory or money, they're not part of the chain of command, they're just some civilians who pulled men out of fiery water and brought them home.

Kirk and your regular military archetype characters are part of the military, and thus subject to the "reckless maverick" characterization. These guys aren't.

Saw this a second time last night. It was better on the Imax, but is still a damn good movie. Nolan's mastered his technique and remains an incredible storyteller.

He still used subterfuge to avoid the Navy. If they simply didn't care because he accomplished the basic task at hand, I'd like to know.

 

[vinsanity]

Spoiler

 

[harlequinade]

 

[OutOfBoose]

Spoiler

No wonder I noticed modern double-glazed windows and stuff like that, lol.

Man, that Nolan's head floating on water feels like a potential meme or something.

 

[StormC]

These pictures remind me how distracting it was in the opening sequence when we saw the outside of the village and it had clearly modern buildings.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Just back from this and while I liked it (and certainly admired its technical achievements)... I just didn't love it.

Maybe it needs a second viewing. All my friends weren't impressed by it much but I want to give it another chance.

 

[nite-owl]

 

[Arachnerd]

I swear to god, Nolan's doing this on purpose to make memes of himself.

 

[Greens]

It doesn't beat the gif of him at a hip hop show.

 

[Arachnerd]

This one upstaged it for me:

 

[Greens]

Yeah but that's fan-made. I prefer gifs where people are actually put in weird situations.

 

[Boom]

 

[Greens]

Yes, yes, YES.

 

[Boom]

The fact that he's not moving at all makes it.

 

[StormC]

Nolan knows what he's about.

 

[TheVileOne]

You got to respect Nolan still doing so many in-camera setups. When everyone is basically doing CG at this point.

They actually built full-scale replica spitfires and flew in the air for those shots.

 

[FunkMiller]

That moment you realise having eight years off was a bloody stupid idea.

 

[Gold Samurai]

Pro- He gets things done on time and on budget

Con-He doesn't do alot of takes so we get some not so good takes for the final scene. Dunkirk got alot of flack for that when the trailers debuted

His fight choreography needs work


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People are punching air or missing by a mile

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I loved this movie. Definitely getting it on Blu-Ray when it comes out. It reminded me of a throwback to the great war movies we used to get like A Bridge Too Far, The Longest Day, The Battle of Britain, and the like.

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

Saw Dunkirk today. Very impressive.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I really enjoyed this movie, but I think Fionn Whitehead didn't get enough attention to place his name as the main star of the movie.
Also; I don't think I've seen many movies with their posters being a shot taken directly from a scene in the movie.

 

[rashad]

Dunkirk grossed an estimated $3.52M on Wednesday. 13-Day total stands at $112.63M.
https://***********/BORReport/status/893179908289044481

Domestic: $112,627,216
+ Foreign: $153,100,000
= Worldwide: $265,727,216

 

[rashad]

After two weekends at #1, Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk will likely finish this weekend in the runner-up position as it will be adding 266 theaters in its third weekend in release, eyeing $16+ million from over 4,000 locations. The film's domestic cume should top $130 million by the end of the weekend as it's international total crossed $150 million yesterday.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4311&p=.htm

 

[Boom]

What threshold does the film need to reach in order to turn a profit?

 

[StormC]

Probably in the 300 million range if the budget is only 100 million.