ord.sgt.26NC
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I've been twice and might be a third before it leaves. Anybody else been to see it? All those number 1 mark 3* Lee Enfields bring on the wood.
Dunkirk...
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obullfish
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Not yet. Looking forward to getting some time to watch it.
OffTrackMan
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I heard it's a great movie. I may have to watch it as well, one of these days. 
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Heard nothing but good things so far and hope to make it to the theater soon. Its refreshing that Hollywood put something out besides another bullshit reboot or sequel.
ord.sgt.26NC
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ya'll gotta git there ASAP...won't be the same on the little screen. It's a very different movie from your standard war movie.
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I'll wait, my screen is not that little, and surround sound make it awesome. I hate overpriced movies and $6 stale popcorn.
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ord.sgt.26NC
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welp.saw it a third time yesterday with my baby girl. My little Bernie-ite said she thoroughly enjoyed it.
Well, I'm probably going to step on some toes, but my thoughts anyway...
**caution** slight spoiler alert
Overall, good movie, I liked the thematic elements and how "real" the screenplay feels and puts you in the middle of the scene. Some of the shots make you feel like you are literally in the lap of the actors or in the scene with the characters. I think Nolan did a good job on that part.
My biggest peeve was that the timeline was hard to follow. You get one quick snapshot of the timeline near the beginning of the movie, but after that you are left to figure out how everything is playing out (from the perspective of the 3 different groups of people, that's all I will say on that part to not give too much more away). You really don't gain a full understanding of the timeline until the climax of the movie. That part frustrated me to a degree from other storyline movies, especially "war story" movies such as saving private ryan. To me it was difficult to piece the story together without a better understanding of the context (if you are going to follow 3 different timelines). You really don't know what the enemy is doing or has done without a little bit of a history lesson before the movie. I dunno, maybe it was Nolan's intent to simply focus on a small piece of the Dunkirk story. If so, then he did a pretty good job of that.
If you have gotten this far, you should still go see it. But it is unlikely a movie that I would purchase. IMO.
**caution** slight spoiler alert
Overall, good movie, I liked the thematic elements and how "real" the screenplay feels and puts you in the middle of the scene. Some of the shots make you feel like you are literally in the lap of the actors or in the scene with the characters. I think Nolan did a good job on that part.
My biggest peeve was that the timeline was hard to follow. You get one quick snapshot of the timeline near the beginning of the movie, but after that you are left to figure out how everything is playing out (from the perspective of the 3 different groups of people, that's all I will say on that part to not give too much more away). You really don't gain a full understanding of the timeline until the climax of the movie. That part frustrated me to a degree from other storyline movies, especially "war story" movies such as saving private ryan. To me it was difficult to piece the story together without a better understanding of the context (if you are going to follow 3 different timelines). You really don't know what the enemy is doing or has done without a little bit of a history lesson before the movie. I dunno, maybe it was Nolan's intent to simply focus on a small piece of the Dunkirk story. If so, then he did a pretty good job of that.
If you have gotten this far, you should still go see it. But it is unlikely a movie that I would purchase. IMO.
ord.sgt.26NC
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I believe that was his intent all together. On my third trip, I woke up to the time line. All three converge at the end and now it works for me. It's deff one you gotta think about while watching and I warned my daughter to that. You have to be observant. I also gave her some schoolin as to what was going on at the time and that helped her alot.