Dunkirk (2017) Wife's First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!

My father was 19 and survived Dunkirk. Sometimes he used to call out in his sleep although he never spoke about it. He died 7 years ago rest in Peace Dad.

The old man taking his boat with his son and the other boy was based on the real person Charles Lightoller- he was second officer on the Titanic.

My grandfather was a Dunkirk. He told me years ago about how an old woman saved his life after being rescued from Dunkirk. Just 7 words saved him from ending himself. "Wonderful to have you boys back safe."

4:38...He said 'Grenadiers mate' meaning that was the evacuation line for the Grenadier Guards.

They estimated only being able to save 50,000. They saved 338,000 with only 20-30,000 casualties. Amazing!

Dunkirk was the largest evacuation by boat in a single day until the evacuation of lower Manhattan on 9/11/01.

Nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Film Editing.

0:25: “I think Harry Styles is in it…” 😐 “yeah” Lo

In the early days of WWII, Allied Victory wasn't written in stone. Y'all need to react to The Darkest Hour. Gary Oldman knocks it out of the park as Winston Churchill

i think what i love about this movie as serving in the army and following conflicts is that this movie avoids the classic "here is the enemy in plain sight". Dunkirk always keeps the camera on the British POV and i just madly respect the decision to mirror how combat really is like (firefights almost always takes place at 50-200m on average) Rarely do you ever see who's shooting you or who you're shooting. It makes Dunkirk feel terrifyingly claustrophobic and more realistic. I wish more war movies captured this "Fog of War" where the firefights dont show a clear picture. It adds anxiety, uncertainty, and again, realism that i think Dunkirk largely captures

The voice talking to Tom Hardy from back in England on the radio in his plane was another star of the Christopher Nolan Batman films, Michael Caine.

The best thing I love about a film is that not only does it captivate me early, but it is a film I can learn something new from, every time. I can't tell you how many times I've woke up early, flipped on the tv, caught something I wouldn't normally flip to, and been so drawn in, I couldn't turn away.

this movie was just TENSE. Like the entire movie you are on edge. Brilliantly done. And a story that needs to be known. A defeat that became a victory that lead to winning the war.

The scale of the evacuation is hard to imagine...338,000 people.

The score uses snippets of Sir Edward Edgar's "Enigma Variations", namely from the movement titled "Nimrod". Beautiful music!

I dare anyone not to get emotional when watching the scene when they all come on small boats. The waterworks could not be stopped!

This movie had one of the best trailers ever . ( second trailer or full trailer) If you wanted. ( darkest hour ) is a wonderful parallel movie to this . Gary Oldham as Churchill as this is happening. Won an Oscar .

Christopher Nolan never fails. The movie's three different points of view brilliantly overlapped and intertwined.

Silent flight scene over the beach was one of the most breathtaking shots I've seen

Christopher Nolan is one of the few major directors these days who can seamlessly blend genre trappings with artistic sensibilities and still attract one of the LARGEST "followings" (pun intended, and if you know, you know haha) in recent cinema. He's one of the few "rockstar" directors we have, and he's at this level for a good reason.