This movie was good, great in some parts and very well shot, but is a little overrated and not as good as some of the praise heaped on it.
Fact is, Nolan could film paint drying and people would heap praise on him.
I enjoyed it, love war films and don't need non-stop action or gun battles, that this doesn't make any of my top lists.
It was maybe a war film for art film fans of people that don't ordinarily like war films, along with the likes of The Thin Red Line.
I don't think this is going to hold up as well on repeat viewings.
I'm not a huge fan of Nolan, I totally disliked Inception, thought The Dark Knight Rises was meh and hated Interstellar, but this was a great film.
I'm a history buff and a war film fan and his view and approach to this material was refreshing and great. This film conveys quite frequently that one person's life is insignificant to the greater picture of this larger world war and that death was knocking on everybody's door at the beach.
One could unfortunately die at any moment from a bomb, an artillery shell, a torpedo or small arms fire and nobody would care. I got the feeling that's how it was, especially when the enemy is mostly unseen and exists like a force of nature that just comes and goes randomly.
Also, listening to Churchill's words being read at the end instead of seeing an actor play Churchill was brilliant and powerful.
This film definitely holds up to repeat viewings, I've seen it three times already and it's definitely going to win Nolan awards.