Siamese Dream
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I was a little disappointed to be honest, but I went into this knowing exactly how it would be; just an action movie made for seeing in the theatre full of tension and designed to keep you on the edge of your seat. I did enjoy the dog fighting scenes, the Spitfire is one of the most iconic planes in history. Though I think there were a few too many, they could have cut the first one when they fight the single fighter which was a bit pointless, if I wanted to see so much dogfighting I'd just watch The Battle of Britain or Top Gun if I'm in the mood for something more modern.
I saw the run time and knew we weren't going to get a 3 hour 60s/70s classic like A Bridge Too Far with a massive ensemble cast which tells the overall story of the battle with perspectives from both sides and scenes with the generals going over what's happening. I felt that Dunkirk offered very little insight into the scale of what was actually going on around the protagonists, no scenes of the perimeter holding off the enemy or generals talking strategy and the desperation and race against the clock to evacuate the men. There was no build-up either. However I do kind of understand that it seems they just wanted to tell the story of the common man rather than make it all about the high ranking officers.
Overall I had a good cinematic experience, but growing up watching all the WW2 classics I won't be putting this up there with my favourites or on my re-watch list.
Spoiler time:
[Spoil]I knew George was going to die as soon as he got on the boat when he wasn't supposed to. I knew Tom Hardy was going to come back in his Spitfire and save the day. Those events were extremely predictable, however they did well to make you care about George's death without really developing his character.[/Spoil]
I saw the run time and knew we weren't going to get a 3 hour 60s/70s classic like A Bridge Too Far with a massive ensemble cast which tells the overall story of the battle with perspectives from both sides and scenes with the generals going over what's happening. I felt that Dunkirk offered very little insight into the scale of what was actually going on around the protagonists, no scenes of the perimeter holding off the enemy or generals talking strategy and the desperation and race against the clock to evacuate the men. There was no build-up either. However I do kind of understand that it seems they just wanted to tell the story of the common man rather than make it all about the high ranking officers.
Overall I had a good cinematic experience, but growing up watching all the WW2 classics I won't be putting this up there with my favourites or on my re-watch list.
Spoiler time:
[Spoil]I knew George was going to die as soon as he got on the boat when he wasn't supposed to. I knew Tom Hardy was going to come back in his Spitfire and save the day. Those events were extremely predictable, however they did well to make you care about George's death without really developing his character.[/Spoil]