The Prince of All Saiyans
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I had no interest in this the entire time
I stopped the Cell saga to watch this
I stopped the Cell saga to watch this
Movie was trashY'all are so conditioned to films that have a central character with a backstory to tell among with other sub-characters in a general cliche plot and throw a bunch of stuff around it and call it a war film. And that's not how war is in reality. Even the greatest of the greats like Saving Private Ryan was about a particular cliche plot of a bunch of people put together to find someone. Dunkirk is a DECONSTRUCTION of all of that, and maybe that's what y'all do not get. Essentially, Dunkirk is the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan minus all the violent gore to which was needed for THAT film to showcase how violent war truly is, but takes away from the suspense, whereas in Dunkirk it is all about the suspense due to their particular situation. But just like in the opening scene Saving Private Ryan, there's no TIME to know anyone's back story, no TIME to know who is who, no TIME character development. It is all about the GOAL AT HAND. In the opening scene on Normandy Beach in Saving Private Ryan, it was D-DAY and all the allies trying to successfully make it on the beach. That was it. In Dunkirk, it was the absolute need to successfully retreat. That was it.
If you ever been in the military and been deployed into places like Iraq and Afghanistan, this is pretty much accurate. You don't or rarely SEE your enemy, but you are being attacked everywhere. Paranoia occurs often because you do not know when there's a down time or when you'll be attacked again. PTSD happens to those who one day appear to be of sound mind. Mental mistakes, accidental friendly fire happens. People perspectives differ, especially when it is reported by the news as soldiers being heroes over something that was regarded as a failure. When you are IN IT, and all in your mind is to try to get out. There's no time to waste trying to get to know a person and Nolan make that point clear. People who are saying it is pointless really missed the point entirely. The plot IS about Dunkirk and how the soldiers got OUT. And it is shown by every measure of participation, when to my recollection I have no ever seen in a film. This is from the perspectives of the ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, and even CIVILIANS all intertwine to one overall goal which was to get those stranded soldiers out of that. And y'all complaining because there's no character arc, or no cliche plot of some individual heroes story, or no back story when there's no one really needed.
Nolan want to put you into their shoes, not looking from the outside.
Technically it is a silent film. Part of the point is to have as little dialogue as possible.
Bullshyt, some movies just miss the mark and it is what it is.most people can't handle a movie that's anything other than a rom-com or comic blockbuster. "But, nobody's talking " Jesus