Board 8 > So is Dunkirk actually good or just critic bait?

(+) Yeah! (+)

What I don't get is how a film like this, which is effectively a 105 minute sensory assault, can be described as "boring", even if you don't like it.
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Saw it
Such a pointless movie, can't believe it's by the same guy that directed the Batman movies, Inception and Interstellar
I just couldn't care about the movie, I couldn't care about the characters, I couldn't care if someone died or survived..it was just a movie that meant nothing, it had no soul, it had no point

Do you know the moment in Game of Thrones season 6 episode 9 where Jon Snow was covered by dead bodies and tried to reach out? this movie had a lot of scenes like that yet nothing as powerful as that GOT scene
What was I supposed to feel during this movie? when soldiers just die left and right, does it really matter if 1000 die or 10000 die? does it matter?
You have 3 fronts- one of them main character was a "mute" idiot
The other front you have a pilot which is cool because he cares about others more than himself but you can't see his face+all he talk about is how much fuel he is
Third route has a nice person wanting to save people which is cool
But I can't deny how terrible, horrible, badly executed the scene in which that kid died - so he fell a few stairs and then he can't see and then he died? did I miss something?
And then what was I supposed to feel about the ending? be happy that people cheered for them? no, I don't care
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Lightning Strikes posted...

What I don't get is how a film like this, which is effectively a 105 minute sensory assault, can be described as "boring", even if you don't like it.

I don't get how you could fail to see how someone might consider that boring

Just because you assault my senses doesn't mean you have my attention

So I'm more convinced than ever that it will be excellent

Seeing it Saturday, can't wait
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If Nanis hated it, it must be good!
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http://thecollegiatelive.com/2017/07/ill-say-didnt-like-dunkirk/
Article+comments
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StealThisSheen posted...

If Nanis hated it, it must be good!

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You know, sometimes I do think the problem is with me
Maybe I just lost all care in the world
Maybe I won't enjoy anything again

But then I remember I enjoyed Wonder Woman and Guardians of the Galaxy 2 only recently so I say fuck this, I just know what is a good movie better than other people that are easy to please
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Nanis23 posted...

when soldiers just die left and right, does it really matter if 1000 die or 10000 die? does it matter?

Like you almost had it, circled it and then went "but no seriously, I'm a shitbird".
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I thought it was a pretty good if not brilliant film. It did do an excellent job of conveying a hopeless and desperate atmosphere, managing to walk the tightrope of being depressing but not so much that it was tuned out. Rylance's performance was the stand-out, though no one did a bad job (some characters were more memorable than others, though, like Murphy's). Great use of sound for the most part, especially with the Air scenes, though the sparse dialogue was occasionally drowned out. The most memorable scene for me is probably the night scene on the destroyer, when it's hit by a torpedo and sinks, dooming most of the men on board to drown in the hold, just because of how terrifying and tense that was, and the entire idea of it. I have to say I didn't care too much for Tommy, but the idea was supposed to be that he was just a random soldier going through the exact same things as everyone else, so I can forgive the relative lack of characterization.

For the record:
The Prestige > TDK > Inception > Batman Begins > Dunkirk > TDKR > Interstellar (not seen the older works. I know, I know; I will eventually).

And
12 Years a Slave > Fury Road > Dunkirk > Boyhood >= Gravity. 12 Years a Slave is a contender for the best film of the decade so far.

None of these films are bad, though some interested me less than others (Interstellar, Boyhood, Gravity).

Overrated is a valid complaint about people's perceptions, but is absolutely useless when talking about the quality of a film itself. I think Gravity is overrated, but it's a decent film.
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Eddv posted...

Nanis23 posted...

when soldiers just die left and right, does it really matter if 1000 die or 10000 die? does it matter?

Like you almost had it, circled it and then went "but no seriously, I'm a shitbird".

Oh come on I am talking about a movie and not real life
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Nanis23 posted...

Eddv posted...

Nanis23 posted...

when soldiers just die left and right, does it really matter if 1000 die or 10000 die? does it matter?

Like you almost had it, circled it and then went "but no seriously, I'm a shitbird".

Oh come on I am talking about a movie and not real life

So you never get invested in characters?

Aside from that, while they were fictional, you realize the events were real and based off of real people, right? Think of them as stand-ins for the real soldiers at Dunkirk in 1940.
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MrZAP17 posted...

For the record:
The Prestige >

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Nanis23 posted...

You know, sometimes I do think the problem is with me
Maybe I just lost all care in the world
Maybe I won't enjoy anything again

But then I remember I enjoyed Wonder Woman and Guardians of the Galaxy 2 only recently so I say fuck this, I just know what is a good movie better than other people that are easy to please

The problem is you. GotG2 was bad.
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