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

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[@Lloyd-Franklin]

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."

[@charles7836]

Wow, thank you for sharing that. If he is still with us, tell him thank you for his sacrifice. My dad was in WW II, and passed in the late 70's. I didn't learn near as much from him about his experiences during that time as I wish I had, and regret it now.

[@peteg475]

"Live to fight another day" is one attitude that's really important after suffering a defeat. "I'm down, but I'm not out. I'll be back." Very important.

[@brianohalloran4059]

The butterfly effect is amazing. Without that old lady deciding to talk to your grandfather and saying just 7 words, you would never have been born. It just goes to illustrate how powerful and transformative our interactions with our fellow man can be, no matter how basic, trite and mundane they may seem. A few positive words of encouragement and generations are saved. Amazing.

[@barnabydodd8956]

@@brianohalloran4059 That's interesting. My parents, who are from Louisiana, were introduced to each other by a mutual friend. Their mutual friend happens to be Cuban, and his family escaped to America from Fidel Castro's communist dictatorship. So in a way, I owe my existence to Fidel Castro, and if you go even further back, Karl Marx. I'm a staunch capitalist, but oddly enough, if communism didn't exist, I wouldn't either.

[@brianohalloran4059]

@@barnabydodd8956 There you go. Another amazing story. And I'm sure if we all dug into our past everyone would find incredible "fork in the road/sliding doors/butterfly effect" moments.

[@denisescutt1865]

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.

[@allaboutthecookies9642]

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.

[@darwinawardcommittee]

I never knew that it was the same guy!

[@xbulelo]

Wow … that’s crazy. I’ve just read that he also served in World War I. I should have known. What a hero.

[@zakarylux2271]

Wow I never heard or read that either!

[@gunsfordays9932]

The most senior officer to survive the titanic since all his superiors died.

[@anonymes2884]

Lightoller is well worth googling for anyone that hasn't. Guy was a bit of a legend. (at the time of release they downplayed any link to Rylance's character, presumably for legal reasons but when you read the real story it's pretty apparent. E.g. in 'Dunkirk' Rylance's boat is the "Moonstone", Lightoller's boat was the "Sundowner", he did indeed take his son and a friend of his son's - both of whom survived in reality - over the channel to Dunkirk from which he evacuated over 100 soldiers, he lost an RAF pilot son in the first weeks of the war etc.)

[@surferles589]

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

[@jeffmansfield914]

Imagine a situation so bad that we can look back on it and say, “*only* 20-30,000 casualties”. War is hell.

[@shainewhite2781]

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

[@robertvenegas6113]

The fact that this didn't win Best Cinematography is a fucking travesty.

[@eddhardy1054]

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

[@joelwillems4081]

Who are, apparently, a bunch of puffs because who cares if someone is in line Behind you.

[@eddhardy1054]

Maybe it's actually to make roll-call easier so they can tell who's missing from a regiment and who's not...or they could just be puffs (or possibly even poofs, who knows eh?).

[@anonymes2884]

@@joelwillems4081 One of the reasons the evacuation worked as well as it did was, the soldiers kept good order pretty much throughout. Being where you're meant to be being a large part of that. But sure, by all means make ignorant, derogatory comments about the Grenadier Guards. Preferably to one of their faces, where I can watch the results :).

[@Oxley016]

@@joelwillems4081 Go say that to them in London, they can be found there on guard quite often. They'd pummel you into the pavement.

[@stevev2492]

@@Oxley016 Only the insecure need to react with violence to verbal insults. If you care what someone says you must value their opinion.

[@charles7836]

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.

[@daustin8888]

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

[@joelwillems4081]

It wasn't inevitable until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and a couple of days later, Germany declared war on the United States, the only country they declared war on in WWII. As Churchill said, 'the New World with all its power and might steps forth to the rescue and liberation of the Old'.

[@paulcarfantan6688]

@@joelwillems4081 Yes, Pearl Harbor and then Stalingrad. Let`s just say, "the writing was on the wall". After that it was just a matter of time. The German intelligence services had calculated that the Soviets had no more than 200 divisions but after a year of fighting they had counted 360 and they were still counting. Oops ! Looks like someone miscalculated...thankfully for us. He also thought that the U.S was run by a bunch of Jews and had very limited military capabilities. Talk about being misinformed.

[@pseudohacker]

Germany’s defeat was always inevitable. It was doubt and fear to commit from the allies what allowed them to advance.

[@timeofgifts]

Your well made comment that victory seemed uncertain throughout 1940 ('we shall fight them on the beaches' was rallying morale for a German invasion beyond the Channel Islands) reminds me to recommend Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger's 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)' (with the bonus that it was Churchill's most hated film, because he misunderstood its intent) as a 'why Britain kept fighting alone' film, made while eventual victory was still a hope rather than clear to the public. Having watched 'The World at War' many times since I first saw it, decades ago, aged 11, the anxiety among defeated BEF soldiers, that they would be as popular as appeasers on their return was important to acknowledge. I will also suggest another Archer's studio (Powell & Pressburger) film 'A Matter of Life and Death' (1946) made to retain public support for UK-US ties in both countries after the war.

[@Spitfire_1940]

​@@joelwillems4081even then it wasn't certain. It's easy to say now that yeah the US was gonna come in and save the day but even we faced many losses in the beginning in the Pacific and Africa. The US Economy never had the surge it had during the war up to that point. Imagine being alive then without the knowledge of what the US Industry could turn into. Since nobody actually knows how to read into context clues. What I am saying is that the us industry became a giant, not over night, but throughout the war. It wasn't going to turn into one for sure and America made many mistakes and missteps during the war. It is undeniable it took a key role. I never stated that it was the only part to play. When I say "it's easy to say America came and saved the day". I mean a lot of idiots today believe that. I never said that it is a fact.

[@GarrettHarlen]

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

[@mariaghiglieri78]

A good video to react to is the boat rescue of 9/11-narrated by Tom Hanks. It is astounding.

[@SamBlips]

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

[@Curraghmore]

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.

[@anonymes2884]

Caine was Fortis Leader in fact (i.e. the flight leader and third plane we see at the start) who is presumably lost offscreen (he's in the air with them in other words, not back in England).

[@lawrencedockery9032]

Also an homage to Michael Caine's role in the movie Battle of Britain

[@juvandy]

@@lawrencedockery9032 a real classic

[@JasonMoir]

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

[@fabgg_]

That's one of the two things i dislike about this movie, the beaches are empty, it should have been crowded like that scene from Atonement. And the other is the fact we see no french except for 5 secondes at the beginning. French soldiers fought hard to protect the evacuation. Here it seems like the brits did everything.

[@andrewreisinger6860]

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

[@jimmorrish6771]

love nimrod, fantastic piece of music

[@Oxley016]

I thought I was hearing Nimrod!

[@CMinorOp67]

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

[@paulhewes7333]

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.

[@pistonburner6448]

This film has nothing to do with reality, realism, telling the actual story...it's just about Nolan wanting to cobble up a horrible film in order to justify filming a few very stunning shots. This film is absolutely laughable in the realism-department.

[@JordanCesaroni93]

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

[@motorcycleboy9000]

My favorite portrayal of the RAF. Didn't realize he was Tom Hardy. I was invested in that fuel gauge and knocking out Luftwaffe.

[@sunnyschramm9650]

lol

[@Schizm1]

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

[@kevinpierce3458]

It’s beautiful and thrilling at the same time. The Spitfire is engrained in British history

[@LJ-ht4zs]

Saddest part - after the heroism of the fighter piolet then his losing fuel - ever so quietly gliding into enemy territory. While he should have been consider a POW - he was probably shot on the spot.

[@batmanvsjoker7725]

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

[@adamscott7354]

Well Tarantino pointed out how different it was at the London premiere with actual Dunkirk vets of soldiers and some of the people involved in evac, the theatre was much more emotional about it than in the US during the "Home came for them" scene.

[@xbulelo]

21:10 - I could tell TBR was emotional from this moment … Hans Zimmer’s music is phenomenal (& the timing to reveal the boats is overwhelmingly heart warming). The moment when he says “so be bloody careful with him” after realising his friend is dead, not to mention hiding said news from Cillian Murphy’s character, got me too.

[@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl]

Same and Hans Zimmer’s always did a great job on the music in every movie he a part of

[@xbulelo]

@@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl100% bro - one of the best. I saw Dune 2 & his music in that is beautiful & surreal. One of my other favourites is Thomas Newman.

[@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl]

@@xbulelo I agree he music in Dune part two is really good and I haven’t heard of Thomas Newman but I checked out his music

[@xbulelo]

@@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl he did a LOT. My favourite scores by him are The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty & Road To Perdition.

[@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl]

@@xbulelo i have to check out American Beauty now to hear his score then

[@shanenolan5625]

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 .

[@LJ-ht4zs]

I saw The Darkest Hour first, then immediately saw Dunkirk - so impactful.

[@travis_thompson]

"Where was the RAF" was a oft heard quote at the time by soldiers on the beach. The RAF were obviously there but fighting further inland at higher altitudes so the men on the ground only saw what got through. The movie brought them down low to allow for the story to be more interconnected

[@nt78stonewobble]

IIrc. the RAF also had to be cautious with their use of planes, since they simply did not have as many as the Luftwaffe. The UK was not on a war time industrial production yet.

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

I feel the direction Nolan gave to Hans Zimmer for his music was, a pocket watch ticking to indicate time running short and stress increasing...It's perfect to establish the atmosphere of the whole movie !

[@reservoirdude92]

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.

[@actaeon299]

Most of the 'little boats' would go in close to shore, pick up men, then transfer them to a ship waiting further out. Because the ship couldn't get in close. They would taxi back and forth picking up men.

[@cs3473]

The song music for when "Home" arrives, Nimrod, is considered a song of remembrance in England. That moment when the strains of the song started hit me right in the feels like a freight train. Since Nolan likes to play with the constructs of time in his movies, in Dunkirk's case here is how to frame up the three plotlines when they intersect at that moment in the channel if you or anyone have questions: - The plotline with the soldiers takes place in the days leading up to the intersection; - The plotline with the small ships takes place in the hours leading up to the intersection (when I lived in England back in the day prior to the Channel Tunnel, a ferry ride from Dover to Calais was roughly two hours); - The plotline with the British Fighters is taking place within roughly 30 minutes leading up to the intersection (this is coming from historical records of the time - The Fighters in the Luftwaffe and RAF had an even shorter loitering time over their respective coasts than the fighters escorting the Bombers in "Masters of the Air") Speaking of the RAF and where were they, If you two have not seen the movie, you should probably see "The Battle of Britain" from the early 1960's. It had a who's who of British Cinema at the time (including Michael Caine, - Nolan actually used audio footage from that movie to create a "Cameo" for Caine in "Dunkirk"). In addition, the German and British fighter pilots who survived the war (Adolf Galland and Peter Townshend stand out) actually did the aerial reenactment of the flying scenes for that movie.

[@XH13]

A good double feature with this movie is Darkest Hour with Gary Oldman, which pretty much is a prequel do Dunkirk

[@stsolomon618]

Saw this film in theaters, what a movie.

[@craigmerryfull7704]

The ending where the fathers come for their boys in civilian boats still chokes me up.

[@wozing]

I was lucky enough to have watched this in theaters. I have never forgotten how impactful the sound was. It was loud and abrasive, and a lot of the voices were being drowned out by the chaos. It was what I imagine actual war sounds like, and I pray this is the closest I get to finding out.

[@Itsmattz]

When the boat sank my heart was racing.

[@Bar-Lord]

I’ve stolen this from someone, but I always describe this film as a 90ish minute panic attack. It seemed to fit it well, and describe it better than I ever could on my own.

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

I love how all 3 P.O.V. ( soldier of Dunkirk, the boats and the pilot)are different point in time but then they all cross each other in the middle of the movie to become a fluid timeline. It's next level unique filmaking ! It's not as crazy as the reverse story of Memento or flashy like Tenet but it's still impressive !

[@MarkTheMorose]

You might be interested to know that Charles Lightoller, the most senior officer to survive the sinking of the Titanic, was one of the small boat owners, and sailed his vessel Sundowner to Dunkirk. He rescued 127 men in a vessel designed to hold 21. Mark Rylance's character, in the small boat that picks up Cillian Murphy, is based on Lightoller.

[@davidmendez1694]

Those bottles were Newcastle Brown Ale, still sold today

[@JohnDAmico-ci2hz]

Saw this in IMAX and I literally couldn't hear leaving it... Spectacular as usual from Christopher Nolan....

[@anonymes2884]

At least one of the Spitfires used in the film is based near where I used to live on the south coast of England and they filmed some of the wide shots in the air over that area (there's an airfield there that used to be a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm base where real Spits were stationed during the war). The actual warplanes were single seaters but these are two seat trainers so if you have the cash you can even go up in one for a spin (I think flights _start_ at about 3 grand though so not exactly pocket change :). And just a couple of miles up the coast is the bay from which my grandfather (obviously among many others :) embarked for the D-Day invasion, almost exactly 4 years after this film is set. Quite a lot of history around there, even by UK standards :).

[@othyization]

Fun fact: Charles Lightoller, 2nd Officer of the RMS Titanic, was among the civilian boats helping soldiers escape Dunkirk. Aparently Mark Rylance's character is "based off" of Lightoller.

[@Grace-cs5sk]

I love this movie and learning the history of British French and German background

[@jcp1984again]

This film is something that gets me misty-eyed every single time. To me Dunkirk is one of Nolan's finest achievements so far. The atmosphere and flow of time in this film is something incredibly immersive. The way the tension comes and goes in waves with the musical score feels very unique and makes my heart race. The whole film is a masterclass of cinematic storytelling. And then there's the ending. For me seeing Farrier's plane finally touch the beach sand is my biggest tear-jerker in this. Maybe it's the knowing that he chose to sacrifice himself all the way that gets me.

[@Thane36425]

When fighter planes ditched they were supposed to keep their canopy open just so it wouldn't get stuck as happened here. Very easy for the airframe to bend enough for that to happen. There were a few other evacuation ports other than Dunkirk, but Dunkirk was the largest. They got many thousands more men off, in some cases with the British destroyers exchanging fire with German tanks on shore, and machine guns and artillery. The fighting out there was intense with whole units being destroyed. Some other men moved west to still other ports and got rides on or stole boats to try to reach England. A few went to southern France or even into Spain to escape.

[@bran1886]

What gets lost with Dunkirk is the actions of the French military, they could have a whole movie made about them.

[@ianstopher9111]

I had a newfound respect for the French and Belgian forces holding the line to allow the British to evacuate. Great work.

[@dalj4362]

​@ianstopher9111 123k french Soldiers were evacuated back to England and 50k Brits also stayed behind and 11k were killed or injured. It wasn't as black and white as the French stayed so the British could be evacuated. Watch the last stand at Le Paradis. Just one of the many stories of the Brits that stayed behind.

[@ianstopher9111]

@@dalj4362 Thanks for the info

[@rickpalacio7]

This is great, guys! Since you've really come to enjoy the intricacies of historical stories and movies depicting momentous conflicts, and now that you've watched DUNKIRK, I very, very highly recommend that you watch the 2017 film DARKEST HOUR as soon as you can. It features Gary Oldman's Academy Award-winning performance as Winston Churchill and will show you what Churchill was dealing with as Dunkirk was happening. It's a really fantastic counterpart to this movie in the sense that you get to see the conflict from a different point of view, that is, seeing what's happening in the halls of the British government while this event was going on. The two movies together are really something very special. I think you'll greatly enjoy that two-hander!

[@MzQTMcHotness]

I was in this film. It was an absolute pleasure to work. Truly a spectacular project.

[@susanliltz3875]

Plane landing in the water made me think of the time Sully landed his plane in the Hudson River!! You’ve got to watch the movie: “SULLY “ starring Tom Hanks Great movie!!!

[@TBRSchmitt]

We’ve seen Sully and agree it’s fantastic!

[@susanliltz3875]

@@TBRSchmitt Thanks for letting me know!! Glad you liked it! Thanks for all the great movies and reactions!!You two are great!!!!

[@danholmesfilm]

Gotta check out Darkest Hour for the other half of the story now :)

[@W92tv]

1 week, 1 day, 1 hour: Each of these refers to the separate storylines that end up converging at the evacuation of Dunkirk. The Mole starts a week before the evacuation. The story of the soldiers trying everything they can to secure a ride back to England. Along with the officers trying to figure out how to get the troops off the beach and back home. The Sea takes place a day before the evacuation. This story focuses on the father and son taking their yacht to Dunkirk to help evacuate the troops. The Air takes place one hour before the evacuation, with the fighter pilots doing their best to defend the skies against the German Air attacks.

[@dalj4362]

France actually had a larger army than Germany. 50k Brits stayed behind to buy time for the evacuation as well. 123k French soldiers were also evacuated back to Britain along with the Brits.

[@karimhicks8376]

FYI: This was the largest boat lift in world history, until septeber 11th, 2001; some 60 years later. Never underestimate the spirit of the common individual! For great things can be achieved, despite the EVIL THAT HUMANS CAN DO, & HAVE DONE!!

[@tidepride86]

Hope you guys are doing well!

[@jeffgaboury3157]

Such a fantastic movie. Thank you for reacting to it!

[@ajkelvin]

insomnia is a really good movie, one of my favorites

[@MrTragedious986]

I remembered watching this movie in theaters, it is really loud especially the gun shots at the beginning.

[@Robalogot]

It was too fucking loud in IMAX, people had to walk out sick...

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

A handful of the rescue boats were boats that had actually participated in the real evacuation. Obviously most were no longer functional or intact after so long, but I think about ten to fifteen were still seaworthy, so they made an encore appearance at Dunkirk.

[@jomojojo6603]

In regards to the creepy "sound", if you remember, "The Dark Knight" had that "sound" that slowly raised in pitch during a few Joker scenes. Also, a similar technique in Se7en during the "What's in the box" scene.

[@silgen]

If you want to see what happened next then watch The Battle of Britain (1969) - no CGI, real planes and great action shots.

[@svperstar]

in imax, when the german planes first arrive on the beach, an all time theatre moment sound wise.

[@deannebeech5249]

My great uncle Joseph Corbett survived Dunkirk and returned on D day, he made it through that but was shot in the leg by a subaltern celebrating on VE day. Lived another 50 years.

[@jeffsherk7056]

I don't know for sure, but the '1 week' that we see at the beginning of the movie might have to do with the number of days it took to get the small boat flotilla together. From what I have read, the small boats had to be located, and serviced by a mechanic to get them running again because lots of them had been sitting idle for some months, and the owners had to be contacted and asked to take their boats across the channel to France. Hundreds of people in England worked literally around the clock to make the small boats seaworthy and available to be used in the evacuation.

[@peteparker22]

Have you both seen Insomnia? Another of Nolans underrated films

[@TBRSchmitt]

It’s on our list!

[@Matt_M]

I watched this at the cinema when it came out and the sound in the auditorium was incredible. This is my favourite Nolan film... just behind Interstellar ... its my favourite due possibly to being British and already knowing the story of Dunkirk and with both of my grandfathers who fought in WW2 it was really emotional. The premier of the film was attended by some Dunkirk veterans and there are interviews of them describing how true to the actual event the film is and that the noises of the dive bombers were triggering and flashed them back to Dunkirk. To win the sound design Oscar backs that up too. Zimmer on form as usual too. Nice cameo by Michael Caine too... if you caught him? ;) Love the reaction as usual you guys.

[@VonPunk]

I do love this movie, I'm glad one of you had not seen it so it could get on the channel, your reactions and discussion after were great to watch. Think this leaves only 3 Nolan films you've not seen, 'Tenet', 'Insomnia' and 'Following'. If you do the last one, you could double bill it with his short 'Doodlebug' to give extra value and complete everything he directed. Thanks. 😀 Similar to this, my Grandmother evacuated on one of the last boats out of Jersey to England before the Germans occupied it, met my Granddad here, she got to return there eventually and my mum was born in Jersey a year after the war ended, I think I feel connected to WW2 stuff because I wouldn't exist if it didn't happen and that's a weird feeling. 🤔

[@redentortiongco5686]

A good day to you two...i'am glad that with your busy schedule you two still manage to do reaction videos..which i really enjoy watching..if you don't mind I got some movie suggestions that might interest you.."Maverick"(mel gibson/jodi foster/james garner)..."Space Cowboys"(clint eastwood/tommy lee jones/donald sutherland/james garner)..."Basic"(john travolta/samuel jackson)..."G.I.jane"(demi moore)..."TAPS"(timothy hutton/seann penn/tom cruise/george c scott)...have a nice day.

[@spinin1251]

I think this is Nolan's best film. It's not bogged down with unnecessary extra talking and exposition. It doesn't have any unnecessary scenes. It is lean and to the point. And the time jumping feels natural, rather than something you need to constantly keep track of in order to make sense of the story. It's not convoluted. It is impactful, tense, cinematically incredibly impressive, and with pulsing music and sound. Like a constantly racing heartbeat that just can't get a break until near the end. Several great scenes and no bad or unnecessary scenes. That's Howard Hawks' definition of a masterpiece. And I think Tarantino described it best as far as the achievement that it is: It is like a tense movie trailer that gets you pumped, excited, and engaged, except that it is stretched out to a full 100 minutes - a film that is full of all the best scenes, one after another, that is like a composition made in the style of a trailer. Essentially it is like the climax of any other movie, all the way through. I don't think that's been done before. Not at this level.

[@smiffy68]

Absolutely remarkable movie. I saw this in Imax when it came out and in the spitfire scenes you could actually see the screen vibrating from the thrum of the propellers In other news, in the 90s I was fortunate enough to be at an airbase near Blackpool (NW of England) when a Spitfire took off right over our heads. Incredible sound that you can't ever forget.

[@shanenolan5625]

Sir Michael Caine ( voice of the lead pilot )

[@andrewburgemeister6684]

I remember seeing this in 70mm at my local theatre, such an awesome experience!

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

Never stop crying guys. We love you too.

[@sometimesidreamaboutcheese]

I always feels that almost all these air scenes with Spitfires and Tom Hardy (over the ocean with these fighters and bombers) has been inspired by that one film which I already mentioned multiple times (last time during "Masters of the Air") for last years at your channel since I meet your amazing channel after your "Das Boot" watching (my beloved movie). It is "Dark Blue World" (2001). Please, find this one if you can! It is war movie about czech pilots who fought in British Royal Air Force during WWII. It is magnificent movie with ACTUAL planes and based on autobiographical books of WWII czech pilot F. Fajtl who was an inspiration to the film. Quote from wiki: "Animator Hayao Miyazaki said that this is his favourite film, as it shows the speed and fragility of aircraft and the historic tragedy of the Czech pilots after the war." What else should I say? Heh. At least that.. "Das Boot" and "Dark Blue World" are my favourite war\anti-war drama movies (alongside with "Come and See" and "The Thin Red Line"). I did not seen DBW around 15 years probably, but still remember it like yesterday.

[@alexhidalgo7110]

Yes awesome reaction glad your wife love it

[@KaoretheHalfDemon]

Those little boats you see in the movie, the ones that it pays close attention to… were really at Dunkirk. Those are the ACTUAL boats that were there.

[@peteparker22]

One of Nolans best I think. Can't wait for you guys to watch it

[@coreyhendricks9490]

Cool reaction as always Schmitt & Samantha, you both take care and have a good night

[@waterfaucet9926]

“You can almost see it from here” “What sir?” “Home”

[@danholmesfilm]

TEAM JASON SUDEKIS!!!

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

What annoys me is Mark Rylance's character hears approaching Spitfires and doesn't turn around but identifies them based on the sound of their Rolls Royce Merlin engines The problem with this is the contemporary Hawker Hurricane also used the Merlin engine. So he would not have been able to tell by engine noise alone

[@PrinceofArfon]

I saw this in Dome IMAX, where the screen fills your peripheral vision. It was the most viscerally intense movie experience I’ve had.

[@Nick_Barone]

The best lesson of “live to fight another day”

[@owlhouse53]

And win.

[@stevenbeseler2538]

Remember watching this and when I heard Fortis Leader I was like, no way, that's Michael Caine who was also in Battle Of Britain in 1969, awesome nod to that movie and performance!

[@markcreemore4915]

One thing bothers me about this movie...there are supposed to be over 300,000 men on that beach. It looks very sparse and quiet in this movie.

[@SgtWicket]

It’s seems like the movie takes place mid evacuation and a lot of men were taken by military ships from the mole, which in actuality extended almost a mile into the water and could accommodate multiple large ships. The role of the civilian ships arriving (all at once) is exaggerated for the finale of the movie.

[@phantom213]

This soundtrack is pure genius.

[@LUIS_TINOCO_THE_SAVAGE]

Hey guys is been a while for miss y'all. Amazing reaction as always i love Christopher nolan so much he is my favorite director of all time. I hope you two guys watch the dark Knight trilogy very soon❤️💯🔥🔥

[@craigmorris4083]

Every time I watch this, I keep thinking one thought..."Thank goodness for those men and women."

[@clayjohanson]

The tone that seems to be constantly increasing - raising tension as it goes - is called a Shepard tone: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_tone

[@dirigidoporJorge309]

This is my fav from Christopher Nolan and happy to see it in the channel, great content as always. Tenet would be crazy to see it too!

[@jamespfp]

5:45 -- RE: One Week, One Day, One Hour; A: This is a thematic linking of the Endurance estimates for the various groups or individuals. The Soldiers at the Mole have been fighting in France for a very short time, relatively speaking. The Boats in England need about a Day to get to the Mole; the Fighters have a limited amount of fuel aboard, and if the Fighter is a Hurricane it has a maximum speed of around 300 knots, and a Range of about 500 nautical miles. If it takes 1 hour to get somewhere, it might not have enough fuel to get back home again. The Spitfire has *80%* of the Range of a Hurricane, and less again if it gets into combat.

[@lancewolf2451]

The dog fighting scenes are the best..simply filmed not over the top with special effects.

[@aussiebladerunner]

The men on the beach hated the airforce for abandoning them as they rarely saw them providing cover when in fact they were actually fighting inland preventing the German planes from reaching the beach. A documentary I watched said the RAF shot down 12 German aircraft for every one that reached the beach and overall they shot down 5 German aircraft for every RAF aircraft so they were taking losses themselves. Nevertheless if an RAF pilot made it to the beach after being shot down they wouldn’t let them on the evacuation boats.

[@Henry-fn1zw]

easily top 5 Nolan for me, underrated

[@jmackmcneill]

The funny part of if this film for me is that Tom Hardy 100% killed all those guys in the water by setting them on fire, and threw away a £1m Spitfire and a fully trained pilot, right before the Battle of Britain. It is an utterly beautiful movie.

[@merkury06]

I saw this at the theater first run, if you ever get a chance to see this in a theater with the full sound system do it.

[@Stuffthatsfunny1]

1:28 because he's a great director and I for one would rather that you don't punch him

[@rodrigofoli]

Hans Zimmer soundtrack for this movie is so eerie

[@IzzyManDude]

Every time I watch this, whether it's a reaction or not, I always get chills when the speech from Churchill is read. Specifically, the part that goes, "...when the New World steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the Old." I always knew when reading that part that Churchill was talking about the United States. It was nothing but perfect timing for our nation to rescue our allies, and liberate the oppressed.

[@hotsauce69247]

18:45 Dammit, this moment hits harder on second watch, after you learn from near the end of the movie that the dad had already lost a son to the war. That's why he's so desperate to save more soldiers.

[@ermericcarolissen694]

The little boats were not sent to pick up soldiers and take them back to England. They were used to pick up soldiers and take them to the ships that were waiting offshore.

[@danholmesfilm]

Definitely better on a second watch :) Wasn't a huge fan when i saw it in theaters Loved it upon a rewatch Probably his most mature film to date

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

24:50 The blind man is played by, John Nolan, Chris Nolan's uncle.

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

This was very accurate. The RAF did fight in groups of three... even during the Battle of Britain but the Germans had two, a guy and his wing-man, which would become the standard small formation. "Sailor" Malan recognised this and re-organised his RAF pilots into two man formations before this was offical doctrine in the RAF The BF-109 (commonly called the Me-109) didn't have painted noses at this time but would later, to enable easier friendly recognition - which is why they have these in the film - so audiences can more easily spot friend from foe The Mk II Spitfire is accurate. The major issues is that the beaches would have been far more crowded, and the surrounding towns more battle damaged.

[@shanenolan5625]

Id highly recommended the bbc television series Dunkirk. Docudrama . Two parts. Narrated by Timothy Dalton. ( former james bond ) . Tells the story of the battle and the evacuation. ( operation dynamo ) dramatic screans mixed with real footage and photos. With a narrator.

[@danholmesfilm]

Short Director List with filmographies worth "knocking out": Kubrick David Fincher Wes Anderson Edgar Wright Coen Brothers Hitchcock Paul Thomas Anderson Lars von Trier Guillermo del Toro Alfonso Cuarón Alejandro González Iñárritu Gaspar Noé Woody Allen James Cameron Early Tim Burton Scorsese - his hits mostly plus Bringing Out The Dead :) Nora Ephron - written by as well

[@chriswhite1417]

Love the understated Britishness of this, a defining moment in our history