REACTING to *Dunkirk* A MINDBLOWING SPECTACLE (First Time Watching) War Movies

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James and Nobu are reacting to Dunkirk and it is a midnblowing spectacle!! Enjoy this wild movie from the genius mind of Christopher Nolan covering one of the most incredible events in World War 2! Enjoy this first time watching war movies reaction to Dunkirk!
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[@whitenoisereacts]

What is the most incredible battle in World War 2?

[@EChacon]

Battle of Dunkirk, Battle of Midway, Normandy and Battle of Iwo Jima.

[@jessicaflynn3184]

Depends because I would say Stalingrad was amazing in horrific, horrific ways. And of course Normandy was incredible as well.

[@isabelsilva62023]

@@jessicaflynn3184 And Kursk, also the campaign to drive the Germans across the Dniepr river to liberate Kiev, the Eastern Front was a totally different reality.

[@careycarson7629]

The battle off Samar, October 1944. US Navy destroyers, destroyer escorts, and escort carriers against the Imperial Japanese Navy super battleship Yamato and four other battleships, and heavy cruisers. It was an all-out brawl.

[@christoperwallace6197]

Depends on by what Metric A) Largest Tank Battle, Kursk in 43, Largest amphibious landings, D-day, Siege? Gott be either Stalingrad or Leningrad, though Berlin was pretty brutal, and I gotta give a shoutout to The Battered Bastards of Bastogne. Most impactful 5 mins of the war? Possibly 5 mins during Midway, which turned an American defeat into a stunning success, Best use of intelligence in battle? Either the Sicily landings (operation mincemeat) or the fake Third army of Patton during Dday. Best performance by a minor power? Either Finland during the Winter War, or Greece against Italy, though shoutout to the Canadians and Australians as well.

[@adamstewart3617]

Some of the little ships you see there being sailed to the beach are the actual ships that evacuated soldiers from Dunkirk, fun little detail for you

[@richardstephenson2534]

yep including Endeavor from Leigh On Sea where I Live

[@stevetheduck1425]

An amazing detail. A Spitfire that landed on the beaches near Dunkirk was found and photographed by the Germans, then was lost when the tide came in. Many years later the wreck was recovered, and the remains were incorporated into a total rebuild, and the Spitfire of that restoration flew again a few years before this film was made. It's one of the planes that appear in this film...

[@gillesplantin7350]

Being from Dunkirk, it was a really vibrant tribute to this part of history. Visual, sounds, emotions, script, everything was spot on.

[@moonlitskylight5740]

Sorry, do you mean you were actually a part of the event or you live there? I'm just wondering.

[@gillesplantin7350]

@@moonlitskylight5740 Both actually :). We were hundreds of extras for the landing scenes!

[@ZenzeroCAM]

The actual visuals of the troops on the beach are a bit of a letdown. It was nowhere near that calm and orderly plus there’s barely anybody there. Atonement has a much better representation of the chaos and scale for like half the budget of this movie

[@gillesplantin7350]

@@ZenzeroCAM didn't watch this one, will take a look!

[@ZenzeroCAM]

@@gillesplantin7350 even just the KZbin clip of it shows it off - kzbin.info/www/bejne/goStl2Wuhb1_rc0

[@MegaWelshie1]

My Grandad was a Sargent in the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and was stationed at the BEF HQ with Lord Gort. He said as the BEF troops were leaving, the Germans were coming in. He fought at Arras and then they were told to evacuate to Dunkirk. He was on the beach for days being shelled and bombed by German forces. He was finally rescued and taken to Ramsgate. My Grandad passed away in 1990 and he left me his Dunkirk Veterans Medal. When I went to see this movie I proudly wore my Grandads Medal. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

[@shainewhite2781]

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

[@TJMiton]

Not winning cinematography is such a travesty

[@kassiogomes8498]

​​@@TJMiton you should watch Blade Runner 2049. It's the best cinematography of the last 20 years. There's no way it would loose to Dunkirk.

[@listenchump4041]

And the sound in the movie is just incredible. You need to watch this either in theaters or with a good setup.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

The older man handing out the blankets to the returning soldiers is Chris Nolan's father. He appeared in Nolan's first, low-budget feature Following, and has occasionally popped up in his big films, such as being a board member of Wayne Enterprises in the Batman films.

[@thunderstruck5484]

Churchill’s speech at the end and the part about the new world coming to the rescue is about as moving as it gets

[@nicolasbaron4506]

Dunkirk is a visually excellent film with an incredible story and a very great cast! It's not just a movie, it's an experience! Nolan did a great job at making it feel like we are in the middle of a war! Right down to the sounds and the visuals! Unlike most of Nolan’s films that has mostly dialogue, this film uses little to no dialogue, which is very impressive.

[@sandersson2813]

Shame there was only about 10 people on the beach.

[@tanosdiveinotoive123]

The movie was shot on the real location with real ships and planes they had to renovate many of the WW2 planes to make this movie in fact the many of the smaller boats used in the movie were the original boats used in Dunkirk.

[@speedyginger2219]

Not the planes no, the Stuka's and Heinkel's are RC planes, the Spitfires are just regular spitfires that were repainted, and the "109's" is just a repainted spanish Buchon.

[@EChacon]

Hands down one of Christopher Nolan’s best but also his most intense film, thanks to the Cinematography and score by Hans Zimmer, especially considering that their is minimal dialogue throughout the film with the cinematography and music to convey the evacuation of Dunkirk and the Dialogue only used in specific scenes. Even it’s worth noting that out of all Christopher Nolan’s films it’s also his shortest film at 106 minutes (unless you count Following at 70 minutes) as the vast majority of his films since _Batman Begins_ are within the 130-180 minutes mark.

[@denisescutt1865]

My father was on the Moll. He was 19. He used to call out at night but never spoke about his ordeal. He died aged 94Rest in peace dear Dad. I miss you.

[@liamgilmartin466]

The ticking is apparently a recording of Christopher Nolans grandfathers fob watch. Which honestly is so cool.

[@kenobents2741]

Seeing this in theater was just amazing. Total immersion due to amazing sound design. I almost peed myself due to the first shot in the beginning.

[@TJMiton]

This is in my opinion the most beautiful film ever put to screen. The air scenes in particular are just jawdropping perfection every time. The fact that this didn't win the oscar for cinematography, even if it was to Bladerunner, is one of the biggest snubbs of all time.

[@peterschmidt4348]

I suggest the film DOWNFALL from 2004.

[@ShAdoWj1995]

Saw this in 50mm imax with my dad for his birthday. Breath taking. When the movie started I heard my dad mutter "WOW this is a really clear screen"

[@davidadams3408]

The music being played behind the reading of Churchill's speech is called Nimrod, alongside I Vow to thee my Counry, the great patriotic songs on these islands and England particularly. Reduces me to a sobbing wreck every time I hear them. Not bad for a 53 year old left leaning atheist Brit 🙂

[@blitzgirl6522]

When you guys reacted to 1917, I immediately hoped you'd also watch Dunkirk! They are two war films that both feel so poignant, beautiful, meaningful, and not a shock-value flick. Christopher Nolan always hits it out of the park!

[@jessicarose7819]

Loved this reaction, we in Britain are taught about Dunkirk at school, of an expected 30,000, 300,000 were saved... amazing! When it comes to war films, I HAVE to recommend "All Quiet On The Western front", A different perspective, this time from young German soldiers. It does a fantastic job of illustrating how little they were actually told and how stubborn the German high command were to surrender. Honestly, you pitty the German soldiers, the film humanises them and shows how they were lied to, believing they were defending their country as opposed to attacking others.

[@firefox_6659]

In the movie, the darkest hour it explains why the German tanks stopped

[@whitenoisereacts]

Ohhh ok! Cool!

[@moonstalker2469]

There are a lot of books about Dunkirk. If you want to learn more about it I highly recommend "The Miracle of Dunkirk" by Walter Lord. It is well written and thorough. John Grehan's "Dunkirk: Nine Days that Saved an Army" is good too. Robert Kershaw wrote "Dünkirchen" which is about the German viewpoint of those events. I could keep going, but I won't. From what I understand none the characters we follow in the movie are real, they are based on the stories of soldiers who were there, so it's possible that George was based off of a real person. Unlike a lot of people I didn't have a hard time with the split-timeline the movie depicts. I actually really liked it because it provides different perspectives of the same moments and keeps the brain engaged. Really looking forward to what other war movies you guys decide to watch!

[@grant11102]

This film can truly only be appreciated for it's greatness when watching it in an IMAX. The sounds of every gun fire, the sounds of the dive bombers and that sustained ticking in the sound track along with the IMAX screen make this film one of the best depictions of a historical "battle" in that period without the focus being on the violence but rather the human struggle of escaping the violence.

[@therickman1990]

Fascinating fact (I think), the second officer of the Titanic, Charles Lightoller who was in charge of loading people into lifeboats, served with the navy in WW1 and during WWII, volunteered with his private yacht to help rescue soldiers from the Dunkirk beaches

[@KERRYPIKE]

Dunkirk really is a mindblowing movie.

[@ElwoodShort]

Wild to think my grandfather was actually on the beach. He survived, but did not get home from Dunkirk, had to escape France further down the coast in the end. He died when I was Seven, so I never knew about while he was alive [my Father told me about it much later]. I can’t describe how much this film hit emotionally. Both chilling, inspiring and cathartic.

[@T0mat0S0up]

The movie didn't show enough of the men who stayed behind to hold off the Germans whilst those soldiers could escape. They often fought until the last man but i suppose it would leave a bad feeling at the end of the film.

[@WolfoftheAurora]

2:50 Christopher Nolan did film on location in Dunkirk for a lot of the shots, especially the beach and mole scenes, and in typical Nolan fashion almost everything was practical. They rebuilt the mole as it was back in 1940 as it no longer existed, but could only get half of it built because of rough waves. The Spitfires, Bf-109s, and the Blenheim (the twin engine bomber that flew over the Moonstone) were real airworthy aircraft, and unobtanium aircraft like the HE-111 and Stukas were a large scale models and remote controlled. Some of the boats were the real boats used back in 1940 evacuation, and the destroyer is the French destroyer Maillé-Brézé (D627), a museum ship. Besides the obvious mock-ups of navy craft, some of the camera boats were disguised so they could be left in the background. There were a lot of extras to fill the beach, but there was still not enough so film crew would dress in army facades and work in the background of some of the shots, and large paper cutouts of soldiers were used to fill in the far background. The hours of behind-the-scenes footage is well worth the Blu-ray price alone.

[@tinahastie]

I'm not a fan of violence in general and being held at gunpoint does give you a different perspective on things, however, I have massive respect towards the brave, young men who actually stood for something and gave up their lives to protect and honour their country. It's sad that in today's world, being honorable and standing up for what's right, isn't very common. And I don't mean that people should go to war in order for that to happen. Even if it's small things, like standing up for your family or your faith or just what is morally right. Often you become a lot less popular when you take a stand for what's right. I haven't seen this movie yet, but I just thought I'd throw in my two cents worth. I'm glad you guys are watching these movies. Thanks guys! 🙂

[@moodyb2]

My dad and uncles were of this generation, my dad being in the Army and his 2 brothers in the Navy and the RAF. One of his brothers used to claim, "I was English when it MEANT something!" They all came home, as did their own father, my grandfather, a decorated soldier, and his 3 brothers, in WW1.🇬🇧

[@PrinceofArfon]

I saw this movie in a dome IMAX theater, and it was one of the most intense sensory experiences I’ve ever had in a theater. Nolan filmed it for dome theaters, so in the right venue the picture curves around and up and fills your peripheral vision. Incredible.

[@Zebred2001]

My father was a Dunkirk veteran of the Royal Artillery. He was evacuated late in the operation and had a fairly eventful time in the rest of the war. I still have the breach-pin from the 25-pounder artillery piece his team had to destroy before the Germans captured it.

[@ulricaandrae4381]

Such a great movie, the most silent war movie I’ve seen. And it makes sense too, like having small talk about life while trying to stay alive feels weird. You just go on and do what you need. Great acting.

[@beappleby]

Regarding the timeline, it's not stated outright, but the time that passes for the soldiers on land is one week, the time on the boats is one day, and the timeline for the planes is one Hour.

[@ITPFS]

Fantastic film. There isnt much to be proud of the UK at the moment but the miracle of Dunkirk is something to be proud of. The fact that we survived and held on for so long was pivotal in the allies beating Hitler.

[@jessicacaleno1998]

The joys of Working with the military, seeing and hearing all kinds of planes (a spitfire as being one of them) jets and helicopters as you work. And I always say : "Another happy landing" 😂

[@WolfoftheAurora]

42:07 The only pilot I'm aware of that got an aerial kill while gliding was Robin Olds in his P-38. He had jettisoned his external fuel tanks and forgot to switch to internal fuel so his engines quite but he shot anyway. History Channel's "Dogfights" covered this in the episode "Air Ambush."

[@jonpevehouse]

The Thin Red Line should be on your war list. Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jim Caviezel, Adrian Brody, Woody Harrelson, John Cusack, John C Reilly, Elias Koteas, Jared Leto, Ben Chaplin, Thomas Jane, Nick Stahl, Dash Mihok, Donald Logue, and many others. Plus cameos from Travolta and Clooney.

[@aaronthesaxman660]

What I love about this movie is how ordinary the people are. The goal was to cast not-well-heard of young men--boys--as the main characters, because that's who was in the war. Just some local kid. The heroes of the war are ordinary people making sacrifices, like the old man and the pilot. Good, ordinary people trying their best. Those are the heroes.

[@rachaelmanning14]

The cinematography was *chefs kiss* For this being Harry’s first movie, he did such an exquisite job✨ I hate recommending. Hopefully at some point you would do “Don’t Worry Darling”. I think you’d both have a very interesting concept while watching! Love the reactions as aslways🫶✨

[@whitenoisereacts]

It's not very family friendly, but maybe we will!

[@rachaelmanning14]

You are so right😂 I genuinely forget how R rated it gets because the ending is beyond terrifying. See this is why I don’t recommend lol embarrassing!!

[@SubKween]

​@@whitenoisereacts I would argue the horror movies you review aren't family friendly either. DWD isn't that good of a movie imo. Worth watching at least once I suppose. My Policeman is the better of the two recent Harry Styles movies. But if by not family friendly you mean there's sex in it, then that one isn't either.

[@marika7349]

@@SubKween Definitely agree, My Policeman is worth a watch while DWD (in my opinion) isn't!

[@kassiogomes8498]

​​@@marika7349 don't worrying darling is way better than the policemen

[@chrism7395]

The ticking clock sound used throughout the film is an audio trick called a Shepard Tone. Similar to how a rotating barber's pole looks like it's forever moving upwards, in a Shepard Tone as the bass fades in, the treble fades out and vice versa. This tricks our ears into thinking the sound is forever ramping upwards when it is in fact repeating over and over.

[@Tiresias55]

35:55 "What do you see?" "Home..." Jesus, that moment. The musical creshendo as the little boats of Britain hove into view. The civilian navy, coming to rescue the army from it's near defeat. That scene always sends tears down my face, especially as according to my grandfather, his father, my great grandfather, was one of the soldiers fortunate enough to be rescued from that beach, though even my grandfather didn't know the full details of how he managed to get onto a boat, as my great grandfather, or little Granddad as we called him, was unfortunately quiet about his exploits during the World War. This movie is forever one of my favourites because of the connection my family has to it. Please could you review Darkest Hour with Gary Oldman? It is likewise a movie centered around Dunkirk, but covers the political battles Churchill went through during the beginning of his Prime Ministership. I always consider it to be a companionn piece to Dunkirk, as one shows the men on the ground, while the other shows the politicians making the decisions.

[@stevetheduck1425]

That music cue is the film composers' variation on a famous piece by Elgar: 'the enigma variations'. Called that because it's what would be called now a series of riffs on another piece, which is unknown and has never been discovered, so the film composer is doing that too. It's become extremely British. Like Handel (famous for 'Zadok the Priest' used at coronations), Elgar was an immigrant who became British and advance our classical music enormously, up to a standard normal in the rest of Europe, but without the mannered archness of, say, Rameau.

[@lastblacksmurf]

Okay so if we're on the topic of "War Movies Around People Vs Just About The War".... "war Horse" was a Wicked Good movie

[@KillingJoke96]

Fun fact: 20 of the small civilian boats used in this scene 36:10 were the actual boats used on the day of the evacuation.

[@gaminghourwithanthony1716]

It wasn't necessarily a mistake for the stop order to be given to the German tanks outside Dunkirk. Since the invasion, the tanks had been dangerously outpacing the infantry and overstretching their supply lines and leaving their flanks vulnerable to attack. By this point Hitler feared a counter encirclement more than the British at Dunkirk and ordered a halt. He was also convinced by Herman Goering that his air force could annihilate the British from the skies.

[@stevetheduck1425]

It's worth looking up how Goering was put in charge of the Nazi economy, re-named much of it the 'Herman Goering Werke' and failed in every way. We should thank his entitlement, self-regard and laziness, as factors that lost the Nazis their war, and their lives.

[@bastloki]

My great-uncle (my nanna's brother) was one of the channel RAF fighters. Another plane was shot down and he was last seen circling so the pilot wouldn't drown alone.

[@petermulder7480]

Last movie I saw with my dad in the theatre. Classic and we where completely silent because of the drama.

[@blurrcs15]

When the commanders said that the enemy tanks stopped, it was because of several reasons. The tanks needed urgent repairs, and their crews needed rest, as they had been moving constantly for days. Also, they outran their infantry and supply lines, and were told by Hitler himself to wait at least 3 days for the infantry and supply lines to catch up. This one decision saved Britain and the free world from annihilation.

[@atriox7221]

I hope they watch Gallipoli for a war movie one day, nobody’s done a reaction video to it on KZbin

[@flor8567]

Honestly, it is admirable how the British and the French resistance were able to hold on before the US and USSR joined the Allies. That last line in Churchill's We Shall Fight On The Beaches speech, of hoping for the New World (US) to rescue the Old (Europe) makes their struggle even more evident. Movies that I personally recommend to people to get a different point of view are Come And See a Soviet anti-war film about Germany invading Byelorussia, it doesn't hold back and it shows the horrors that the Soviets faced as well as their resistance. The second is They Shall Not Grow Old, a documentary by Peter Jackson that brings WWI footage to life, and the whole thing is narrated by veterans of the Great War.

[@beardedgeek973]

The easiest way to quickly recognize a spitfire is that it's the only WWII plane with rounded wingtips. The American Mustang had the same engine, so it sounds the same, but it has longer thinner wings with square tips.

[@UltraAquarian]

YES !!!

[@WolfoftheAurora]

Mr. Dawson and the Moonstone was basically a homage to Charles Lightoller and his boat, the Sundowner, both of whom participated in the real Dunkirk evacuation. Lightholler was one of the officers on the Titanic.

[@vashsunglasses]

Whoa! I had no idea that Lightoller participated in the Dunkirk evacuation! That's amazing.

[@masonruni]

My favorite Christopher nolan movie so far. I hope Oppenheimer(Nolan's next WW2 film) is just as good or even better. Also barbie isnt gonna win because it looks like a truman show ripoff.

[@samanthapateman8054]

I find seeing all the little boats come to the rescue so moving.

[@mj_SR22]

Fantastic tribute to the human spirit and an exquisite moment in history. An army rescued by the very people it fought to save, against all odds, in a nation's -- arguably the world's -- darkest hour. War is so often defined by the violence and understandably so, but Dunkirk and this film stir a pride in the just values that have seen people stand up for what is good. My only complaint for this film is that the beach is far too tidy and I don't really understand why Nolan made this choice. Other films that tell this story rightly depict a beach simply swarmed with men, an unending sea of humanity in all its terror and despair. It really drives home just how many were at stake and saved. I can't help but feel Nolan's version stresses aesthetics and perhaps a defiant, dignified atmosphere over what it really looked like. Which seems a shame because the ugly, crowded reality I feel only underscores the miracle all the more. A minor detail in the end though.

[@moodyb2]

No Dunkirk, no massing of American might in British bases, no D-Day. With Britain out of the war, Hitler closes down his Western front and commits all his forces against Russia in the East, Russia loses at Stalingrad, Stalin makes terms, Germany owns all of Europe, from Dublin to Vladivostok. Dunkirk and those "little ships" changed the future of the world. I met a guy once, in the 60s, who'd been there, he was in the water when he was shot and saw his friend drown alongside him. He was still affected by it all.

[@Jackson-6117]

Its crazy that my AP history class just celebrated ending AP exams by watching dunkirk. Absolutely insane timing

[@LoveYamachan]

Yes!!! This movie is T-T I just get goosebumps~

[@venes0297]

this is easily my favourite nolan film. simply for the fact that it's a historical/war film, i was interested in it, but when i watched the whole thing i loved it so much because of the sound design and the sound track, it had this really weird, unnerving atmosphere. like the tension just kept building and building without release. i was uncomfortable throughout the film. just the idea that you are surrounded by the enemy and chances of surviving are near zero, makes me move in my seat. add that with the fact that the film has very little dialogue, yet convincing performances from most of the cast and the fantastic dog fight scenes, this just HAD to be my fav from nolan, and it's also my favourite war film of all time probably

[@rickhudson7929]

Thank you so much for reacting to this film that is a very special part of my country's history. There's a great British war movie that you might like 'The Battle of Britain' made in 1969

[@mcslashvideos]

The RAF was being held back to protect Home.

[@psilocyble3053]

Nine-tailed Brush shined somewhat in this review and I'm all for it! Good on you lad.

[@mushroom4286]

I think I remember watching this during history in high school, It was beautiful! I really recommend hacksaw ridge as well, very good war movie!

[@emmaconnolly5738]

Have you guys watched The Darkest Hour? I highly recomend it as another perspective of this story. Arguably Churchill's finest hour.

[@whitenoisereacts]

No not yet

[@purple_creeper764]

@@whitenoisereacts You should!

[@emmaconnolly5738]

Ooo! I'd love to see you react to it, Gary Oldman is incredible!

[@theawesomeman9821]

I only know Christopher Nolan for science fiction and comic book movies, surprised he made a historical film.

[@jordansbear]

I think it's important to recognize that the reason German ground forces halted at Dunkirk was not purely from arrogance. While Hermann Goering did insist on the Luftwaffe to finish off the BEF and French forces, the Germans halted their forces out of a fear a of a counter attack. Additionally, this halt allowed German ground forces to rest after the long months of Blitzkrieg.

[@xanderfens519]

Battle of Stalingrad: Was by far the greatest battles of WW2 (and history). With millions of soldiers and millions of casualties.

[@tizianadifronzo7314]

Finally a very Great film! 🔝😎🇮🇹

[@Bea_BT]

I watched this movie in the cinema 3 times. Only time in my life I've done that but it was an experience to watch it on the big screen and I just had to go back.

[@DailyDamage]

If you liked this you should check out Tom Hanks “Greyhound”. Story about the captain in his first transatlantic convey protection experience. Similar levels of underlying tension and a great delivery of giving us an insight into this less known aspect of the ww2 conflict. All quiet on the western front, is also an absolute must!

[@glyngasson8450]

The plane scenes are real using actual Spitfires, Harry Styles is the actor who says " he's dead mate"

[@AyAy008]

Watching Dunkirk in 70MM IMAX was the best cinematic experience I've ever had, until I saw the re-release of Avatar and then Avatar 2.

[@lancewolf2451]

Those are the best fighter scenes in an WW2 movie...they're simple with no over the top special effects. They're should have been more scenes ..

[@KimM13744]

This movie is amazingly directed but I think know the three different timelines before watching allows you to spot more details and make more connections

[@doreenwright2074]

mydad was atDunkirk said it was the only time he swam never swam again though.

[@GeoffreyBronson]

"He's so chill!" Stiff British Upper Lip in action

[@jerryx3253]

Come and See (1987), it’s a Belorussian film but it’s available on KZbin with English subtitles.

[@Alexandra_Indina]

It's a soviet film about Belorussian SSR, to be clear :)

[@naturewene745]

I would like to suggest that you watch "Flyboys". It is a WWI movie about American pilots who joined the French before the U.S. joined the war.

[@kipperbill]

I feel this video is, rarely, more about the reaction than watching the movie. Good stuff

[@whitenoisereacts]

Thanks

[@lc8155]

Great reaction. Thanks!

[@mj_SR22]

Also, the fighter sequences beg for a modern telling of the Battle of Britain or other fighter tales of WWII to be told. Most films focus on the ground battles but the war in the air and at sea deserves more attention. I believe in the European theater you had a higher chance of surviving as an infantryman than as a crewman on a bomber. I recommend checking out the "Mighty 8th" short for a glimpse of what would make a fantastic feature film.

[@SubKween]

Edward Pattinson?😂😂 5:34

[@T0mat0S0up]

When I heard Elgar's Nimrod at the end my hairs stood up.

[@SubKween]

The first time I watched this, I was confused by the going back and forth between time periods. I'm not generally a fan of war movies. I watched because of it being a Nolan movie and the actors involved.

[@chrisfofficial]

You want an (anti) war movie unlike anything you've seen and an underrated masterpiece, watch Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998). It's one of those awe-inspiring movies that comes just once in a decade, if that. More than anything, it's a breathtaking philosophical experience about man versus nature and trying to make sense of it all. Lost four of its seven Oscar nominations to the more commercial Saving Private Ryan, but deserved easily Best Cinematography and Best Picture (they both lost the latter to Shakespeare in Love, later proven to have been bought by the Weinsteins). Christopher Nolan owes a lot to auteurs like Malick (and it's so obvious too). They all do. Edit: TTRL also has Hans Zimmer's best score. It's a shame more people don't know about it. Themes such as Light and Journey to the Line are both timeless and hauntingly beautiful, and superior to anything Zimmer's composed since.

[@robw6143]

if you havent seen darkest hour, thats a great watch

[@thunderstruck5484]

Love this movie, ok me a couple viewings to get all the timeline matched up, thanks Guys always enjoy your reactions and analysis

[@listenchump4041]

I am a big war movie buff and Dunkirk is one of my favorites. There isn't anything I really disliked. Several reviewers didn't like the lack of character development, but that was the idea of the movie. The main actor (Fionn Whitehead) never did a movie before. He does not have a name. He symbolizes the average British soldier trying to escape from the beach. We never see enemy soldiers, and we don't see them die. They represent an omnipresent threat. I really appreciated they showed how hard to steer the fighters were. They used real Spitfires to film this by the way. I love how it differs from American movies with pilots yelling all over the radio. Here you only have professional exchange, as pilots are supposed to. Nolan put incredible care for real effects. The planes were real, and if they weren't (enemy bombers), they were RC models. Many of the civilian ships coming to Dunkirk actually participated in the evacuation. The only flaw with this is that by limiting himself to practical effects, some shots were minimalist. The beach was supposed to be much more crowded. There were supposed to be many more boats than this. And since he wanted to film on location, the town is intact (it was destroyed at the time).

[@tileux]

Over 300,000 men were evacuated from dunkirk and calais in june 1940. Most of those men had fought brutal battles with german forces and given them a bloody nose in almost every engagement, despite the fact that they were continually on the retreat due to strategic mistakes that none of them were responsible for. They endured german war crimes during and after the retreat to dunkirk. I know this in part because one of these men was my grandfather, among the last off the beach. I have his French dunkirk star medal (which is actually a shield with two dolphins on it). Yet this movie shows none of that. It focuses on pilots - when the refrain of every man on those beaches was ‘where is the raf?’. To call this movie disappointing is an understatement of massive proportions. Nolan failed every british soldier who fought their way to dunkirk, calais, and those who were left behind, especially in le havre, to face brutal german reprisals and war crimes. Ps my other grandfather was a barge captain in London. He was also at dunkirk.

[@BOBBY13715]

As a Veteran, I don't view a lot of War time films, but Dunkirk is different (in a good way). The perspective of troops through a tension driven experience instead of the fireside chat about "My Grandpa's dog tags" or "the Girl back home" troupe.

[@barnyardchick4equestrian19]

Something you guys should watch is the live action jungle book that came out a few years ago. The animals look amazing. There’s Idris Elba in it and scarlet Johansson and that’s 2 reasons to watch it all on their own 😂

[@jimjsfjsf2258]

There's a uk TV program with guy marting where they dig a spitfire up of a French beach and rebuild it to fly again

[@trixtor4372]

its crazy that everything in this movie was put together by peoples stories

[@madNbooks]

I remember seeing this in the IMAX theatre and I walked out with red marks on my forearms because I’d been digging my nails into the skin for the whole movie out of tension. Absolutely stunning. The only thing I’d wish for is just some more extras/people on the beach itself. I know part of issue was Nolan’s refusal to use CGI people as filler and working with a diff effects team from his usual partnership, but I do think it’s the only bit that does a disservice to the story in that there should have been a lot more people on the beach, no matter how spread out they were. Beyond that it’s just a stunning piece of filmmaking with such an embarrassment of riches for its cast.

[@madNbooks]

Also, fun fact, since you mention how they filmed it: those were real planes. They are actually dual cockpit planes and they jerry-rigged a filming setup on them so that there was an actual pilot just out of frame who was actually flying the plane itself while the actors were then able to perform the scene without having to also focus on flying. There were also some model radio-controlled planes as well, I believe, to be used as necessary, but most of the time you’re seeing real planes flown by real pilots performing the action onscreen.

[@franciscobrito9762]

Edward Pattinson JAJAJJAJAJ

[@WolfoftheAurora]

54:41 A bit out of left field (but is history based) I recommend the movie "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter." It is so much better than it has any right to be with a title like that!

[@tanosdiveinotoive123]

BTW fortis leader was voiced by Michael Caine

[@nesser52]

I recommend to watch Persischstunden (2020), the mist recent WWII film that left me impressed 😢

[@moonlitskylight5740]

When you delve back into horror for you two, I recommend As Above So Below.

[@christineduckworth5712]

The US Mustang fighter had a Merlin engine as used in the Spitfire.

[@hardlyworking1351]

I love this movie, one point which irks me a bit is the suggestion that the French were left behind in favor of British troops. 338,000 men were evacuated and nearly half of them were French or Belgian (about 140k). And of that 140,000 who were evacuated almost all of them returned to France after the French surrender, rather than continuing to fight with the Free French forces alongside the British and Commonwealth.

[@user-rr3bz5xw6e]

09.51 Bristol Beaufighter - British medium Bomber