tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post4365074692119394762..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Obviously you want to know what I thought of "Dunkirk".David Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-18673654108342753892017-10-21T09:45:10.872+01:002017-10-21T09:45:10.872+01:00"I like theatres packed but cinemas empty&quo..."I like theatres packed but cinemas empty" . That's terrific David. Thanks.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12124916104754527003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-11947034204266836442017-08-23T15:30:48.092+01:002017-08-23T15:30:48.092+01:00Agreed, the 1959 version (less than 20 years after...Agreed, the 1959 version (less than 20 years after the real deal) is far superior.willshomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005551945995352850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-59901144383144094552017-08-23T09:55:05.916+01:002017-08-23T09:55:05.916+01:00Can't really understand your complaints. Ther...Can't really understand your complaints. There was not much dialogue to listen to and it was not there to advance the story much anyway. The bangs were the thing and quite magnificent in Imax (I have now seen it twice once in a normal multiplex). It was not about the battle for Dunkirk or the politics behind it but about survival. The interlocking story lines were amazingly well constructed and I found it very emotional at the end. But you are right about Rylance - he was fabulous.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14106405909275151119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-49918396257736537392017-08-21T14:44:28.412+01:002017-08-21T14:44:28.412+01:00Bit of a let down after all the rave reviews. I we...Bit of a let down after all the rave reviews. I went back and watched the 1959 version and found it provided background story and characters you could believe in. Dickie Attenborough changes from a smug, domesticated factory manager to a man at war. Best line in the film is said by the RAF type who gives the 'brown jobs' a lift: "What a to-do" mutikonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013127024190330396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-67037706332142198072017-08-19T22:16:03.758+01:002017-08-19T22:16:03.758+01:00Thanks David,as ever sound straightforward comment...Thanks David,as ever sound straightforward comments. Once again style over substance I fear. My film buff friend whose opinion I respect said it was disappointing although Mark Rylance was good. To add to your comment do we need another film to add to the film's on the second world war? Was it not bad enough the first time? Do all countries celebrate wars over 70 years ago with endless new films? Do the Germans do this? Or the French or other involved countries. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03327424267441448508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-88917670865259992202017-08-19T12:18:06.144+01:002017-08-19T12:18:06.144+01:00You do speak/write such good sense A reliable film...You do speak/write such good sense A reliable film buff friend of mine said much the same that t was not up to much but that mark rylance was good. I did think as much..plus do we have to keep screening the second world war? Was it not bad enough first time round? See Tom Lehrers pithy comments on this in 'so long mom'!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03327424267441448508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-12852874730622628942017-08-19T11:00:24.614+01:002017-08-19T11:00:24.614+01:00A couple of things: the "brave but effete&quo...A couple of things: the "brave but effete" chap you're thinking of is Ernest Thesiger who once, reputedly, said that about his experiences on the Western Front in WW1. Others say that it was Lord Sefton, who fought in the Guards, at...yes... Dunkirk (you pays your money...)<br /><br />The other thing to say is that I think we mistake Nolan's intention if we think he set out to make a "war film", in the traditional sense of "this is what happened and this is why you should be concerned about what happened." I think <i>Dunkirk</i> is another version of his perennial fascination with the Prisoners' Dilemma (see <i>Memento</i>, and the <i>Dark Knight</i>). This prisoners' dilemma just happened in a boat, in khaki, to the sound of Merlin engines.Justin Lewis-Anthonynoreply@blogger.com