Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk

Not big into period pieces, but I'll see it.

What!!! Mr 'I Love There Will Be Blood' now doesn't like period pieces ?

This looks like a great movie. I don't think the story of Dunkirk was never made into a movie before either.
 
What!!! Mr 'I Love There Will Be Blood' now doesn't like period pieces ?

This looks like a great movie. I don't think the story of Dunkirk was never made into a movie before either.
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#Dunkirk is chaotic, relentless, thrilling & one of the most captivating movies you will see this year. A master class in craft. What a ride

30 seconds in, Nolan once again delivers a spectacular edge-of-your-seat opening sequence. And then it just keeps upping the tension

From direction to editing to cinematography to score, w/ #Dunkirk Christopher Nolan proves he is one of the great filmmakers of our time

The thing about this film is it very consciously veers away from character development. It's very in-the-moment kinda filmmaking

I liked that, tho. In this situation, soldiers & rescuers were all thrown together. No one really knew anyone. It was all about survival

So don't expect some 20-min monologue about some girl some dude has back home. No time for that. It's all go! go! go! Now RUN!



Dunkirk is edge of your seat filmmaking that’s fully realized in @IMAX. Can honestly say I’ve never seen anything like it. See this in IMAX!

A lot of people were wondering about @harry_styles & unknown cast. They’re all great but Dunkirk is not about any one solider.

Also ‘Dunkirk’ is another brilliant collaboration between Nolan & @HansZimmer. The way he mixes in a ticking clock with score is nail biting

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DUNKIRK is 1 of the most immersive cinematic experiences I've ever had.

Mind-blowing non-linear storytelling.

See 70mm IMAX film if u can.

Around 75% of DUNKIRK was shot on IMAX film. Other scenes shot on glorious 65mm film.

Zimmer's score is the leading character of the film.

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#Dunkirk packs a wallop but VERY different Nolan movie. Def see on IMAX. Tom Hardy has 10 lines & is amazing. Harry Styles can act people!!!

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DUNKIRK is a goddamn spectacle. a monumental movie that hits you on a personal level. nolan beautifully depicts the tragedy of no escape

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FWIW I thought DUNKIRK was heads above most everything else this year. Pure, maximum cinema. All sea and sky and Rylance.

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DUNKIRK is fantastic. Truly thrilling from first to last second. A heartbreaking, heart-pounding, nail-biting offering. Nolan fans, rejoice.

DUNKIRK relies on v little dialogue, but is entirely impactful. We all know what happened on that beach, but Nolan's take is worth visiting.

Yes, DUNKIRK relies heavily on sound of an increasingly fast ticking clock to build suspense. It may be a cheap trick, but it's effective AF

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Christopher Nolan's #Dunkirk is a rousing return to form -- thrilling, brutal, and formally adventurous. Full review on @ThePlaylist soon

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Can't wait to review "Dunkirk,' a mix of modern storytelling (interwoven timeframes), classic filmmaking (real Spitfire dogfights) #Dunkirk

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Dunkirk is thrilling, beautiful & a must in 70mm IMAX - but it's also hard to ignore that it has zero distinctive personalities/characters.

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DUNKIRK: intense! 3 intercutting stories on 3 time frames. Almost a silent film, w/ incredible score. May be divisive. I LOVED. See 70mm!

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I have seen #Dunkirk and it is a triumph: beautifully filmed, deeply moving, strong turns all round (and yes, that includes Harry Styles)

I think #Dunkirk also proves how terrific Christopher Nolan is at directing actors - dialogue delivery is all the better for its subtlety

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#DunkirkMovie is great. Beautiful, heart-pounding action sequences, a killer score, solid acting talent & handsome. A great history lesson

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I'll say this about #Dunkirk: watch it in the biggest, loudest, IMAXiest cinema possible. Like an IMAX, say.

If your big #Dunkirk question is "So is Harry Styles any good?", I have the answer: he's good. Acquits himself admirably. Points for Styles.

Also, #Dunkirk is a war film, but not like one I've ever seen before. It's the closest I could imagine to being there. It's loud and brutal.

Worth saying that #Dunkirk is a truly Nolanesque, cold film. It's not drum-banging patriotic propaganda, it's bleak, coarse and unrelenting.



Saw Dunkirk first thing this morning. Still recovering. It's Inception meets The Longest Day.

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We've seen DUNKIRK. It's extraordinary - a harrowing, unusual war film, without heros or easy story notes. Staggering pics. Unnerving score.

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I saw #Dunkirk, and it's a triumph for all involved. Relentlessly tense and superbly crafted, it feels like an instant classic.

And that 70mm IMAX print? Insane. So immersive, makes 3D looks like a cheap parlour trick. See #Dunkirk large and loud.

 
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This and the new Star Wars are my most anticipated movies this year. I can't wait to see this? The only IMAX theater near me is 2+ hours away in Houston. Might make the trip for this.
 
A theater near me got a remodel with new screens and nice electric recliner seats. We went and saw the new Planet Of The Apes there love the theater. I noticed they have a XD screen so we are going to try that for Dunkirk. I'm really excited for this!
 
Click on the link for IMAX's official full list of IMAX 70mm and IMAX Laser locations for Dunkirk in the US, Canada, and other countries.

https://www.imax.com/news/experience-dunkirk-imax-70mm-film-and-imax-laser

The TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood offers THE best IMAX Laser with HDR experience I've ever had. It has the 2nd largest commercial IMAX screen in the US (after the Lincoln Square IMAX in NYC.) The brightness, contrast, color fidelity, depth and clarity are unparalleled. And the sound is earth shattering. I save this theater for mega blockbusters such as the up-coming Justice League and Infinity War as it is 32 miles from where I live. I haven't seen IMAX 70mm yet, so can't comment on that.

AMC Dolby Cinema is comparable to IMAX Laser in picture fidelity. They also use laser projection system to achieve HDR and wide color gamut (the Chinese Theater still has an edge in screen size 94' wide vs 69' wide) but Dolby Cinema has a fatal flaw in theater design: those bright LED lights that illuminate the entrance and the exit signs cast a huge red/blue hue onto the bottom left and right of the screen, potentially ruin your experience. When it comes to sound, I give Dolby Atmos an edge over IMAX. It's not as powerful but its surround sound effects seem more sophisticated and the seat transducer is well integrated into the aural experience, rumbling your seat with every explosion. Dolby Cinema also beats IMAX in seat comfort. Every Dolby Cinema theater is equipped with plush reclining seats.

And then the digital IMAX (aka LieMAX), Regal RPX, Cinemark XD belong to a lower tier. They offer screens ranging from 60' to 70' but they lack laser and HDR so the picure is not as great. Hopefully they will upgrade to laser soon. RPX comes with Dolby Atmos whereas XD uses Barco's Auro which they claim is equivalent to Dolby Atmos.
 
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Just back from seeing it. It is absolutely excellent from start to finish. It's the best war movie since Saving Private Ryan. It's not a particularly violent movie given is a war film but the tension in it is so thick you could cut it with a knife. The fighter pilot scenes really blew me away.
 
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Saw this today in IMAX and loved it. I agree the fighter pilot scenes were easily my favorite. Overall movie is amazing but I think the audio alone was worth seeing it in the theater.
 
Saw this today in IMAX and loved it. I agree the fighter pilot scenes were easily my favorite. Overall movie is amazing but I think the audio alone was worth seeing it in the theater.

Yeah the sound in IMAX is just something else. That opening scene where it's all nice and quite and you hear the first gun shot, i nearly jumped out of my seat.
 
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It was good, but I'd still put it behind Saving Private Ryan.

Did we even see the face of a single German soldier? I prefer seeing both sides to a degree.
 
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Yea I'd have to put Saving Private Ryan ahead as well, although to be fair a lot of that is being an American and it having a bigger emotional impact.