Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
I should have asked, did you have the popcorn?
Dunkirk on Imax was brilliant!
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Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
I cannot stand even the smell of popcorn. Usually about two minutes before the film starts some lard bucket sits down behind me and munches their way through a trough of the bloody stuff, though thankfully that didn't happen tonight. Perhaps they'd got into the spirit of the film and rationed it.
You do know it is supposed to be multi-stranded with a non-linear timeline?
Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
Is that why one spitfire ditches into a flat calm sea under clear blue skies only for the pilot to be pulled onto the deck of the adjacent boat which is heaving on the swell under the cover of dark storm clouds?
Is that why the other spitfire lands on the beach after running out of fuel at sunrise? Did it have enough fuel to last over 12 hours or had it glided overnight? Does the non-linear timeframe explain the several minutes worth of ammunition it seemed to have?
swansonj
Guru
Umm... isn't there a difference between "continuity error" and "deliberate dramatic effect"? This is, after all, a story, a commentary, and a fable, not a documentary. I thought the contrast between the Spitfire landing in the "air" narrative and the "sea" narrative was quite powerful.
One could also talk in similar vein about the decision not to cgi-out the modern buildings in real Dunkirk.
Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
I've no problem with them not cgi- ing the buildings. But could they not have cgied an engine into the burning spitfire? The bloke on the boat told everyone that Spitfires had Rolls Royce merlin engines but the burning wreck on the beach had a propellor attached to nothing more than a broom handle.
You're one ray of sunshine you, aren't you?
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
Listening to Jeremy Vine today, there were people who were ringing in who had never heard of Dunkirk and thought it was something to do with D-Day. It made me wonder whether there would be youths ringing in to certain other wireless stations who had never heard even of D-Day.
Of course you'll remember it first time round, Postie
Only because the Germans bombed our chippie.
Onthedrops
Veteran
- Location
- Yorksha
Saw it on Wednesday with young OTD.
Quite a thought provoking film. Welled up when I caught Nimrod being played. Stirring thoroughly British music.
Anyone else think the voice of first lead Spit pilot sounded uncannily like Michael Cain in The Battle of Britain film?
Quite a thought provoking film. Welled up when I caught Nimrod being played. Stirring thoroughly British music.
Anyone else think the voice of first lead Spit pilot sounded uncannily like Michael Cain in The Battle of Britain film?
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
The 1958 version was on the telly today; I could see some of the scenes were copied into the new version. The older version wasnae that great either, although it just about edged it for me.
jefmcg
Guru
Interesting. Rotten tomatoes puts it as 93% fresh - ie for every 14 reviewers who liked it, one hated it. Do you think we are close to the same ratio here?
