What any of the 'main characters' felt, every other soldier felt. Not of Harry Style's character or Tom Hardy's character but of Dunkirk. In my opinion Dunkirk is a telling the STORY OF DUNKIRK. Miller and Ryan) being in a war and doing things in the war but its still about THEM not THE WAR as much. Usually in war films (I'll use saving private Ryan as an example) the plot revolves around certain soldiers (like Cpt. He needed to have some form of 'main characters' to be in the story so that we can see the events unfold from the direct perspective of all of the soldiers.

I feel like Nolan was trying (successfully) to make the audience care for each and every one of the men on the beach. The biggest criticisms of Dunkirk that I've heard of so far are that the characters are lacking in depth and that we aren't given anything to be invested in them. There is no lead in this film and I can't really say anyone stuck out as giving a brilliant performance because it wasn't needed and I'll explain why. The cinematography was breathtaking and I felt anxious throughout most of the run time. The movie brilliantly projects the feeling of each and every soldier on the beach to the audience. Sometimes there is only one note playing followed by heartbeat sounds and a ticking clock while other times a massive orchestra is interpreting what is going on on screen. Hans Zimmer most likely gives one of the most fitting scores for a war film ever. It superbly tackles the narrative and the non linear story doesn't at all pull you away from the intensity of the events happening on screen that don't stop from 00:00 to the last scene. The fantastically directed film is told from 3 perspectives non chronologically. Since everything that is brilliant about the film has already been said I will briefly write what I think of the film and also touch on a topic that some people are criticizing the movie for. Dunkirk is, in my opinion, yet another masterpiece from mastermind Christopher Nolan.

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