The trailer reminded me why I hate Nolan, you just know when you come to watch this movie at home you'll never be able to put the remote down for constant volume adjustments being required.
Dunkirk - Christopher Nolan's next film
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Seems that way.
Ok, I'll bite.
Is Michael Caine in this ?
Is Michael Caine in this ?
No, funnily enough.
I have a feeling he will focus more upon Cillian Murphy's character and complicate things through his experiences. Nolan loves a bit of time jumping too. He'l find a way to weave it in
Nolan does love Cillian Murphy. Dark Knight trilogy and Inception. He's a good actor though.
Red Eye was a good movie. Watch it if you haven't.
Yeah, German Luftwaffe and Spitfires going at it will be intriguing to watch. Also all the other WW2 era boats and things like the landing boats using to ferry troops in D Day (were they used in Dunkirk too?). Regarding the Kubrick claims, Nolan has said he really admires Kubrick and his work like 2001, A Clockwork Orange, Paths of Glory, so maybe he's been influenced by him?
Given how disappointing most blockbusters have been in the last year. I am happy to see this trailer.
Nolan does love Cillian Murphy. Dark Knight trilogy and Inception. He's a good actor though.
Red Eye was a good movie. Watch it if you haven't.
Yeah, German Luftwaffe and Spitfires going at it will be intriguing to watch. Also all the other WW2 era boats and things like the landing boats using to ferry troops in D Day (were they used in Dunkirk too?). Regarding the Kubrick claims, Nolan has said he really admires Kubrick and his work like 2001, A Clockwork Orange, Paths of Glory, so maybe he's been influenced by him?
Influenced by him is putting it [very] mildly.
True, but to be fair name one director who isn't influenced by the work of someone who came before them. Kubrick was a pioneer, it would be difficult to miss his effect on so many modern directors.
I think Nolan wants to be Kubrick (I'm not sure if that's what you were hinting at as well) and I don't have a problem with that. He's got several years ahead of him to try and get to that level, and in my opinion his work so far isn't light years away (.....hurr hurr).
They had the teaser trailer on in the IMAX before Rogue One last night. Jesus, the bit where the plane is (presumably) on a collision course for the boat was intense.
Yeah, what I meant. Nolan is an extremely talented director and I think his desire to emulate Kubrick is actually holding him back from creating his own legacy; and I would also say so far, his films have been quite a good distant away in quality. It also doesn't help that at times he tries to make rehashes of Kubrick films e.g. Interstellar and 2001.
That's fair enough, I can understand that. I personally don't think that he's far off from being in Kubrick's league but I'm biased because Nolan is my favourite!
I've heard this a lot, could you elaborate? I reckon the only Nolan movie that could be accused of trying to be too clever is The Prestige. Inception was about as clever as heist films generally are (lots of exposition dialogue and moving parts, but with a really simple singular plot), and Interstellar and the Batman flicks are all pretty simple.
Inception was a film exploring the connection of people's dreams to the real world. There were endless possibilities in terms of what could have been done with that. What you got was a film about a heist. The bit with the spinning top at the end just felt like a token add on attempt to be clever. It could have been a much better film I thought.
Interstellar was a film exploring space and time and black holes...and the whole thing was for me, a bit dumb. You had genius scientists on a spaceship having to explain to each other how a black hole works by rolling up a bit of paper into a cone. I recognise you have to have a degree of explanation to the audience, but do it in a less stupid/lazy way than this. The film was just full of stuff like that. Plus the whole wristwatch thing...no.
I don't know if trying to be too clever would be an entirely accurate way to put it, to be fair...but I think they were films suited to being a bit less dumbed down/mainstream friendly. The Batman films suited Nolan a lot. They WERE dumb but great entertainment at the same time, because he knew how to build the characters, and the setting. I'm pretty interested to see how Dunkirk turns out as it's not really like anything of Nolan's that I've watched previously, it's something I'd be interested in watching anyway, and I think the two could go together quite well. I don't think the trailer is that bad either. I just don't want a film that's too much about certain characters and their heroic acts, rather than the event itself. I definitely can't imagine it being as bad as Pearl Harbour for example, because I can't imagine Nolan not wanting to do the gravity/horror of the situation justice.
That's true, but that's not a fault of the film surely? That just means Nolan didn't run with the premise in a way that suited your tastes (which is still a fair point). It would be like faulting The Man From Earth because they had a character who was essentially immortal and all they did was sit around and talk for a few hours. Or criticizing Her because in a world where legit AI exists, it just told a simple love story. The narrative possibilities of any particular premise is unlimited, but chasing everything isn't better than doing one thing or just a few things well.
Coop wasn't a genius scientist, he was a pilot. Plus NASA was shut down before he got far in his career with them, so a lot of his life he's just been a farmer with some engineering skills. I could buy that he would only have a general idea of what a wormhole was. And I guess the wristwatch thing is a matter of taste, I thought it was great, I just wish it wasn't intercut with angry Casey Affleck starting at burning crops.
I think we might have different views of Nolan: you seem to see him as a guy who could make highbrow films, but he dumbs them down for the mainstream. I just see him as a straight big blockbuster guy. I reckon the perceived "smartness" of his films speaks more to how dumb blockbusters usually are than anything he does. But we do agree about the aim of the movie; I hope it isn't the Tom Hardy hero show or something like that, and the film honors the story and event itself.
Saw the trailer tonight...film looks very good, will definitely be checking it out.
Some new TV spots in this article. They look amazing.
https://thefilmstage.com/news/watch...-new-tv-spots-for-christopher-nolans-dunkirk/
https://thefilmstage.com/news/watch...-new-tv-spots-for-christopher-nolans-dunkirk/
Not expecting something like Letters From Iwo Jima but as an action war movie could be watchable.
I am so hyped for this. Been a long time since a good WW2 movie came out.
They released a trailer. Looks brilliant. Some of the shots!
Can't wait for this. I've had an urge to re-watch Band of Brothers recently. Think I'll watch it beforehand to get me in the WWII mood.
What were people's problems with Pearl Harbour, is it inaccurate? I watched half of it when I was about 11
EDIT I just googled it and michael bay directed it, fair enough
Ha ha - Chris Nolan doesn't make movies for you to watch at home It's a feckin cinema experience he is creating.
Super hyped for this. Nolan + WWII. This gonna be good
Typical pretentious bs defence of him as some kind of genius.
A Christopher Nolan film with a Kanye West soundtrack would probably send you into oblivion.
I think a part of my brain just died even reading that post.
Looking forward to this. There's no storyline to create, no tricks or cleverness he needs to put in there. It's all already there for him as it actually happened. Hopefully he concentrates on just making it look as good as possible.
No, not "pretentious bs" - what I posted was absolute fact. It's cringe-worthy you think it's not.
I'm not really a fan of Nolan. I didn't enjoy movies like Inception and Interstellar. I hope this will be a proper war movie though.
Going for Arry Styles
Do you not like his movies?
Some of them yea.
Still yet to get evenly remotely excited about this.
Thanks for the update Chuck, and in other news today I took a massive shit earlier.
Trying to get hyped for this, not happening though. No doubt it'll be spectacular - he's good at that - but I expect it'll also be overwrought and dumb. Probably the best way to approach it - more chance of being happily surprised.