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@MrPink

[KJsooner]

Did Interstellar win a couple years ago?

[grim22]

And the winner is...

#1

 

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Dunkirk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take it away @MrPink

 

To some, Christopher Nolan is dazzling, able to blend grand story ideas to palatable blockbusters. To others, his hamfisted dialogue, inert action scenes, and general coldness are impediments to the praise he receives from other circles. Whatever the case, Dunkirk is undoubtedly a Christopher Nolan film. It's also not like today's contemporary war films, moving away from character backgrounds and heavy violence, focusing instead on the most micro levels of war and suspense. Despite the fact he has pared down some of his usual ticks, including his typical bloat and reliance on exposition, Dunkirk features several of his trademarks. His insistence on being as practical as possible nearly works against him, though the scale of what he is able to do within those confines is impressive and beautiful to look at. His collaborators beyond Hoytema do distinctive work, whether it's Lee Smith as editor finding a way to weave these three stories into a connected experience, or Hans Zimmer integrating a vital pulse to the film with his ticking clock. While Harry Styles and co. might not be veteran enough actors to carry the film on their own, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, and Kenneth Branagh all play their roles admirably.

 

Nolan once again plays with time, taking three different storylines across three different timeframes down to its conclusion. Each section displays a slice of what Dunkirk represented to each participant in the evacuation, some more tense while others more thrilling or heroic. It struck me as his most focused blockbuster in some time, laser focused on the goals he wanted to achieve, and his most optimistic film to date. Our audience surrogate does nothing except survive, but the movie reminds us that it is human, understandable, and also a victory of sorts. Surrounding that are heroic actions that seemed small, but cumulatively added up to so much. That can be as simple as a pilot sacrificing his fuel to protect what soldiers he can from above, or a citizen helping to evacuate who he can. The sum is a movie that's both easy to recognize for its merits yet as more ammo for Nolan's detractors.  But it fits right at home in Nolan's filmography.

 

User Reviews:

 

The thought that hit me the strongest as I was leaving the theater at the end of my screening was how amazingly immersed I had felt throughout the whole of the film. The sound effect was incredible and each bomb blast and bullet ricochet, had me legitimately flinching, while the cinematography felt so real the tension literally pulsed in waves from the 2-dimensional screen throughout my whole body.

 

A point I found particularly interesting was that there was no clear protagonist in the film, which was such a break from traditional film-making, it felt almost jarring. But I can see why Nolandecided to do it that way, because I feel it did add to the kind of be-in-the-moment atmosphere that he said he wanted the audience to have. With no character to immerse ourselves into, the camera acted as more of a 3^rd-person perspective, allowing us to be one of the soldiers in that sense and go through the horrors that they faced.

 

One thing I’m a little unsure on, the film starts with 3 different points of perspective; the land, the sea and the air. And then specifies what I assume is the time period during which it is set; being one week, one day, and one hour respectively. So, does that mean, from the beginning of the film on the beaches of Dunkirk until their rescue, the real-world duration was one week? Because it didn’t feel anywhere near that long. Hope someone can help me on this one.

 

Small puzzlement aside, very strong rating from me 9/10

 @Rsyu

 

A master class in tension.

 

A

@Patriots Bottle

 

One thing I thought very clever was you don't actually see a single German soldier until the very final seconds of the movie.

 

That was claustrophobic as hell. Like the cinema walls were closing in on me.

 

A

@eXtacy

 

[Kvikk Lunsj]

 Nolan is the true GOAT move aside Brady

[KJsooner]

@MrPink

 

There you go

[Fancyarcher]

[That One Girl]

Just now, KJsooner said:

Did Interstellar win a couple years ago?

 

yes.  and so did Dark Knight Rises.  twice.  this is his 4th win it's not even funny.  bet if we go back to 2002 then Insomnia would win that.

[B D Joe]

The Gravity of 2017.

[robertman2]

bright should have won

[The Panda]

Sad, I put Okja at number 2 to try and help it out.  Should have kept my no 2 BR, number 26 hits me almost as bad as Wilderpeople 26!

[grim22]

Thanks for following along everyone. Hope you have a great Sunday and enjoy the Superbowl. It's always fun putting these together, looking forward to next year.

[filmlover]

Harry Styles has now starred in a #1 movie on BOT, people.

 

[Kalo]

37 minutes ago, grim22 said:

#5

 

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Wonder Woman

 

 

 

 

The first female superhero movie of the modern era delivered bigtime. It was one of the biggest hits of the year and the leggiest Superhero movie since CBMs became cool again. Anchored by a great performance by Gal Gadot and really good direction by Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman provided the thrills and story everyone was expecting. It also included what may be the best action scene in a CBM. A worthy #5

 

 

User Reviews:

 

 

OK, so this is so good. It's a simple straight movie. The characters have motivations. They are well defined. They are funny to watch. 
It's beautifully shot and tells the story more through pictures rather than dialogue. 
It knows what it wants to be and it is what it wants to be: melodramatic, fun, beautiful, big. A success. 

A- (Very good! Executed with precision and determination.)

@Amadeus

 

Wonder Woman works where the other DCEU films failed by simply being a simple straightforward story, it is very lean, with a distinct beging, middle and end. I  completely disagree about the ending with most people, it was maybe one of the best parts of the movie and one of the best final acts in a Superhero film, this movie isn't without flaws, but there are so many things it gets so right that it almost doesn't matter. 

 

So I'll get what I didn't like out of the way, the film is quite long and does drag only slightly here and there. the slow mo is cool, part of the time, it is really overused by the end of the movie. Gal Gadot is really good- most of the movie, two of the villains are very cartoony- but they turn out to be side kicks to the real villain, who while pretty straightforward is a pretty intimidating villain imo. that's pretty much it.

 

The chemistry between Gal and Chris is off the charts in this movie, and every time the camera pulled away from them I just wanted it to go right back there, Chris Pine is abosutly fantastic in the movie- the romance story is possibly the best romance I've seen in a Superhero film, and one of my favorite things about this movie was how it doesn't mind slowing down and giving real intimate moments that actually make you care about the characters in the movies, there are several scenes like this and it works wonders, Patty Jenkins really excels in this aspect 

 

There are some scenes that are almost exactly like the First Captain America and I found that more funny then bad though, but they really should know to keep guys named Steve away planes with bombs in them at this point.

 

The score is amazing, Thysicara is really cool, and Robin Wright and Connie Nelson are both great in the limited time they are in the movie. 

 

This movie is really genuinely funny- not forced funny either. 

 

This movie feels like it could have been made 20 years ago, it's just really old fashioned in it's storytelling and I really appreciated that about it.

 

In the end it may not be the best superhero film ever made, and not everyone is gonna love, but I do think it will end up being one of my favorite SH films to date. this is so much better then the other DCEU films. I can't believe that we finally have a truly good movie from them and I'd like to thank everyone involved who know the best way to go was to stay true to the character. 

 

A 

@Kalo

 

 

You used my write-up. 

[aabattery]

Dunkirk was one of the three films I could have accepted winning over Phantom Thread. Solid work, BOT.

[That One Girl]

This forum sucks

[WrathOfHan]

I'm really curious what our #1 of 2018 will be. Nothing immediately stands out.

[filmlover]

Just now, aabattery said:

Dunkirk was one of the three films I could have accepted winning over Phantom Thread. Solid work, BOT.

What were the other two? Thor and....?

[aabattery]

2 minutes ago, B D Joe said:

The Gravity of 2017.

 

Gravity is fucking incredible too so that's quite the compliment.

[filmlover]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

I'm really curious what our #1 of 2018 will be. Nothing immediately stands out.

Venom, duh. Never doubt this forum's boner for Legend Hardy.

[Brainbug]

Dunkirk is amazing, so i cant complain about it winning.

 

Though its hilarious to see how outraged seemingly everyone gets when Nolan gets another win. Its Number 1 so the vast majority of people on this board must have loved it, or am i mistaken?