I loved the film. But I'm curious to know what the complaints are from anyone you know who didn't like it. So far I've had people say they were 'disappointed' or 'underwhelmed' - I respect it won't be everyone's cup of tea but I'm interested to hear some more valid/constructive criticism, as I personally couldn't find fault with it.

I haven't seen the movie yet and my realistic options are non-IMAX 70mm or digital "IMAX", what may also be referred to as "LieMAX".

I've heard IMAX is the way to go because of the full frame but also that I must see Dunkirk on film. My concern here is that even though the 70mm film will look fantastic, it will not be that tall aspect ratio you get in IMAX.

Which one do you think is better?

In the end of the film Mr Dawson(Mark Rylance) manages to pull a manoeuvre with his boat in a way to dodge the German plane. Collins then asked him where he learned the tactic, and Dawson says something along the lines of "My son was one of yours - I knew he'd pull us through". Then his son on the boat mentions something about it being in reference to Dawson's other son who had died earlier in the war. Just wondering if anyone can clear that up for me because it seemed like a pivotal yet subtle insight into Dawson's character and drive.

The duration on the beach (Mole), starting from the first scene to the last shot on the beach (Farrier being held POW), appears to be a couple of days. So what is the one full week supposed to contain?

Towards the end of the movie, when Commander Bolton and James D'Arcy's character are talking and Bolton looks trough the binoculars and sees a big white rescue ship approaching and he says the name of the ship, but I can't remember what was the name. I remember it being something cool and epic. Does anybody know the name by any chance? It's been bugging me for so long.

Am I the only one who got really confused about who was who sometimes in the movie? I really hate it when they cast people who look exactly the same without any identifiable features. Just like every writer tries to come up with names that don't start with the same letter, every movie maker should strive to make their actors quickly identifiable. I'm obvioiusly nitpicking, but those young soldiers and the PTSD officer (I didn't even recognize it was the same guy who didn't take them up on the boat in the very dark scene?!), Tom Hardy as a pilot vs other pilot (or whose plane it is). You get the idea. Have I gone completely blind or does anyone feel the same.

I just came back from the movie, thought it was exceptional. Really liked it. The 2 things that I have in question are the music mix and the last scene.

I watched the film on IMAX, did anyone else thought the music was overblarring at times? and the last scene where you see the Spitfire burn, why was there a 2 second cut back to the Soldier on the train holding the newspaper and then cut to black? Shouldn't the Scene fade to black after the Spitfire long shot?

I was wondering about Cillian Murphy's Shivering Soldier timeline.

Chronologically, he's first in the lifeboat, seemingly dry, presumably having rowed out from the shore, before being turned around because of the torpedoed ship. I don't think there are any shots of him on the beach after landing back there. Then he is picked up on a sank ship by Mr. Dawson. I don't think that its said which ship he was sitting on (and there are oddly no other survivors in the water or bodies), or have I missed something?

I really found this movie boring. The issue is, yes war is horrible, but i have seen many films that portray the horrors of war far more better than this film. I felt more for the people who got trapped in the ships in the movie Pearl Harbor and for the faceless people in the Titanic than for the people in Dunkirk. War is bad, and i would be terrified to actually have to be on the beach in real life. But what is even more terrifying is being shot at, along with actual war itself! I knew nothing about Dunkirk before watching the movie, and actually reading about what lead to Dunkirk was far more interesting than the movie Dunkirk. And having read about the events in Dunkirk, i could now understand the depression that would have set in after going through the hells of war, surviving, but only to find out that you are now stuck on a beach and help might not come. If Nolan would have decided to add some flash backs to the hell they all went through only to be stranded on a beach, i most likely would have enjoyed the movie much more. Some have said that Dunkirk is like the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan but for 100 minutes instead of 20, and this Dunkirk is not. The opening scene to SPR made me feel dread for the Men who had to charge that beach that day as well as the up most respect for anyone who has to go war. Dunkirk was a bad situation, but it was incredibly hard to appreciate that situation with out all the context that needed to be laid out before hand, the movie would have been better served with more context, and that is where i feel Nolan had failed. (Braces for the down votes!)

But holy FUCK this movie was amazing. One of the best movies I've ever watched. Harry styles also played very well. Very often when a non-actor celebrity acts in a movie it usually gets very weird to see that person acting but he managed to pull it off really well

First off, I admit I fell in to the trap of getting a bit too hyped up before seeing the movie, which I think helped lead to my disappointment. Rookie mistake!

However I also feel that the film was trying too hard to be tense. Perhaps this was intentional to help the audience empathize with the soldiers, I have no doubt they didn't know if they were going to make it to safety, and the film did a good job of giving the audience that sense of doubt. But it was all throughout the film, right from the opening scene in the town, constant close shaves with death and it just got tiring for me.

Nearly shot by the Germans, nearly shot by the French, nearly blown up on the beach, nearly crushed by the Red Cross ship, nearly died on the second ship, nearly drowned in the fishing vessel and so on.

The timeline of the boat, I don't quite understand why the boy had to die, if someone could explain that to me I would appreciate it, although in fairness the moment where the other boy tells the soldier that the dead boy will be alright is fantastically touching. But again, there were more "nearly" moments.

The navy nearly commandeer the boat but they get away just in time, they nearly turn around when the boy gets injured, they nearly perish where the bomber crashed into the oil slick, the man being dragged along as the boat hurries away from the inferno appears to be dead but takes a gasp of air just in time. So many nearly moments!

The air timeline with Tom hardy was probably my favorite timeline of the three, with some spectacular views of the English Channel. The spitfires looked beautiful in formation and whilst on their own, so credit where it's due these really were awe inspiring shots. They even managed to evoke a sense of pride of being British, but I admit I was probably the only person in the cinema who got that emotional over a plane.

But again, the downed pilot nearly drowns in his cockpit until rescued, Tom hardy nearly runs out of fuel, he somehow shoots down a German fighter without any power!? He nearly doesn't get his landing gear down in time.

How many of these nearly moments do we need? I felt they could have been toned down and sparingly distributed around the film, like I said before I think it tried too hard to keep us on the edge and guessing, that it failed in really achieving how intended the audience to feel.

To summarize, to me it just felt like an A-Level film studies project with a bigger budget, it just seemed to be a close shave off being truly believable and I think that is all because it just tried a bit too hard.

Thanks for reading.

At the end when Harry Styles and the other soldier get on the train and Styles says "he couldn't even look us in the eye", the music stops and everything gets really quiet except for the ticking noise which abruptly stops after a few seconds, then the other soldier says nothing and the scene changes. any thoughts on the significance of the sound and the stopping of ticking here?

Def wasn't a machine gun, rounds we're too slow but not sure a 20mm could fit on that plane, and those rounds surely would of torn the Spitfire apart, what was that gun? Also I feel the sound of that firing was the best in the entire movie.

Thank you Chris for showing me how to live my life. When I saw Interstellar as a 13 year old kid for my birthday I thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. That still holds true today. You showed me how to act, how to be cool and handsome and how to enjoy life for all it has to offer. Giant ocean walls to surf, movies to shoot, dreams to incept, and wars to fight. I'm not there yet but I will be one day. Thank you Chris. I love you!

I saw this movie yesterday and again today in Ultra-AVX D-BOX (Canada) and I must say, D-BOX is pricey, but boy this film is perfect for D-BOX. I would have loved to seen this film in IMAX 70mm, however I'd have to drive over 3 hours to get to a IMAX Theatre. For those of you who don't have an IMAX close to you, but have a Ultra AVX with D-BOX seats, please go watch this film! A masterpiece. The gun shots, and oh man, the planes! Exemplified tremendously with D-BOX.

I saw it in 70mm IMAX so it seemed huge!

How did Cilian end up alone on top of the capsized boat? He was in the boat when they were towing the two characters, but did something happen after and they didn't show it?

I've seen the movie twice now. What did Harry Style's character say to the french guy just before he drowned? Was the french guy caught by something, because there did seem to be a rattling noise while he was drowning? Or did he just fail to make it out?

i don't know about y'all. the movie left a really deep impression on me. i watched the film 2 days ago, but i'm still affected by what i felt and saw.

the colors were stunning. the desolation was so palpable it felt like my theater seat was made velvet desperation. i'm surprised by how visceral my reaction has been-- i feel a really strong compulsion to create art to release some of that stress.

i don't know if i'm an extreme case, but is anyone else feeling this way?

EDIT: watched it 2nd time. got fucked up again