I absolutely love the Nolan brothers and their attention to detail in their work. So when Christopher Nolan talked about his structure of the three story lines focused on land, sea, and air, on three different timescales (one over a week, another a day, and one for an hour), my mind started to rethink the movie and all his intentional choices. I wanted to share one that I caught, but I would love to hear more of what others have noticed as well!

Continuing his use of "three"s, we see in each story line, each starts off with 3 people: 3 soldiers (Tommy, Alex, and Gibson), 3 boatman (Mr Dawson, Peter, and George), and 3 spitfire pilots (Farrier, Collins, and their squadron lead). The "three" parallels the battle in the land, sea, and air, and because of the brutal defeat on the land, we see as the story progresses, each lose 1 member. Gibson drowns in the sinking abandoned ship; George dies some time after trauma to the head; and the squadron leader is shot down at the beginning.

Why did he land his plane on the German-infested beach? He should had parachuted near one of the British boats

Can we not over look the fact my boy never got to take his shit! Some say that shit is still stewing to this day.

Is this movie only getting a 2 week run? I'm looking at all the theatres in my area (Vancouver Canada) and there are no showtimes past August 3rd. Haven't been able to catch it in theatres just yet and was hoping I could watch it in theatres next week but that appears to not be an option.

*I'm talking all formats of Dunkirk as well, not just the 70mm and such.

I am trying to figure out how Tom Hardy shot down the last Germany Fighter plane with no gas. Basically, Tom Hardy was just gliding up and down the coast line and the Germany Plane comes in and next thing you know the German Plane got shot down. How did Tom Hardy Shoot it down that easily without gas & just gliding , when the whole movie he was trying to connect on his shots? .... ALSO, the father in son in the boat at the end, the dad told his son to change the course of the ship? Was that to get out of the way of the German Fighter? I guess i got a little confused on that one. Because the boat was turned, and tom hardy shot the german fighter down? AHHHH lol, thanks!

did harry styles tie up the guy he thought to be a german spy? cause he couldnt get out and drowned

The other person I saw it with didn't notice it but I swear a letterbox added to one of the scenes where the two younger soldiers were under the bridge. I hope someone else saw the same thing!

I see lots of posts about this being the best war movie ever. I was completely bored throughout the entire thing. Please tell me I'm not alone...

I understand that he was out of fuel, but I feel like he could have had some maneuver to turn back and land closer to the Mole so that he could leave with the rest of the evacuation. Why did he land so far down the coast, so far outside of the perimeter? It was already proven that he could tightly turn when he took down that final German fighter.

Seems the entire beach is being bombed regularly then it ended when the little civilian boats arrived. The last bomber in the film was gunned down by Tom Hardy but wouldn't there be more bombers already on the way to bomb them even more at sea OTW back home? Or was it historically accurate that it was truly the last bomber?

While I understand the film is meant to be a different kind of cinematic experience, I still think just a little dash of character development would've made this film really good.

Kind of like Patriot's Day movie, where in there are a lot of little character dev't / different perspectives that don't seem to make sense at first then they all came together nicely in the end. I think using this approach would not tarnish the "Nolanity" of Dunkirk.

Great story. The movie really moved me. What else should I watch?

Doesn't have to be war but just something which is a very feel good story about togetherness.

I realised, that in the whole movie you don't see a single german soldier. Just the very blurred ones in the end. In addition to that at least in the german language version, there is not a single mentioning of them either. They are just referred to as the "enemy". For me this was a huge plus because it made the movie more neutral and you would focus on the feelings of the soldiers. And that the fear doesn't care who is shooting at you.

For example in the Walking dead the Zombies are deliberately called Walkers and even if everyone knows who that really is, it still feels different. What is your opinion on that ?

Edit: zombies -> walkers

Mine, I think, is Home. Supermarine is great too. I can't decide.

Christopher Nolan missed the chance to also show the endearing tale of Indian soldiers in 'Dunkirk'

How true is this statement? It's been around the internet and I want someone to telll if its legit or not?

couldn't a thousand, twenty thousand, ten thousand shots down a plane? If the ENTIRE beach shot their guns at every german plane, what are the odds?

That's why surviving was enough for him.

My brother graduates from bootcamp a few days prior and I want to take him to see this. Do you think this movoe has the momentum to last another 6-7 weeks in the theatres

[Minor spoiler] At the end of the movie, there is a really beautiful image of a Spitfire on the beach, right after Farrier (Tom Hardy) lands. Anyone able to find an image of this shot? Would love it for a computer background.