Most Overrated Christopher Nolan Films
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I’ve got to disagree here. I’ve seen so many people diss on this film because of, how you put it, “bland” it is. People need to realize that war is not all just blood, gore and fighting. A lot of it was waiting in terror, not knowing what was going to happen. Also, this movie was not depicting the actual battle of Dunkirk necessarily, it was telling the story of the evacuation and “miracle” of Dunkirk.
As far as the characters being bland, these were soldiers. Actual soldiers. Soldiers on the battlefield had no arcs, compelling character traits, and so on and so forth. A war movie like Saving Private Ryan, for example, had fictional characters that were given these things to keep the story engaging. Hacksaw Ridge, on the other hand, had an actual solider depicted who was already compelling on his own. Dunkirk did not have this type compelling solider, nor did most of the battles in WWII.
So don’t go hating on this film just because it didn’t satisfy you with it’s kill count or insanely compelling characters. It wasn’t meant to be that kind of film, nor was it that kind of battle.
As far as the OP goes I can’t say because I haven’t seen any Nolan films other than his Batman trilogy. If I had to pick one out of those 3 I’d say Dark Knight Rises. I just don’t care for it & only saw it once for the sake of completing the trilogy(& that was 2 years ago that I finally saw it) but when it came out a few of my friends said it was the best Batman movie so it already put a sour taste in my mouth about it. I do, however, want to see Dunkirk.
Speaking of Dunkirk, I thought it was awesome and another Nolan masterpiece, especially on a technical level (with the editing and especially the sound design which was phenomenal). Only Christopher Nolan can make a war movie so atmospheric, unsettling, suffocating and intense while still keeping a PG-13 rating without resorting to excessive violence (I mean it is “violent” in a way but not in the overblown sense I guess) and gore (which is the typical trait you’d see in any war movie pretty much). It is actually the lack of gore in the movie and how you don’t even see the enemy at all in pretty much the entire movie which made Dunkirk so effective and unique, and only a director like Christopher Nolan can pull this off.
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