areaseven Posted August 5, 2016 Posted August 5, 2016 Coming to theaters on July 21, 2017 is Dunkirk, written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Memento, Interstellar). The film centers around the evacuation of Allied troops in Dunkirk, France, after the Germans surround them during the Battle of France in 1940. Dunkirk @ IMDb Quote
BlueMax Posted August 5, 2016 Posted August 5, 2016 Looking forward to it. Most war movies so far have been pretty much from the view of the United States (not that it is bad, just that there was more than just American troops being the Allied Army). Finally we have something from the POV of the British/ Commonwealth troops and by a director who has 1/2 his roots on British soil. Hopefully it will be educational and entertaining. Quote
TangledThorns Posted August 5, 2016 Posted August 5, 2016 Will it have Nolan's classic open endings? Quote
ErikElvis Posted August 5, 2016 Posted August 5, 2016 I'm under the firm belief Hitler allowed them to evacuate. Quote
electric indigo Posted August 6, 2016 Posted August 6, 2016 The latest theory of german military historians seems to be that Hitler's "Halt" was not a result of military planning but aimed to discipline the Oberkommando, who rebelled against a civilian leader (the Fuhrer). Quote
ErikElvis Posted August 6, 2016 Posted August 6, 2016 The latest theory of german military historians seems to be that Hitler's "Halt" was not a result of military planning but aimed to discipline the Oberkommando, who rebelled against a civilian leader (the Fuhrer). Eh I dunno. It's all speculation now unless they find some lost memoirs. I personally think he had respect for the English people and was hoping they would align one day. Quote
electric indigo Posted August 6, 2016 Posted August 6, 2016 That's the story that was spun after the evacuation. Here's an article (in German) that comments on some of the alternative theories: http://www.welt.de/geschichte/zweiter-weltkrieg/article116290059/Duenkirchen-Warum-Hitler-seinen-Sieg-verschenkte.html Quote
ErikElvis Posted August 6, 2016 Posted August 6, 2016 Isn't it aggravating all the history just lost to time. And even documented history may not give the actual impression. Quote
sh9000 Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=44008&hl=nolan Quote
Dobber Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 This movie looks amazing....and....SPITFIRES!! They look so beautiful. Most laymen, always think of th P-51...now they'd can see the beauty that is the Supermarine Spitfire. Chris Quote
Nightbat Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 The latest theory of german military historians seems to be that Hitler's "Halt" was not a result of military planning but aimed to discipline the Oberkommando, who rebelled against a civilian leader (the Fuhrer). FWIW, what I heard was that it was more a tactical decision to secure flanks, consolidate troops and resupply, seeing the Germans just were just given their first stiff resistance at the battle of Arras, this sounds plausible enough for me Quote
ErikElvis Posted December 15, 2016 Posted December 15, 2016 Will likely see this. I'm not sure how they will carry out the movie. In my belief Hitler allowed them to evacuate. Quote
505thAirborne Posted May 5, 2017 Posted May 5, 2017 That trailer was awesome, can't wait!! P.S. Tom Hardy gives the me the Max Jenius vibe as a pilot! Quote
TangledThorns Posted May 5, 2017 Posted May 5, 2017 15 minutes ago, 505thAirborne said: That trailer was awesome, can't wait!! P.S. Tom Hardy gives the me the Max Jenius vibe as a pilot! Like Tom Hardy? Watch TABOO. Quote
kajnrig Posted May 5, 2017 Posted May 5, 2017 The editing of all the trailers has been great. I love watching them. Don't know how the movie will fare, but I'm hopeful. Quote
F-ZeroOne Posted May 5, 2017 Posted May 5, 2017 Its a bit hard to tell from the brief moments shown, but for once they seem to have the correct Mark of Spitfires for that time period (three exhausts stubs each side, eight machine guns, black-and-white undersides), though the Bf109s seem to be the usual Merlin-engined suspects, which is fair enough given that the correct alternatives are very, very hard to source...! (another giveaway is that they appear to lack struts under the tailplane... ). Quote
Sildani Posted May 5, 2017 Posted May 5, 2017 Yeah, the only thing they could do would be to CGI those Mules to 109E-2 or maybe -3 standard. I think there's a grand total of two flightworthy 109s with Benz engines, and I don't think either one is an Emil. One Franz and one Gustav I think. Quote
Dobber Posted May 5, 2017 Posted May 5, 2017 (edited) Holy Crap that looks good! LOVED the end "Where's the Bloody AirForce!" then the amazing shot and sound of the 3 Spitfires in tight formation. Agree it's good to see the early Mk's 1 or 2's Chris Edited May 5, 2017 by Dobber Quote
505thAirborne Posted May 6, 2017 Posted May 6, 2017 7 hours ago, TangledThorns said: Like Tom Hardy? Watch TABOO. Love Tom Hardy! I never got around to watching TABOO, is it good? Quote
Dynaman Posted May 6, 2017 Posted May 6, 2017 10 hours ago, 505thAirborne said: Love Tom Hardy! I never got around to watching TABOO, is it good? It has some problems but is worth watching, especially if you like Tom Hardy - he does an excellent job in it. Quote
F-ZeroOne Posted May 6, 2017 Posted May 6, 2017 Dobber, interesting you picked up the tight formation, because thats another historical accuracy (though it could just have been done for filming purposes); the RAF called it a "Vic" and the Luftwaffe - who from their Spanish experience learnt that such formations were too inflexible for modern air combat - called it the "Idiot rotte" ("idiots formation/group") ; it took quite a while for the RAF to realise the Luftwaffes looser, four-plane formations were superior (so much so, its still used today). Also, the soldiers comment about "Where are the bloody air force!" is sadly accurate; the RAF were there, but often were fighting above visual contact from the ground and were limited by having to get across the Channel first which ate into their fuel supply (the same problem the Luftwaffe fighters had, in reverse, during the Battle of Britain). It often gave the mistaken impression to the troops on the ground that there were no friendly fighters at all engaged. Quote
kajnrig Posted July 9, 2017 Posted July 9, 2017 I know a bunch of you are history buffs, so this might be of interest to you. I haven't watched it yet myself, it just showed up on my Youtube feed. Â Quote
renegadeleader1 Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 Nick Hodges of History Buffs does good work in his reviews of historical films. His channel is worth a look if you're looking for someone to provide factual historical context behind movies and disecting how accurate to history the depictions are.  Quote
505thAirborne Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 Nick Hodges/History Buffs does an excellent job of comparing movies based on history and what really occurred. Did a great job on Braveheart & Apollo 13! That said, I am really looking forward to DUNKIRK  Quote
TangledThorns Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 My wife and I are planning a day date for this movie and was surprised how short it is for a Christopher Nolan film, 1hr 46m. Especially when you compare it to his recent films such as Inception, Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar which are about 2.5 to almost 3hrs long. Quote
derex3592 Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 wow, that is short for a Nolan film, I was figuring at least 2 1/2 hrs give or take... Quote
Mommar Posted July 10, 2017 Posted July 10, 2017 1 hour ago, TangledThorns said: My wife and I are planning a day date for this movie and was surprised how short it is for a Christopher Nolan film, 1hr 46m. Especially when you compare it to his recent films such as Inception, Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar which are about 2.5 to almost 3hrs long. Good, all of those movies were too long. Quote
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