Dunkirk Review

Nolan is a magician who knows how to sell average for a premium and has a support of rabid loyalists who amplify the PR artillery. Those who don't belong to the loyalist fraternity, succumb to the peer pressure of agreeing to praise even forgettable, unoriginal work. I can definitely say neither this is his best work nor the film the best film of summer. It never picks up! Yes, the background score is great and definitely will win an Oscar for best score, design or editing but the film is not much about to take home.

Nolan is genius "product maker" and now a "better marketer", a rare case where the consumer is held responsible (considered dumb, juvenile, ignorant, gawky etc) if he doesn't find the product good and not Nolan. Moreover, the mistakes and flaws are celebrated as deliberate strokes of mastery. I saw countless articles floating on internet dubbing it as "the best war film ever", "best work of Nolan" etc.. There are better works on a backdrop of war than Dunkirk but never received praise as much this play fetch movie did. Hollow and shallow would be correct adjectives and not masterpiece and genius when describing average works.

You might wonder I haven't talked about the plot or characters, or the play with timelines and vantage point: the mole, the ship, and the air since there is not much to talk about. Especially the characters,

PS: no doubt the film is technically strong, be it the score, visual effects(quite a good amount) or camera work, the whole film is immersive.