Nolan is so overrated.
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Phenomenal Film. The kind of Film that reminds me of my humanity .
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Yeah - it's a clumsy concatenation but I've been using it for a while on various sites so I guess I'm stuck with it.
I have always depended on the kindness of Strangers - and the bastards let me down!

I had fun trying to say your name rite.

There was some mention by one of the British soldiers on the beach, as to why their airplanes, weren't there to defend them. One soldier replies that there were only 3 air fields close enough to get to Dunkirk. I believe the real reason was that the British had lost quite a few planes in Belgium and their leaders felt that they needed to reserve their remaining fighters (and pilots) for defending Britain.
This dialog seems a little after the fact
Corporal 'Tubby' Binns: What about all of this?
Charles Foreman: Stupidity. Everybody saying that war was so terrible it couldn't happen again. And shoving our heads in the sand, like a lot of ostriches. Well, the Germans didn't think that way. To them, war meant guns or butter. They chose guns. We chose butter. No, you can't blame the Army. They had what we gave them -
last war weapons, last war methods.
This is the result.
Certainly, the Germans had stolen a march on the British in terms of methods with their "Blitzkrieg" warfare, but the British had been upgrading their weapons. For example, if we watch the British production:
Piece of Cake
(1988), we get to see the British Spitfire fighters at this period - which were one of the best early war fighters. The problem was that the British didn't have enough of them and enough pilots.

That's good to hear. I think British war films of this period have a particular post-war quality that was abruptly lost in the 60s.
I have always depended on the kindness of Strangers - and the bastards let me down!

Dunkirk
(1958) is a pretty good movie. I enjoyed it.

I don't think I have ever seen
Dunkirk
(1958). I was looking for something to watch tonight.