I don´t know, maybe it´s the whole pirate thing that I can´t relate to but I don´t get into this franchise.
Again, like the first, it´s a really well made movie for the time. But it has the same flaws from where I stand. Not a great story (althought this might change in context with the next parts). And I must say the Jack Sparrow act wears itself out rather fast - I find it irritating already.
Believe it or not but it took me 12 years to finally watch this. Maybe I should have watched it earlier, maybe it´s just not my kind of movie, but I wasn´t overly impressed. Production is great, CGI still looks pretty good and Johnny Depp is awesome but personally I found the story rather thin.
Nevertheles it was entertaining and I will watch the rest of the series.
I am not sure Nolan did himself a favor by making the movie like this. He might have been thinking "I'll do what I want and if you don't get it I don't care" and I can appreciate that. Or he was more concerned with getting cool IMAX shots - unfortunately I only had a BluRay at HD resolution so I may have been focusing more on story. But the mixing of different timelines is very confusing. You never stay long enough in one place. I can't make a connection with the characters which is essential because how to feel for them and their situation ?
I have a pretty good understanding what happened at Dunkirk because I am very much interested in the WWII history and this never felt like it. I couldn't grasp the scale at all. It was more like some localalized skirmishes put together. On the plus side there is the visuals and the sound which are both great.
Taking everything into account, and that includes maybe totally missing the point, I can only say I am dissapointed.
Nice pictures from time to time.
But storytelling and story itself were pretty mediocre...
Terrible movie with very little depth or any sense of the true scale of this disaster (and subsequent rescue effort).
While the viewer could be excused for not knowing the event surroundings the evacuation of Dunkirk, Nolan took the approach of denying anything else than his idealized version of those events, with obvious inaccuracies that makes the film cringe-worthy at time, almost as bad as U-571. The rest of the time, the little action and almost non existent dialogues do very little to fill what could otherwise be a perfect setup for a contemplative film (see the Thin Red Line from Terrence Malick for an example). This is a big let down and I would rather watch another couple of Clint Eastwood or Mel Gibson war movie than this, which, although isn't intrinsically bad, isn't very good either.
While the story-telling and the visuals itself are on point, the movie confirms my worst fear. It wasn't made because there was a story to tell: Instead, it basically retells the story of A New Hope. The intention for profit is undeniable.
Also, major pacing issues are to point out. Ray talks about "Han being the father she never had", and Finn is willing to risk his life for Ray, although these people had only met the day before. Somewhere I feel I missed the time lapse.
Also, the background of things is left UBER-vague, although here I can at least hope the sequels will catch up on that.
totally and completely disappointing. The influence of Disney was more than obvious, what was with all the comic relief? this is star wars not The princess bride. The casino scene was totally out of scope, Luke was out of character and completely bad, and of course there was no plot or story, just a Mashup of the first three star wars. I want to thank all the actors and director who ruined the movie.
This was......... weirdly written.......... Somehow the characters you have never seen before get better emotional scenes than the ones you have. Holdo, who?
Really poorly written. Can't believe there were so many predictable moments and moments filled with complete and utter pathos. So, so dissappointed.
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