Honestly I have to say I was disappointed, I went in with expectations too high. It was good but I guess I was hoping for something more akin to Saving Private Ryan in terms of kick ass battle scenes along with a decent film.
I found it odd that they always referred to the Germans as the “enemy” and I think they may never have named them specifically (?) nor did they show any Germans.
I’m highly offended this movie features no women or persons of color …
I’m highly offended this movie features no women or persons of color …
I was surprised that there were some black, presumably African colonial troops among the French.
I’m highly offended this movie features no women or persons of color …
I was surprised that there were some black, presumably African colonial troops among the French.
The French are pissed b/c they are not mentioned in the film.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4720292/Sacre-bleu-French-Russians-angry-Dunkirk-film.html
They are mentioned but that’s about it. There’s all but no scenes of the defense of the beaches as the Germans close in.
This is the third thread on Dunkirk. But it is the best one so far.
I enjoyed Dunkirk.
I have not yet enjoyed Dunkirk, but I’ve read threads and this one is the best. GO DUNKIRK!!!
(this is a new porn movie right?)
Honestly I have to say I was disappointed, I went in with expectations too high. It was good but I guess I was hoping for something more akin to Saving Private Ryan in terms of kick ass battle scenes along with a decent film.
I found it odd that they always referred to the Germans as the “enemy” and I think they may never have named them specifically (?) nor did they show any Germans.
Fuck!
Honestly I have to say I was disappointed, I went in with expectations too high. It was good but I guess **I was hoping for something more akin to Saving Private Ryan in terms of kick ass battle scenes along with a decent film. **
I found it odd that they always referred to the Germans as the “enemy” and I think they may never have named them specifically (?) nor did they show any Germans.
Guess the Brits could have used John Wayne or some other American hero to save the day. Heck, Chuck Norris could have turned it into a British victory. 
The French are pissed b/c they are not mentioned in the film.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...ry-Dunkirk-film.html
There was a recent study done on how many French troops are needed to defend their country.
The results were incomplete because it’s never been done.
Honestly I have to say I was disappointed, I went in with expectations too high. It was good but I guess **I was hoping for something more akin to Saving Private Ryan in terms of kick ass battle scenes along with a decent film. **
I found it odd that they always referred to the Germans as the “enemy” and I think they may never have named them specifically (?) nor did they show any Germans.
Guess the Brits could have used John Wayne or some other American hero to save the day. Heck, Chuck Norris could have turned it into a British victory.
In 1963, United Artists released the movie “The Great Escape”, based on the escape of 76 RAF aircrew members from Stalag Luft III in 1944. No Americans were in the camp at that time. (The few who had ever been held in Stalag Luft III had been moved to other camps seven months earlier.)
The actors included Richard Attenborough and David McCallum. However, Steve McQueen (jumping a motorcycle over barbed wire) and James Garner received top billing. Also included were Charles Bronson and James Coburn.
I wonder if someone had the thought when they were putting “Dunkirk” together, “Do you think we should get Ben Affleck to play an American flying Spitfires in the RAF? Maybe Bruce Willis as a wisecracking US Army general on loan to the British Army?”
I’m highly offended this movie features no women or persons of color …
I was surprised that there were some black, presumably African colonial troops among the French.
The French are pissed b/c they are not mentioned in the film.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4720292/Sacre-bleu-French-Russians-angry-Dunkirk-film.html
Straight away, it’s spelled Dunkerque in French.
Of the 338,000 troops evacuated from Dunkerque, 140,000 were French and Belgium.
It’s kind of like when American’s do a movie about D-Day. It’s as though Great Britain and Canada weren’t there.
I’m highly offended this movie features no women or persons of color …
I was surprised that there were some black, presumably African colonial troops among the French.
The French are pissed b/c they are not mentioned in the film.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...ry-Dunkirk-film.html
Straight away, it’s spelled Dunkerque in French.
Of the 338,000 troops evacuated from Dunkerque, 140,000 were French and Belgium.
The movie takes place over the period of about a day with the British mainly being evacuated, at the end it alludes to the switch in focus from getting the British out to getting the French out. The movie gives the impression that the rescue of was sort of a one time deal with the small boats coming over from England rather than an operation that went on for more than a week.
French army rifle for sale. Lightly used, never fired, dropped once.
Yeah, I was a little disappointed myself. It was ok, but It wasn’t great. And, it was far too anti-septic for me. They didn’t need to go to the Saving Private Ryan level of gore, but I think that the movie would have been better had it showed just a bit more of the horrors of war.
It’s kind of like when American’s do a movie about D-Day. It’s as though Great Britain and Canada weren’t there.
The troops of the Empire had a pretty easy day in relative terms to Utah Omaha and the cluster of the US airborne drop.
It’s kind of like when American’s do a movie about D-Day. It’s as though Great Britain and Canada weren’t there.
The troops of the Empire had a pretty easy day in relative terms to Utah Omaha and the cluster of the US airborne drop.
Easy? If you believe that then you’ve been watching way too many John Wayne movies. Ever heard of Juno Beach?
It’s kind of like when American’s do a movie about D-Day. It’s as though Great Britain and Canada weren’t there.
The troops of the Empire had a pretty easy day in relative terms to Utah Omaha and the cluster of the US airborne drop.
Easy? If you believe that then you’ve been watching way too many John Wayne movies. Ever heard of Juno Beach?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_Beach
Look up the term relative and get back to me. I explicitly used it for a reason
It’s kind of like when American’s do a movie about D-Day. It’s as though Great Britain and Canada weren’t there.
The troops of the Empire had a pretty easy day in relative terms to Utah Omaha and the cluster of the US airborne drop.
Easy? If you believe that then you’ve been watching way too many John Wayne movies. Ever heard of Juno Beach?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_Beach
Look up the term relative and get back to me. I explicitly used it for a reason
RELATIVELY, the US troops at Utah Beach had the “easiest” day.
"Casualties on the British beaches were roughly 1000 on Gold Beach and the same number on Sword Beach. The remainder of the British losses were amongst the airborne troops: some 600 were killed or wounded, and 600 more were missing; 100 glider pilots also became casualties. The losses of 3rd Canadian Division at Juno Beach have been given as 340 killed, 574 wounded and 47 taken prisoner.
The breakdown of US casualties was 1465 dead, 3184 wounded, 1928 missing and 26 captured. Of the total US figure, 2499 casualties were from the US airborne troops (238 of them being deaths). The casualties at Utah Beach were relatively light: 197, including 60 missing. However, the US 1st and 29th Divisions together suffered around 2000 casualties at Omaha Beach."
https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/25/how-many-troops-died-on-d-day
Incredible accomplishment by all of the allied nation’s troops.