The film uses three timelines to tell about the event surrounding Dunkirk.
I personally like the gimmick because it causes the audience to stay engaged with the timelines in order to pay attention to what's happening.
What do you think?
I understood it but unfortunately many did not. They thought Tom Hardys plane was gliding for over a day...lol
sharefirst viewing, I missed first 10 minutes, so MISSED the explanation of the timeline. That didn't help, but I kinda figured it out anyway.
NEXT viewing I understood the timeline setup... and tracked with it fine.... just didn't really see the need for it, myself. And I LOVE un-linear stuff. Here, it didn't HELP the film in any way - TO ME - didn't hurt it either. Just seemed rather self-indulgent.
I was not expecting this and it kinda took me by surprise. I’ll admit, at one point I wondered if this was really all that necessary. Certainly, it kept me engaged and by the end I thought it was gently and finely-executed. So it worked for me.
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