Dunkirk disappoints.

Sitting in the first row of imax, seemed to be a blessing in disguise. With Hans zimmer in sublime form, the reverberating music, transported you into the war theatre. The music and the grey English channel just adding to the necessary gloom needed to define the mood. The technical superiority of the film is unquestionable.

Three tales, keeps the narrative, as simple as possible. Two important derivatives, the casualties of war and the heroes, are revisited. 

However, one is not sure, if there is anything new. These are themes visited frequently by masters like Kubrick a zillion times, Oliver Stone, again and again, Spielberg and many others. Incendies, probably, discusses war and the casualties, like no other film. 

One is not sure, if there can be any heroes in a war.

But what does not add up, is the actual act of evacuating 400,000 people, is not felt. The slice of the effort, that has been scripted and filmed, is symbolic and that does not seem to leverage the possibilities of Cinema. 

Dunkirk therefore disappoints