New Dunkirk movie to be made

Ouch!

Honestly I would rather just not see him in it at all!

 

Even if he was violently bayoneted by good old prairie lad?

 

"Longest Three Months"? What's the significance of the title?

 

I assume it's The Longest Day plus the rest of the Normandy Campaign.

 

Should be interesting. Hope it gets made. Not sure about the Justin Bieber option though. Just not sure I'm ready for that. I hope that Tom Cruise doesn't sign on either. Had enough of him too. It was refreshing to see him killed off in "Valkyrie" though.

 

Agreed. I've come to the conclusion that Cruise is a dumb as a brick. Only Nicolas Cage is worse.

 

Yes indeed Charley. Butting heads with the SS and the bulk of German armour from June 6th to almost the end of the August before the Normandy campaign was won.

 

Well, I'm all booked--best seats in the house at a huge iMAX cinema near us on Saturday night.

Am rather excited.

I think the last time I went to see a film at the cinema was Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

 

I don't think that I'll be attending. I shall only be carried out shouting "He's got Mk11 pouches, He's got Mk11 pouches !" or "Three-piece straps !" (I've still yet to see a 'Dunkirk' photograph showing that any were in use that early).

 

Imax out on this one.

 

Dad went to France on the 2nd of April 1940 with the 1/5 Queens Royal West Surreys
After marching 30 miles a day to Dunkirk and after standing in the sea Dad thought it was pointless and went back to the beach .and on the
31st May 1940
Dad got off the mole onto HMS Malcolm,HMS MALCOLM sustained damage to her bow when she collided with the pier at Dunkirk.
HMS Malcolm was one of the ships that Granddad was on in the 1920s

Dad was put on a train to anywhere ,but it stopped at Woking station , he said he thought he could have got off and walked home.never to be seen again , but he stayed on and ended up on Salisbury .

 

Been spending the week at Panama City Beach on the panhandle of Florida for vacation. That's Holliday for you people. Reading and watching all I can (along with eating steamed ersters out the wazoo) while waiting for the realease of the movie. And the beer and waves are very good I might add.

Right now I'm on #7 dozen. Hopefully I can make it to 12 dozen (that's a gross in our measurements!). Ummmm.

 

Enjoy your vacation. In typical Canadian fashion, we use both terms. Taking some vacation and going on holidays.

The Canadian dollar is only worth .79 U.S. at the moment but an American beer is only worth .60 of a Canadian variety. Ya win some.................

 

Will do, but yes but y'all's beer is much stronger than ours. Fond memories of ski trips to Banff!

I'll make do as best as I can of course.

 

Was standing in the water at the furthest point from the beach this afternoon, about 100 yards out before it got too deep. It was at the point just as the breakers were forming. I had an ice chest loaded with about 2 cases of beer in a raft with me along with some bottled water and a few soft drinks. Saw a stingray jumping out of the water several times a couple dozen yards away in the distance, out further than we were. It was a wonderful sight. I never saw such in the wild. Neat shit. Several onlookers were nearby and were likewise in awe. I pointed out that they (the stingrays) only did that when sharks were chasing them. Needless to say that I was alone out there after making that statement. Oh well, more beer for me.

 

a book to go with the film

Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture Paperback–

 

I made a very rare visit to my local cinema this afternoon to see "Dunkirk"

I consider that for once the critics have got it dead right when they complain that despite it's crash, bang, wallop approach it is completely devoid of any structured drama in that it fails to tell the story in any cohesive and logical sequence.

When the events actually took place in June 1940 I was then a callow youth aged 17 and I remember well the events as being described as the Miracle of Dunkirk.

This film does not do the participants the honour and respect they rightly deserve.

Ron

 

This is the link James Holland's review of the film for those whom are interested
James Holland's Griffon Merlin | DUNKIRK: DOES HISTORICAL ACCURACY MATTER?

Willers

 

I also went to seek Dunkirk today and found it disappointing. It tries to depict three aspects of the evacuation - land, sea and air. But the whole thing ends up annoyingly disjointed and quite confusing. I know the intention is to show the chaos and fog of war, but it was impossible to follow the story in any meaningful way. There is little or no characterisation. Kenneth Branagh, as a senior Royal Navy officer, spends most of the film gazing wistfully off the end of the mole, to little effect. The soldiers are an anachronistic jumble of unlikely haircuts and even unlikelier perfect teeth. I've seen rave reviews about the cinematography. I didn't find it that impressive. There just aren't enough soldiers on the beaches. Given the hundreds of vessels, large and small, that carried out the evacuation, the sea is worryingly empty most of the time. The skies are also largely devoid of aircraft, apart from sporadic raiders. The aerial combat scenes are impressive, but a little overdone. I think Spitfires had enough ammunition for firing about 15 seconds. In this film, they seem to have an inexhaustible supply. I know the director was deliberately putting a different take on the Dunkirk story, but a bit of joined-up narrative and context would have helped immensely.