re: It's clear... Dunkirk is fricked this award season...

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Now Saving Private Ryan and the D-Day beach scene, it had urgency, uncertainty, panic, overwhelming and impending danger, violence, desperation, savagery. Frankly, it blows Dunkirk out of the water, no pun intended.

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I personally believe that SPR was done so well, most directors believe it is the pinnacle and can't be outdone. So, they don't try.
They tell war stories in a different way, focus on the periphery, use different techniques, spend more time on background events, whatever.
But they know they'll never capture the true grit and experience like SPR did.
And we should know and expect it too.
Spielberg changed the genre.