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re: Movie Debate: Dunkirk vs 1917
Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:54 pm to athenslife101
Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:54 pm to athenslife101
Dunkirk in an Imax vs Dunkirk on home TV are tel different animals.
Dunkirk is one of the best theater experiences ever. Saw it 3 times. A couple on home TV but it can never match the theatrical experience.
Saw 1917 in theaters as well. Watched it once. Never saw it again. Never thought about it again. Will likely never watch it again.
If Dunkirk comes on tomorrow if watch for the plane sequneces. If 1917 comes on tomorrow, I'd change to a shitty Chuck Norris movie instead...
Dunkirk is one of the best theater experiences ever. Saw it 3 times. A couple on home TV but it can never match the theatrical experience.
Saw 1917 in theaters as well. Watched it once. Never saw it again. Never thought about it again. Will likely never watch it again.
If Dunkirk comes on tomorrow if watch for the plane sequneces. If 1917 comes on tomorrow, I'd change to a shitty Chuck Norris movie instead...
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:56 pm to athenslife101
I don’t know if this will make sense to y’all or not, but I feel like Dunkirk had to famous of a lead actor for me. I like Benedict Cumberbatch a lot, but in this movie, he kind of took me out of the story if that makes sense. It’s supposed to be this epic about a particular event, but when you have such a big star, he ends up, dominating the screen when he’s on it or at least that’s how this movie felt to me.
Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:01 pm to athenslife101
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Dunkirk vs 1917
Both of them are smoked by the new All Quiet on the Western Front.
Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:24 pm to Tiger1242
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like Benedict Cumberbatch a lot, but in this movie, he kind of took me out of the story if that makes sense
The climax of 1917 is a swooping hero reveal shot (well, segment of a shot) of Benedict Cumberbatch turning around to face the camera. It is a shot designed to announce to the audience "Holy shite it's Benedict." The climax cameo! My wife and I could not stop chuckling in the theater.
Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:28 pm to Jay Are
Yea but he’s not the star or in a ton of the movie, it works well for what he does
Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:42 pm to athenslife101
Dunkirk was mediocre.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 1:49 am to LemmyLives
I was about to say exactly this. All Quiet... was amazing.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 6:50 am to athenslife101
I knew nothing about 1917 going in.... after watching for about 30 minutes I realized it was one continuous shot
Posted on 4/22/26 at 8:01 am to 632627
I’ll just put on Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers. Both of OP’s WWII movies make me want to watch the older ones.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 8:34 am to bluestem75
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I’ll just put on Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers. Both of OP’s WWII movies make me want to watch the older ones.
Ah yes notable world war 2 movie 1917
Posted on 4/22/26 at 8:36 am to athenslife101
I bought 1917. Watched dunkirk once and regretted it.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 9:13 am to athenslife101
Tolkien > 1917
* Dunkirk is such an amazing story that needed a great movie. Seems most don’t think too much of how it was treated.
* Dunkirk is such an amazing story that needed a great movie. Seems most don’t think too much of how it was treated.
This post was edited on 4/22/26 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 4/22/26 at 11:48 am to razor55red
The tank scene from AQOTWF is burned into my memory.
Just a visceral, horrific moment.
Just a visceral, horrific moment.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 12:47 pm to UnluckyTiger
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Dunkirk did not meet the hype sadly
The choice to massively scale everything down was a mistake.
The movie depicted like 250 guys being picked up in twelve rowboats and a destroyer.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 1:58 pm to athenslife101
Definitely 1917 for the Win. I liked the beginning of Dunkirk then it just became ok. 1917 kept me entertained the whole movie.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 7:31 am to Indefatigable
And the Luftwaffe attacked with one bomber at a time
Posted on 4/23/26 at 8:15 am to athenslife101
1917
Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:09 am to Jay Are
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Dunkirk is good
1917 is an illusion of a technical gimmick, and its "substance" amounts to showy cameo fest.
I won't go this far.
But Dunkirk is a powerful movie. I think about Dunkirk. I never think about 1917, even though I like it.
Dunkirk is just more my speed. 1917 was good, I'm happy to celebrate it, but it has a Disney-fied war movie feel. Hacksaw Ridge felt the same to me - even though it's not a flimsy movie. It may be the prevalence of CGI, I don't know.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:42 am to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
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Like a series of small events stitched together.
Because it is. It’s multiple storylines that take place over different timeframes, which are stitched together until they converge.
Yep - Beach (one week), Flotilla (one day), Air (one hour). it all comes together for a brief moment. Loved it
Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:50 am to Indefatigable
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The movie depicted like 250 guys being picked up in twelve rowboats and a destroyer.
The five minute Dunkirk scene in Atonement was better than the entirety of Dunkirk itself
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