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Dunkirk

#41
We saw it last night with my classical composer GF. Quite well done, and I'm surprised that no one mentioned the score by Hans Zimmer, who has done other Christopher Nolan films. I learned about the Shephard's tone, used to good effect, and that one of Elgar's Enigma variations, the Nimrod, was used several times: first when the small boats arriving at Dunkirk were noticed, and again later in the train.

Shephard's tone: Shepard tone - Wikipedia

The tritone paradox, the GF tells me, is heard differently depending upon language or dialect. Tonal languages, such as Vietnamese, hear it the opposite of an atonal language, like English.

Tritone paradox - Wikipedia
My GF studies language and linguistics.

Actually, as interesting as the concepts are, I'd just rather enjoy the music!
 
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#42
I thought the sound effects were just too loud. But, I can see why Nolan did it...to keep the audience on edge. I was a little surprised that the Spitfire pilot, who ran out of gas, was able to make a pass and shoot down the Stuka. Then, still was able to make a landing on the beach.
 
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murphy said:
i was reading imd and amazed at how many people gave it a bad review.....Did they see the same movie I did? Or are some people without emotions?
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I've been skeptical of critic's remarks for some time. Of course some reviews are well-stated and such, but all too often I've seen a film like "Dunkirk" have been totally moved, amused, entertained, whatever, only to find that a Critic or Critic(s) have panned it.
Like opinions, reviews are best taken with a grain of salt and such. I wasn't aware Dunkirk was panned, hard for me to see anything wrong with the pic but nit-picking flaws in a film of its scope.
 
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Radio said:
We saw it last night with my classical composer GF. Quite well done, and I'm surprised that no one mentioned the score by Hans Zimmer, who has done other Christopher Nolan films. I learned about the Shephard's tone, used to good effect, and that one of Elgar's Enigma variations, the Nimrod, was used several times: first when the small boats arriving at Dunkirk were noticed, and again later in the train.

Shephard's tone: Shepard tone - Wikipedia

The tritone paradox, the GF tells me, is heard differently depending upon language or dialect. Tonal languages, such as Vietnamese, hear it the opposite of an atonal language, like English.

Tritone paradox - Wikipedia
My GF studies language and linguistics.

Actually, as interesting as the concepts are, I'd just rather enjoy the music!
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This is a bit off topic, but I am always perplexed as to what the conductor is doing up there, nobody looks up AT ALL from their music and the arm waving doesn't seem to coincide with what they are playing. He should just take a seat in the audience and let the concert master violinist take over.

The Hans Zimmer composed music was really designed to put the audience on edge, it worked as far as I'm concerned.
 
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Chris Fitzgerald said:
Saw it a few weeks ago with my wife, son, and uncle and we all enjoyed it. I like that there was very little dialog, and that much of the story was told with faces and images. I found it moving but not should shakingly disturbing. The music was well placed and used, and the visuals were great.
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Did you see Malick's THIN RED LINE?
 
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BboogieXVII said:
This is a bit off topic, but I am always perplexed as to what the conductor is doing up there, nobody looks up AT ALL from their music and the arm waving doesn't seem to coincide with what they are playing. He should just take a seat in the audience and let the concert master violinist take over.

The Hans Zimmer composed music was really designed to put the audience on edge, it worked as far as I'm concerned.
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Sometimes, I think they've already done their work in rehearsal, and it really is a lot of arm waving!
 
#55
Saw it tonight. While I agree with most of you in the sound, music and action opinions , I am baffled to see some historical facts that are waaaay off the mark. I mean, I know that getting some kind of historical accuracy on Hollywood is like getting some bacon on the library, but still. I know who the bad guys are, don't force it that much, it's not needed! I know the nazis where a disgrace to humanity, you don't need to get them to sink a hospital ship that was nowhere near the harbor dock!
 
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#56
Saw it on Saturday with my son, I liked the way the stories intertwined, and the "humanity" of it all (scared people, brave people, people "doing what they can to help out").

At the end of the day, it's just a story based on the events around the Dunkirk evacuation. yes, it's brutal, but then so is war, and those times were even more brutal than we can ever know.
 
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