The 3 seperate timelines really messed this movie up. And not being familiar with Dunkirk I can't believe how small scale this film made it seem. Saving private Ryan with its opening scene was significant and overwhelming and tragic. This movie just made it seem like a few thousand men were trapped and occasionally were shot at. Zero tension nor connection to any one character.

The ships being sunk were definitely intense but otherwise this movie just seemed to fall short on every level it was made out to be.

Maybe without the extra hype but it was uninteresting. And how can a plane with no gas just keep flying into the sunset like that? The final act was just laughable and mildly embarrassing for a story that was supposed to be taken seriously.