...However, if you go to see Dunkirk under the impression of having your mind blown by the next great wartime classic of our generation, then you may be slightly disappointed.  I admit I was in this group.  Earlier on, I mentioned Nolan is my favorite director, and he still is.  But after watching him in previous works do things like dismantle the predecessors of the superhero and sci-fi genres in one shot each, I wanted so badly for him to do the same with the war genre.  I wanted to leave saying, "Tom Hanks needs to step his game up now with the historical war films, because Nolan set the bar higher again!"  But I didn't find myself saying thatat all.

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