Dunkirk movie

pitsword · 08-07-2017, 06:25 PM

Ollie, I was sure that the Buchons had Merlins. Good review and thank you

MP38 · 08-08-2017, 12:39 PM

I finally saw this film last weekend. I have mixed reviews on it.

First the bad;

- The timeline skipping back and forth was extremely annoying.

- Beginning of the movie should have set up the story of this battle in history better. Also should have introduced the characters better. I still don't know the characters names!?!?!

- the "High" point in the movie, where all the boats started to arrive, really wasn't that high of a point in the movie. It was just flat to me.

- Ending was really lame. It really didn't hit home how important this event was to the war.

Now the good;

- Aviation scenes were great! It was great to finally see a WWII movie that used real aircraft (although some were post war Spanish models obviously), rather than going with crappy CGI. I wish more films would do this.

- Opening combat scene was great! Should have been longer or more in depth though, but great to scare the crap out of the audience right away.

Matt

kurusu · 08-08-2017, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by pitsword

Ollie, I was sure that the Buchons had Merlins. Good review and thank you

you are both right.

The earlier versions had Hispano engines the latest version had RR Merlins.

pitsword · 08-13-2017, 09:01 PM

Ha, saw it today in standard format. Very loud, had to turn my ear aids down all the way. Agreed with others that the scene jumping was a PITA, however the effect of taking a small slice of the whole affair worked. The most constant thread was the Brit gent, his son and the nice pleasure boat Now to the aircraft, in one scene the spit is pounding the heinkel with slow firing canon, I believe at that point in the conflict canon had not been deployed on a spit. The Ju87's did appear to be doing strafing runs and did not drop multiple bombs from the trapeze as depicted. That last spit flying got enough glide distance out as though he started at fl60 and the wheel down dead stick on the beach is a far stretch. Final comment, no kidding, in the beginning that Brit lad started with a Mk 4 smle and ended with a jamming mk 3, IIRC. In my 55 plus years of Lee Enfields, never had a jam, that is why they are such great battle rifles

kurusu · 08-14-2017, 04:12 AM

19th Squadron received their first canon equiped spitfires in June 1940. Just how far in June I don't know. Canon trials go back to 1938/1939.

There's a picture of a downed spitfire in Dunkirk...it has the 8 machineguns.

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08-07-2017, 06:25 PM	#1
pitsword User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Southern Maine Posts: 459 Thanks: 3,964 Thanked 103 Times in 83 Posts	Ollie, I was sure that the Buchons had Merlins. Good review and thank you

08-08-2017, 12:39 PM	#2
MP38 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 464 Thanks: 36 Thanked 113 Times in 60 Posts	I finally saw this film last weekend. I have mixed reviews on it. First the bad; - The timeline skipping back and forth was extremely annoying. - Beginning of the movie should have set up the story of this battle in history better. Also should have introduced the characters better. I still don't know the characters names!?!?! - the "High" point in the movie, where all the boats started to arrive, really wasn't that high of a point in the movie. It was just flat to me. - Ending was really lame. It really didn't hit home how important this event was to the war. Now the good; - Aviation scenes were great! It was great to finally see a WWII movie that used real aircraft (although some were post war Spanish models obviously), rather than going with crappy CGI. I wish more films would do this. - Opening combat scene was great! Should have been longer or more in depth though, but great to scare the crap out of the audience right away. Matt

08-13-2017, 09:01 PM	#4
pitsword User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Southern Maine Posts: 459 Thanks: 3,964 Thanked 103 Times in 83 Posts	Ha, saw it today in standard format. Very loud, had to turn my ear aids down all the way. Agreed with others that the scene jumping was a PITA, however the effect of taking a small slice of the whole affair worked. The most constant thread was the Brit gent, his son and the nice pleasure boat Now to the aircraft, in one scene the spit is pounding the heinkel with slow firing canon, I believe at that point in the conflict canon had not been deployed on a spit. The Ju87's did appear to be doing strafing runs and did not drop multiple bombs from the trapeze as depicted. That last spit flying got enough glide distance out as though he started at fl60 and the wheel down dead stick on the beach is a far stretch. Final comment, no kidding, in the beginning that Brit lad started with a Mk 4 smle and ended with a jamming mk 3, IIRC. In my 55 plus years of Lee Enfields, never had a jam, that is why they are such great battle rifles

08-14-2017, 04:12 AM	#5
kurusu User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,225 Thanks: 2,679 Thanked 930 Times in 509 Posts	19th Squadron received their first canon equiped spitfires in June 1940. Just how far in June I don't know. Canon trials go back to 1938/1939. There's a picture of a downed spitfire in Dunkirk...it has the 8 machineguns.