We. Both got bamboozled.

I better be waking up to this thing.

So pretty much a dick move to by Nolan to make people wait like that

I'm hoping all of these people on the beach run toward the camera and do a choreographed dance number. Perhaps to "Springtime for Hitler"

Hey I was actually somewhat close. A couple of people have walked up to the camera and started doing the dab, because you're not even safe from the dab when watching a viral marketing livestream from the coast of France.

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So pretty much a dick move to by Nolan to make people wait like that

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no one said "wait up till late at night for a trailer" that didn't come. the expectations were all manufactured by optimistic fans.

Yeah, I mean anyone that's ever followed any of Nolan's viral marketing things should know better than to try and predict what might happen.

Did anyone here follow the absolutely insane viral marketing stuff for The Dark Knight?

Well that definitely looks like something

Excellent.

The flyer they dropped is a great mind****.

Looks horrible /Redstone

I like how Hardy is a Spitfire pilot. I like how he found ways to add in a couple of dogfights.

Looks decent. I'm sure the visuals will be stunning. All depends on whether or not they can build characters I care about.

Think I'm a bit underwhelmed as well. Probably my least favorite Nolan trailer in a while, to be honest. I'm sure this will be a phenomenal movie, but that trailer does not do a great job of providing any kind of a hook. I'm somewhat familiar with the actual event, but I'm almost more confused now after watching that. And if I had never heard of the event before this, I would literally have no idea what this movie is about, and not in a I-want-to-know-more kind of way. Hopefully the seven-minute opening does a better job of enticing.

It was ok. The trailer alone wouldn't have gotten me into the theater if it didn't have Nolan's name attached to it.

Bruce Almighty said:

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It was ok. The trailer alone wouldn't have gotten me into the theater if it didn't have Nolan's name attached to it.

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good point. i'll probably see it (because it's his), but it looked kind of generic.

I haven't really thought Dunkirk was that great of a setting anyway. how is it inspirational when the only reason it didn't end in disaster is because of one of the most widely recognized blunders in war history?

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Looks ok, but Dunkirk is just a really weird episode of World War II to make a movie about. It's a ton of soldiers escaping a beach on civilian boats while the Germans send air raids, but inexplicably don't attack with their army. So... it will basically be a movie about a lot of people waiting around on a beach.

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That's been my feeling as well. It will be interesting to see how they connect everything.

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Its completely necessary. The Battle of Dunkirk was a major air battle with nearly 400 planes estimated to be shot down on both sides, while Rundstedt inexplicably halted the German forces instead of going in for the kill.

I think it's going to be pretty damn awesome, but we've all known about the subject matter for a long time now.

I find it humorous that people are now getting nervous based on the initial trailer.

One thing that it has in its favor is most people have no clue what happened at Dunkirk, or the significance of it. So it will be new to them. Also, there was talk of a possible British surrender before they were able to evacaute the Allied forces. That alone should give them the juice to create some tense scenes and drum up emotion.

You also know damn well they'll play up the multi-day delay and decision not to advance sort of "in reverse" with German orders to get moving and push forward, with the majority of the Allies able to get out of there just in time, etc.

Then you'll have your typical Nolan storytelling on a more personal and solo level, which is where the success (or failure) of the film will occur.

I'm excited. The trailer wasn't awesome, but I suppose I'm confused by anyone who expected it to just blow their mind. The scope and scenes on the beach are going to be awesome on the big screen.

You admit the trailer isn't awesome but you are confused that people said the trailer wasn't awesome?

I didn't expect to have my mind blown, I just didn't expect this level of confusion. Not confusion but just... I don't know. I don't see a MOVIE here, in these two minutes, if that makes sense. There's no obvious hook, no true lead (which is ultimately fine), and at then end I was just left thinking, "Wait, what?" Again, I have no doubt that the movie itself will be amazing, and you can obviously see hints of that. I just worry that the average filmgoer under 30 or so is kind of left scratching their head at the end of this trailer, that's all.

The Little Ships of Dunkirk.

I've several of the them in person. There is one in Imperial War Museum in London that is basically no bigger than a rowboat with a small sail. Hard to imagine what the scramble was like on the beach with many swimming out to the small boats to get aboard.

I agree that it will be more dramatic if the bring up the discussions of Britain surrendering to Germany with the BEF stuck on the beaches, but none of the scenes looked to show very much of that.

Wouldn't be shocked if it ends with the Churchill speech of "We shall fight on the beaches"

I do wonder how the movie will end. Nolan certainly has his work cut out for him there.

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I think Nolan is making it because he's British and it's a big moment in their history. I'm not sure it will do great with American audiences.

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I imagine it will play very well here. Mainly because I expect it to be a very powerful, well made movie. It's kind of amazing that these events occurred only 75 years ago. Sometimes I think that many Americans don't appreciate (or have forgotten) the magnitude of these events. I think it is good to be reminded every now and then.

Bruce Almighty said:

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You admit the trailer isn't awesome but you are confused that people said the trailer wasn't awesome?

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That isn't what I said at all. I said I'm confused that people expected some insane trailer when we've discussed the event that this movie is about on this thread, and people have known for months what it's about. I guess I just wasn't thinking this trailer would be something that was going to solidify or scare away my interest in the movie.

Fair point. Trailers are hooks, and I can see how it may have lacked that aspect a bit.

I will say I watched the trailer a 2nd time and I think it hints more at the fact that there is a movie in there somewhere.

Cillian Murphy seemingly escapes Dunkirk early, and then Rylance tells them they have to go back and keep helping. Throw in Tom Hardy willingly flying around in a plane, and we've got our very high level "what happens during the movie" look.

So for the sake of timeline, I assume we'll see some early action, then have it set the scene and let us meet our characters, then the emotion of the film will be based on the Little Ships combined with the overall military effort to evacuate everyone, with some surrender drama, probably a Churchill scene or 3, and whatever else to carry the movie. The soul of the movie will likely be the evacuation effort. It doesn't sound glamorous, but I bet it will be well done.

I've always been fascinated by Dunkirk, because the inexplicable delay of the German advance is what is always so heavily covered...but the evacuation itself was still massive and incredible.

Haven't watched the trailer, but from y'alls reactions this sounds like The Longest Day played backwards.

Which they've also struggled to put together a good movie about...