This weekend, Christopher Nolan's new movie came out, Dunkirk. It depicts the evacuation of the British Army after complete failure against the German Blitzkrieg in the 1940 Battle of France.
Apparently the "battle" is not well known amongst the causal movie going public. It was probably one of the most pivotal events in the war. If 300,000 soldiers get captured right off the bat, it's hard to imagine the UK holding on until the US enter the war.
Nolan goes Nolan in this movie telling the story from 3 different perspectives with 3 different timelines.
1) Soldiers trying to escape the beach.
2) A Civilian Yacht going across the Channel to help with the evacuation.
3) A squadron of Spitfire Pilots battling the Luftwaffe above the Channel.
They're told from a week before, day before and hour before the event where it all comes together. (otherwise Tom Hardy and his Spitfire would only show up at the end of the movie). You keep going back in time to see events from a different perspective.
This is a really compelling movie and super suspenseful movie. Not a lot of gore though. I think it ranks behind Inception for me as favourite Nolan movies. It's definitely the leader in the Club House for Best Picture at the Oscards. And Mark Rylance should win his second Oscar for his performance here.