oh my lord it's so much better the second time. There's no more worrying about the story structure, or the unconventional way the characters are set up. You're just. fucking. immersed.
So intense.

I'm speaking completely subjectively here, but I think I'm gonna find myself defending the characters a lot. They weren't fleshed out, but they were compelling, had clear motives and I was rooting for them. There are 400,000 men on that beach, you can't know all of their…

Me: 2017 has peaked, how can it continue to be this great?

Nolan: fuck you

Well shit, this was a gosh darn extravaganza. It's beautiful to look at, it's harrowing, and perhaps my favorite thing of all, it's unconventional.

The minimal character development doesn't work, until it does work.
It jarred me a little at first, but then it clicks.
By focusing less on the individual, Dunkirk makes you care for the whole, and care I fucking did.
This movie…