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[MMarston]

This is going to be the new "no more dead cops" guy, right?

Maybe, but I'm more interested on who's gonna be our new CIA guy.

 

[Nokterian]

I am excited to see this Nolan to me is one of the few who still makes awesome and original movies.

 

[duckroll]

Not while Deakins is doing the cinematography for a BladeRunner film. Deakins' time has come.

Nah. I can't see him winning for a cash in scifi sequel blockbuster by an up and coming director when a darling of the critics circles is finally directing a SERIOUS HISTORICAL DRAMA that panders to the Academy itself. Sorry.

 

[Indelible]

Not a huge fan of war movies but I will watch anything Nolan puts out.

 

[Toparaman]

Reaction to this in my Suicide Squad showing was probably not what Nolan was going for.

Lots of people laughing and shaking their heads. Lots of people commenting on how dumb it looks. "Too artsy".

Anecdotal blah blah but I can totally see where that notion is coming from. The teaser shows nothing.

People actually critique trailers out loud in the theaters? And they said "too artsy", for a Nolan WW2 film? What kind of neckbeard theater did you go to?

 

[Henkka]

That was cool. Excited to see a new Nolan movie without sci-fi or supernatural elements.

 

[Daffy Duck]

Looked great.

That sound of the plane coming in, you know it's going to be a tough film to endure with all the sounds and visuals from the war.

 

[T.O.P]

I hated Interstellar but i'm in D1 for this, looks much more appealing to me so far

Hoping for an R rating

 

[- J - D -]

Weak teaser. Guess not all of them can hit like the Interstellar teaser.

 

[EGM1966]

It actually sort of feels like Nolan has become less confident as a director as time has gone on, strangely. Like, The Prestige might be his most confident film - complex in plot and concept; structurally bouncing all over the place - and he seems to do all of this quite seamlessly while never losing sight of the characters and themes, which are almost definitely the strongest in any of his films. The performances from Jackman and Bale are fantastic. The film ebbs and flows in exciting, dynamic ways.

By TDKR and Interstellar, there's this absolute clunk to everything that's going on that I can't quite put my finger on. It extends past the obvious exposition and into the editing, the cinematography, the pacing. It all just feels quite rigid, like Nolan doesn't quite have the feel for what tone and pace each scene should be communicating to best reflect the story at the time. He doesn't quite seem to have the confidence to take the elements in a bold direction. It ends up feeling quite sterile.

I think it's more likely he's simply noted heavy exposition has seemed to work well performance wise and puts a lot in (to be fair despite what I'd class as overloads of exposition in Inception and Interstellar you still see people querying stuff that's been pedantically pointed out so he might have a point).

I'm really hoping that, with a real life known setting and WW2, hell tone down exist ion in Dunkirk.

On the other hand I'm seeing lots of people not even register the name at all so who knows...

Lovely teaser I thought but damn I wish he'd pay more attention to extra's reactions and weed out the weak ones.

 

[Xrenity]

Looking good.

Ugly font though.

 

[Lord Virgin]

Seems like Nolan is showing less and less leading up to his films. 10 years from now you'll only get the title and his name as the trailer. That is about it.

 

[ScaryShark]

I am excited to see this Nolan to me is one of the few who still makes awesome and original movies.

Man I love Nolan but there is sooooooooo much stuff out there if you want to find it. Comes out all the time too.

 

[duckroll]

Seems like Nolan is showing less and less leading up to his films. 10 years from now you'll only get the title and his name as the trailer. That is about it.

.....

This is a short teaser for a film coming out a whole year from now. It's based on a historical event. The teaser already has a handful of scenes showing the tone and cinematography of the movie. Compared to the Interstellar teaser this shows so much more. Theory debunked.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

.....

This is a short teaser for a film coming out a whole year from now. It's based on a historical event. The teaser already has a handful of scenes showing the tone and cinematography of the movie. Compared to the Interstellar teaser this shows so much more. Theory debunked.

Funny you said that because The Dark Knight, Nolan's most glorified movie, showed nothing in the teaser but a batman logo. It seems the opposite to me and he's showing more scenes now than he used to.

 

[Discotheque]

that final shot with all the soldiers is so damn good. goofy extras aside it's just a really damn nice way of selling suspense with the sound of those planes incoming and them all ducking in horror.

 

[duckroll]

The teaser is really cleverly edited. I think that watching it multiple times tells us exactly the sort of film Nolan is trying to make here, and what we should be excited about. Right off the bat, you hear what sounds like a ticking clock, suggesting that there's a race against time. You see both close ups and wide shots of a beach, and increasingly more and more people on it. You see abandoned weapons and you see bodies. There is a sense that they are organizing a retreat by sea, and each shot shows the scale that Nolan is after here, putting on screen the sense of enormity the Dunkirk evacuation had. People stretching into the distance, etc. Great stuff.

 

[Lord Virgin]

.....

This is a short teaser for a film coming out a whole year from now. It's based on a historical event. The teaser already has a handful of scenes showing the tone and cinematography of the movie. Compared to the Interstellar teaser this shows so much more. Theory debunked.

First teaser for Interstellar was close to 2 minutes, showed us corn and Cooper driving (and actually talking). Stop lying, duckroll.

 

[duckroll]

First teaser for Interstellar was close to 2 minutes, showed us corn and Cooper driving (and actually talking). Stop lying, duckroll.

It being longer doesn't mean it showed more... why are you being dense?

 

[Coxy100]

What a dark time it must've been to be a Brit (1940).

Nazis pouring all over continental Europe, all the British allies falling like dominoes.

One island seemingly stands alone.

Aye - add to that the Battle of Britain - it was a good job we had Churchill to try and keep spirits up..

 

[EGM1966]

The teaser is really cleverly edited. I think that watching it multiple times tells us exactly the sort of film Nolan is trying to make here, and what we should be excited about. Right off the bat, you hear what sounds like a ticking clock, suggesting that there's a race against time. You see both close ups and wide shots of a beach, and increasingly more and more people on it. You see abandoned weapons and you see bodies. There is a sense that they are organizing a retreat by sea, and each shot shows the scale that Nolan is after here, putting on screen the sense of enormity the Dunkirk evacuation had. People stretching into the distance, etc. Great stuff.

Yup. Of course the if you're thinking "spoon feed me" you get the WTF? comments but I agree the teaser actually shows you what the core is: a retreat that could fail if they're discovered.

I hope the film is equally sparse yet direct and avoids too much exposition dialogue.

 

[MarkMclovin]

Please don't make this a 12A

 

[True Savior]

Nah. I can't see him winning for a cash in scifi sequel blockbuster by an up and coming director when a darling of the critics circles is finally directing a SERIOUS HISTORICAL DRAMA that panders to the Academy itself. Sorry.

This is supposed to be much more of a thriller than a drama.

 

[Japanmanx3]

Seems like Nolan is showing less and less leading up to his films. 10 years from now you'll only get the title and his name as the trailer. That is about it.

All it needs.

 

[iPaul93]

Any word about the date of a full trailer?

 

[Discotheque]

This is supposed to be much more of a thriller than a drama.

i heard the two unknown young actors were the leads of the film too. i'm pretty interested in seeing how this plays out.

 

[duckroll]

This is supposed to be much more of a thriller than a drama.

i heard the two unknown young actors were the leads of the film too. i'm pretty interested in seeing how this plays out.

Two young scientists from the future experiment with a time machine and it malfunctions, trapping them in Dunkirk during the evacuation. When Himmler gets word of strange phenomenon occurring there, he realizes this is their chance to seize technology from the future to turn the tides of war, and throws all the resources of Ahnenerbe into stopping the Dunkirk evacuation.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Two young scientists from the future experiment with a time machine and it malfunctions, trapping them in Dunkirk during the evacuation. When Himmler gets word of strange phenomenon occurring there, he realizes this is their chance to seize technology from the future to turn the tides of war, and throws all the resources of Ahnenerbe into stopping the Dunkirk evacuation.

Twist: The booth main actors are younger versions of Hitler and someone else.

 

[Guzim]

Any word about the date of a full trailer?

I'm going to guess when Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them comes out in November.

 

[Vampirolol]

Is Michael Caine in this? If so, he's the bad guy in the end.

 

[zoukka]

Great teaser. I expected nothing less.

I am excited to see this Nolan to me is one of the few who still makes awesome and original movies.

You should peek outside of Hollywood then

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Any word about the date of a full trailer?

Nothing confirmed yet. Probably end of 2016/early 2017.

 

[zoukka]

Reaction to this in my Suicide Squad showing was probably not what Nolan was going for.

Lots of people laughing and shaking their heads. Lots of people commenting on how dumb it looks. "Too artsy".

Anecdotal blah blah but I can totally see where that notion is coming from. The teaser shows nothing.

My head hurts when I try to imagine a person who thinks that teaser was "too artsy".

wtf

 

[OléGunner]

I'll be honest, when I read that nolan was doing a war film it dampened my enthusiasm, because I wanted something more cerebral like inception or interstellar.

But hawt damn that teaser was tense and got me excited for this!
I should never have doubted.

 

[nortonff]

That was amazing.

 

[El Topo]

Twist: The booth main actors are younger versions of Hitler and someone else.

I thought it was Hitlers from another dimension? One where Hitler became an artist and the other where Hitler became a motorcross driver.

 

[Transistor]

My head hurts when I try to imagine a person who thinks that teaser was "too artsy".

wtf

Anything that's not a comic book movie or something.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Is Michael Caine in this? If so, he's the bad guy in the end.

Hitler, with a cockney accent.

 

[Despera]

How was Nolan happy with that take? Acting wasn't even remotely convincing.

 

[True Savior]

Is Michael Caine in this? If so, he's the bad guy in the end.

Maybe as Churchill.

 

[TheSecondSpitter]

Why is the one dude smiling as the plane dives down?

https://twitter.com/jpraup/status/761327973253414912

Shell shock
http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/shell-shocked-soldier-1916/

 

[Truant]

Weird to see a contemporary Nolan film without any fantastical elements.

 

[zoukka]

Weird to see a contemporary Nolan film without any fantastical elements.

Not any weirder than Interstellar teaser and trailers.

 

[Ricky_R]

Awesome teaser, as usual. Gave me chills.

And the cinematography!! :O

all hail smiling dude

Hahah fuck! Wish I hadn't seen that.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

I thought it was Hitlers from another dimension? One where Hitler became an artist and the other where Hitler became a motorcross driver.

Shit, thats now something I want to see

 

[xam3l]

I'll be honest, when I read that nolan was doing a war film it dampened my enthusiasm, because I wanted something more cerebral like inception or interstellar.

But hawt damn that teaser was tense and got me excited for this!
I should never have doubted.

That's me alright.

The ticking sound + cinematography sets the tone really well.

I thought it was Hitlers from another dimension? One where Hitler became an artist and the other where Hitler became a motorcross driver.

Don't think about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uisHMG3Uiyc

 

[Guzim]

Maybe, but I'm more interested on who's gonna be our new CIA guy.

Dr. Pavel, I'm MI6.

 

[DMczaf]

The tense feeling the teaser goes for goes hand in hand with Mark Rylance's comments last month:

“With some of those old war films you used to get a lot of build-up, you play the guessing game: who’s going to die and who’s going to live. This one has none of that. It’s just BANG! Straight into the middle of a desperate situation.”

We gonna eat, Guzim!

 

[nailbombxx]

I want to see this one

 

[zsynqx]

I am excited to see this Nolan to me is one of the few who still makes awesome and original movies.

*With a 100 million plus budget.