[RegularOpossum]

I'm excited for the movie but also worried Nolan's worst habits when it comes to forcing non linear narratives are going to be present. It always makes me wonder if he's confident enough in the story when he does gimmicks.

[bin_bash]

Dunkirk didn't have any gimmicks like that so far as I can remember

[RichardCA]

The only "gimmick" in Dunkirk was the way Nolan sanitized it to be PG-13. You see German shells hitting soldiers, but the explosions are rendered immaculately. It carries on the tradition of British war movies being suitable for family viewing because it's important for everyone to understand the sacrifices that were made. The same criticism can be leveled at Sam Mendes and 1917.

[martin_balsam]

?? Dunkirk is imo the best one of his non-linear narratives, with 3 storylines intertwining: one taking place in the span of one week, one in one day and the last one (the plane) in one hour.

[bin_bash]

I stand corrected, strange I don't remember that. I don't think it hurt the storytelling at least.

[RegularOpossum]

It was Dunkirk I was most referencing in my original comment. I found it a very disappointing film. Here's this important human story that the movie refuses to tell clearly, making the whole thing hit less than the sum of it's parts. 1917 was much more effective in its stylistic choices in my opinion.

[c7DJTLrn]

God I hope it doesn't end up like Tenet. Has to be one of the worst movies I've watched.

[prometheus76]

Perhaps he's pointing at or trying to reveal a recursive view of reality, rather than a linear view. I'm thinking along the lines of Godel, Escher, Bach and also I Am a Strange Loop, both by Douglas Hofstadter.

[dralley]

I just hope the dialogue is audible.