In the first 20 seconds of this clip, you can navigate Farrier's complete thought process and feel every emotion, all while his face is covered. That's some pretty intense acting skills by Hardy. This film was an absolute masterpiece.
@@Unlisted005, I think it was more that he had the choice of: 1) a slow, careful flight back home, unsure if he'd have the fuel to make it, and knowing he'd be leaving behind countrymen to the mercy of that Heinkel bomber... 2) or turning back toward France and rapidly burning through the rest of his fuel at combat speeds, knowing he won't be going home, but also being in the right place to potentially save lives. Brings a tear to my eye when he turns away from home and throttles up...
You put it perfectly. Cover an actor's entire face, then ask him to convey -- without words -- the inner struggle. There are few who can do it. Tom Hardy is one of them.
All the major award shows should’ve given this Best Picture/Film and Best Director. But then again, Christopher Nolan doesn’t kiss ass and he makes films he wants to make and would like to see as well as the audience wanting to see his films also. At least the film got acknowledged. That fact alone says something.
@@redomega24 That's not the company making poor choices in movie genre, that's you being a snowflake since you saw something that didn't happen to be 100% identical to your opinion about ethnicity or gender equality. Well, news flash, Karen, this movie was set in the 1940s, when African Americans still weren't allowed to share _water fountains_ with whites, and when the phrase "Shut up and get back in the kitchen" wasn't something rare or unacceptable to say, because that's how women were treated in society. You may be too self-righteous to realize it, but in the past, the world *was* that racist. the world *was* that sexist. In WWII-era America, blacks had to fight *tooth and nail* even for the chance to fight for their country, and Germany outright killed people based on ethnicity/religion, so don't even start trying to argue there. Racism and discrimination towards blacks and foreign races in general still exists all over the world, and even in the first-world countries that are fortunate enough to have full integration today, many didn't do so until decades after the war. Consider yourself lucky that you live in one of such first-world countries where you have the luxury of being able to get onto your computer and piddle out little comments like that trying to brand a movie company as sexist and racist just because you didn't like their movie, without the worry of potentially being attacked next time you go outside just because of your skin color. As for "Glorifying War," they could have easily made this into a Michael Bay film full of unrealistic fireballs and cheesy characters who go through WAY too much dialogue during over-hyped action scenes and overuse shitty one-liners. But guess what, they decided to make it terrifying, suspenseful, eerie, and gut-wrenching. This movie portrayed war like war is: hell. It's not a glorious, one-sided turkey-shoot that ends with one side getting an ass-kicking and the other walking out with nothing but a few scratches and maybe a dead side character. It's a losing battle for all sides. Everyone bleeds, everyone suffers, and everyone loses something important. The only true victory war affords to you is the fact that you were able to survive a fight that killed thousands long enough to see a few politicians write out a meaningless agreement that gives the winner a few bits of profit and bragging rights. You fought, bled, cried, and killed, just to see a turnout that will never truly be enough to make up the evil of humanity that you have had to witness first-hand and face head-on. That's what war is. Don't worry, I'm sure they make more shitty romance reality movies than these "Terrible war movies that glorify bloodshed and discriminate against blacks and women" that you can go watch to your heart's content, and then inevitably make the same accusations when you find something to complain about in that movie, too.
@@thefunnyguyfromtheburgerki3334 Man, you seriously are something! That is the exact thing he trying to say in a sarcastic way. You actually spend so much time writing this down for someone who does not need any convincing. Is sarcasm really so hard to understand?
At 2.30 the Spitfire is seen spewing black smoke followed by an engine stall. IIRC, this was caused by the fact that the Spitfire were carbureted and the carburetors would flood the engine when exposed to negative Gs. BF109 pilots, who had more advanced fuel-injected engines, knew of this flaw and often tried to force Spitfires into negative-G maneuvers and stall their engines - that seems exactly what's happening in the scene (admittedly, the BF109 still got shot). This kind of attention to detail is truly spectacular. Easily one of the best depictions of WW2 aerial combat in cinema.
no he took it into neg G which the Merlin hated massively over fuelled and that happened to be the last of his fuel, black smoke comes from overfuelling, and saying that it backfired due to switching to the reserve tank BEFORE he switched just doesnt make sense.
Yes and no. Details like that are neat, but the tactics shown here are a complete shitshow. The worst example of that is the luckiest shot in the history of aerial gunnery shown by Farrier when he manages to shoot down that Ju-87 in the end whilst gliding and with the Stuka diving in one pass. The ineptness of German fighters deserves a separate video considering that what they did in the film is nothing like what they would do at that time in real life. I love the film and the execution of the plane scenes specifically, but it'd be a bit silly to say that they are excellent as far as realistic depiction is concerned.
This scene gets me so choked up. Making a decision like this for your people goes beyond words... knowing that you could very well die. But protecting your people and country knows no bounds. Perfect acting and a perfect scene.
This scene brought a lump in my throat. It makes you wonder just how many people chose the same option to save more lives than just their own and we'll never know about it. One of the most beautiful and elegant ways to do it.
My favorite scene in the film. Tom Hardy's character makes a choice to save his countrymen knowing that he won't have fuel to make it back. He could've gone home that night but instead ends up a POW for the rest of the war. Imagine having to make that choice.
I love that after he grips the throttle, he takes a moment before pushing it forward, like he's gripping the hand of close a friend and telling him "Together".
When I first watched the movie, that scene in the beginning struck me. This moment of thinking and then he just shrugs off his doubts and turns around. You can almost hear his thoughts: "Bloody hell - why not?" Tom Hardy did a great job!
I love how Farrier thinks about whether continuing to flying to Dunkirk or shoot down the He-111. You really see the inner conflict in his eyes, great acting!
Till Heidfeld he was deciding either to turn back to Britain because he had 10 minutes of fuel, or attack the Heinkel. In my opinion this is what made him get captured by the Wehrmacht.
It's inaccurate but it does make the bomber look and feel more intimidating, which I think was the point. Inaccurate it may be, but for the film, it works really well! In any case it's just a really really minor inaccuracy.
For people saying the aerial scenes in this film are "too slow" or "unrealistic". What would you rather have? REAL aircraft pulling off some limited but realistic looking manoeuvres? OR CGI aircraft pulling off manoeuvres that are over-the-top and unrealistic? The reason the aircraft in this film don't behave aggressively is because they were using real aircraft and they are 70+ years old - They are sacred! The aircraft were also privately owned and so they were forced to fly them in limited manoeuvres to risk stalling them or damaging them. I think the filmmakers knew the dogfights wouldn't be completely accurate but they decided to film them in a way that was safe and reasonably realistic. Dunkirk has one of the most (overall - obviously the scene of the Ju-87 being shot down by a gliding Spitfire was silly) realistic depictions of aerial warfare I have ever seen!
Yes and no. Plane scenes use a mix of refurbished Spanish-manufactured Bf 109 copies and Spitfires as well as RC models. You can actually clearly tell the difference when you see a toy Spitfire rather than a real one whenever a camera-attached-to-the-frame shot is shown in the film - some of those used a real Spitfire and some used the RC one (the front frame is totally round unlike the plane, the engine exhausts are different and one scene notably featured a sound editing mistake where one can clearly see an RC toy engine recorded live rather than a pre-recorded Merlin engine). Go back to the ditching scene where Collins' perspective is show and he's about to hit the water - the camera goes from the RC toy perspective to a different frame and back to a real plane's perspective with 5-10 seconds of each other.
@@nuttex The camera-on-fuselage perspective you're referring to, with the more "rounded" fuselage isn't an RC plane, it's a full-size Yak-52 painted and modified to look like a Spitfire. Obviously bolting a camera into a real Spitfire isn't going to happen, but it's very much a real full-size plane here. They used it for a number of shots in the film, such as the beside-the-nose angle here, the rearward-along-the-tail angle (seen among other places when Collins gets hit), all of the through-the-gunsight angles, as well as many of the shots of the actors with the camera just outside the cockpit (camera on the wing). They also used a few full-size replicas, one for when Collins ditches (fired off a catapult on a barge), as well as the one Collins sinks inside of, and the one Farrier sets on fire at the end. They did use RC models for all the Ju 87s and He 111s though, as no airworthy examples of those remain today.
I remember gripping my seat harder and harder in the theaters as the music increased in pace. I’ve never had a movie make me physically react like I was actually there. One of my favorite movies of all time.
When I walked out of Dark Knight, I was in awe! I never thought I’d have that feeling again. Pure magic! Somehow, Dunkirk was able to top that feeling of completely mesmerized by the intensity and power of this film.
I love how Farrier get really close behind the bomber, at the risk of being shot down by the tail gunner, and finish it off with a good long 4 seconds burst. Something about this scene feels so satisfying.
Avro Lancaster's with a much big bomb load than the B17 had tail gunner positions too, so did the Short Stirling, Vickers Wellington, Halifax heavy bombers
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I love this moment 0:21, the doubt dissipates, honors him as a person and as a soldier.
these are the "Superhero" movies i love. That shot and score at :20 is amazing. The music and the decision of Fortis 1 to remain in the fight and run out of fuel (basically sacrificing himself) is amazing.
He knew that while the Bomber being shot down is good for them, it crashing into a load of oil, was about to create a whole new problem that the spitfire can do nothing to help with.
I feel one of the greatest demonstrations of the Spitfire segments of the film is how quickly the situation can change for fighter pilots during the war. 1:17 always comes to mind - just the roar of the ME-109 pull into view and Farrier goes from the hunter to hunted within a few seconds. Will always be one of my favourite films for WWII dogfight depictions.
Zimmer's soundtrack is amazing, I can't believe how good this movie is and how well it came out. Nolan didn't use a lot of CGI, they got real ships, real planes, either full size or large scale RC which I've seen in person and in the air you can't tell looking at them, only by the sound of the engines.
cripplehawk Not trying to be a dick but it doesn’t. The plane that gets shot down by Farrier at The Mole at the end is seen flying past The Sea storyline after it gets shot down. The “bigger fish to fry” plane.
The plane he shoots down at 2:46 is a Heinkel He-111. Be-109s are fighter planes. And like VietKongAsian said the mole plane he shot was a Ju-87 Stuka Dive bomber.
this was the scene that got to me the most, two of my Grandad's brothers were lost on merchant ships (two separate ships) and when I was a kid he would always tell me about his brothers, and that because he was serving in N.Africa and nobody wanted to tell him in letters for obviouse reasons he only learned about it when he came home after 5 years, quite unbelievable to think how it was then and how it would be unthinkable now
@zghvbn1 what was so moving about this movie was how relatable it was without all the Hollywood bullshit. It made me empathise and think so much of how the people there were just ordinary young men and how easily it could have been us if we had been born say, 80 years ago. Massive respect for this generation and the shit they had to put up with.
we were lucky to have them ! my grandad taught me everything about gardening, that became my hobby and then my profession and I still remember him telling me the Germans and Italians were not the enemy ...the enemy was the SAND
Charles Thorpe Barbier it’s almost as if it was filmed on another plane , after all I think they used real planes for the air battles , a old similar looking Russian plane to the spitfire.
Many, many men have done what his character did. Made the choice to throw all the cards on the table for his brothers. Oldest warrior story in the book. Duty is a hell of a feeling, and I can only equate it to knowing a loved one is in true peril, and the decision becomes instinctual. Like, an absolute no brainer.
F@(# the Oscars! There needs to be some whole new category of award for this movie. After years of meaningless nonsense, Star wars reboots, 'Okay' Superhero movies and a few lucky breaks in other areas... this should be a beacon for better movie making.
But it should have got at least two.... Hang on, what am I talking about... A bunch of elitist art snobs patting each other on the back. Every year there are 20 or more movies/performances as good as or better than the Best picture/director/actor/actress etc.
I sometimes wonder if, as he saw the smoke trailing from the Bomber, if he knew that Fortis 1 was still watching his back? Ferrier has no way of knowing Collins is on that boat of course, but Collins knew where Fortis 1 was and what kind of fuel levels he had and thus could potentially work out that Fortis 1 was still in the area, especially when he gets home and is told Fortis 1 did not return, along with reports of a gliding Spitfire shooting down a Stuka over the beach.
The Decision, The Sacrifice, Farrier here could have headed back, have some tea, and come back, but he chose the difficult path, a soldier's path, a patriot's path, a hero's path.
The moment farrier turns his plane around with hardly any fuel to take out that bomber shows a true Englishmen. He could of went home but duty forbade him.
I love the shot at 1:56. Always wonder if that is real or CGI? And i love also the first 10 seconds. By only seeing the eyes you can see what Tom Hardy is thinking. What a amazing movie.
When you think about it, Farrier's decision to go after the bomber was a hard one to make, and not just because he was concerned about his fuel. He was on the tail of a BF-109, and one of the cardinal rules of dogfighting from the Dicta Boelcke is to follow through on attacking the enemy. By turning away from the 109, Farrier essentially opened himself up to letting that German fighter get on his tail, especially since he no longer had a wingman.
Farrier had 3 confirmed kills on this day. Which is impressive 1st is a BF-109 that was chasing his wingman. 2nd was the Heinkel HE-111 (This scene) and finally a JU-87 Any plane that just get some minor hits and starts to trail smoke and disengages is not a kill.
1st attempt: Farrier fails to splash the He 111. Bombs dropped. Ship sinks. 2nd attempt: Farrier succeeds in shooting it down. Hoora - oh wait. The bomber crashes into an oil spill; its explosion roasting the ship's survivors alive. Come on, Farrier.
If the bomber would have done it's second sweep far more people would have died. It might have even bombed some of the small vessels that were saving the soldiers.
Farrier did his job as best as he could. If he weren't there to shoot down that Heinkel, the people at the sinking minesweeper and the little boats could have been bombed as well which could lead to more casualties. Btw, whoever was piloting that Heinkel is a fucking Kamikaze, going for the oil to bring as many people with him to the grave. 😆
He weighs up the risks, "if I keep going I won't get home"............."but who will protect these soldiers"..............you can almost hear him say "fuck it".............then he turns into the fight!!!
Epic scene but remember Operation Dynamo had way more Spitfires airborne than above. Oh and let’s not forget Hurricanes and Defiants that also played their part. I also heard about the unlimited ammo criticism about the Spitfire part in “Dunkirk”.
love the decision making of farrier in this scene... "do i sacrifice the fuel to go after the german bomber... or do i head home to refuel" without even saying a wod fantastic film.
Overall I have to ask - Why would -a single- only two He 111s be sent out to do this job? Aside from little fighter support there seems to be no other "bandits" pressing home attacks on what would be an English channel filled with all manner of ships. There should be many more He 111s mucking about. Oh well, film production budget considerations I guess...
DataWaveTaGo there were two He-111s, the first one being shot down just before Collins is badly hit and has to ditch. This is the second one. Possibly the Kampfgeschwarder could have been sent to hunt shipping, but I don't know for certain....
109's are energy fighters. The spitfire is a turn fighter. To enter a dogfight with one in a 109 means being shot down or worse. He could have went vertical if he had a lot of energy or break off the way he did.
Great scene which also shows the uncertainty and the consequences of decisions, had he been able to shoot down the bomber sooner the ship wouldn't have sunk, and then we he did shoot it down, either by fluke or design the German bomber crashed close to those in the water and oil, killing many, rather than "cleanly" crashing into the sea further away.
Alec Cross is that gun supposed to have that low-firing rate or that gun has a one hit kill ammo. Like bigger caliber or something. Or maybe just a soundeffects. Because i watched the real gun and its a bit different from the movies. Or
no it was very inaccurate although the bombs were obviously devastating when they connected. torpedo or dive bombers were developed for naval warfare for this reasoning
nope .. you can actually throw a match on a cube of it and it wont light.. explosions or really big heat can set it off.. but probaly it wouldnt light like it did ..and it would done much slower .. this scene with the fire engulfing many guys on sea was quite bullshit
In the first 20 seconds of this clip, you can navigate Farrier's complete thought process and feel every emotion, all while his face is covered. That's some pretty intense acting skills by Hardy. This film was an absolute masterpiece.
You see the worry, the realization he’s not getting back, and then the determination to push forward regardless
@@Unlisted005 And Hardy communicates it with one and a half eyes visible.
@@karlfranztastic3948 true acting skills
@@Unlisted005, I think it was more that he had the choice of:
1) a slow, careful flight back home, unsure if he'd have the fuel to make it, and knowing he'd be leaving behind countrymen to the mercy of that Heinkel bomber...
2) or turning back toward France and rapidly burning through the rest of his fuel at combat speeds, knowing he won't be going home, but also being in the right place to potentially save lives.
Brings a tear to my eye when he turns away from home and throttles up...
@EdricLysharae That's exactly what I think. That's what brought me here. I needed some inspiration to "hold the line". Cheers.
0:21 is one of the best depictions I've seen in any film of an individual making a sudden decision to sacrifice their own life to try & save others.
MrPicklerwoof i agree.
between this and TDKR, Tom Hardy has handily proven himself to be the greatest actor in the world when it comes to acting with nothing but your eyes.
Tom Hardy can convey more expression with his eyes, than some people can do with their entire body.
Spot on there , save himself and the aircraft or take down the bomber ligning up with the minesweeper , no contest
Spot on
You put it perfectly. Cover an actor's entire face, then ask him to convey -- without words -- the inner struggle. There are few who can do it. Tom Hardy is one of them.
My compliments to both BAFTA and the Academy for screwing over what was clearly the best film of 2017
Are you surprised? Considering how they've been acting lately, I'm surprised this even got a nomination.
Glorifying war... too many white males... patriarchy etc etc etc.
All the major award shows should’ve given this Best Picture/Film and Best Director. But then again, Christopher Nolan doesn’t kiss ass and he makes films he wants to make and would like to see as well as the audience wanting to see his films also. At least the film got acknowledged. That fact alone says something.
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That's not the company making poor choices in movie genre, that's you being a snowflake since you saw something that didn't happen to be 100% identical to your opinion about ethnicity or gender equality. Well, news flash, Karen, this movie was set in the 1940s, when African Americans still weren't allowed to share _water fountains_ with whites, and when the phrase "Shut up and get back in the kitchen" wasn't something rare or unacceptable to say, because that's how women were treated in society.
You may be too self-righteous to realize it, but in the past, the world *was* that racist. the world *was* that sexist. In WWII-era America, blacks had to fight *tooth and nail* even for the chance to fight for their country, and Germany outright killed people based on ethnicity/religion, so don't even start trying to argue there.
Racism and discrimination towards blacks and foreign races in general still exists all over the world, and even in the first-world countries that are fortunate enough to have full integration today, many didn't do so until decades after the war. Consider yourself lucky that you live in one of such first-world countries where you have the luxury of being able to get onto your computer and piddle out little comments like that trying to brand a movie company as sexist and racist just because you didn't like their movie, without the worry of potentially being attacked next time you go outside just because of your skin color.
As for "Glorifying War," they could have easily made this into a Michael Bay film full of unrealistic fireballs and cheesy characters who go through WAY too much dialogue during over-hyped action scenes and overuse shitty one-liners. But guess what, they decided to make it terrifying, suspenseful, eerie, and gut-wrenching. This movie portrayed war like war is: hell. It's not a glorious, one-sided turkey-shoot that ends with one side getting an ass-kicking and the other walking out with nothing but a few scratches and maybe a dead side character. It's a losing battle for all sides. Everyone bleeds, everyone suffers, and everyone loses something important. The only true victory war affords to you is the fact that you were able to survive a fight that killed thousands long enough to see a few politicians write out a meaningless agreement that gives the winner a few bits of profit and bragging rights. You fought, bled, cried, and killed, just to see a turnout that will never truly be enough to make up the evil of humanity that you have had to witness first-hand and face head-on. That's what war is.
Don't worry, I'm sure they make more shitty romance reality movies than these "Terrible war movies that glorify bloodshed and discriminate against blacks and women" that you can go watch to your heart's content, and then inevitably make the same accusations when you find something to complain about in that movie, too.
@@thefunnyguyfromtheburgerki3334 Man, you seriously are something! That is the exact thing he trying to say in a sarcastic way. You actually spend so much time writing this down for someone who does not need any convincing. Is sarcasm really so hard to understand?
At 2.30 the Spitfire is seen spewing black smoke followed by an engine stall.
IIRC, this was caused by the fact that the Spitfire were carbureted and the carburetors would flood the engine when exposed to negative Gs. BF109 pilots, who had more advanced fuel-injected engines, knew of this flaw and often tried to force Spitfires into negative-G maneuvers and stall their engines - that seems exactly what's happening in the scene (admittedly, the BF109 still got shot).
This kind of attention to detail is truly spectacular. Easily one of the best depictions of WW2 aerial combat in cinema.
Dmitry F I think he is just flying on last fuel thats why we see the smoke.after that he switches to reserve tank.
Yes it was the switch to the reserve tank that produced the smoke , as the merlin was firing back up.
no he took it into neg G which the Merlin hated massively over fuelled and that happened to be the last of his fuel, black smoke comes from overfuelling, and saying that it backfired due to switching to the reserve tank BEFORE he switched just doesnt make sense.
Yes and no. Details like that are neat, but the tactics shown here are a complete shitshow. The worst example of that is the luckiest shot in the history of aerial gunnery shown by Farrier when he manages to shoot down that Ju-87 in the end whilst gliding and with the Stuka diving in one pass. The ineptness of German fighters deserves a separate video considering that what they did in the film is nothing like what they would do at that time in real life.
I love the film and the execution of the plane scenes specifically, but it'd be a bit silly to say that they are excellent as far as realistic depiction is concerned.
i agree after all his fumblings throughout the film he manages to pop that ju with no problem? bit odd
Favourite scene in this whole movie at the start. The sense of duty so movingly depicted.
Just beautiful! He looks at the gauges with a doubt then a calm comes over him. Tremendous acting!
I love this moment 0:21, the doubt dissipates, honors him as a person and as a soldier.
also 0:39 as he gently pushes the throttle up, hes already half way thru his reserve at that point also!
This scene gets me so choked up. Making a decision like this for your people goes beyond words... knowing that you could very well die. But protecting your people and country knows no bounds. Perfect acting and a perfect scene.
This scene brought a lump in my throat. It makes you wonder just how many people chose the same option to save more lives than just their own and we'll never know about it. One of the most beautiful and elegant ways to do it.
My favorite scene in the film. Tom Hardy's character makes a choice to save his countrymen knowing that he won't have fuel to make it back. He could've gone home that night but instead ends up a POW for the rest of the war. Imagine having to make that choice.
Well he could have landed closer to the evacuation point and got on the transport ships instead of gliding all the way into enemy territory.
+Andy Su He probably didn't want to risk hitting anyone on the beach.
And also didn’t want to break the morale of the men.
That's why he's a hero. I feel sad for Farrier tbh.
its no choice at all.... any warrior will defend his fellow countrymen.... #respect
I love that after he grips the throttle, he takes a moment before pushing it forward, like he's gripping the hand of close a friend and telling him "Together".
0:05 “If I turn back I won’t make it back home...”
0:20 “It’s worth it”
More like “Expletive it”
If I turn back i won't make it home for five years.
1:47 I love how close he gets to point where the water splashes up on his plane
the 109 was all over him thats why he couldnt save the ship, using the splashes as cover risky
When I first watched the movie, that scene in the beginning struck me. This moment of thinking and then he just shrugs off his doubts and turns around. You can almost hear his thoughts: "Bloody hell - why not?"
Tom Hardy did a great job!
Love the fuel starvation at 2:30. A small but relevant realistic detail.
Good eye
It's probably so realistic because they used actual spitfires to film the movie.
Yeah some floating thing I remember.
@@SukhoyBoy4113 floating carburetor
@@arandomyoutuber6634 yes!
I love how Farrier thinks about whether continuing to flying to Dunkirk or shoot down the He-111. You really see the inner conflict in his eyes, great acting!
Till Heidfeld he was deciding either to turn back to Britain because he had 10 minutes of fuel, or attack the Heinkel. In my opinion this is what made him get captured by the Wehrmacht.
@@samuellambie4064 Also a good theory for the outcome of him being captured in Dunkirk.
The moment he decides to turn around his breathing calms down. He knows he's made the proper decision then and there.
The enemy didn't care who he was until he put on the mask.
Carey Carson If they pull it out, will he die?
It would be extremely painful.
nuttex he’s a big guy
Sean N. For you
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I can’t be the only one who absolutely loves the sound of the HE-111’s cannons?
Ian Kennedy nah we love it too
Thumping at its best.
He-111 only had a cannon in the Nose, but the early versions not.
It's inaccurate but it does make the bomber look and feel more intimidating, which I think was the point. Inaccurate it may be, but for the film, it works really well! In any case it's just a really really minor inaccuracy.
For people saying the aerial scenes in this film are "too slow" or "unrealistic". What would you rather have?
REAL aircraft pulling off some limited but realistic looking manoeuvres?
OR
CGI aircraft pulling off manoeuvres that are over-the-top and unrealistic?
The reason the aircraft in this film don't behave aggressively is because they were using real aircraft and they are 70+ years old - They are sacred! The aircraft were also privately owned and so they were forced to fly them in limited manoeuvres to risk stalling them or damaging them. I think the filmmakers knew the dogfights wouldn't be completely accurate but they decided to film them in a way that was safe and reasonably realistic. Dunkirk has one of the most (overall - obviously the scene of the Ju-87 being shot down by a gliding Spitfire was silly) realistic depictions of aerial warfare I have ever seen!
Fraser Bathgate they just want to see the planes explode fireworks upon contact with one single bullet like they have built in mini bombs
Yes and no. Plane scenes use a mix of refurbished Spanish-manufactured Bf 109 copies and Spitfires as well as RC models. You can actually clearly tell the difference when you see a toy Spitfire rather than a real one whenever a camera-attached-to-the-frame shot is shown in the film - some of those used a real Spitfire and some used the RC one (the front frame is totally round unlike the plane, the engine exhausts are different and one scene notably featured a sound editing mistake where one can clearly see an RC toy engine recorded live rather than a pre-recorded Merlin engine).
Go back to the ditching scene where Collins' perspective is show and he's about to hit the water - the camera goes from the RC toy perspective to a different frame and back to a real plane's perspective with 5-10 seconds of each other.
The comment perfectly describes the Hollywood shit that was Red Tails. No thank you, I'm perfectly fine with what Dunkirk was. And it was brilliant!
@@samarvora7185 agreed. Great story, horrid movie.
@@nuttex The camera-on-fuselage perspective you're referring to, with the more "rounded" fuselage isn't an RC plane, it's a full-size Yak-52 painted and modified to look like a Spitfire. Obviously bolting a camera into a real Spitfire isn't going to happen, but it's very much a real full-size plane here. They used it for a number of shots in the film, such as the beside-the-nose angle here, the rearward-along-the-tail angle (seen among other places when Collins gets hit), all of the through-the-gunsight angles, as well as many of the shots of the actors with the camera just outside the cockpit (camera on the wing).
They also used a few full-size replicas, one for when Collins ditches (fired off a catapult on a barge), as well as the one Collins sinks inside of, and the one Farrier sets on fire at the end. They did use RC models for all the Ju 87s and He 111s though, as no airworthy examples of those remain today.
I remember gripping my seat harder and harder in the theaters as the music increased in pace. I’ve never had a movie make me physically react like I was actually there. One of my favorite movies of all time.
When I walked out of Dark Knight, I was in awe! I never thought I’d have that feeling again. Pure magic! Somehow, Dunkirk was able to top that feeling of completely mesmerized by the intensity and power of this film.
The music when he turns the nose around and opens the throttle.
I love how Farrier get really close behind the bomber, at the risk of being shot down by the tail gunner, and finish it off with a good long 4 seconds burst. Something about this scene feels so satisfying.
Luck for him then that He111 did not have a tailgunner.
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janvanv my mistake. It's REAR gunner. :)
Lol if the HE111 actuallly had a tail gunner Farrier would haveb been shot down a LONG time ago. ;) But its fine just a honest mistake.
not really. b17 had tail gunner and there is much film to show how vulnerable they where
Avro Lancaster's with a much big bomb load than the B17 had tail gunner positions too, so did the Short Stirling, Vickers Wellington, Halifax heavy bombers
I love this moment 0:21, the doubt dissipates, honors him as a person and as a soldier.
these are the "Superhero" movies i love. That shot and score at :20 is amazing. The music and the decision of Fortis 1 to remain in the fight and run out of fuel (basically sacrificing himself) is amazing.
That Go Go Go Go really got me!!
He knew that while the Bomber being shot down is good for them, it crashing into a load of oil, was about to create a whole new problem that the spitfire can do nothing to help with.
0:57 idk this was so awesome and satisfying. The sound and Farrier just looking at that bomber like "Holy shit."
I feel one of the greatest demonstrations of the Spitfire segments of the film is how quickly the situation can change for fighter pilots during the war. 1:17 always comes to mind - just the roar of the ME-109 pull into view and Farrier goes from the hunter to hunted within a few seconds. Will always be one of my favourite films for WWII dogfight depictions.
Hardy's performance in the shot when he decides to turn around is so damn powerful!
Zimmer's soundtrack is amazing, I can't believe how good this movie is and how well it came out. Nolan didn't use a lot of CGI, they got real ships, real planes, either full size or large scale RC which I've seen in person and in the air you can't tell looking at them, only by the sound of the engines.
Right at 2:46 Every storyline (The Mole, The Sea and the Air) synchronizes at this point
cripplehawk Not trying to be a dick but it doesn’t. The plane that gets shot down by Farrier at The Mole at the end is seen flying past The Sea storyline after it gets shot down. The “bigger fish to fry” plane.
Bruce Wayne The plane Farrier shot down was a Stuka. The "bigger fish to fry" plane was a 109. The timelines did sync up at 2:46.
The plane he shoots down at 2:46 is a Heinkel He-111. Be-109s are fighter planes.
And like VietKongAsian said the mole plane he shot was a Ju-87 Stuka Dive bomber.
cripplehawk i
synchronicity ;)))
The engine sound of the Heinkel heading on the spitfire is monstrous 1:01
this was the scene that got to me the most, two of my Grandad's brothers were lost on merchant ships (two separate ships) and when I was a kid he would always tell me about his brothers, and that because he was serving in N.Africa and nobody wanted to tell him in letters for obviouse reasons he only learned about it when he came home after 5 years, quite unbelievable to think how it was then and how it would be unthinkable now
zghvbn1 so sorry to hear this
@zghvbn1 what was so moving about this movie was how relatable it was without all the Hollywood bullshit. It made me empathise and think so much of how the people there were just ordinary young men and how easily it could have been us if we had been born say, 80 years ago. Massive respect for this generation and the shit they had to put up with.
we were lucky to have them ! my grandad taught me everything about gardening, that became my hobby and then my profession and I still remember him telling me the Germans and Italians were not the enemy ...the enemy was the SAND
1982, a number of British ships lost during the Falklands War. The unthinkable can happen, and no ship is unsinkable.
Dang! That dogfight camera shot at 1:39-1:42 was spot on! 👌👌👌
Charles Thorpe Barbier it’s almost as if it was filmed on another plane , after all I think they used real planes for the air battles , a old similar looking Russian plane to the spitfire.
Amazing how you can tell how hard it is for him to make that decision when we can only see his eyes and he doesn't say a word. Now THAT is acting.
The sound of the Heinkel’s turrets...
The shots at 1:56 and 2:05 are my two most favorite shots in the whole movie. Simply spectacular
How can be ur favourite one ship its sinking lol people on the water
Ferrier was the real hero. He could turned back in any moment, but he stayed.
0:23 when you are rtb, but your friend needs you
0:55 turn your volume to full blast... you can thank me later
QuirkyAdventures Oh my god, when the Heinkel flew over and the engine roared my headphones also roared, damn that was nice.
Wow the sound on the heinkel engine when they past off is very realistic in my headphone
Many, many men have done what his character did. Made the choice to throw all the cards on the table for his brothers. Oldest warrior story in the book. Duty is a hell of a feeling, and I can only equate it to knowing a loved one is in true peril, and the decision becomes instinctual. Like, an absolute no brainer.
If I do eye surgery, I will definitely ask for Tom Hardy eyes.
its only in this movie mate. you dont know Tom Hardy's eyes in real life
Poor guy is gonna appear in every movies with a mask on now
Naruse Utaha nice😂
Just ask for Tom Hardy's everything
Love the beautiful roar of satisfaction of the Merlin V12 at 02:40 when it gets fuel from the reserve..
I love how this movie achieved to show characters expressions and personality without dialogues
F@(# the Oscars! There needs to be some whole new category of award for this movie. After years of meaningless nonsense, Star wars reboots, 'Okay' Superhero movies and a few lucky breaks in other areas... this should be a beacon for better movie making.
Mick G. Well it got 8 Oscar nods
But it should have got at least two.... Hang on, what am I talking about... A bunch of elitist art snobs patting each other on the back. Every year there are 20 or more movies/performances as good as or better than the Best picture/director/actor/actress etc.
Wonder what Collins felt seeing Fortis 1 make it to the beach and still kicking ass. Pride, probably.
I sometimes wonder if, as he saw the smoke trailing from the Bomber, if he knew that Fortis 1 was still watching his back?
Ferrier has no way of knowing Collins is on that boat of course, but Collins knew where Fortis 1 was and what kind of fuel levels he had and thus could potentially work out that Fortis 1 was still in the area, especially when he gets home and is told Fortis 1 did not return, along with reports of a gliding Spitfire shooting down a Stuka over the beach.
I love these scenes, the effects, the soundtrack!!!
still get a bit of the shivers... when Hardy intercepts the bomber ..like full on intercept mode!!! One spitfire
Damn i wish id seen this in the cinema...
0:38 eye-wateringly patriotic.
The Decision, The Sacrifice, Farrier here could have headed back, have some tea, and come back, but he chose the difficult path, a soldier's path, a patriot's path, a hero's path.
The moment farrier turns his plane around with hardly any fuel to take out that bomber shows a true Englishmen. He could of went home but duty forbade him.
I love the shot at 1:56. Always wonder if that is real or CGI? And i love also the first 10 seconds. By only seeing the eyes you can see what Tom Hardy is thinking. What a amazing movie.
Now you left me wondering too :)
Nolan(director) refused to use cgi, in some of the shots on the beach the men are actually cardboard cutouts
The only CGI used in this movie was added bullets, smoke, etc. Every boat, plane, explosion, or person is real
I don't think it's a model but it could be a model
I doubt it's CGI but it could be a model
2:18 I love the way Tom nods his head.
Another example of why this is the GREATEST GENERATION to make the decision to turn around to protect those infantry lads .
I have the same plane that Fortis 1 has. It is a model sitting on my shelf
The moment when he closes his eyes before the u turn...
Tom Hardy crashed his plane, with no survivors
hahaha. got that reference
Philippe Beauchamp Was crashing his own plane part is of his plan?
SAOrules of course
If he takes off that mask will he die?
Dave Matthews Band it will be extremely painful.....
Best Movie
0:56 The shots were so loud in Imax you could feel the vibrations in your spine and heart making you feel like you were the one getting shot at :o
This is not a war movie it's a fucking horror movie
Ysbrand vd Velde right?
Ysbrand vd Velde horror thriller
war is horror
Nolan said this is a survival film instead of war film
That part at 1:19 where the 109 suddenly appears on his tail is one of the scariest parts in this movie
When you think about it, Farrier's decision to go after the bomber was a hard one to make, and not just because he was concerned about his fuel. He was on the tail of a BF-109, and one of the cardinal rules of dogfighting from the Dicta Boelcke is to follow through on attacking the enemy. By turning away from the 109, Farrier essentially opened himself up to letting that German fighter get on his tail, especially since he no longer had a wingman.
Farrier had 3 confirmed kills on this day. Which is impressive
1st is a BF-109 that was chasing his wingman.
2nd was the Heinkel HE-111 (This scene)
and finally a JU-87
Any plane that just get some minor hits and starts to trail smoke and disengages is not a kill.
the sound heinkel 1:01 is amazing :D
1st attempt: Farrier fails to splash the He 111. Bombs dropped. Ship sinks.
2nd attempt: Farrier succeeds in shooting it down. Hoora - oh wait. The bomber crashes into an oil spill; its explosion roasting the ship's survivors alive.
Come on, Farrier.
If the bomber would have done it's second sweep far more people would have died. It might have even bombed some of the small vessels that were saving the soldiers.
Unforseen consequences
Farrier did his job as best as he could. If he weren't there to shoot down that Heinkel, the people at the sinking minesweeper and the little boats could have been bombed as well which could lead to more casualties.
Btw, whoever was piloting that Heinkel is a fucking Kamikaze, going for the oil to bring as many people with him to the grave. 😆
Panzer Kamper but kamikaze hasn't exist during this time right?
Soni Laksono Not yet till the latter part of the war but you get my point lol
Skip to 0:59 and put your headphones on full blast :)
This scene is truly amazing! Just one question that puzzles me - where is the anti-aircraft fire from that destroyer?
He weighs up the risks, "if I keep going I won't get home"............."but who will protect these soldiers"..............you can almost hear him say "fuck it".............then he turns into the fight!!!
Congrats Farrier, you got MVP!
Epic scene but remember Operation Dynamo had way more Spitfires airborne than above. Oh and let’s not forget Hurricanes and Defiants that also played their part.
I also heard about the unlimited ammo criticism about the Spitfire part in “Dunkirk”.
The sound of the plane at 1:01 is very loud
This is I think the best soundtrack of all time even better than interstellar
Jeez! Not seen this clip before. I can only imagine.......
such a great movie!
Does anyone know the soundtrack that is playing when tom hardy decides to turn back to help the soldiers? I have looked everywhere but can't find it
mybe supermarine
It’s not in the official soundtrack but that’s what you’re looking for:
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You cut out the best part. Just before 2:46. The tension before Farrier's Spitfire finally showes up is insane.
love the decision making of farrier in this scene... "do i sacrifice the fuel to go after the german bomber... or do i head home to refuel" without even saying a wod
fantastic film.
He'd be well within his rights to run considering his situation.
Does anyone know the music that plays at 0:25? I can’t find it on the soundtrack.
I dig that helmet that Tom hardy wore
so at 0:25 he was going to Britain but he's turing back to a France course to stop the Heinkel yes?
Yes
Farrier is badass shutting down many planes
Why that Minesweeper didn't shoot at He 111? They hadn't anti aircraft guns?
Best movie ever
MMM! Everybody be silent, the sounds in the movie make me moist.
I swear to god 1:41 was one of the scenes from the trailer, except the camera was on the boat.
Nothing a turbo charged supercharger and variable pitch prop could fix on the spitfire.
Does anyone know the music at the beginning? I can’t find it on the soundtrack.
Overall I have to ask - Why would -a single- only two He 111s be sent out to do this job? Aside from little fighter support there seems to be no other "bandits" pressing home attacks on what would be an English channel filled with all manner of ships. There should be many more He 111s mucking about. Oh well, film production budget considerations I guess...
DataWaveTaGo there were two He-111s, the first one being shot down just before Collins is badly hit and has to ditch. This is the second one. Possibly the Kampfgeschwarder could have been sent to hunt shipping, but I don't know for certain....
SpitfireAce10 Gaming - I wuz 2 late. I noticed that after posting. I'll just edit that upwards!!! ;)
Brace men, the warriors on both sides.
3:04 Critical Hit
3:32 Aircraft Destroyed
0:05 to 0:25 as he makes up his mind
why does the 109 break off for no reason?
got shot at by the people on the ship, in another scene before that.
109's are energy fighters. The spitfire is a turn fighter. To enter a dogfight with one in a 109 means being shot down or worse. He could have went vertical if he had a lot of energy or break off the way he did.
What’s the name of the score at :21
Come on Farrier!!
Great scene which also shows the uncertainty and the consequences of decisions, had he been able to shoot down the bomber sooner the ship wouldn't have sunk, and then we he did shoot it down, either by fluke or design the German bomber crashed close to those in the water and oil, killing many, rather than "cleanly" crashing into the sea further away.
Why is that gun sound in 1:01 so intimidating. What is it? Definitely not Mg 42.
Forward 20mm MG FF cannon, mate.
Alec Cross is that gun supposed to have that low-firing rate or that gun has a one hit kill ammo. Like bigger caliber or something. Or maybe just a soundeffects. Because i watched the real gun and its a bit different from the movies. Or
Alec Cross by the way thanks for the reply mate
Not sure about the real rate of fire of that. But usually 20mms have a slower fire rate. Guess it makes it more dramatic with the punch they pack
Hmmm......... Technically, this fight would have been with pre Cannon Mark 1A Spitfires. Time period wise.
was this kind of bombing, slowly flying low over a ship really effective in ww2 or is this ist for dramatic effect?
no it was very inaccurate although the bombs were obviously devastating when they connected. torpedo or dive bombers were developed for naval warfare for this reasoning
3:22 "GORORORO!"
Is the fuel used for diesel engines on ships , supposed to be very heavy, so easy to catch fire ? Anyone knows ?
nope .. you can actually throw a match on a cube of it and it wont light.. explosions or really big heat can set it off.. but probaly it wouldnt light like it did ..and it would done much slower .. this scene with the fire engulfing many guys on sea was quite bullshit