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* The powerfully ominous score becomes almost unbearably tense and nerve-wracking in places.
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Whoops, not Tommy (I don't think).
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** Speaking of, [[spoiler:[[TrappedBetweenARockAndAHardPlace Tommy has the lovely choice of diving underwater and trying not to drown, or staying above and burning to death]]. He picks the former, and we get treated to a shot of his scared face as the fires burn above him.]]
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** Speaking of, [[spoiler:[[TrappedBetweenARockAndAHardPlace Tommy one soldier has the lovely choice of diving underwater and trying not to drown, or staying above and burning to death]]. He picks the former, and we get treated to a shot of his scared face as the fires burn above him.]]
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** Speaking of, [[spoiler:[[TrappedBetweenARockAndAHardPlace Tommy has the lovely choice of diving underwater and trying not to drown, or staying above and burning to death]]. He picks the former, and we get treated to a shot of his scared face as the fires burn above him.]]
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** Made even worse as [[spoiler:we first see it from Farrier's point of view, where Collins seems to be waving that he's okay. Then the ''Moonstone'' story provides a OnceMoreWithClarity that reveals he was actually struggling to open the cockpit.]]
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* [[spoiler:Gibson]] drowning inside the Dutch trawler. The only thing we see is his hand stopping to move.
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** Every air attack is preceded by a long, wide overhead shot of the British soldiers huddled on the beach, showing just how exposed and vulnerable they are and giving the sense of something huge and terrible, almost Lovecraftian in nature, about to strike down the helpless men from above.
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* A low-key example, but after the grim naturalistic palette of the beach scenes and the relatively bloodless violence thus far, there's something a little... [[SymbolicBlood squicky]] about the bright red jam on the pieces of bread issued to the soldiers in the belly of the ship they're meant to evacuate on. It almost evokes bloody bandages. [[spoiler:Sure enough, the aid ship -- and all the staff on it issuing food and drink to the exhausted, hungry soldiers -- meets a terrible fate.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Death from above.]]
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* Collins [[spoiler:crashing his spitfire into the sea, struggling to get out as he attempts to smash the window of the cockpit with his flare gun several times, only sinking further. Then he's submerged underwater for almost a whole minute until Peter shows up in the nick of time to save him]]. Holy ''shit''...
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* The ticking clock that is regularly heard, reminding that the soldiers don't have much time left before Germans storm the city entirely. Dunkirk was truly TheDarkestHour in 1940.
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* The [[RaceAgainstTheClock ticking clock clock]] that is regularly heard, reminding that the soldiers don't have much time left before Germans storm the city entirely. Dunkirk was truly TheDarkestHour in 1940.
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* German soldiers are [[TheGhost never seen onscreen]] [[spoiler:save for the very end when they capture Farrier.]] The only thing viewers see is gunshots coming at Tommy in the first scene and mowing down his platoon one by one, and later as they shoot for training on the Dutch trawler Tommy, Gibson and others sheltered themselves in outside of the allied-controlled perimeter.
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* German soldiers are [[TheGhost never seen onscreen]] [[spoiler:save for the very end when they capture Farrier.take Farrier prisoner.]] The only thing viewers see is gunshots coming at Tommy in the first scene and mowing down his platoon one by one, and later as they shoot for training on the Dutch trawler Tommy, Gibson and others sheltered themselves in outside of the allied-controlled perimeter.
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*** To make it even ''worse'', during the sinking several soldiers are trapped between the mole and the hull. Their agonised screams as the ship closes in makes it clear they weren't quick deaths.
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*** To make it even ''worse'', during the sinking several soldiers are trapped between the mole and the hull. Their agonised screams as the ship closes in makes it clear they weren't quick deaths.
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* [[spoiler:When the oil spill from the destroyer catches on fire towards the end, several soldiers trapped in the water burn to death, in the movie's most gruesome scene. The camera lingers on one poor bastard, trying desperately to hide under the water, until he surfaces due to lack of oxygen...only to burn to death.]]
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* German soldiers are [[TheGhost never seen]] onscreen seen onscreen]] [[spoiler:save for the very end when they capture Farrier.]] The only thing viewers see is gunshots coming at Tommy in the first scene and mowing down his platoon one by one, and later as they shoot for training on the Dutch trawler Tommy, Gibson and others sheltered themselves in outside of the allied-controlled perimeter.
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* German soldiers are [[TheGhost never seen seen]] onscreen [[spoiler:save for the very end when they capture Farrier.]] The only thing viewers see is gunshots coming at Tommy in the first scene and mowing down his platoon one by one, and later as they shoot for training on the Dutch trawler Tommy, Gibson and others sheltered themselves in outside of the allied-controlled perimeter.
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* The ticking clock that is regularly heard, meaning the soldiers have not much time left before Germans storm the city entirely. Dunkirk was truly TheDarkestHour in 1940.
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** The aid ship being bombed by German planes, with springing leaks and water flooding in and soldiers trapped inside. Not only does that ship have civilian nurses on it in addition to soldiers... not everyone makes it off.
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** The torpedoed aid ship being bombed by German planes, ship, with springing leaks and water flooding in and soldiers trapped inside. Not only does that ship have civilian nurses on it in addition to soldiers... not everyone makes it off.
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** Imagine you're a British or French soldier. You've just been evacuated from the continent and feel safe. Then, you hear a whine in the distance, as though [[StukaScream something overhead is in free fall]]. It grows louder, and louder. You look up, and see the unmistakable black shape of a Heinkel He 111 or a Junker Ju 87 "Stuka" hurtling towards you, ready to release its payload...
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** Imagine you're a British or French soldier. You've just been evacuated from the continent and feel safe. Then, you hear a whine in the distance, as though [[StukaScream something overhead is in free fall]].fall. It grows louder, and louder. You look up, and see the unmistakable black shape of a Heinkel He 111 or a Junker Ju 87 "Stuka" hurtling towards you, ready to release its payload...
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WarIsHell, and ''Dunkirk'' doesn't fail to demonstrate it.
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* German soldiers are never seen onscreen [[spoiler:save for the very end when they capture Farrier.]] The only thing viewers see is gunshots coming at the protagonists Tommy in the first scene and mowing down his platoon one by one, and later as they shoot for training on the Dutch trawler Tommy, Gibson and others sheltered themselves in outside of the allied-controlled perimeter.
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* German soldiers are never seen onscreen [[spoiler:save for the very end when they capture Farrier.]] The only thing viewers see is gunshots coming at the protagonists in the first scene, scene and mowing down his platoon one by one, and later as they shoot for training on the Dutch trawler Tommy, Gibson and others sheltered themselves in outside of the allied-controlled perimeter.
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** Imagine you're a British or French soldier. You've just been evacuated from the continent and feel safe. Then, you hear a whine in the distance, as though [[StukaScream something overhead is in free fall]]. It grows louder, and louder. You look up, and see the unmistakable black shape of a Heinkel He 111 or a Junker Ju 87 "Stuka" hurtling towards you, ready to release its payload...
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* The clock that is regularly heard, meaning the soldiers have not much time left before Germans storm the city entirely. Dunkirk was truly TheDarkestHour in 1940.
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* German soldiers are never seen onscreen [[spoiler:save for the very end when they capture Farrier.]] The only thing viewers see is gunshots coming at the protagonists in the first scene, and later as they shoot for training on the Dutch trawler Tommy, Gibson and others sheltered themselves in outside of the allied-controlled perimeter.
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* For every Allied soldier on the beach or everyone on the boats, German planes only means DeathFromAbove. The StukaScream especially.
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* For every Allied soldier on the beach or everyone on the boats, German planes only means DeathFromAbove. The StukaScream especially.Stukas strafing and bombing the beaches and boats especially, with their [[HellIsThatNoise terrifying]] [[StukaScream trademark noise]].
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* The clock that is regularly heard, meaning the soldiers have not much time left before Germans storm the city of Dunkirk entirely.
* German soldiers are never seen [[spoiler:save for the end when they capture Farrier.]] The only thing viewers see is gunshots coming at the protagonists in the first scene, and later as they shoot for training on thesinking Dutch trawler Tommy, Gibson and others sheltered themselves in outside of the allied-controlled perimeter.
* For every Allied soldier on the beach or everyone on the boats, German planes only means DeathFromAbove. The StukaScream especially.
** Imagine you're a British or French soldier. You've just been evacuated from the continent and feel safe. Then, you hear a whine in the distance, as though [[StukaScream something overhead is in free fall]]. It grows louder, and louder. You look up, and see the unmistakable shape of a Heinkel He 111 or a Junker Ju 87 "Stuka" hurtling towards you, ready to release its payload...
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* For every Allied soldier on the beach or everyone on the boats, German planes only means DeathFromAbove. The StukaScream especially.
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* For every soldier on the beach or on the boats, German planes only means DeathFromAbove.
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