Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2017 August 7

= August 7 =

Dunkirk
Saw Dunkirk yesterday. Great movie but some things bother me. I think certain elements are at variance with historical accuracy. The row of houses facing the beach looked too modern to me. Of course nothing could be done about it. One snap shot shows a modern skyscraper in the background but not immediately at the beach. I am not sure the number of British soldiers in the movie was large enough to create the impression of the magnitude of what really happened. I've always thought that the beaches were packed. It is a super large beach, BTW, enormous. The number of small private boats showed in the movie is pitifully small, about a dozen or so. There were 800 according to Wikipedia. I wonder if there are different impressions. Great movie nonetheless about the fine hour of Western civilization. --AboutFace 22 (talk) 22:55, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I couldn't find a question there. What sort of references do you seek and for what purpose?-- Jayron 32 01:58, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
 * There's an article here complaining about some of the same things you mention. Personally I don't think historical accuracy matters a lot in this context. --Viennese Waltz 07:09, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I think it matters some, since the film was going for the realistic approach, it´s not 300: Rise of an Empire we´re talking about. Dunkirk (2017 film) does a fair job of following the spirit of WP:FILMHIST. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:58, 8 August 2017 (UTC)


 * There´s some discussion on this at the historical accuracy section in the article. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:21, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
 * And don't forget that not all 800 boats would have turned up at once, the evacuation lasted nine days, and the "little ships" came from all over southern England. Personally, I think it's to their credit that they didn't just CGI a lot more boats in. Alansplodge (talk) 17:33, 12 August 2017 (UTC)