The Desperate Bookends 17Jan18

Kala and I saw The Darkest Hour and Dunkirk within one day. Gary Oldman was spectacular but while neither movie was truly outstanding in our opinions, both together were. The viewing could not have been scripted better (and probably was by Hollywood) - seeing the political Churchill side in London in one film and then the exact same situation from the field in Durkirk in another was remarkable. How brutally grim the situation was, and evil the enemy - the fact we rose up was amazing and the foretelling that the "new world" would vanquish enemies sublime in the face of disaster - Churchill was controversial no doubt, but an orator great.