The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie
"Well done."; "Men my age dictate this war. Why should we be allowed to send our children to fight it?"; "You can practically see it from here." "What?" "Home."; "I'm staying. For the French."; "Then it's good that you're Army and I'm Navy, isn't it?"
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- "Well done" is offered first, with the exchange with the blind man about surviving.
- Rylance's "men my age dictate this war" and the weekend-sailors exchange are recited.
- Bolton's "You can practically see it from here." "What?" "Home." is recited.
- Branagh's "I'm staying. For the French." is the only line that stood out for one participant, the payoff where Britain can live up to its ideals.
- Branagh gets the best lines, including the tide exchange ending "it's good that you're Army and I'm Navy", called a good one.
- Hardy's shrug when he stays to defend the medical ship and his opening the cockpit while gliding are gestures that read as lines; a best-gesture category is joked about.
- Hardy coasting over the shoreline in silence is as good as any quote; the town scenes were shot elsewhere because Dunkirk was destroyed. — Chris Ryan