13 Hours isn't patriotic. It's jingoistic nonsense.
Brody's argument is that 13 hours isn't 'about' anything, while Dunkirk is about the cultural British identity (as opposed to WW2, the actual events at Dunkirk, etc. etc.)
You disagree?
13 Hours is about how awesome American soldiers are and how cowardly and badly organised their bureaucracy and their foreign allies are
that said, I don't understand how Dunkirk is about British identity, is it just because it's about Britain?
it's about British soldiers that tell the French to get in their own boats, that doesn't mean the French are an after-thought
there's nothing about this movie that made me think "cor blimey, makes me proud to be British that does", nor is there anything in that review that makes me think it either but it does tell a resolutely British story, it just appears that expensive blockbusters not being about Americans is kind of troubling to some
they say it enough in the film: "survive", so I mean it could be about that...but what I actually think it's about is Nolan showing off by presenting a set of Matryoshka dolls made up of moments within moments within moments that stretch beyond what it is presented on screen
Oh.
Well. Can you send my answers to the reviewer?
I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds discussing opinions through proxy baffling, but I've started so I'll finish