British Dir Joe Wright's DARKEST HOUR - Deserves Gold Statues for Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas

This summer we saw the release of DUNKIRK, a historic re-enactment of the brave soldiers stranded on the French shores rescued with the aid of brave British civilians in their small sea vessels.  DARKEST HOUR, directed by Joe Wright (b UK 1972 "Atonement") depicts several weeks in May 1940 when Europe had fallen to the fascist dictator in Germany and Britain was facing what many believed was impending invasion.  Both superb historic WWII epics captures the worst of human brutality and the uttermost of human bravery.  Wright does a superb job in directing a cogent and emotionally stirring film by targeting Churchill during the first weeks of his appointment as Prime Minister of Britain, a time when his assurances & rallying speeches galvanized his nation from the brink of surrender to clamor for war against tyranny at all cost.  Churchill (Gary Oldman in a tour de force performance) is seen in his finest hours with astride his foibles and pants down.  This is not a mawkish upper lip cliched movie.  This is a potent articulate reiteration of some of Churchill's most famous oratorical addresses to never surrender shoring up the barricades for the UK & Western Europe from collapsing to the Nazi regime.  Churchill, is seen as a heavy drinker, & prone to outbursts of anger & humility.  He's also seen as pensive, resourceful & fully aware of the burden he carried  The scene in which Churchill rides London's underground transport & converses candidly with his fellow passengers & citizens is remarkable first of all and extremely stirring.  Churchill's wife (Kristin Scott Thomas) and his steadfast secretary, Elizabeth (Lily James "Downton Abbey") were both admirable & doe eyed in their supportive roles.  King George (Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn) played a more pivotal and poignant role providing Churchill a potent ally.  DARKEST HOUR sheds light on a period in history that wavered most terribly close to a very frightening & disastrous outcome.  (Shame on FDR & the US for deferring to the "Neutrality Acts" at a time when our British ally were relying desperately for our help.)  Churchill's great historic speeches were delivered with the utmost conviction, with utmost consideration inspiring the only tenable outcome.  "You ask what is our aim?  I can answer in a word, victory.  Victory at all cost.  Victory in spite of all terror.  Victory, however, long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival".   A member of Parliament who understood Churchill considered a negotiation with Hitler through Mussolini questioned how he came to alter his stance.  'Those who never change their minds, never achieve anything."