The movie “Dunkirk” is a historical war film telling the story of how British, Belgian, and French soldiers evacuated the beaches of Dunkirk during an intense battle in World War II while surrounded by German troops. Since “Dunkirk” is a film reenacting a battle of World War II, it may not appeal to the average movie goer who does not have an interest …show more content…
To be considered a discourse community, the people within that community need a way of communicating with each other and have common goals with others in the community. The discourse community that is associated with this genre of writing is the community of historical movie critics and historical movie enthusiasts. The goals within this discourse community are aimed towards reviewing and critiquing newly released historical movies, for readers who are interested in historical movies and are interested in going to see the movie being reviewed. Their values include identifying art forms (in this case, historical movies) that are well made and communicating what makes this form of art good or bad. The genre helps speak to this discourse community by giving them a way to effectively communicate their ideas to other movie critics as well as movie enthusiasts deciding whether or not they want to see the film. Members of this discourse community use the internet to communicate their ideas and opinions to other who are interested in learning more about the film of topic. People outside this discourse community can relate to this genre by going to see the movie that is reviewed and then going back to read the review to develop more of an understanding of the film they recently viewed.For example, someone who has seen or is considering seeing the movie “Dunkirk” can read reviews of the movie and either agree or disagree with the author's