Just saw this yesterday morning.
I thought it was well done. In many, many ways it made me think of what President Trump faces on a daily basis.
Best scene was when Churchill jumped out of his car and road the underground for one stop. If that scene is true, those people were heroic and epic in their own time.
The “tube” scene was an invention of the filmmakers.
But essential to the story as told.
That’s the scene that Steyn says never happened.
“...Best scene was when Churchill jumped out of his car and road the underground for one stop. If that scene is true, those people were heroic and epic in their own time.”
According to several informed reviewers, including Mark Steyn himself in the column that is the subject of this thread, the “tube” scene was entirely invented.
Winston Churchill was not inspired by the common people of Britain. He inspired them. Mark Steyn’s column points this out.
And major segments of Britain’s political elite were more than ready to throw in the towel in the summer of 1940; Churchill had to overcome their fear, inertia, and sinking morale also.
In an interview, the director said the movie is a rebuke of Trump.
The idea of PM Churchill riding the subway is absurd.