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I’m not sure Jodorowsky would want to touch Oppenheimer because his movies seem to focus more on surreal fantasy (which I love). I think Kubrick would have been more of a fitting director for this material. But I think your analysis is spot on. The courtroom scenes felt underwhelming and unnecessary. It would have been more interesting to focus on the spiritual and philosophical journey Oppenheimer went on after the bomb.
Wow. I TOTALLY agree with the critique of the plot summary as revolving around “whether Strauss passes a job interview”! That’s exactly how I felt. In a movie about the FATE OF HUMANITY, I couldn’t care less about the bureaucratic scenes of political backstabbing. Great performances? YES. Did I care about the characters? Nope.
I would say Nolan paints Oppenheimer quite favorably. I think Paul from Dune and Oppenheimer are similar hero’s of the type of story who are forced to traverse a very morally dubious path. I think they are heroes who’s purpose is to show us that we can’t come out of all situations looking like Superman.
@@WeirdMachinations and another problem I think is jodorowsky is not technically brilliant like nolan or Villeneuve. He approaching everything spiritually. He completely misunderstood the point of Dune.
Your research is shallow, sorry but the phrase of the Bhagavad Gita that Oppenheimer says when the bomb explodes is based on his own account, did you sse the interview of real life oppenheimer after they dropped the bombs? At the very least did you read American Prometheus? That phrase is intrinsical to Oppenheimer.
I think you’re missing the point of my video. I am saying that this quote from the Bhagavad Gita that Oppenheimer says is intrinsic to the story of Oppenheimer. My critique is that Nolan does not give it the attention that it deserves and more or less treats it as a throw away line rather than really diving into the meaning of quote. I’ve watched the interview and I’ve read the Bhagavad Gita.
