Oppenheimer - Angry Movie Review 

The scene with him and Truman was cool to see put to film. Oppenheimer thought he would make a connection with Truman by sharing his guilt in what he had done. He didn’t think about the person who authorized the actual use of the bomb. So when he tells Truman his guilt it comes off as an insult. Truman went through his own struggle with whether he should use it and the full weight and responsibility of it’s use fell onto him. Oppenheimer built the gun and loaded it, Truman pulled the trigger.

So glad real cinema on a major budget level still exists

They actually shot part of the movie in Los Alamos and used actual scientists from the lab as a lot of the extras. I work at the lab and had the opportunity to shoot for about a week. It was an awesome experience.

When Alex has barely any complaints about a movie, you know it’s a good one

The last scene of the movie gave me chills. I was in awe of the terror humanity had unleashed.

I wasn't expecting the Barbie dolls again

This is an Oscar caliber film. Excellent, casting, dialogue, and acting. There were many scenes that left me in awe. What we have to remember is the scientists involved in the Manhattan Project developed a weapon that forever changed warfare. Oppenheimer and his team opened the door to the destruction of world, which is a huge moral dilemma for all involved in the project. Best movie I have seen a long time. Oppenheimer’s girlfriend suffered from depression and committed suicide in real life.

I started to lose some stamina at a certain point in the final act, but then the final 30 minutes hit us with so many satisfying moments that I didn't expect from a historical film and the very last scene just brought it all together like a star going supernova

I just got out of the theater of watching it & the only way I could describe it is terrifyingly beautiful

Movie was awesome, everyone gave an A class acting job, everything was on point, sound, music, cinematography. I was surprised to see Gary Oldman, caught me off guard in a good way.

My favorite part of the film was the test blast as it became utter silence and it was beautiful because then out of nowhere the blast sound reigns in and the whole theater jumps lol so wonderfully done.

The best part of Oppenheimer is when Heisenberg stared at Albert Einstein and growled “Say my name!”

Hopefully it does better because we need more movies like this

This movie found creative ways to show theme by looping plot points and ideas back around to different parts of the movie, by using visual cues and replaying different sounds. The color and the black and white scenes was really interesting and reminded me of his other movies. This truly feels like a culmination of Nolan's work and techniques into one movie.

The final visualization is beyond haunting. What a great movie.

I'm a plasma fusion physicist, this was such an experience for me to see on release. I was grinning the whole time. "You would say that to a humble physicist?" " i'll let you know when I meet such a Physicist" rofl

This movie should dominate the Oscars. Nothing even close to its caliber has been released this year

Cilian deserves an Oscar nomination

The line that keeps getting to me is when he ask Albert “ you remember when we said there is a high chance we will cause a chain reaction in the atmosphere” he says something like “ yeah I remember” Oppenheimer responded with “ I think we did” the. It cuts to the last shot and you can read everything on his face and that last scene and shot terrified me I woke up thinking about it.

Thats not an Ad, thats just what Alex and OJ do whilst waiting for the next review

Really glad you guys went to see this. I read American Prometheus when it came out to prepare for a history class debate, and I still think about that book almost 20 years later.

Anyone else find it funny that Christopher Nolan directs a film about Oppenheimer the father of the atomic bomb while his younger brother Jonathan Nolan is directing a Fallout show which in many ways can be seen as an alternate future where the American people embraced Nuclear power and the Atom Bomb rather than fear it. Oppenheimer gave birth to this possible future (Along with Enrico Fermi and his team who who created the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction) and I just find that amazing that the two brothers worked on two very different projects but both have massive connections by history. Oppenheimer in many ways is a prequal to Fallout.

Watched it on IMAX dont waste your money it needs SUBTITLES

Oppenheimer has a 100 mill. budget. That's low-ish for a Hollywood movie. So it doesn't have to appeal to a massive audience. But hopefully a lot of people go see it. It's a hugely important part of history as well as a huge philosophical question. PS: Cilian is pronounced Kilian

Dude! Christopher Nolan is a monster!!! when it comes to directing, even his worst movies are solid as hell.

This movie was phenomenal. The acting, the writing, the ost and cinematography. So many threads in this movie. Like scorpions, they both brought each other down. I did not feel the length, even though I drank a bunch of water before hand lol. My only ciritisim, is the audio mixing is off. Not to the extent as tenet, but it was off for a part of a scene. I plan on seeing it again. I pretty much spent all day at work thinking about this movie and talking to anyone who would listen.

14:34 the actor’s name is Benny Safdie and he’s actually a really great director too. He made two films for A24; “Good Time” (which is credited as being the movie that landed Robert Pattinson The Batman) and “Uncut Gems”. Both are absolutely amazing films that I recommend every time I get the chance.

this movie was top notch I love Biopics and even more so about this man. I never felt bored or luud to sleep, I was awake and intrigued in the entire 3+ hours. well done.

My great uncle worked on the Project, and Oppenheimer actually came to his house for dinner on occasion after the war. He died a long while ago, but I wish he could have been alive to see this film! Solid review.

Looks like Oppenheimer was the bomb rather then just being a bomb

So many people left during my viewing, there was a group sitting in front of me that came late and then left even before trinity test part.

I thought it was boring as fuck. the movie lost me towards the beginning. I had no idea what was going on for a big portion of the movie.

Knowing the espionage angle beforehand really helped contextualize the events shown in Oppenheimer. Also knowing what the Spanish Civil War entailed helped too. Great flick.

Cillian Murphy is quickly becoming one of my favorite actors of all time. Cant wait to see this one!

3 hours and I was completely enraptured the entire movie. The Trinity Test was one of the most haunting theater experiences I've ever had. Cillian Murphy has always been an underrated actor, and he's finally been given a lead role and he absolutely shined. Easily the best performance of the year. I think this is easily Nolan's best film

Nolan has been hit or miss for me in his films. He will give you some 10/10 moments then have weird choices where it feels bloated and useless scenes. His best stuff is his earlier stuff imo.

Glad to see Angry Joe finally review a Nolan movie once again! We haven't had one in a while since _Inception_ for some reason....

Any time I think of them testing the bombs, I imagine something going wrong and the explosion being way more powerful than was calculated. Right at the moment as the fireball reaches the scientists one of them thinks to themselves "Damn, I forgot to carry the one".

Was really disappointed with this film. As a biopic I don’t feel I have any more understanding of Oppenheimer. All I got out of it is that Oppenheimer is more of a theory man, had ties with communists but wasn’t overtly one, and had two wives. Yeah he seemed a bit remorseful for creating the bomb, but I didn’t see how those regrets really effected his life. I felt the dialogue was really hard to hear at times ( like most Nolan films) the editing and pacing was very choppy, and I think the vendetta Strauss had against Oppenheimer was VERY poorly explained. Like ok Oppenheimer might lose his security clearance but WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? What is he losing out on with that, and why is it so important that it’s the climax of the film and not the trinity tests or the bombing of Japan. The actual nuke itself was also pretty underwhelming. Would’ve been a much better film if it focused more on the logistics and struggles of figuring out the atom bomb, the race between the us and Germany( yes I know it comes up but it should’ve been THE central motivating force) the bombing of Japan ( actually show the horror of what happened instead of a very brief illusion) and then end it with how the affected Oppenheimer and go more into depth on the process of his opinions changing or him being more vocal on his opposition to the bombs. Strauss was a waste of time at least how he was used as well as the focus on Oppenheimer’s first wife which felt entirely pointless. Not to mention the casting was INSANELY distracting. I kept getting taken out of the film because every 30 seconds I was noticing a bigger named actor playing VERY minor roles. So yeah I think I’m in the minority but I’m really confused on all the love this is getting. This and Tenant have both been pretty big misses as someone who’s loved basically all of Nolan’s other films

This is literally a movie that defines that "This is cinema" meme. All I was missing was s glass of wine, cause fucking hell. This was epic.

The sexuality in the film was a strange creative direction, especially the “destroyer of worlds” quote in bed.

Was super cool to see so many actors showing up for 2-3 scenes. Was definitely surprised to see Josh Peck from Drake and Josh.

This film had scenes that scared me more then a horror film ever could, perfect film no arguments

Missed opportunity that they didn’t cast Bryan Cranston as Heisenburg

As as former SSBN submariner, I enjoyed this movie. I can see why it would bore most people.

It was loud in my theater as well, but not enough to cause an issue with the dialog. So it seems like it may be a question of how well balanced the speaker system is in a given theater.

I watched this high and IMAX. I was absolutely stunned. I was leaning in and everything lol. I don’t blame the guy next to me falling asleep post the nuke test because the investigation was basically all the the last part. But was a great movie.

I’ve always had this morbid fascination with the Manhattan project and the creation of the atomic bombs. I’m so glad this movie was done so well. If Cillian Murphy doesn’t win an award for his performance I’m going to be salty.

Thank you for actually reviewing movies and not just revealing the plot, so many reviews just tell you what happens and that’s not a review

I loved the movie, it’s a whole experience everyone should watch! Loved the direction, the visuals and the actors involved, really great film!

Good movie. Pacing was a bit much. I feel like not a single scene was over a minute long. It just kept moving and felt like more of a montage of key moments - missing out on the gravity and emotion of certain big moments. To compare, this entire film is filmed like the montage in Inception when they are preparing their big plan before the plane flight. That’s the quickness of the pacing in Oppenheimer. Good movie, but not his best.

Interesting movie, but i definitely felt the length... ive never fallen asleep in a movie before and i could feel myself starting to doze off towards the end. Its really no wonder Nolan put lots of random unessicary exploding sounds and noises, thats to keep the audience awake and from falling asleep. If it wasn't for all the random bursts in volume, i could of easily has fallen asleep. Not a bad movie, but i doubt id watch it again.

This movie left me speechless. In a good way. Christopher Nolan and his cast REALLY want an Oscar this year.

Being a History Nerd, I loved this film. It was pure oldschool Acting, that made you feel in the room. A+ Acting. The detail of emotions. Robert Downey Jr. was Out Of This World. Everyone bought their A+ Skiils. Major Thinking Movie! 3 hrs didn't bother me. I love detailed Movies. Bio Pics! That last hour was intensed with the Political Backroom Committees.

"Visual flourishes" I love when Joe tries to sound like an actual movie reviewer.

As far as weekend sales, anecdotally I would say that this movie is likely to do phenomenally well, simply by the fact that every theater I tried to buy tickets for, in every show slot on Friday was absolutely PACKED days in advance, with only a few spots open here and there, usually in the front row. I checked every theater in my city. I got lucky with one of them that had a few decent seats left in the third row haha.

As an Irishman the mispronunciation of cillian is absolutely killing my ears, still love you guys

Saw it, was honestly a bit bored. A lot of time was dedicated to Oppenheimer’s persecution and suspicions of communist ties, and it at points dragged. The pacing suffered. Was also hoping to see a more in-depth microscopic illustration of fission and the chain reaction that defines atomic power, instead it was simply a large explosion. A missed opportunity to really show how these weapons operate.

I watched this yesterday... I was worried about the 3 hour timing, but I honestly didn't feel like it was 3 hours, I was so engaged into the story that it honestly flew by.

So weird to see Joe reviewing a Christoper Nolan film. I think he's only ever reviewed one of his films before Oppenheimer. Funny how he was surprised that Nolan wrote and directed it tho. IIRC correctly Nolan has written and directed pretty much all of his films, sometimes with the help of his brother and wife.

Just got back. Stunning film as expected from Nolan. 10/10 every day of the week

This and ATSV were my most anticipated movies, nice to see this get great reviews

Saw the film a few hours ago in imax in the UK, It was absolutely full you couldn't get any more people in to see this film, The last Nolan film like that was interstellar, Where every actor is giving it their all, No phoned in performances here, No whooping clapping or anything like that, Just people experiencing a biopic with a serious subject matter, The bit where all the scientists are celebrating in an Oppenheimer is giving the speech and he has visions when they all banging their feet on the floor, Reminds me when the allies made all radiation effects of the bombs dropped classified and didn't release the awful horrible footage of the japanese innocent civilians until the 1970s,

I wish they would have spent more time on the building the bomb Give some impetus to build by actually showing some of the war Then give more in-depth background on the genius minds brought together under oppenheimer Then walk us through the breakthroughs and engineering

This movie was a 3 hour ZZZ fest. Absolute boring waste of my time.

I would advise to see both just to help keep the theatrical experience alive for movies that arent superhero movies

Tbh this felt like a 3 episode mini series to me. Every hour almost to the T focused on something. The first hour was his early life and his career and becoming the director, then the creation and detonation, then the aftermath and fallout of the creation and personal vendettas.

I watched it twice already. Im soo happy a movie like this exist. It gives me hope people will notice, and will help to keep REAL CINEMA alive!!

This is the type of movie that will be shown in film class to study.

The film is fantastic but Nolan STILL has issues with his audio mixing issues. How music always drowns out a good portion of dialogue and this movie, in parts; was even worse than Tenet. When there is dialogue of high minded theoretical physics happening and the music is blaring in the background, it makes it irritating. I don’t know why Nolan never improves on this aspect.

My thoughts: - The film had no emotional impact on me. It didn't give an answer as to why I should care about Robert Oppenheimer. - The film made me wonder what it is about the Oppenheimer story that made Chris Nolan want to do it. - My observation is that it's not a film for Gen Z's - not enough ear/eye candy, not enough action, and it's a character they won't necessarily care about. - Contrary to many opinions about the soundtrack, I found it too distracting. It takes more of a central role than what it normally should in any film which left me thinking that, if not for the soundtrack, the film would be a bore. Which then made me think that, was the soundtrack deliberately employed the way it was because the film is actually a bore. - The film largely relies on Chris Nolan's reputation. - Cillian is great for sure. - I didn't feel the 3 hours which is a positive.

Whilst I enjoyed the whole film, once the test is conducted, it feels like the film takes a dramatic step up for the final act. The acting and dialogue in that last act was legit some of the most engaging I've heard, especially from Strauss (Downey) and Robb (Jason Clarke). Also, though their parts are shorter, Hartnett, Malek, Dastmalcian and Casey Affleck absolutely killed their roles. Pure cinema and wonderful character acting and whilst I'm not always a fan of Nolan's work, this one was a treat to watch and had me engaged start to finish. The ending scene between Oppenheimer and Einstein (especially in context with what's been going on with Strauss) and the scene with the secretary and all the military leadership and scientists where they're deciding to do it and where to target... Both just emotionally wracking. Amazing film.

This movie was incredible. An epic tragedy with emphasis on the EPIC

I love to think of when Dave Chappelle was with Joe Rogan and joey said the Oppenheimer quote and Dave told him to shut the hell up 😂

I watched it today and it was good, but not great. I felt the movie was hurt a bit by that it kept jumping between time and that the music was just unnecessarily loud at times. For interstellar this worked as there was a lot of urgency and action, but this movie is very stationary. This time-jumping made the movie feel overly-hectic and it would have been better when time had been taken to really lay down scenes and not make everything feel like a big montage. There was no real character development. Just like in Tenet people just have a certain character and you do not really learn to care for them apart from Oppenheimer. I also remember Oppenheimer in real life saying that people acted differently at the testing of the atomb bomb. That some laughed and some cried. Here everyone is just cheering. I think compared to interstellar this movie isn't that great as there is not much visual spectacle nor great chemistry between characters.

Are you going to review Sound of Freedom Joe?

I felt the same time in dark knight. When two face shows up I thought it was sequel baiting but the movie just kept going. I guess Christopher Nolan just likes doing that.

NOT one CGI shot in this movie is mind blowing. Also, if somebody out there hasnt seen Memento by Christopher Nolan, stop what youre doing and go.

My grandmother who passed away last year at 97 told us quite a few years ago that she worked on the Manhattan project. She had no clue what they were actually doing just told it would potentially end WWII.

Alex's confusion about himself giving it a 10 says something for sure

Give Josh Peck the Oscar

I saw this in the theaters with my dad and it did NOT disappoint! It was so good!

9:00 turns out it made nothing short of a billion, an absolute triumph

is sound of freedom not an important film ?

Everyone did such an excellent job in this movie. Emily Blunt was very powerful in her scenes. I didn’t feel the 3 hours, either.

Joe had a 6 minute monologue I think thats a new record

oh yeah two goofs were: - oppenheimer (cillian's) ear lobes pierced - flag had 50 stars in post-bombing speech scene (in reality at the time it had 48)

Joe apparently didn't recognize RDJ in the trailers, but I wonder if he recognized ALL the other actors in the film that weren't showcased in the trailers. Sebastian Stan, Josh Peck, Rami Malek, the guy who played Harry Osborne in Amazing Spider-man 2, the guy who played Polka Dot Man in THE Suicide Squad, (I forget their names), and there were other actors I also recognized but couldn't place a name to, like I think Colonel Pash had a familiar face. Wanted to say Mark Strong but didn't seem right.

I got out of my local movie theater a few hours ago to see it, great movie, frop start to finish, didn't get bored for a second...

The movie was so amazing! Perhaps the best movie from Nolan I've seen. Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr were both fantastic. It is so great to have fascinating movies that makes you just think about it a lot afterwards.

Speaking of sound mixing, I always have to turn up my volume when I watch your videos. If you could work those compressors and limiters a bit, it would be a bit nicer experience 🙈 Maybe it's just my TV, I wonder what other people think

I cant wait to see this film. Christopher Nolan is a fantastic film maker and also with the way things are heading this is probably one of the most important stories to tell.

It's very good but it's a taxing watch, well worth it though, you can't switch off for a second, as it switches constantly between timelines and is dense full of dialog, it is definitely not a casual film, its less a film about war & bombs, but more about Oppenheimers life Also as much as I love IMAX, I'm not sure it was actually necessary for this film, I remember watching Dunkirk in IMAX and came out absolutely blown away by the visuals and audio, less so with Oppenheimer as there isn't much action, that's not to say its not a good film, I just think if I'd watched it on the normal screen it would achieve the same result 8/10, if you have an interest in the subject then it's 100% worth the 3 hours of your time, if you're not really that bothered and just want to be entertained, you will be disappointed

Just watched it. It’s a great movie. I’m at a 8 out of 10. Well written. Take notes Disney I recommend this movie

Where is FINAL FANTASY XVI review Joe?

Goddamn incredible. I didn't feel the time at all! I'm a geek for history and all that space shit. The sound design, visuals & Cillian Murphy's performance 🔥

This movie reminded me a lot of the Imitation Game, both about great individuals who served their countries in desperate times of need and get fucked over by the same governments afterwards.

Gonna be honest. I don’t have much interest in going to a theater anymore unless it’s a Christopher Nolan movie. Everything this guy puts out is just jaw dropping.

I like that Nolan llets noisy moments drown out dialogue and creates huge soundscapes. I totally understand why most people hate it, but I find it really immersive and effective, and im fine with watching again with subs in future.

I've been trying to see it because theaters have been packed since release here and there's like probably +50 of them, so I'd say abroad box office is definitely good for this one as well as barbie from what I'm seeing