That isolated scream in the crowd when Oppenheimer is trying to make a speech after the bomb is dropped was one of the most scarily genius things I’ve seen in a movie
Movie was ass, just watched it today. Not at all what was expected, nowhere near enough science/atomic quantum mechanics concepts. It's just a collage of Oppenheimer trying to get security access again and prove himself to Uncle Sam. There's only ONE scene of the explosion, which is the initial test, not the actual bombings, and even then you can tell that - by his means of using practical effects instead of CGI - it was a very small explosion just zoomed in and focusing on different angles of a fire/smoke cloud. But it by no means has the same effect that, say a black hole or the waves in interstellar have on you the audience. It's a very forgettable scene. And then it all just turns into a trial/hearing against Oppenheimer due to communism suspicions (which he's not) The most action/impactful scenes in this movie is Florence Pugh's titties. 2x he had to put them in the movie... It was needless, but they were nice I guess. That's the most "action" this movie has
@@arizonacolour8793 so you went to a movie called 'oppenheimer', that the whole world has been saying was about the life of oppenheimer, and you're disappointed that you didn't get a physics lesson or a manhattan project documentary. smfh.
The way Nolan portrayed him imagining the science was my favorite part of the film, it was violent, haunting, and explosive, and when it all culminated into Oppenheimer staring into the mushroom cloud and remembering the infoamous quote in his head as he watches the fire rage is truly one of the most moving experiences I’ve had in a theater. The use of silence in that scene was truly genius. Nolan fucking killed this one.
Agreed!! Although it is worth noting (because nobody else does, of that quote) that the context in fact has to do with the contemplation of the cost of war. Not just something cool to say after a bomb went off, as everyone gets from the face-value of the usual translation. The Bhagavad Gita is about the cost of war, and the moral weight of our actions. Oppenheimer’s familiarity with it wasn’t just cuz of the ancient energy 🚀 weapons, but also the philosophical aspects of the work. Brilliant man, no doubt. 🤯
When Krishna reveals his true Lovecraftian form, and Arjuna nearly goes mad from seeing everything in the universe revealed within his cosmic charioteer. Intense stuff. Definitely worth the read, if y’all ever want to know more than that one quote. “What value has the throne if we must wade through the blood of so many good men, friends, teachers, cousins, and uncles to gain it?” THAT is the core question of the Gita, in its opening. And Oppenheimer knew it very very well: not just as an ancient war-epic, but also as a meditation upon the terrible cost of the harm we may cause because of warfare.
"Oppenheimer" is a hard to follow morass of flashbacks, misinterpetations and distortion. Oppy (a miserable human) was unjustly diefied. Almost as bad as "Dunkirk". They did get "Trinity" sorta right, that's why I gave it ONE star. His security clearence was rightfully revoked. He lied to security, cheated on his wife, and was an incipient alcoholic; not someone you wish to be in charge of your atomic weapons. Aside from that his personality was acerbic at best. There were a dearth of qualified physicists to pick from to lead Los Alamos and Groves picks "Oppy". In fairness, Oppy did the job well.
The scene were he suddenly sees the audience in the gym crying, screaming, stepping into the burnt corpses of victims, sent chills down my spine. Not to mention the detonation of the bomb scene was absolutely beautiful!
@marcellocolona4980 it was mostly about Oppenheimer defending his reputation and claiming he wasn't a commie when the facts are he was. And there was some vile sex scenes. I expected a movie about them building the bomb and it was a big disappointment
Ditto. You knew exactly what he was thinking, and said, “we gave the next generation of scientists the ability to destroy themselves”. My husband is not into this history at all,and even he was blown away by this movie. ❤
When he was walking out of the gym after his speech, and he looked over at two of the people in the project crying in sadness and pain then at Teller throwing up really got me. Yes many of them were excited the war was over, but they also knew what their work did to the people it was used on. It was a brief moment that didn’t even have any dialogue, but it showed how big of a burden they really carried, and that they really questioned if the bomb working was actually a victory
And the most important thing is, he never goes over the budget and delivers on time. That’s pretty important in the filmmaking industry, and that’s why Universal is over the moon right now after the bidding war for the next Nolan movie.
I rewatched Oppenheimer yesterday and was just floored by it. It got even better. This is a staggering movie, a remarkable cinematic achievement. Thank you, Nolan, for this awesome experience. This is cinema at its absolute best.
@@igg3937 the movie is just objectively good. I could go one for HOURS about how great it is and why i loved it even only watching it once. but the basic reason is that it is SOOOO intriguing as long as u go into it with an open mind. I had no idea what to expect going into the theater. All ik was that it was by Nolan and starring Murphy so it was bound to have great acting and plot and my expectations were blown out of the water. Basically, Expecting the movie to JUST be about the bomb is wrong, u wont enjoy it if thats all you want it to be.
I took my dad to see Oppenheimer twice in IMAX, even after the second viewing it hits you hard, and I still want to watch it over and over. It is a phenomenal movie and I hope it wins all the awards it deserves.
me 2 i saw it in imax the first time and then imax 70mm the second time, second time really hit me hard and i really started to understand this movie after the second time watching, definitely worth watching on 70mm imax if u can, it was breathtaking
@@kaisificationMy dad loved it and brought up how much this affected the world and led to the Cuban Missile Crissis. He was born in 55 so he brought up a lot of how the nuns where he went to school would take them to the basement to cover their heads with their hands in case we were attacked. Stirred a lot of memories for him.
This movie was absolutely insane. In the end, I felt so tired because it drained me emotionally in a way I have never experienced before. I could feel the fear, the confusion, the anguish... And I cannot help but praise the absolutely incredible performances and ridiculously good music. This is top cinema like we've not had in so many years that it seems unreal. I hope this serves as a reminder to Hollywood of what an actual movie is and they steer their sinking ship in the right direction.
R u serious, I want my life back. The movie was total garbage. Showed nothing in the making of the bomb or how 2 people died from radiation making it. No respect for the ones who actually made it happen. The most boring bs movie of the year by far. I want my money back...28 days later takes a shit on this movie
What I loved most about Oppenheimer was the way it explored the complex moral and ethical issues surrounding the creation of the atomic bomb. The film doesn't shy away from the devastating consequences of the bomb, but it also doesn't demonize Oppenheimer and the other scientists who worked on the project. Instead, it presents a nuanced and thought-provoking look at one of the most important events of the 20th century.
I also appreciated how it didn't really tell you what to think. It allowed the positives and negatives of the project to have equal screen time. The "negative message" is more based in the consequences of creating it. Side note: The tension ramp up to the detonation was perfect. It rubs shoulders with(if not beats) Apollo 13. I can think of no higher compliment.
@@Account-kx5vrOppenheimer was never an inherently moral person. But he was human, and the film wanted to portray that instead of leaning to any side praising or demonizing him.
It's not that complicated or deep, oppy and friends made bomb to ultimately create world peace to end the war that the Germans started, oppy and friends ultimately knew that the bomb would kill us or give us peace based on the scene when all the scientist were arguing, near the end of the film oppy was questioned for his views on communism, which were very understandable, he was not a radical communist, he simply leaned towards the ideas of SOCIALISM and helping the people, which he did by sending money THROUGH the communist forces of Spain. The movie also dwells on the court process too long, it does not need to be so drawn out to point to the fact that the case was biased clearly against oppy.
the whole build up to the explosion had my heart racing. Action isn't always needed if you can capture an audience in different ways and thats what nolan did
still not an excuse for the explosion to be so underwhelming... literally every marvel effect was closer to reality than recreating nuke with a gasoline, forced perspective and bad compositing
The scene where he addresses the crowd in the gym is perfectly terrifying. Movie had me on the edge of my seat for almost the whole time. Such a great movie
It was good initially, but in line with the rest of the movie it becomes way to hamfisted in its presentation, I don’t understand all the praise it’s getting. The way it’s chooses to portray kittys alcoholism is so over the top that I had trouble not laughing while watching it. The scenes were Jean tatlock and Oppenheimer discusses politics is borderline unbearable and sounds like the work of someone who read the first paragraph on a wikipedia page in order to write dialog about it. Making Strauss the villain in order to portray some sort of win for Oppenheimer reduces the impact of the movie since it to some extent clears the the us government of wrongdoing “Look, our democratic institutions got rid of the bad guy” when in reality, the us government did all it could to get rid of “communists” that opposed a nuclear arms race.
What amazes me most about this movie is the facial expressions or gestures of Oppenheimer which were the reflections of what he felt and not what he wanted people to see. He became transparent and human, not just a thinking vessel. This is why it felt emotionally for me when the movie was concluded because the POV made it so. It was as though it was on my shoulders, instead, and I was the one thrown away after being used while still feeling the guilt as the country celebrated the victory.
I think cinema is turning around. I'm looking forward to Napoleon, Dune Part 2, The Holdovers and The Great Escaper this year. Oppenheimer was a great film and I think it shows movies can succeed when they respect an audience's intelligence. More of this, please Hollywood.
That final scene.... Talking to Einstein (on of the greatest minds to ever live) on a level The ripples in the pond Murphys blank, yet insanely deep stare The visuals and music The collision of the 'Fission' and ' Fusion' storylines to get the to the metaphor of the 'greater explosion' of setting political fire to the entire world Absolute chefs kiss
@@ericday4505 he talked about the time he and einstein were talking about a nuclear chain reaction and how it could destroy the world. As Einstein was walking back he said yes he remembered, and Oppenheimer says "I think we did start it" followed by one of the most harrowing sequences in film history
Saw this last night, best film Ive seen in years. Years. I haven’t bothered going to the theatre for a long time but I knew this was going to be worth it and I wasn’t disappointed
This is Christopher Nolan's best work hands down. It's very rare you get a cinema where everyone at the end is in complete silence, contemplating every minute of what they've just seen. The film is soo engrossing to the extent that the 3hr runtime doesn't seem that long enough. It's also incredibly poignant - the consequences of Oppenheimer's creation is far-reaching, and could have catastrophic repercussions for all of us today. I'm still gathering my thoughts about it.
I sat there in silence because I thought the film's ending line was so unbelievably hamfisted and cringe that I could not fathom the deliberate decision from Nolan to actually include it. It took a subtle implication of a thematic undertone throughout the whole movie and made it so unappetizingly explicit a la "what are we, a suicide squad" without any subtlety.
@@TerrenceSullivan1335 "I think we did" = "I think we've started a chain reaction (nuclear arms race) that will inevitably bring about the end of the world sometime in the future" (as referenced to earlier in the film by Niels Bohr: "...you are the man that gave them the power to destroy themselves"). That is further illustrated by a montage of the probable future nuclear holocaust. Not hamfisted at all, the point was poignant and relevant to one of the biggest threats humanity faces, alongside human-induced climate catastrophe. It's especially poignant considering the fact both nuclear superpowers are committed in proxy warfare in Syria (but more so Ukraine) where the potential of those relatively localised conflicts spiralling out of control being at the highest point since Stanislav Petrov was ordered to commence bombing the United States in 1983.
@@TerrenceSullivan1335 are you fucking serious my guy. Can you not appreciate the impact such a scene has on you. Instead you make up some bullshit way the scene was cringe or pretentious seeing things in places where it isnt there
The last hour was outstanding. I liked the aspect of the impact on him from the creation of the bomb. The fight between seeing your self as a good man or a bad man who did something that he thought was needed at the time.
I disagree. I believe the movie could have ended shortly after they dropped the bomb. Instead, we got almost another hour of his Communist hearings and how he lost his clearance and then regained it years later with an apology from the government. It was droll and all of it could have been summed up in a paragraph at the end of the film for the audience to read. Also, I think the way they portrayed the relationship with his wife was just kind of strange. First he is close with Jean Tatlock then all of a sudden he meets Kitty and they get married? I thought that was a strange portrayal and there didn’t seem to be much chemistry between Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy. It’s like she was just there sometimes and then she wasn’t. Besides that, a very good film. 3 1/2 starz.
@@jjones9822 i agree with you. also the hydrogen bomb plot suddenly disappeared. and yes, kitty was introduced so weird, no explanation, no background. the last hour made the movie a disappointment for me.
@@betivanul01The Hydrogen bomb was not a part of why he was called the "The Father of the Atomic Bomb", he even disagreed with the offer. It would not make sense to include that.
I currently work at the Michigan Science Center and we're running this movie in our IMAX Dome Theater. Let me just say that I've seen it four times and it just gets better with every watch. Possibly the greatest movie experience I've ever had.
It was a nice touch how most of the 3 hour film constantly had the score going on during each scene, but when the explosion goes off it was just total silence. It was a cool to experience that in a packed theatre.
I have never really cared for biographies or history related media and other than the interesting moral dilemnas it poses did not care about oppenheimer but after watching it none of that really changed however i still believe it to be one of the best films i have probably ever seen and my second favourite film of the year after spiderverse, this film was not made for me but i am so glad it was made.
The perfect version would be a 70mm IMAX film format with a new sound system and a small crowd. Just finished watching it today on IMAX 70 mm. The theater was packed with people. A true film experience. I would watch it again on IMAX 70 mm and other formats. PS: I just saw it again on digital IMAX with 1.9:1 ratio. The 70mm film has a life performant vibe. The digital version allow me to see the whole screen without front seat's people's heads. (70mm film was so packed, all rows were fully packed, like 99% taken. Digital was like 50% taken. Plus, 70mm has 1.43:1 ration, which is way taller.)
@@AdamWanly I will watch it on digital laser IMAX again. I guess I will find out. The price for IMAX 70mm and normal digital IMAX is identical, however.
I just saw it again on digital IMAX with 1.9:1 ratio. The 70mm film has a life performant vibe. The digital allow me to see the whole screen without front seat's people's heads. (70mm film was so packed, all rows were fully packed. Plus 70mm has 1.43:1 ration, which is way taller.)
@@5roundsrapid263 I find the film version has a real life performing vibe. But the newer sound system with deeper bass of the digital version, plus fewer viewers, makes the digital IMAX version more enjoyable. The perfect version would be a 70mm IMAX film format with a new sound system and a small crowd.
When he was announcing the success to a silent cheering crowd with a lady's face on fire, skin flapping in the wind, and stepping into a totally carbonized corpse, as if accidentally, I was petrified with horror, dread, sorrow, and even a splash of hope all at once. Then the sound. Never felt so many emotions at once. 10/10
@@thegamingliambutbetter8272You probably didn't even watch the movie but they literally did a test beforehand so they knew what I could do, plus the chances of it killing everyone is near 0
This all star cast was used too well. Murphy doesn’t even need to be talked about. He needs a Oscar for this performance. Rdj might have given his best performance, damon was lovely as always and Emilia blunt was absolutely fantastic
I still can't believe I was the only one clapping at the end credits. Pretty sure that everyone was still processing what they just experienced, but still. Hats off to Nolan. One of the best films I've ever seen. 100% recommend seeing in IMAX, and in fact I may actually do that just to see it again.
There are 30minute YT videos on the subject that are more accurate and more informitive than this film. It shows very little of the bomb development, basically none of the horrific testing on humans that went on or the ultimate destruction in the atomic bombs use. What it did show was unnecessary sex scenes and bored me with the not a trial trial that went on for ages.
My favorite part had to be the end of the film where Oppenheimer has the realisation that they have started a chain reaction through the creation of the bomb in terms of the arms race and the further development of more and more advanced weapons, and how this leads to the visual of the atmosphere being ignited by not just one bomb but by multiple individual and separate explosives
I have a bad attention span ill give myself that, but yeah oppenheimer is definitely not a film for the average person. At it's heart it's a movie with so many layers it's insane. Even though it's so much dialogue and so much sound, you get every piece. Every little detail, it's all perfect.
I'm not a science person and I didn't even know about Oppenheimer until this movie came out. The dialogues sometimes flew over my head. But fortunately for me, I didn't find it boring. I had a thought that after the project ended, what else would this movie tell us about, and the second half of the movie was a pleasant surprise for me. I think I expected it to be heavier, and it turns out it wasn't as heavy as I thought. I even think Dune was heavier than this. I enjoyed Oppenheimer. The concept of a movie about atomic bomb creation and political drama sounds so boring, but it was more engaging to me than the recent Mission Impossible. All the characters were flawed, but they had their moments.
I actually watched Mission Impossible before going to see Oppenheimer and it was the best decission I took, it was entertaining nevertheless, action scenes were great, but narrative could've been much better. I was aware who Oppenheimer was (as well as Einstein, Niels Bohr and Enrico Fermi) is just impossible to ignore when it comes about the atomic bomb, I informed myself before going, so movie the movie met my expectations, when it comes about the atom bomb and the explosion, that couldn't be boring, of course, the explosion shown in the movie could never match the real one, if you have seen the footage, also look at the real one in the photos, the design in the movie nailed it, I also like that they showed the real locations where Oppenheimer stepped in, I liked the 1st act showing Oppenheimer in his student years and travelling through Europe (amazing to hear Cillian speaking in german) they made this movie with respect. Plus I loved the scene in the Oval Office with Harry S. Truman played by Gary Oldman.
@@jesustovar2549 No, I haven't seen the real footage, but I checked some fission explanation that explained the thing easier. I checked some info about Teller and hydrogen bomb. After the movie, I checked some interesting history facts, like, it makes me want to learn again things I forget or don't know. I was just never really interested in war movies. I just assume it'd be too dark and not entertaining for me. Mission Impossible was enjoyable, that's kinda the usual movie I watched. But NGL, I didn't like the new character. So I was just surprised that Oppenheimer wasn't boring, and full with interesting characters. I really thought I'd fall asleep for the first time in the theater, but fortunately no. Oh, I also loved the scene with Truman. It's chilling. I also loved the scene where Kitty became badass. When Oppie became old, I almost cried. Many memorable moments~
I always find it interesting that people look up stuff about physics before watching a biography. There's no knowledge needed of how an atomic bomb works to understand most parts of the film. The fact that the scientists are actually talking about the actual thing and not something instead is probably something most people couldn't and probably don't need to understand
That lead up to the first bomb test was a master class of tension building . I though the direction couldn’t get any better and than the final 30 mins played and it was even better than the first test. I never once was board with the film. I was enthralled for 3 straight hours
I just came back from seeing it. And just… wow… It is, one of the best films of recent cinema. The visual effect and cinematography of this film are absolutely spectacular.
I watched the film last weekend and am going to see it again this Sunday. It's absolutely phenomenal and easily has found its place as being one of my favourite films of all time. One scene I loved was the one where they celebrate their final test immediately after. They're all so excited, knowing that their hard work paid off, and in most other circumstance, you'd be overjoyed with them. But for this, I was sitting in the theatre, dreading what was to come next. I really loved how Nolan created this paradox of emotions.
I watched this movie around a week ago and it was just my birthday. I loved it so much that I used some of my gift money to see it again. It’s an absolutely gorgeous watch
I absolutely love how artistic Nolan went with this film. Don't get me wrong, this movie is very realistic, but when it comes to portraying the thoughts and perspectives of characters, you can start to feel how creative and stylistic this movie is. I appreciate this a lot since Nolan, even though he's one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, has a tendency make the presentation of his films well executed but lack personality. Oppenheimer is different in this case. For this very reason, I consider it a Top 3 Nolan movie.
I saw this movie multiple times in theaters because I knew, it would be a LONG time before I ever watch a movie like this again. The sounds, the visuals, the experience in a theater setting...simply unparalleled from watching it at home.
It was too short and too long at the same time. I have my problems with this movie, but I'am so glad, that they still make movies like that. It's astonishing, how many younger ppl are watching it.
It's almost like young people can appreciate a good movie just like anyone else, but studios assume they don't and keep feeding them fancy garbage that's just entertaining enough to want to watch on the big screen. Crazy how it's not actually the audience's fault when studios churn out entertaining garbage -_-
These "younger ppl" may be studying quantum mechanics in college as a late teenager. They share our burden of a scorched Earth cultivated by our ancestors, habituated by the status quo.
Couldn’t have said it better. I am sure if this was told longer they could have had better chances on telling it in the sense of how really interesting Robert’s life is during the time. I just felt it was dragging at times and and even jumping to fast paced. Definitely could have been a Chernobyl type series. Good movie but not his best one.
Exactly. It's frustrating that many studios assume that younger people can't enjoy a well-written film without flashy CGI and endless gags being thrown at them every minute. I watched it last night and I've seen many young people in the cinema, both men and women. I'm not sure but I think I counted more women than men (this is for those people who think that women only watch Barbie).
The film does cave into the short attention span mindset: it’s editing and sound design are like an action movie. The music never stops and jump cuts are endless, which made it feel like a three hour trailer.
But you don't always need to follow every cut that closely because there's no action, so your mind is not completely fixed on that. I didn't even realize fast cuts, because it doesn't feel like it has them, unlike action movies that have many cuts
I guess this movie shows even if it's short attention, did you pay attention enough to put all the context together. Editing with that Sound effect it was masterpiece experience i felt.
Linkin Park's album "A Thousand Suns" is one of my absolute favourite albums ever. Thats where i first heard the infamous quote "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds". Watching Oppenheimer has reignighted my love for that album and allowed me to think deeply once again about the subject matter. Armageddon is a grim concept but a very real possibility always lurking in the darkness....
Glad somebody said it. Linkin park was trying to address the very same emotion through their songs. I had heard the album, new it was a out bombs but was those MP3 days made it difficult to understand lyrics
If you ask me, I felt the editing was at times rushed just to keep it around 3 hrs. If it hadnt it could have gone longer and still would have made sense.
Along with a top-notch cinematography, soundtrack, and acting, this film has some amazingly written dialogue. No quips, exposition dump, or forced villainy/hero speeches. Just people talking to each other, with a lot of subtext that thankfully is not awkwardly spelled out.
Oppenheimer is a hero of mine. I feel this Nolan cat avenged Oppie's legacy. For that, I am grateful. Bravo Mr. Nolan and crew. I'm Proud of you. Oppie would be proud of you.
You are spot on man! Im glad someone is calling out all the BS movies we are getting over and over. Oppenheimer is indeed a masterpiece and a refreshing one at that!!
Oppenheimer is being so overrated precisely because we've had so much shit in the cinema in recent years. It's set the bar very low and I can appreciate why people are hungry for something different but they need to stop calling everything that isn't a Marvel film a 'masterpiece'.
Insomnia used to be the film I viewed as Nolan's most underrated film, but now I guess that goes to Tenet. I was extremely frustrated and left feeling cold when I watched Tenet in cinemas, but upon further reflection and repeat viewings it is an unfathomable masterpiece. Oppenheimer is a different kind of Masterpiece it ticks the boxes of what you want in a movie like that and more, but Tenet doesn't tick the boxes the general public wanted or thought they needed. I liken it to movies like Blade Runner 1982, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Those movies were scolded on release, and it took a while for people to start appreciating those movies on a gigantic scale. It's a shame people dismiss Tenet so quickly though. I'd expect in 2023 that more people would be a bit more open to a film like that.
Great review! Oppenheimer’s memories, daydreams and panic attacks felt just like mine. Nolan and his cast and crew just showed the moral dilemma perfectly.
As a long time Nuclear worker, I am so glad this man's story is shared. I have read so much about his work and his life, all of us are truly standing in his shadow. A couple side notes: He never really poisoned the apple, I suppose this was added for dramatic effect, and the DOE posthumously reinstated his Q clearance last year, realizing what they had done wrong.
I concur with EVERY word of your review. I watched Oppenheimer yesterday, and will go again today …..Best film I’ve seen in many years - by a margin!! Before going, I will admit to reservations about the 3-hour duration ….. but in reality, the time actually flew by - and I was still ready for more. (So was the rest of the cinema - I saw NO-ONE leave before the end!) This is what movies should be !! Bravo Nolan (and Murphy & Blunt & Damon & even the despicably powerful Downey!) Trying hard to remember ANY movie scene as powerful as the actual Trinity Test sequence - I won’t spoil it for others - but just WOWWW !!!! I will recommend this film to everyone I know.
I re-watch films going back to the 70's and 80's and very rarely watch anything that was released in the last 20 years or so. But now and again, films like this break the trend. Exceptional film making. Just wish others would appreicate it.
I´m from Rio de Janeiro Brazil and finally got my tickets to the only IMAX in town this saturday. I will be watching it for the 2nd time around. I don´t particularly like to watch films over and over again but Nolan is an exception. And Kubrick
I absolutely loved it. I’ve seen it four times now and I have found things to love on every viewing. Downey’s performance is so damn great. It’s all about appearances and perception with him. Watch the moment where he first meets Oppy. He runs out the door, tugging on his jacket, trying to look good. The moment Oppy turns away from the cab to look at Strauss, Strauss immediately slows down and tries to look cool. He wants so badly to be accepted and seen as competent and good, so much that he hands the theoretical knife to others so that he can look good. Image is everything to him, he takes everything on the surface, and can’t be bothered to look deeper because he didn’t believe that others do the same. He genuinely thinks Einstein hates him off ONE LOOK. The way he tries to smile as his confirmation hearing goes off the rails as Rami Malek exposes him, how he shifts in his seat, it’s a masterful performance. There’s so much setup and payoff. Oppy mentions early in the film that he can tell when a storm is going to break, and he accurately calls it for the Trinity Test. His meeting with his scientist friend on the train, where he is offered an Orange, is paid off when it happens again during a break from the security clearance process. The pacing is so great. A three hour movie FLIES by, so that by the time the Einstein scene starts in color, I’m shocked that it’s the end already. The DIALOGUE! The first time Groves and Oppy meet, the dialogue is just crackling with intelligence and chemistry. I really was looking forward to this movie, and I’m amazed by how much it surpassed my expectations.
I left the cinema and i was silent and felt like i could'nt move for at least 3 hours, i felt the weight, the complete dispear and the absolute realization that the end of humanity, will be humanity it self..
As you said, this movie, I feel, deserves a re-watch and that's something I don't say often, but I feel like there's so much context you gain seeing the movie a second time as for the majority of the movie you don't really know what some parts are until the very end
The thing about oppenheimer is is that it's not for everyone meaning some people can't understand it. You really need to think to see oppenheimers future and mind thoughts.
Oppenhiemer amd interstellar are just so well made, the underlying meanings and great story is just amazing, so glad i watched oppenhiemer as soon as it came out!
[history teacher remarks] All very well said, plus the historical accuracy of the film is surprisingly high for a Hollywood production (unknowable details of private conversations notwithstanding). I've always said that real history is plenty exciting enough and there's no reason for movies to muck with it the way they usually do, but Nolan does his best to hew to the facts as we can know them, giving us a movie with I'd say a 90% + historical accuracy.
Maybe it helped that I was very familiar with the scientific and historical context for the film, but this is actually the first of Nolan’s films where understanding the dialogue was not an issue for me. But I could see how it might still not have been great for anyone lacking the background knowledge to interpret some of the harder to hear dialogue.
Personally I like to see this movie not as being about the story of oppenheimer, rather his mind, his thoughts throughout his life. This movie isn't perfectly accurate in its story, but what it does paint painstakingly accurately is how this unraveling of events in his life have burnt a dark spot into his soul which eats at him as he foresees the world burn
The scene of the bomb being tested was one of the most breathtaking scenes i have ever seen in my entire life, after the scene i automatically started crying
@@kieranjames514 The explosion of the bomb is not the only thing that makes this scene really good, just by looking at the faces of Oppenheimer and everyone that witnessed the test of the bomb you can almost perfectly tell what they're thinking, the silence of the scene at first and the huge sound that comes after was an excellent detail and really well directed, this scene was spectacular.
About 4 months later, I still haven't seen a person saying this movie was boring. The dialogue is just perfectly enough to keep you engaged, the sentimental and mental investment is way harder than action investment.
This was an amazing ride, I just came back from IMAX and I agree, this is a movie that you WANT to rewatch just after you have seen it! Really fantastic experience. I also agree that it was a good decision to skip showing the effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. These simply were not the subject of the movie - information about the number of victims was much more important. I heard some opinions about the sex scenes being needless - I won't agree, especially for the second scene in the interrogation room. Actually, this was one of the scenes that impressed me most. The idea to show how exposed and helpless Oppenheimer felt when he had to say about his romance with Jean Tatlock, to show how humiliated and powerless his wife felt - just amazing! And I think this scene has shown why Kitty got mad and decided to fight back. I'm sure I will see this movie many more times, just like I did with Inception. Thanks for this review! Have a nice day 😊
The most impressive thing about this movies was, that, even though it was 3 hours long, it was at no point boring. Something captivating was happening at every second of the movie. Every scene was important and had a reason to be there and you couldn't miss it.
This was a fantastically made movie. Obviously not everyone will agree on every movie, so not everyone will like this one or be able to follow it. I think a lot of people don't appreciate slower and dialogue heavy movies.
I’ve seen it twice and each time, I saw more and more detail. This is Nolan’s masterpiece and hopefully other directors will be encouraged to use film. The sound editing, production design, screenplay and cinematography will definitely get nominations, and well deserved, alongside the obvious best lead and best director. The final scene, with the imax lens closing in on JRO while he imagines a world that horrifies him, truly exquisite film making.
Watched it yesterday and it was one of the best cinema experiences I‘ve had! It had me crying and sweating right from the beginning. To me it felt like just 30min. I didn‘t sleep last night cause I was spending the whole night researching on this topic. Which already says a lot about the movie. I didn‘t realy know anything about Oppenheimer, nor physics (expecially not quantum physics😅) but I had a course on responsability ( primarily Hans Jonas: principle of responsibility) in Univercity last semester, where we were also talking about the responsibility of science and scientist regarding the usage of their findings and Inventions, and of course the atomic bomb as an perfect example of it. So this movie kinda felt like a visualisiation of my thoughts and the questions in my head but also giving an absolut new perspective to it. Regarding the sound, visuals, acting, dialog etc. I feel like I would just repeat what you‘ve already said, so I‘m just going to say that I absolutly loved it. The only negativ thing I might point out is the character of Jean, which in my eyes was lagging a bit of depth. I know you can‘t show everything in a movie, but I felt like one more glimpse in her complex character and the struggle she was facing (for example her own sexuality) would not only explain her behavior a bit better and make you sympathise with her a lot more, but make her death even more impectfull. But I don‘t really wan‘t to complain that much about it. All in all I would definitly recomend seeing this one in cinema!
Seen it in the cinemas 4 times now. Every time the single isolated scream in the speech scene comes up, I get shivers and tear up. Such a powerful film.
I'd been looking forward to seeing this for months and it was absolutely masterful. I love these kind of movies with great history and dialogue. Also, the film was astoundingly crisp in both color as well as black and white. I'll take films like this every and any day. Thanks for the wonderful review!
Interesting that the bulk of your over-the-top opinion of this film is based on the hollowness of the alternatives in the current day without considering for even one second the movies, books, and television programs that have delved into the same issues with incredible depth countless times since 1945. How did you feel about Dunkirk, BTW?
I liked it, but I felt that it was edited in a weird way in some spots. Establishing shots that were about 1 second and some scenes that felt they should have been a little longer. But I guess one could make that criticism of any movie, because most movies are edited way to down to the film we eventually see. Oppenheimer felt like a 6 hour movie that struggled to be 3. Although I will say that the quick, overstuffed feeling it had through 75% of its running time made me appreciate the quiet scenes that were allowed to breathe. Normally I would say a 3 hour movie should have been 2, but in this case I feel it needed at least another hour.
I watched this movie last night. I'm a history fan boy, so I was very familiar with the Manhattan Project. The film is tetitious at times with too many flashbacks and it's long. The movie shows how grossly unfair our country treated Robert Oppenheimer. He was tormented because he realized he let the Nuclear genie out of the bottle and changed the world forever. Great story, director and actors.
