Maybe they should’ve just had RDJ say “I am Iron Man” in the hearings and then Oppenheimer put on the Sandman mask from Batman Begins and gas the hearing room with fear inducing gas derived form a plant given to him by Ras Al Ghul.
lol. Borden could go back to being the paranoid schizophrenic as well.... I guess if there's one fault with Nolan movies... he uses the hell out of some of the same actors again/again.... but that's really no different from any other elite filmmaker.
I don’t feel this needed IMAX. It was long but the pacing was good. I would not watch it or Barbie again.
I think it was more the pacing of the movie and dialogue, the characters were just rapidly reading lines that explained their emotions. Coupled with some hallucinations and pensive looks from Murphy. Seemed like every scene was a minute or less.
Okay, haven't seen the movie, but I am sympathetic to Commodore's complaints. I've some history nerd friends also complaining about so much focus on the post-Manhattan stuff, the DC stuff. Like, while is a cabinet confirmation or some other doofus held up as a focal point of his life? I mean, you're correct, that each scene is fairly accurately part of this dude's history (within bounds of artistic interpretation), but one could argue his quantum insights, or his ability to organize such big egos, were much much more important and significant parts of Oppenheimer's life. Also, when @Commodore complains about the over-simplification of dropping the bomb on Japan, I'm super sympathetic to that point and it irks me when various commentators beat us up for dropping it or say it was purely "to show the Russians". So, so many American and Japanese lives were saved by not having a full-scale invasion to end the war. I still believe that after reading tons of accounts of the decision-making process (and having two uncles in theater who lived to tell about it.) I mean, one can argue about our fire-bombing Tokyo, for sure; we were on pace to kill so many more people on that ongoing 1945 bombing trajectory that the two atomic bombs killed. Don't get me wrong -- looking forward to the movie, but any biography makes big choices and I don't blame people for quibbling (or complaining about Nolan's soundtracks).
Sounds to me like you're gonna love this movie. If you think the focus is on DC/cabinet stuff I will remind you, they dropped an actual REAL bomb making this movie. GOOD LUCK
I'm definitely looking forward to it, just for the parade of Fermi, Hans Bethe, etc, etc. And there's only one actor who has played both Truman and Churchill. Hahaha. Want to see this so badly.
A story about General Groves managing the logistics of building the bomb might have been more interesting, rather than so much focus on Oppenheimer's inner demons (which gets very tedious). There was so much that went into it beyond what was occurring at Los Alamos.
Stone cold classic... A modern David Lean picture. So many similarities in structure and depth to Lawrence of Arabia. RDJ = Claude Rains... Stunned. I saw the 1 AM opening show on 70MM, and If I could have had them run it back again at 4:30 AM, I would have. Dying to get tickets in 70MM again with a slightly more optimal seat. If you love Dunkirk as I do, or Lawrence of Arabia as I do, god damn are you in for a treat.
Just to contrast from the take above for anyone on the fence. I thought the conversations and dialogue were sublime. I thought the acting was impeccable. If you love the conversations of a film like Lawrence of Arabia, or David Lean in general, this is for you. Some of the same themes that we see from O'Toole are on display here. The music and sound design throughout was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh.
