Oppenheimer
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
- Released: 2023-07-19
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History, War
- Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh, Alden Ehrenreich, Dane DeHaan, Matthew Modine, Jack Quaid, Dylan Arnold, Michael Angarano, Olli Haaskivi, David Krumholtz, David Dastmalchian, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Matt Damon, Dane DeHaan, Kenneth Branagh, Josh Hartnett, Benny Safdie, Gary Oldman, Robert Downey Jr., Matthew Modine, Rami Malek, Alden Ehrenreich, Alex Wolff, Casey Affleck, Jack Quaid, Emma Dumont, Dylan Arnold, Matthias Schweighöfer, David Dastmalchian, Olli Haaskivi, David Krumholtz, Christopher Denham, Michael Angarano, Scott Grimes, James D'Arcy, Louise Lombard, Jason Clarke, Danny Deferrari, Guy Burnet, Josh Peck, Gregory Jbara, Tony Goldwyn, Gustaf Skarsgård, Tom Jenkins, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Devon Bostick, Harrison Gilbertson, David Rysdahl, Josh Zuckerman, Olivia Thirlby, Jeff Hephner, Bryce Johnson, Meg Schimelpfenig, Petrie Willink
- Director: Christopher Nolan
Comments
- yourlittletsun - 14 June 2024
Overhyped.
Just because this is another Christopher Nolan movie, it doesn't always come out great.
Oppenheimer was definitely overhyped. Just because the trailer looked promising, I decided to spend three hours inside the theater only to leave unhappy.
The cinematography and acting were definitely on point. However, the soundtrack could get a little overwhelming at times.
The flow of the movie was confusing. The political drama and hours of dialogues weren't interesting enough to grasp my attention. Too much information in a split second. We kept moving back and forth from past to present. It progressively became harder to catch up. Nearly fell asleep the second hour.
A lot might disagree with me, but the nudity in this movie was so unnecessary. Like, this is a science movie. They even put it up during the scene where Oppenheimer said his iconic line. I swear they could've find another way to direct this scene differently. Not everything should be sexualized. It was a turn off more than anything.
I was hoping to see some war-action to close off the boring non-stop dialogues in this movie, but I guess not. Instead, we only got Oppenheimer in a plane and lost in his thoughts with the loud soundtrack playing in the background.
Personally, this isn't my type of movie at all. I thought I could like it but I would lie to myself if I said yes. Therefore, it's a three. - averagedeveloper - 7 June 2024
Nolan didn't leave a single famous male actor in Hollywood uncast
In my opinion, the film has a really weak opening sequence. It fluctuates between too many time periods, making it difficult to get into the film. When this settles down and the film starts moving between more meaningful intervals and moments, it flows amazingly well.
It's delightful that the film takes place entirely in an intellectual world. Although American film culture has long tried to sell us the idea of the American Dream and that everyone is special, high-quality biographical stories like this reveal the truth. The ones who truly make significant contributions to human history and advance us are a special, educated, and intelligent minority. And it's quite common and disheartening in human history for these individuals to be sacrificed for political and economic gain, just like we see in this film.
The portrayal of the Trinity sequence on screen is very successful and breathtaking. But in a time when the industry is filled with visually stunning yet nonsensical films, the real value of this movie lies not in its cinematography but in the story it tells and the character it portrays. I don't know how historically accurate the film is. After all, it's an adaptation, but I think it takes a very successful approach to Oppenheimer.
