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Film Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer'
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So did you like it or no?
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4/10. Minus one for not actually reading out Sanskrit, you poser.
Speaking of that sex scene... What the feck was that? 
If you told me that one of the big name Hollywood directors is a virgin then I would put all my money on it being Nolan.
If you told me that one of the big name Hollywood directors is a virgin then I would put all my money on it being Nolan.
Which one?Speaking of that sex scene... What the feck was that?
If you told me that one of the big name Hollywood directors is a virgin then I would put all my money on it being Nolan.
The one where the blonde one just stops halfway through and goes to read a book.
I thought you meant the 'imaginary' one tbf.
Let me guess - you thought Barbie-Gerwig-Margot Robbie should've won instead
Watched this the other day and was a bit...underwhelmed. Starting to feel like Nolan is getting too full of himself and making movies unnecessarily more complicated than they need to be to appear more pseudo-intellectual.
The movie didn't really make me care for Oppenheimer and the constant jumping around in time just took me out of it. At least it was easier to follow than Tenet...
The movie didn't really make me care for Oppenheimer and the constant jumping around in time just took me out of it. At least it was easier to follow than Tenet...
What in this film did you feel was made "unnecessarily more complicated" considering half of it is about a scientific project? What about Oppenheimer comes across as pseudo-intellectual?
Guess again.
Was this not the easiest, by far, Nolan film to follow? Ok maybe Insomnia was his easiest but excluding that.
Dark Knight trilogy, no?
Dunkirk?
WouldYouEverStoppenheimer.
Apart from Tenet, are his films actually difficult to follow?
I don't personally think so but some of the comments in this thread lead me to believe some do.
Yeah I somehow managed to forget the Batman trilogy, I guess I meant his standalone ones.
It seems like it's a piece of criticism often used against him, there's sometimes some narrative choices that aren't Fast & Furious level of basicness, but it's hardly complex cinema to follow. And this isn't a knock on him, I love most of his films.
The scientific project stuff wasn't the complicated part. It was how Nolan chose to tell the story, jumping across scenes prematurely without developing the dialogue and also the continuous jumping between Oppenheimer's hearing, Strauss's confirmation and the Los Alamos scenes felt unnecessary. Although I know that's how Nolan likes to tell his stories, he's starting to use it as a way to make his movies appear more complex than they actually are and not spending enough time to develop his characters.
£1 per nork. That's value.
The edit I had had covered her in a little black dress, if norks are what I assume they are.
I think that was cgi'd on for certain international markets. I'm surprised that's the version on Apple.
I pay 1/10th the cost of subscription by hanging on to my India account while living outside, I'm not complaining. The Hindi subtitles (instead of English) were particularly challenging in a movie with the worst sound I've heard in some time though...
This might be Nolans best directed movie to date but people still find something to criticise him for. Its normal. I thing one of the things that irks many people is the pacing of his movies as of late. In his early movies every scene (visually, stylistically and musically) from start to finish was like watching Speed on steroids..very intense, very intriguing, engaging and keeping you on the edge the whole time..best example of this is The Dark Knight. The problem is that this style of directing cannot work with all kind of source material. And Nolan is very bold in choosing what to direct next. The total opposite of that was Dunkirk.. visually stunning but movie without any pace at all..wich is a shame because i expected exactly that haha i am still bitter and disappointed with this movie...
Can't tell if you're joking or not. It took me until three quarters of the way into Dunkirk to realize the timelines of everything that was going on
I quite like Nolan. I was a bit of a fanboy back in the day, even. I've liked almost all his works (barring Tenet which I think was just not very good at all) But I genuinely don't understand the point of this movie. My view doesn't stop others from liking it.
I finally watched Oppenheimer and wanted to say a few words. Nolan continues to be a hack. The film has so many flaws, it's maybe slightly better that Tenet, but only slightly. First glaring issue - dialogue. Not one character feels real. Every line has to be pompous and/or profound, but also rings so false. Then the pacing - all over the place. The film contains numerous beautifully shot scenes but like in all of Nolan's work, it just doesn't stop for more than a few seconds to appreciate them or let the film breathe. I'm sure it's partly that they wanted to fill the 3hours with a lot of information but maybe they should've scaled it down a notch. And finally - the music. In true Nolan fashion it just doesn't fecking STOP. I felt assaulted for three hours. Every moment of this...thing.. is accompanied by some pretentiously powerful, dramatic tones. It felt like even if the character should go to the bathroom he'd be followed by an orchestra.
Obviously the man has his formula and it works for many given the reviews but it's so tiresome.
Memento and Prestige continue to be his best films for me, with Interstellar in third as a guilty pleasure. I just can't not like a space exploration/sci - fi film even when it has many flaws and plot holes. Haven't seen Dunkirk yet, not really rushing to either.
Obviously the man has his formula and it works for many given the reviews but it's so tiresome.
Memento and Prestige continue to be his best films for me, with Interstellar in third as a guilty pleasure. I just can't not like a space exploration/sci - fi film even when it has many flaws and plot holes. Haven't seen Dunkirk yet, not really rushing to either.
Dunkirk for me was worse than Oppenheimer. Barely remember anything anything from Dunkirk which says something about how forgettable it was.
Nah Dunkirk is great.
Oppenheimer was film of the year and Dunkirk was very good.
Tough crowd!
Tenet is the only one of his movies, where I’ve left the cinema thoroughly disappointed. In hindsight The Dark Knight Rises is very flawed as well, but I was still entertained.
Oppenheimer was awesome. The sound editing wasn’t great, but that’s a minor gripe.
Oppenheimer was awesome. The sound editing wasn’t great, but that’s a minor gripe.
My only issue was that Murphy's voice was often too low in contrast to the music and effects, which was exacerbated by the fact that he wasn't speaking in his native accent, which often requires a bit of extra volume.
Don’t remember that being an issue, but I guess when you watch in a non-English speaking language there will always be subtitles and then you don’t notice it.
I was also thinking about the sound design for his speech towards the end of the movie. I know what they were going for, but it was just a bit jarring nonetheless.
Was watching some documentary or something about nuclear weapons and it reminded me of Oppenheimer and a point I missed to mention in my previous post. The trinity test. Why was it so weak? It looked like a 2 fast 2 furious explosion if even that. I was sure at least the detonation of the A bomb would be done well, IMAX and all. What a complete disappointment.
Twin Peaks season 3 was better at this, David Lynch is an infinitely better director though, so no surprises there. Still, if you can't make a spectacle of a nuclear bomb exploding, what the feck can you do?
Twin Peaks season 3 was better at this, David Lynch is an infinitely better director though, so no surprises there. Still, if you can't make a spectacle of a nuclear bomb exploding, what the feck can you do?
Really? I thought (and I feel that there's some form of consensus around this) that the whole Trinity test part was one of the stronger areas of the film.
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