It struck me watching Christopher Nolan’s masterful three-hour epic telling of the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, long labeled the Father of the Atomic Bomb, that this is a period piece with…
My favorite part was when he said “its oppenheimen time” and then the opped all over everyone
Oppenheimer? I hardly knew her!
Open… hymen time? Giggity.
I thought intercutting the bombing of Hiroshima with THAT sex scene was done as tastefully as it could have been.
Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist. Born-Oppenheimer approximation, incredible contributions to quantum and nuclear physics. Simply an incredible guy. He has my deepest respect
I think it’s funny that the film openheimer is very similar to a recently made Chinese film about Their atomic bomb father
I ain’t no defense analyst but I think this film is fed funded. I don’t care man whatever it takes to get a history movie
Oppenheimer was basically canceled by the US military industrial security apparatus. I highly doubt the feds funded a film about an avid left winger.
And I don’t think Nolan has any trouble finding funding for his movies. Funny to see the same cinema packed for a biopic when it was mostly empty for the premier of the new Mission Impossible. Nolan gets butts on the seats.
Stupid question.
Is the movie actually understandable without subtitles?
The plot and story for Tenet was right up my alley, but my inability to understand the dialog frustrated the crap out of me - and I have a pretty solid home audio setup.
It’s perfectly understandable from an audio perspective, what makes it hard to follow is continually jumping around in time frames.
i’m planning on getting a caption reciever thing - hopefully they aren’t all rented out
shit, will there be a line?
Caption receiver?
After having seen it, there are some scenes where it is difficult to follow the dialog which I’m sure is intentional. I haven’t seen Tenet but I think Oppenheimer is not as bad in this regard, in part because there’s less exposition – this is all based on real events in the real world and there aren’t a lot of mechanics to have to explain, and also because the story isn’t as plot-driven as many of Nolan’s thrillers. No MacGuffins, no car chases, shootouts or real twists; it’s more about the man, his relationships and how his career plays out. That said, for example there is a scene where he’s talking to his wife outdoors, it’s windy and they’re not facing camera and the fact that I couldn’t follow what they were saying did take me out… instead of being engaged in the conversation I was more aware I was sitting there watching Chris Nolan dialogue, waiting for it to be over.
He’s got that Half-Life G-Man look on his face.
Which one inspired which I wonder?
It’s a well known fact that Oppenheimer was based on G Man, and the government got the idea for Los Alamos from Black Mesa
