Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)

flasher0030

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121552647#Comment_121552647

Very good assessment. I knew nothing about the story of the atomic bomb. Never heard of Oppenheimer until this movie. And I was having to to pause it a few times to look up wiki to see what certain elements in the movie actually meant. And at times to put a face to a character that was mentioned. There are a lot of different character names thrown around.

But overall, it didn't take away from my enjoyment of the movie. Just added another half hour to an already lengthy film.

awec

Also forgot to say I think the character of Jean was handled fairly poorly. She was only slightly less hollow than Mrs Oppenheimer, a character I think could have been left out completely.

Spoiler Warning

The scene of the two of them sitting nude on the sofas was bizarre, like it was just an excuse to get a pair of tits on TV for a few mins. Not that I am in any way bothered about nudity but it just felt so obviously blunt, you can get across the point that he had an affair in a better way I think.

expectationlost

this is very funny

Christopher Nolan reveals Peloton instructor slammed movie Tenet during his class

https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/christopher-nolan-peloton-slams-tenet-movie-b1130600.html

they found the video

https://twitter.com/JacobOller/status/1743020825182126310

MisterAnarchy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121552647#Comment_121552647

I watched the film at the weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it.

I had to put the sound through my 5.1 sound system to hear it properly, the downmixing of the 5.1 track on the tv was horrible, echoey and a mess.

It was the same with Tenet.

The sound thru the amp was fine though, I had to turn the subwoofer down a few decibels as it was causing stuff to rattle in the room but once that was done the audio was clear and the sound wasnt booming.

Nolan definitely needs to sort out his sound mix though, it should be clear on a normal tv, it shouldnt require the need for the viewer to tinker with settings.

fatbhoy

Watched it over the Christmas: a really good copy, 40GB, 5.1 sound, 55" TV. Just after splashing out 2K on speakers and an AV receiver, so this was the acid test. Well all I can say was that I was blown away. Great film, I scored it 10/10, and the big screen and big sound was very immersive. Money well spent: you can't bring it with you, and all that.

Big Gerry

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121584373#Comment_121584373

I watched the the blu ray of Oppenheimer with headphones on and it sounded fine to me.

orangerhyme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121584373#Comment_121584373

I think it's because he shoots in IMAX and doesn't do post production sound recording.

That's just a guess.

bnt

I finally got to see this myself yesterday. Because I've read the Richard Rhodes book and various other technical bits over the years, I could have used a lot more science than ended up in the movie e.g. the differences between the two bombs are fascinating, down to the fissile materials and how they were obtained. They only showed their basic principles, no more than that.

The post-war scenes were a little confusing, until it was made clear that they were about two different hearings, five years apart. The significance of Strauss' confirmation failure could have been emphasised a bit more: the Senate failing to ratify a Cabinet appointee has only happened eight times in the history of the USA, and didn't happen again for thirty years. Strauss' treatment of Oppenheimer came back to bite him, and it essentially ended his political career. (I didn't recognise Alden Ehrenreich as Strauss' snarky aide, the one who had zero sympathy at the news.)

There could have been more human interest stories from Los Alamos e.g. Richard Feynman was portrayed as a happy bongo-playing wiseass, the one who decided to watch the explosion from behind only a car windshield. Before that, though, Oppenheimer had helped him find a sanatorium for his wife, who was seriously ill with TB, and she died a month before the Trinity test. There was time for little side stories, like that, I thought.

PS: did anyone else notice Oppenheimer's hat in the final scene with Einstein? It's a sunny day, but it's raining on him: a callback to the raindrops in the very first shot.

Mister Vain

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121758169#Comment_121758169

The sunshower phenomenon.

JP Liz V1

7 BAFTA wins for Oppenheimer

MisterAnarchy

Nice Orchestral rendition of some of the songs from the film I came across on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRqF-tKuKEs

Man Vs ManUre

I watched this recently. CM will be a worthy winner of Best Actor at the Oscars, and it is definitely a much better film than Barbie!! But I don’t think I would sit through a 2nd viewing of it, as it’s a very long political film similar to JFK type of film. Killers of the Flower Moon is also very long but I would watch that again, it’s a better film.

Man Vs ManUre

Oh yeah, and I dunno why RDJ is gonna win Best Supporting. Ruffalo in Poor Things was way better, also De Niro was better.

JP Liz V1

Delighted for Cillian

JP Liz V1

7 Oscar Wins

MfMan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118677847#Comment_118677847

As I smugly predicted a good few moons ago.

Snake Plisken

Delighted for Nolan and his team. Great win for Cillian and RDJ. I wonder will they rerelease it in cinemas for a week or two with all the Oscar wins.

Also I'd say Warner Bros are sickened they pissed off Nolan and lost this release to Universal

swiwi_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058209547/oppenheimer-christopher-nolan

"After a string of big blockbusters, this would seem to be (relatively) smaller scale film for Nolan."

Always interesting to read opening posts with the benefit of hindsight...

Have yet to see this film? Is it worth it - I generally tend to be fairly uniformly disappointed by Oscar-winning films. What I mean, is it amazing film that fully deserves its Oscars hoard?

~Rebel~

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121880666#Comment_121880666

It's a good enough film that it deserves to be watched. Oscars are subjective, so whether or not it fully deserves its awards will depend on who you ask, and what their personal tastes lean towards.

expectationlost

great q&a with nolan, murphy and rdj

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA8CFlMnW9c

think nolan has a crush on rdj

micks_address

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121880666#Comment_121880666

if you enjoy Nolans films then likely you will enjoy it - if you dont then you may not.. its probably one of his more accessible films in terms of timelines/story telling etc..

Man Vs ManUre

Haven’t seen tenet or Dunkirk but I would rate his other films inception, interstellar, the 3 Batman’s, the Prestige, insomnia and memento all to be better than Oppenheimer.

JP Liz V1

Cillian won an IFTA and attended

omri

Is the reason why this won so many oscars due to all other productions in the running being shite? Watched it few days ago and didnt think it was that good, but I dont see fusion inside the stars with my minds eye when staring at the ceiling at night, so maybe thats why.

laketreeroger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122051934#Comment_122051934

Possibly to high brow.

Man Vs ManUre

I didn’t think it was that great either. I think Chris Nolan was due a win, then the whole Opp vs Barbie fuss that happened during the summer had reinvigorated cinema-going around the world. Then with these awards when you start winning the momentum carries on to next event. I think KOTFM would have been a more worthy winner of Best Film and Director. But CM did deserve the Best Actor.