Nolan's Oppenheimer

[towny]

Tour Okinawa and you'll know why it was necessary to drop the atomic bomb. Millions of lives were likely saved with those two bombs, most of them Japanese civilian. Japanese culture did not allow for surrender. It's actually somewhat amazing the emperor made that decision even in the wake of such attack. Without the atomic bomb, it seems unlikely the military establishment would have accepted defeat before death.

Secretary of War Stimson and General Marshall told Truman that an invasion of Japan would cost at least 250,000 American lives and twice as many Japanese. Others said it could be up to a million.

Japanese leadership before the bomb wanted to fight the Americans on their home soil. They were fanatics. The war was lost. They knew it. This made the Truman decision obvious, albeit not simple nor less onerous.

Truman held off on delivering a third bomb even though the Japanese did not immediately surrender after the second. A third was ready.

 

[stormchaser2014]

FWIW I saw it in the last row of a a full theater and noticed a hand full of people leave during the 3hours.

So they missed the ending scene which is arguably the most powerful/haunting scene of the movie?

 

[KidSilverhair]

They said the same thing about the Irishman and it was fine over a few days.

For the record I am a little crabby. I love movies, and there are ostensibly 3 I would like to watch right now - Indiana Jones, Oppenheimer, and MI, and they are all 2.5+ hours long. It’s ridiculous.

I thought The Irishman was all right, not a classic but a good, solid movie. It was also too long, maybe would’ve been better as a streaming series.

Oppenheimer, as a movie, is nothing like The Irishman. It does not feel like 3 hours, at least to me.

There’s still a terrific story coming after the spectacle of the Trinity test, for goodness sake (which would have been the climactic final act in the hands of most moviemakers) and if Robert Downey Jr. doesn’t get a supporting actor Oscar nomination there‘s no justice in this world.

 

[Jeremy]

They said the same thing about the Irishman and it was fine over a few days.

For the record I am a little crabby. I love movies, and there are ostensibly 3 I would like to watch right now - Indiana Jones, Oppenheimer, and MI, and they are all 2.5+ hours long. It’s ridiculous.

I’ll watch them all, but the longer a movie gets, the more I want to watch at home with the pause button, toilet, and unlimited drinks.

 

[isufbcurt]

I was gone racing in SD all weekend so my wife and daughter decided to see both Barbie and Oppenhimer. Barbie I didn't care they saw because I have no interest but I didn't expect either one of them to want to see Oppenhimer. I guess my wife will just have to see it again or I'll go alone.

 

[dafarmer]

We ended up cancelling our Oppenheimer tickets and saw Barbie simply because my stomach wasn't in a position to sit for 3 hours without a break (TMI). Will likely wait for streaming at this point.

Wife's idea?

 

[burn587]

It didn't feel like 3 hours at all.

I agree. The first couple of hours flew by especially. I do feel like 10-15 minutes could’ve been cut out and not lost anything (especially portions of the kangaroo court) and maybe a little more background on RDJ’s character but the movie was as good as advertised. Sure to sweep awards season.

 

[MuskieCy]

Epic story telling.

Personal and world implications,.....just another day for any of us.

A human with insight into a new thinking(quantum mechanics) and struggling with real life mistakes.

As Einstein said, "God tirelessly plays dice under laws which he has himself prescribed." He felt quantum physics was a "a highly successful experiment,"

Be calm, stay calm, and be ready to be enchanted to the story.

 

[KnappShack]

Sorry if posted

 

[jcyclonee]

Its preference. There is no reason why a biopic should be 3 hours. None. I’m sure I’ll watch it when it hits streaming and I’m sure I’ll enjoy it over the course of several days.

If a movie is 3+ hours, with previews we are talking probably 3.5 by the time the movie is over. That’s probably as long as a Cyclone Football game, and those last too long too.

Depends upon the game

 

[jcyclonee]

Having just toured the University of Chicago with my daughter, it seems like Fermi could be the next movie. He was an amazing scientist and a pretty interesting person too.

 

[dahliaclone]

My family saw Oppenheimer this weekend. Everyone loved it. Sister said Pugh's character was fine but that whole storyline could have been cut and it would have been 20 minute shorter. I get that but I personally like that storyline. I actually just read an article (maybe it's been discussed on here not sure) about how the real Jean Tatlock is widely rumored to have been offed by the FBI.

 

[KidSilverhair]

My family saw Oppenheimer this weekend. Everyone loved it. Sister said Pugh's character was fine but that whole storyline could have been cut and it would have been 20 minute shorter. I get that but I personally like that storyline. I actually just read an article (maybe it's been discussed on here not sure) about how the real Jean Tatlock is widely rumored to have been offed by the FBI.

I’m fairly certain one of the shots

Spoiler

of Jean drowning in the tub included a black-gloved arm holding her under.

A quick blur of a shot in a quick-cut montage, didn’t call any attention to itself, just planted the seed in your head

Spoiler

that perhaps it was murder

.

 

[stormchaser2014]

My family saw Oppenheimer this weekend. Everyone loved it. Sister said Pugh's character was fine but that whole storyline could have been cut and it would have been 20 minute shorter. I get that but I personally like that storyline. I actually just read an article (maybe it's been discussed on here not sure) about how the real Jean Tatlock is widely rumored to have been offed by the FBI.

I didn't know that until the split second scene of a hand on her neck pushing her down into the tub.

 

[KidSilverhair]

I didn't know that until the split second scene of a hand on her neck pushing her down into the tub.

I see I wasn’t the only one who thought I saw that.

 

[GMackey32]

I see I wasn’t the only one who thought I saw that.

I saw it too. It fits with the 1965 hearings where it came out that our intelligence agencies couldn’t deny that they may have killed US citizens to protect secrets during the war (paraphrasing)

 

[burn587]

I saw it too. It fits with the 1965 hearings where it came out that our intelligence agencies couldn’t deny that they may have killed US citizens to protect secrets during the war (paraphrasing)

Hoover was an evil man, with more power than anyone else in the country when he ran the FBI. He had numerous people killed just because they didn’t align with his vision for the country. Kind of shocked that the FBI building is still named for that piece of **** considering everything that has come to light about him.

 

[AirWalke]

Saw it today. It joins a select group of movies that I only really need to see once, but it's definitely worth seeing. The Trinity detonation sequence alone was probably the most gripping scenes I've seen in years. No spoiler tag necessary, you know that they're going to detonate a bomb at some point during the film.

I hesitate to say that this film wasn’t worth seeing in IMAX but I probably could have just seen it in XD. It does need a proper sound system, but Nolan likes to pimp IMAX more than he does Dolby Atmos, so there’s that.. and his films had always been worth seeing in IMAX in the past, so I figured this would be no different. The IMAX experience was pretty… well… meh.

It’ll probably be a favorite for some Oscars. Every actor involved pulled me into their roles flawlessly. RDJ was phenomenal and Cillian Murphy is finally getting the respect he deserves. Gary Oldman’s role blew me away after the credits because I did NOT realize that was him. Dude is a chameleon in everything he plays.

 

[VTXCyRyD]

I’m fairly certain one of the shots

Spoiler

of Jean drowning in the tub included a black-gloved arm holding her under.

A quick blur of a shot in a quick-cut montage, didn’t call any attention to itself, just planted the seed in your head

Spoiler

that perhaps it was murder

.

Definitely was a black glove in the drowning

 

[CascadeClone]

Saw it last night w family. All agreed it was the fastest 3 hours ever, felt like 2 tops. Pacing was perfect. All the hype is deserved.

We were all hoping for an Ames reference wrt the uranium, but disappointed. Maybe in the directors cut!

Only other thing i would mention, TONS of famous actors everywhere. One fun one: during the detonation scene, my daughter look over at me and says "DRAKE! What did you do with the DETONATOR!"