August4th Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) Nolan was tapping into heights I've never seen from him before with this. He's getting better as a director. these studios better always give him the bag when it comes to what he wants to make. Edited July 27, 2023 by August4th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 @vegas492, I have not seen it yet. I have sworn off theaters for the rest of my life. There will be one single solitary exception. Anything short of The Thing I will be perfectly content watching on my 85 inch TV with my 9.1 surround sound system in the comfort of my own home away from snot nosed kids, crinkling wrappers, talkers, coughers, sneezers and any other disruptions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August4th Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 13 minutes ago, MacReady said: @vegas492, I have not seen it yet. I have sworn off theaters for the rest of my life. There will be one single solitary exception. Anything short of The Thing I will be perfectly content watching on my 85 inch TV with my 9.1 surround sound system in the comfort of my own home away from snot nosed kids, crinkling wrappers, talkers, coughers, sneezers and any other disruptions. I avoid all that by going in the morning. it's usually just me and some boomers lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas492 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 1 hour ago, MacReady said: @vegas492, I have not seen it yet. I have sworn off theaters for the rest of my life. There will be one single solitary exception. Anything short of The Thing I will be perfectly content watching on my 85 inch TV with my 9.1 surround sound system in the comfort of my own home away from snot nosed kids, crinkling wrappers, talkers, coughers, sneezers and any other disruptions. I get it. I won't ruin anything for you. Just that I know you will enjoy one particular scene very, very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 1 hour ago, vegas492 said: I get it. I won't ruin anything for you. Just that I know you will enjoy one particular scene very, very much. I’ll probably cry. Not even joking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Prince Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 4 hours ago, August4th said: I avoid all that by going in the morning. it's usually just me and some boomers lol Or just gonna few weeks after it comes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Saw it yesterday in IMAX, and it was a fantastic movie. I would almost say perfect. 3 hours didn't feel like it. The first hour or so dragged a little bit just setting things up, but once the project starts the next 2 hours fly by, and the last hour felt like 5 minutes. Just an absolutely tremendous movie from start to finish, and absolutely met the hype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 Nolan is famous for grand storytelling, often encompassing the world, the universe, and all of space-time as his background pieces. However, in Oppenheimer, Nolan goes small, focused on one person. Even when dealing with the possible end of the world, Nolan decided to paint such an intimate portrait of the man who gave humanity the power to destroy itself and how that destroys him. While Oppenheimer is tough to keep straight during three whole hours of drama, it's super simple once it's over. The story is easy to understand; Oppie wants to build a big bomb to create peace and succeeds but regrets it after realizing a bomb can only create destruction. The characters are even easier to understand, Strauss is quite simply jealous of Oppie and wants to destroy his career and influence, so he accuses him of being communist and appoints a kangaroo court to ruin him all because Oppie offended Strauss's ego. When Nolan's films usually don't have a simple protagonist or even a clear antagonist, here in Oppenheimer, with all the side characters and time jumping, it's portrayed who's the good guy and who's the bad guy, as Oppie's perspective is displayed in full technicolor, demonstrating that he knows what he's doing, and must suffer the consequences. Strauss's perspective is in black and white, demonstrating that he doesn't have the full picture, which is helpful in figuring out just whose perspective we're looking through. Never before did anyone believe that Nolan could ever make a simple film, but he just did that. Oppenheimer is very different from Nolan's previous films, and the greatest difference is that it's simply easier to understand than the rest and still a damn good movie – maybe his best. https://movieweb.com/how-oppenheimer-differs/?utm_source=MW-FB-P&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_campaign=MW-FB-P&fbclid=IwAR1wHWZyrrXQKlXEBmhH0r4DhfMnysom0QWdnlyKUaFRO-c6zkx7WHFh-cU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Why have I been avoiding spoilers? I’m familiar with Oppenheimer’s story lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Prince Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Movie was fantastic but I thought the movie dragged after the bomb explosion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowler1215 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Great movie, my #1 movie of the year. The first 2/3 was great. It had a good flow, I was invested in everything. The last hour I did start to feel the run time. It did feel like it dragged a little. It's worth seeing on the big screen(all of Nolans films are) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 I saw it yesterday (not in IMAX, because I didn't think it needed it), and it was fantastic...probably the best movie I've seen in years. It is the first movie in quite some time that actually lived up to the hype surrounding it. It was 3 hours, but certainly didn't feel like it...like Avatar did (which also was a good movie, but dragged on way too much). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas492 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 17 hours ago, Bowler1215 said: Great movie, my #1 movie of the year. The first 2/3 was great. It had a good flow, I was invested in everything. The last hour I did start to feel the run time. It did feel like it dragged a little. It's worth seeing on the big screen(all of Nolans films are) I felt the opposite. The middle dragged for me when compared to the beginning an the end. The plot coming together at the end was the best part for me. And again, I need to add that I feel really let down by my education as I knew just so very little about how the bomb came about, when it was employed in the War and how that started/impacted the Cold War. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted August 8, 2023 Author Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 8/2/2023 at 6:45 AM, Ty21 said: Why have I been avoiding spoilers? I’m familiar with Oppenheimer’s story lol we win WWII. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Just now, vike daddy said: we win WWII. What did it cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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