Oppenheimer [spoiler thread]

Morrus · Jul 30, 2023

Well that was a long film…

Olgar Shiverstone · Jul 30, 2023

Gesundheit!

trappedslider · Jul 30, 2023

and? Was it good? Was it bad?

Morrus · Jul 31, 2023

I think it might have been if it was an hour shorter. It’s a lot of men smoking and talking in rooms. Plus a big boom. And then another hour of men smoking and talking in rooms.

Retreater · Jul 31, 2023

I watched it this weekend. I enjoyed it - but I think that it could've been 30-45 minutes shorter. Most of the drama was based around the Manhattan Project and Trinity, and I think had the film stayed focused on that era that would've improved my experience.

billd91 · Jul 31, 2023

Retreater said:
I watched it this weekend. I enjoyed it - but I think that it could've been 30-45 minutes shorter. Most of the drama was based around the Manhattan Project and Trinity, and I think had the film stayed focused on that era that would've improved my experience.

Haven't seen it yet, but I would expect that a movie focused on Oppenheimer's role in the Manhattan Project and Trinity wouldn't really be about Oppenheimer, per se, considering the significance of his experiences after the project.

Stalker0 · Jul 31, 2023

I do think the time switchups were overdone. It created a bit of drama at the end which was good, but it added more confusion than the movie needed. I think they could have cut about half of the switchup out and made it a cleaner movie.

dragoner · Jul 31, 2023

Oppenheimer: All your base, belong to us ...

Mustrum_Ridcully · Aug 1, 2023

I liked it, but it was kinda two movies mixed together. In the beginning, we see a bit of all those hearings and stuff, his early beginnings, ad then a long part mostly focuses on the Manhattan project, and then we focus on the politics and communism allegations.

The trailer focused more on the bomb and the project leading there, and I kinda was looking forward to that the most. The hearings and stuff actually though had a good dramatic arc, I think, though I still wonder if it shouldn't be two seperate movies? But perhaps not, because it's all part of who Oppenheimer was?