My Review of 'Oppenheimer'
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2023
- I'm giving you my honest review of Oppenheimer. It's not a 43 minute review like Barbie, but there was a lot less to critique on this film.
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What I really loved about Oppenheimer is they painted him as a morally grey person. They don’t make him look absolutely evil and don’t make him out to be a saint.
And he was a nerd that got the ladies.
@@wilee.coyote5298 is that all you people care about
Exactly. He was morally flawed, yet also had a conscience.
@@wilee.coyote5298 lmao yes
Moral relativism is woke, just so you know. Also depicting communists as good and nukes as bad.
This movie was a breath of fresh air compared to the never ending sea of superhero movies.
So many of those have been doing poorly at the box office lately I think they’ll start slowing down in how many they make
Oh yeah! Adapted from the book "American Prometheus".
Superhero movies going the way of the western and it makes me happy
Superhero movies probably make up 5-10% of all movies released in a year. Stop waffling
@@westsonrisesThey still make westerns and their still gonna superhero movies. Superhero fatigue isn’t real people are just tired of bad writing
The movie is absolute masterpiece. The ending when Oppenheimer told Einstein they started a chain reaction that could end the world made every hair in my body stood up.
What made it more impactful was how directly it connected to reality, to all of us.
That was my favorite line in the movie!
Let’s keep praying that that never will be the case.
That scene to the end when he is imagining the rockets launching and such brought tears to my eyes. That was the message of the movie I think. The opening text is regarding Prometheus so it’s a thesis on the consequences of harnessing the “power of the gods”
Yeah and that is a total made up scene. Oppenheimer never asked Einstein for this calculation. Completely made up...
I liked that the movie didn't necessarily frame it as Cillian good guy, RDJ bad guy. It felt like it was giving both characters grey morals which makes it a much more believable story.
Seemed like Strauss was the villain in the movie’s tone
@@lakerspackers11 the movie has a narrator bias i think its intended by Nolan. Oppenheimer doesnt ''tell'' us everything he hides stuff from us but he hints them. just like when we learn he slept with his friend's wife but earlier in the movie we see them getting kinda intimate. Nolan rarely gives everything out he lets you figure it out yourself
Strauss was very clearly meant to be the villain of the movie.
That's the only thing I didn't like. I would have preferred if Strauss was presented as kind of a grey character who paranoid and genuinely thought Oppenheimer was a communist and a security threat.
It would have also showed that Oppenheimers fall was kind of his own past action's fault.
Instead the movie made Strauss out to be vindictive and someone taking revenge on Oppenheimer due personal reasons.
@@kingkiller5325 because we see him in the eyes of oppenheimer
@@mickMahaus32 Except the Black and White scenes were completely from Lewis Strauss' perspective.
Oppenheimer wasn't even in those scenes.
10:20 that scene isn’t showing Truman as the villain it’s just challenging his perspective. Oppenheimer is so self centered that he doesn’t realize other people have stained hands just like him. When he’s crying over Gene’s death Kitty says “you don’t get to commit a sin and then ask all of us to feel sorry for you when there are consequences”. That can genuinely be the message of the entire movie said plain right there.
Very good comment.
Emily Blunt as Kitty was superb, I thought. Her contempt and bitterness when she was being questioned in "the hearing", towards the end, was stunning. No theatrics or fireworks, but boy did she give weight and flesh and blood to those words.
@@TheWanderingPensioner Definitely her best scene in the film!
Jean
Besides cheating on his wife and being a normal know it all professor, I don’t think you can call the development of the bomb a sin. If you do, then I’d say that the same judgment would apply to the man who first discovered how to creat fire , electricity, gunpowder, , …
Ludwig Goransson’s score for the film deserves praise too. The best score I’ve heard in years and one of the greatest ever in my opinion
Wouldn’t expect anything less from the one who did the mandalororian soundtrack!
It's _literally_ all I've listened to since last Tuesday when I first saw the movie lol It's my favorite score ever.
Have it on repeat since my first watch! So haunting and beautiful.
Especially the track “Can You Hear the Music” near the beginning of the movie. Man…his score made that scene.
@@stephcurran1724oh cool it’s that guy!
I felt what made Oppenheimer not boring over the span of three hours is that they didn't drag any moment too long and just kept the flow and pacing even
Y’all must have been on a stretch of bad movies before this because 20min after the explosion it just kept going downhill for me…
It was so monotoned, didn’t understand the drama or action nor the politics I left after 2 hours in. Just my opinion
@@jaimevazquezjr.89Many moving parts during that time. U can't just put it all into 3 hr movie. I guess, get familiar with its history and political landscape, before u watch the movie again.
@@LeonardLuzon I understand I’ve watched a lot of movies based on true events etc. but most of them had some entertainment the cinematography and acting was light and mellow for the most part. I’d probably would enjoy some documentaries on it, although I admit the seats I had were uncomfortable and I sat too close 3rd aisle from the screen. I plan on watching it again or finishing it when it’s available. I’ll give it another try
I agree, I thought for a dialogue driven film it was expertly paced and always exciting, always moving forward, in fairness you have to be a bit mindful of the history and interested in the science, it's not a film built for casual film goers. If I don't like mushrooms on pizza it's doesn't mean mushrooms are inherently gross, it just means they aren't for me.
Being a history fan, this movie was really exciting. The whole idea of the Manhattan project- building a community to achieve a huge feat- was something always so intriguing to me. And it was nice to see an accurate portrayal of it
There’s more versions of it. Tv show came out about ten years ago and the one movie with Paul Newman and John Cusack.
I'm looking forward to seeing the movie. Hard to make a historical movie entertaining but if anyone does it's Christopher Nolan.
This is not real critical history at the quality found in the American Prometheus book this movie is based on as well as America’s finest Historian Howard Zinn. Nolan’s Oppenheimer has some propaganda issues.
Being a Ben Shapiro fan, you should really question your sanity.
Propaganda issues? Care to explain?@@DanielMazahreh
One of the basic problems with Lewis Strauss is that Oppenheimer's consulting contract was coming up for renewal, and all Strauss had to do was not renew the contract and Oppenheimers' clearance would become inactive. The exact same result as taking his clearance away from him. Instead, Strauss wanted to get even with Oppenheimer for embarrassing him twice in front of Congress by humiliating Oppenheimer. What is not made clear in the movie is Strauss illegally stacked the deck by having Oppenheimer's hotel room bugged and his phone wiretapped during the hearing. Strauss also illegally had Oppenheimer's attorney's phone tapped. So, let's not even attempt to justify what Strauss did. He was petty, vindictive, and in the position to use his power to ruin someone else, which is what he tried to do. Not a very admirable performance on Strauss's part.
We love rdj nonetheless.
Nah, you haven’t read the book, or much of anything if we’re real. The movie needed a big bad, Nolan picked Strauss. Matt Damon’s character could just as easily been the bad guy of this movie.
General Groves had his differences with Oppenheimer in real life but still he did not hate him. Whereas Strauss did. Strauss had far more hatred for Oppenheimer than what is depicted in the movie. One needs to do research into Strauss's real life feud with Oppenheimer outside what the movie shows and then you will see. Strauss was extremely vindictive towards Oppenheimer.
Downey Jr. Was great in this. The reason for doing what he did was to be confirmed for a cabinet position. At the time of his confirmation there was mass paranoia about communism in US. He exposed Oppenheimer for communist connections to make himself look better before confirmation vote but ended up backfiring.
Oppenheimer was not a friend of the state. He was right on the end but the means were questionable
I don't think the messages out of the movie are contradictory. Nolan is known for not hammering a single message but rather present an open field of themes and questions and trusting the audience to reach their own conclusions.
Ben is a failed screenwriter who failed at Hollywood despite having both of his parents there and basically guaranteed success, which takes negative levels of skill to accomplish that. He thinks themes are cultural marxist propaganda.
Shapiro is the queen of jumping to conclusions and not doing his research
@@etaylor8028 Shapiro is also the Queen of Negative Talent. Like, he can't be untalented, as we know that having two of your parents being already in Hollywood can even get untalented people into it, so he must have negative talent where his work has to be so objectively bad that not even family connections help you out.
@@shizachan8421he would have been good as an overbearing clueless studio lacky though. I can see him coming in and telling someone like nolan he isn't making the movie right and it needs rewrites.omg he is one of those.... lol.
@@davidthurman3963 Oh my god, I totally can see his high pitched squirrel voice trying to lecture Christopher Nolan, who he calls Chris because he thinks they are friends against the woke agenda, about how screenwriting works while not understanding themes and subtext.
Oppenheimer was original and though-provoking. It’s score was breathtaking as well as its acting. Loved it!
That's all I need to know!
dude just said this about someone's life lmao unreal
How can it be original if it was based on a book that was based on real events?
Answer: because the complete story has never been told. This movie (and book the movie is based on) addresses that issue. History books often omit details. If you watch the movie and learned nothing new, then you are 100% correct. But I don't think so. @@dadaaxel3189
@@dadaaxel3189Because the filmaking, the delivery, the structure and the pacing was completely idiosyncratic.
Oppenheimer is a film you need to watch twice because of how fast paced it is. You miss out on a lot. For instance I immediately caught this but all my friends didn’t until I mentioned it: Jean’s death might’ve been murder. There’s a blink and you’ll miss it moment of a black glove holding Jean under water. What does this mean? Well, it’s a nod to the conspiracy theories but for the context of this film I think it’s Oppenheimer imagining the worst possible outcome and his guilt. I took it as Oppy imagined an FBI agent killing her but that black glove could be him imagining himself killing her and thus feeding into his guilty conscience.
I noticed that as well, and likewise others disagreed and said they didn’t see it when I brought it up… kudos👏🏼👏🏼
Yeah I read that blip in the theater as his imagining not that it actually happened necessarily. A youtube video I watched afterwards stated that in real life, some people suspected foul play for her death but it was never proven one way or another.
Bottom line, whether murder or suicide, Opp felt responsible not being there for her enough to prevent it.
Isn't that just oppy thinking he killed her because he told her he would never be there again? He felt guilty because of that
@@chrisjfox8715..why should he feel responsible? He wasn't married to her and he informed her he could not see her anymore.
@@sweetbeep it's not a matter of should, it's a matter of what the alleged reality of his feelings were. Just because someone makes the decision to leave a relationship doesn't mean they stop caring about that person's well-being and the role they played in making them happy. It's not uncommon for someone to leave someone that's emotionally unstable for the sake of their own well-being yet nonetheless worry that the dumped person may not fare well.
The moment of the bomb test and the hour that came after about Strauss and his vendetta, for me, were the best segments of the movie.
Unexpected take on the Strauss part
Nah, was actually boring. I’d prefer the movie to focus more on the action and making in process of the bomb rather then all this political and security issues. Just my opinion
@@micky100the whole point of this movie is to show you don’t need constant action and explosions to keep people engaged. Epic writing, performances and the story itself are the focus, it’s about Oppenheimer and you can’t tell his story without focussing on what was focussed on
@@yuh861 I understand, it’s just that I preferred the movie to point out more physics theory and technical details. I would have founded it more entertaining and enjoyable to watch. It was too rhetoric for my taste.
@@micky100I concur. More visuals and explanations of the science would have
I cried during the film when oppenheimer finally said; "now I am become Barbie, in a Barbie world."
😂😂😂
That sounds like a quote for an lgbtq god rather than the Hindu god Krishna that Oppenheimer was quoting.
In the context of the Oppenheimer movie, it can mean a completely different thing tho 😅
Nothing plastic, it's fantastic.
They are plenty of lgbt Hindu gods you do k that right?
I can barely watch other 3hour movies but Oppenheimer is just so goddamn amazing and I'd very much rather watch it over and over again instead of watching like Avatar 2 or another movie over 3hours
It didn’t even feel like three hours to me! I was worried about this but it went by very quickly, felt like two hours at most
The Wolf of Wall Street goes by damn fast too
@@Webkins9009The person you are talking to needs to get a better attention span if they complain about 3 hr movies.
Saw the film THREE times. Yes, ik but that is a testament to how magnificent it is. Truly a masterclass in cinema from Nolan amd a breath of fresh air in an oversaturated film industry. I definitely loved seeing it in 70mm IMAX.
Oh I've watched it 5 times now 🤣 gonna watch it a couple more times probably
I am also attempting to watch it for a 3rd time and possibly a 4th!
@robertmayes1860 and I thought I was crazy? My friend said it was boring af I'm like you have no taste. Alot of then think it's insane I'd watch 9hrs of oppenheimer but it's honestly such a treat.
I watched it 3 times as well haha. My 3rd viewing as in imax, AMAZING.
Just saw it a 4th time lol. My friends told me I'm crazy but I truly think this movie is a work of art.
I liked watching the audience jump in their seats when they didn’t know sound comes after sight. Apparently most politicians can’t even see right now what they are playing with. The minds and lives of the people. The young who will inherit the country better gain wisdom.
I knew it was coming loud noises scare me
i learned that principle watching a girl dribble a basketball when i was in second grade. i could see the ball hitting her driveway from a block away at the bus stop before i heard the sound of her dribble.
I’m not trying to discredit anybody who noticed. I was in a New Jersey crowd and the specific crowd I was in almost didn’t see it coming. I saw it as a symbol of the blindness of our “cultural dictators” and the fact that they can’t even see the bombs they are setting off. If they can’t see the explosions why would they listen to our voices unless we make ourselves heard? The people can be a thunderous applause or a snap back to reality. One feeds the narcissism and the other is a cure to insanity. Sorry it was so vague
the young will be powerless to do anything and will gain no wisdom.
That surprised me given how often it's used in movies. Nolan properly milked it, of course.
What I love is that the movie had gone to the actual locations in which Oppenheimer is heavily associated with: Princeton, NJ; UC-Berkeley; and various places in New Mexico. Even better; NO CGI. All the explosions in the movie were real.
A real atomic explosion?
@@EinSofQuester It wasn't an atomic bomb but yes the explosion was real
The atomic explosion should have been CGI. I’m sorry, I loved the movie but this was a mistake. The big, exciting moment, and it looked like a gasoline explosion. I’ve heard LOTS of others who agree. The crowning scene of the movie, what should have been stunning, was severely anticlimactic. Too bad; the movie was a masterclass otherwise.
@@YendorSignemeckif you went because you wanted to see a big explosion just search for it on CZcams
@@YendorSignemeck Initially, I felt that it wasn't what I envisioned too. However, after searching real footage of a test (in black and white) I found that it looked closer to how the movie depicted it.
I fell in love with this movie opening day. And have now seen it another two times to catch things I missed. It's truly a roller coaster due to the tense score addition. Once again a great movie but Nolan's choice of Ludwig on this film added a whole other level of suspense.
Its trash i watched today😢
I’m about to see it for the 3rd time tomorrow. This time in imax
@@hsrajpoot6459you were probably expecting a war movie like saving private Ryan when it’s more of a movie like “the imitation game” or like Schindlers list.
@@tawis01did it make any difference watching in imax?
I saw it today and while I appreciated the score, I strained to hear and missed much of the dialogue because it was drowned out by the music. Surely they can do better, no?
I feel like I'm listening to an 8-year-old stammer through a description of a firecracker being awesome because it's so cool.
When the credits were rolling I heard a couple say, "I can't believe they didn't show us bombing Japan." I thought to myself, "Wow, this movie really went right over your heads."
how so?
@skiq2520 This movie isn't about the bombing of Japan, it's about the creation of the atomic bomb and the consequences thereafter. Both to the creators, and the rest of the world. Again, one of those films the separate the critical thinkers from the masses.
@@ThatDudeEddiee0 It saddened me a bit that they didn't grasp the movie's basic concept. Also, I couldn't help but think they wanted to see the horror the bombs caused depicted on screen, which if so, I find disturbing.
@@Lux_Lethal I don't believe that was the case, but if it was true
Why would other people finding horror enjoyable disturbing? does this extend to scary movies?
@@skiq2520 pretty sure that was the point. the creators of the bomb learning about the bombing afterward. because the ''narrator'' is oppenheimer we see it like how he saw it
I saw “Sound of Freedom” alone with my Service Dog on the 4th of July.
I had seen the “Oppenheimer” trailer here on CZcams, but seeing it on the big screen I saw it before “Sound of Freedom”, it was so good I had to see it.
It was released the day before my 55th Birthday, and after I saw my doctor for my annual physical, went to the hospital for bloodwork and four back X-rays, then went to the movies and saw “Oppenheimer”.
I am disabled and films are a luxury for me. “Sound of Freedom” was a “Pay it Forward” ticket, “Oppenheimer” I paid for, but got a free 32 oz Coca-Cola worth $6.00 plus tax, I just had to pay $2 for it to be delivered to my seat (ramp into the theatre was too steep for me to enter with a drink in my lap). It did not seem like 3 hours.
Both films were worth the trip, and my Service Dog’s first ever time in a movie theatre.
That's awesome to hear!
Man no one cares
@@LiveConcertJunkie For an ableist such as yourself, going to see a film every week is probably an easy thing for you.
Great ❤🎉
That's awesome! Glad you got out and enjoyed yourself.😊
I loved Oppenheimer! A 9/10 in my book, I didn’t even feel like it was 3 hours long tbh. It actually made me more interested in learning about mathematics/physics.
But little boring... So much talking... They should add some soviet and Germany part also..
@@manthanpatel6295yeah and shoe fat man bomb
@@manthanpatel6295That’s not how a biopic works. Taking in consideration how much the movie is fast paced and packed of information, the only way you’d be bored is if you can’t understand what’s going on and that’s because of you not the movie.
@@manthanpatel6295that’s on you😂 lmao
You f'ing kidding me? This movie was boring as shit could barely understand the words as the dialogue was not clear basically needed subtitles and the theater was so loud people were plugging their ears on random scenes. Movie 5/10. IMAX theater experience 2/10
I just watched it for a second time and the entire movie was incredible. The way that the lines between morally upright and wrong were blurred in a throughly realistic manner mirrors perfectly with reality of the human experience. I love that you cannot truly paint Oppenheimer as one thing throughout the entire movie he flows between many moral areas creating a realistic human being created on screen. Absolutely beautiful movie very emotionally moving.
Yeah the second watch definitely helps
The 'fission and fusion' analogy is great. Apart from Nolan's use of those terms regarding his approach to making the film, those terms also apply to the movie's subject matter, the first bomb detonated (which the film shows) as well as those dropped on Japan were fission bombs. However, the Arms Race would later be ruled by Thermonuclear weapons (fusion).
well, for Ben, it's about the same thing, apparently. The ability to flatten a city, or maybe an entire small country, are, according to this video, a great thing!
@cdumbeldorf5310 Exactly. In order to produce fusion you need a fission based explosion.
@cdumbeldorf5310 Yes, fusion was postulated as the primary source of energy for Stars back in the early 1920s.
@cdumbeldorf5310 Theoretical vs Practical.
Seeing this movie in 70MM IMAX was phenomenal. It stunned me and had me engrossed the whole time. This is Nolan's best movie since The Dark Knight.
70mm was just stunning i feel pity for those who can’t see it in 70mm
Better than Interstellar?
@@jimmysmith7734trash compared to interstellar , i watched today it was waste of time
Interstellar was the best movie of Nolan
I would say Tenet is the best since the batman begins trilogy
Only Ben Shapiro could come out of Oppenheimer thinking that Lewis Strauss was a good guy.
He kind of was. If you look into his life, it’s actually pretty remarkable. He was a family man that took over for his fathers failing business. When he had offers to major universities he was self made, and helped win multiple wars.
Neither Oppenheimer was.
You’re getting your opinion of a person from a movie. Let that sink in
@@jbaker..3337Ben did not even say Strauss was good. I swear some people just hear what they want to hear. 🙄
You should give Dunkirk a second chance. I was in the same boat as you of thinking the movie was just meh. But after watching Oppenheimer, I went back to Dunkirk and fell in love with it. The non-linear fashion of his storytelling, angles of his shots and the beautiful dramatic shots he used were, in my opinion, a testament to his virtuosity. Those tactics are quickly becoming his unique stamp on his films and something people should really start adopting in their films as well.
Dumkirk was visually stunning but just felt boring… I wish it had more of the “bullet train” pacing his films like Dark Night had
I think a lack of character building and no overall story make it seem like a bit of a bore...But it's still one of the most solid war movies for the intensity and tension itself
Dunkirk is a top three Nolan film
@@eamonshields2754 Dunkirk was all about waiting… that’s the entire point… the tension of the ticking time (the soundtrack) is the movie
It felt so real. It was like I was there in the 40's and 50's. Being there during the experiment and the hearings. Amazing
this movie has changed me forever
@@kiaruna Just like the bomb changed the world forever
It felt like a 10 year journey not a 3 hour movie in a good way.
One of best ending I've ever experienced. It's gonna haunt me for the rest of life.
I can’t stand listening to his super fast cadence when he talks
I lived through the aftermath of that bomb in the 60s - it haunts me to this day.
The beautiful thing is that this movie didn't get a lot of promotion compared to other ones, maybe didn't have a lot of memes, it was not a fantasy story just an ordinary "boring" history biopic and to top all that the screen time was long. And against all odds it got 3rd place in the worldwide box office. Just amazing and well deserved!
I just watched Oppenheimer for the 3rd time - I cried this time because I remembered how the alarms in my school would go off in 1962 and we would get under our desks.
In Nolan's last film, Dunkirk, he told a story almost entirely through visuals with extremely little dialogue. Oppenheimer is the opposite. This movie is LOADED with dialogue and plot points. This is a very intense and dramatic movie right from the very first scene.
Tenet was his last movie
@@bradysmith4245and was convoluted shite with a trainwreck of a sound track
Dunkirk wasn’t his previous movie. That was Tenet
Tennet was his last movie.
@BethMa-gd3gv I actually wouldn’t trust Nolan to make a comedy 😂. His biggest weakness is human interactions and you need to have some insight into that to make a good comedy. His clinical approach is better suited to sci-fi, noir, spy thrillers, that type of stuff.
I love Ben's description of scientists. In my college career many yrs ago I was blessed with having a mix of profs. One, my anatomy prof, PHDs galore, her dissertation was on something so obscure only another person in the field would care, brilliant woman. Except when it came to the real world. It took 15 minutes to explain to her the projector didn't work bc the bulb was burned out. Another 15 minutes to explain that the projector had to be plugged back in. 🙄 I had many not as bad but a few came close.
How does it take 15 minutes to explain these things?
This device uses a strong light bulb to shine light at a sensor and then bounces it towards the surface you point it at. The bulb is broken thus light will not shine for you.
It must be plugged into the wall, like most devices in your home, to obtain electricity to power itself and the bright bulb we just replaced. Like almost all things in the universe, it requires energy.
Sounds a lot like my dad, who's also a PhD
I feel your pain. I built hardware (machinist) for double PHD'd cryogenic scientists at NASA on one of my contracts there. These were pretty brilliant guys, but they couldn't 'engineer' their way out of a freakin box. Everything was a 'theory' in their minds. Reality be damned. Due to their elitism, we literally wasted a large amount of taxpayer dollars on simple mechanical problems.
They certainly could work a little harder on those social skills!!
@@pawelallable"The bulb is out. No not the bulb in the ceiling. I know the lights are off thats not what Im talking about. The bulb IN THE PROJECTOR is out. Yes that one... call IT and tell them that your bulb in the projector is out. No you need to tell them that its out so they bring a new bulb with them."
I can already imagine the struggle of that conversation. It maybe wouldnt have lasted 15 mins but that was probably an exaggeration. I can see it lasting a good 3-5 mins trying to explain the bulb is out lol
@@thedude702 baiting out an argument... Just looking for something lol. Do you not have anything else going on in your life?
I was really expecting this film to go down the path of "communists aren't so bad", "McCarthy was a crazy fearmonger", "the Japanese didn't deserve it",
“No one remembers Oppenheimer for the bomb”
YOU ARE LITERALLY REVIEWING THE MOVIE ABOUT OPPENHEIMER, NOT ABOUT TRUMAN!
Literally proving the point that Oppenheimer felt the most responsible, as his life and story left an impact on the world and resonated with many across the world.
Literally no one talks about Truman in this way.
Oppenheimer is so good definitely a top 3 Nolan film for me
@@ShruteFarms001different tastes, I suppose. I think this is his second best film, behind The Prestige
Agree I liked it more than inception and interstellar, but not by a lot
i loved it so much but man dark knight, inception, Interstellar and the prestige are hard to beat it's like choosing which child is better
@@samxdy5563 I personally put the dark knight trilogy aside as it’s own little sub category for Nolan. He’s never done a franchise, apart from Batman, so I consider them separate art to his other films. If you put them aside, I think The Prestige is his best film still to this day. Inception is also fantastic. Interstellar is hit or miss for me. Visually it is stunning, but the story and characters are very meh in my opinion. I think Oppenheimer is perhaps his most visually diverse and most unique film. It feels like a film from the 1960s and I love it
For me
#1 The Dark Knight
#2 The Prestige
#3 Inception
#4 Batman Begins
#5 Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer is an amazing movie. I saw it on IMAX and am going to see it again. I like how the movie was made and that they let Oppenheimer be controversial, as he was. No pushing of negative or positive pictures of him. And I wasn't bored. It didn't feel like 3 hours.
Oppenheimer is better the second time. All of the connections come together in real time rather than after the fact.
Pleeeease take me with you to IMAX
I was thinking about watching it, but was kinda iffy on if it was strong enough to hold my attention for 3 hours. I still haven't watched titanic all the way through cause I got bored lol.
@@MsStealYourDadAndMom
Same, I can never finish that movie.
I liked how they were able to work the story into short and long scenes, I remember looking at the time thinking that 10 minutes had passed but it had been 40, I couldn't believe how I kept paying attention 😂 really enjoyed the visuals.
I hadn’t been to movie theater in almost a decade. But when Oppenheimer came, I said, I don’t care if I have to pay ten box for popcorn. THIS is one I want to see in the theater with all the comfort and luxury there is. And so I did. I was speechless after I saw it. One of the hands- down top ten best movies I’ve seen in my life!
Next, I couldn’t believe this masterpiece is “competing” both in sales and nominations with Barbie!!!
So unbelievable
Thoroughly enjoyed the movie, especially the historical accuracy. Nolin really didn't overlook the small details and avoided turning the characters into caricatures of themselves.
I think it's far too early to say that Oppenheimer was wrong about the H-bomb. Sure, war has become less deadly over the past 70 years but it's a pretty small sample size and is it truly worth the tradeoff - less deadly conflicts sure...but the ever looming potential to completely destroying humanity?
This movie BLEW my mind, I had a BLAST watching it,the effects BLEW me away. It’s been BLOWING UP at the box office. I wonder if it will BOMB in Japan.
too soon
It got banned in Japan 💀
remember; made in America, first delivered to Japan; Barbie, made in Japan, delivered in American
white humor
@@maxdamagusIs it too soon for you to acknowledge that Japan was responsible for more than a third of all deaths in WW2, most of whom were civilians, and that no sensible person thinks that the use of atom bombs on such a country was too harsh?
Literally just finished watching it on IMAX. I’m speechless. A true work of art. Masterpiece. 👌
EVERYONE in my theater was speechless after IMAX viewing…. Or maybe I was just deaf
For whatever reason, I was floored by "Interstellar" flaws and all. It was like a religious experience. I've always the same way about Kubrick's "2001." This film is had a similar effect. The physics, that time in place, the very real horrors that occurred and the tribal political ramifications of all involved. Cinema reflects the zeitgeist of it's time. Chaplin after the industrial revolution, Welles, Ford, Truffaut , Bunuel, supernatural horror films after Vietnam. If you look at what's popular today it's a clear reflection of the instant gratification embedded after the age of social media apps. Some of the stuff is well done, most of it ignores deeper questions. This film did not take that path.
the part between the white house meeting and the actual Trinity test is absolutely amazing. incredibly excitement over something that actually happened. pretty rare in movies today
I'm from Mexico, and listening to Ben Shapiro has improved my English listening comprehension, especially when someone talks too fast, I now understand more than I did about 3 years ago. So, Thank you Ben!
I'm from South America and he also helped me improve my english
I love that comment, ha, ha, wonderful.
I really wanted to hear Ben’s thoughts on the kangaroo court debacle that Oppenheimer went through. Yes he had security clearance concerns, yes he probably should’ve had them removed, yes a hearing was necessary, but no one deserves that level of unfairness that he went through
I like Ben but his movie reviews lack I think for reasons like this.
McCarthy was right on like 90% of the people he suspected because he could read faces and body language so well
@@mitchellhofmann2981 His Rise of Skywalker review made me rethink my whole opinion of the man. So wrong but to someone less initiated he could sound so certain and right. As I know less about politics, than movies, I keep wondering if he sometimes could be as wrong and as convincing with politics. That being said, this was a pretty good review of Oppenheimer.
Ben is a politically savvy, Harvard-trained attorney, and this is a political news/commentary YT channel - of course he will omit topics or points which could seriously undermine his argument; the overly paranoid nature of the political climate at the time, along with the relative ease with which one could exploit this paranoia for personal gain, raises warranted concerns about the legitimacy of many of the claims brought against Oppenheimer and weakens his overall “review” (argument against the film’s depiction of Oppenheimer), imo.
Seems like the movie helped shape your opinion, so mission accomplished I guess...
I saw the movie, but didnt think it to be that great.
The scenes kept changing and with short and very basic dialog.
I feel like if someone doesnt have any previous historical knowledge, it wont understand anything (generically speaking).
Honestly, the very best scene was the detonation of the bomb.
Also, the way they glorify certain characters or ideas, while downgrading others (disonestly) contributes for the movie to not be that appealing. Leaving the idea that it uses some historical facts to promote or exacerbate some message.
If Cillian Murphy is in the movie, means the script is good, means it’s worthy to watch. This is a well made movie and does not even contest with Barbie. In the wake of woke AF movies, this is the only I paid to see.
The film is based on a particular biography by Kai Bird called "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer." Great read and a bunch of the lines in the film are pulled straight from the book. It definitely helped me keep up with the names and events being thrown at me when watching. I have to note that it is a bit of a long read so take that into mind. If you watch the film first then you can probably fill in the rest of the details by online research.
Yes. I made myself read the book before going to see the movie, and I agree that the film stays pretty true to the original story. The film thankfully doesn’t get as depressing as the book did. I enjoyed the films focus on the Strauss cabinet hearings. That small sense of Karma didn’t come through to me in reading the book.
I researched this for a history book I wrote ("American Warlords") and found the military history for the film pretty spot-on by movie standards. (Eisenhower's secretary said in a letter to a friend that Strauss was a "really sweet man.") Ben's historical points in this review are also quite astute - this provides a great context to the film. Great review!
I read and have 'War Lords.' Great book Sir. Thank you for your effort. I highly recommend the book 'War Lords.'
@@OklahomaDsDad thanks so much! It was a blast to research and write. I'm really glad you liked it.
Bens Review gave me an indepth and well informed insight on how he failed in Hollywood as a Screenwriter despite the fact that both of his parents were already in the biz.
It was the BEST of Nolan’s movies and greatest biopic I’ve ever seen. I watch the movie easily 10 times in the past two weeks. It gets better with each viewing.
i cant wait for some 70mm imax tickets to be available. they are sold out for at least 2 weeks in advance in my area
The part where he said *"It's Oppenheimerin' time."*
Was truly the moment of all time.
Even better than the after credit scene which *SPOILERS*
Confirms that the atomic bomb will return
It gave me chills when Strauss told Oppenheimer that his mother's name is Martha as well.
Why is the review for Oppenheimer only 13 minutes when the review of Barbie was longer then the Barbie movie itself.
What I think makes Oppenheimer work is the fact that we don't know if we can trust Oppenheimer or not. I think Strauss was played up to be a villain, but I also think it's kind of balanced out by the fact of how untrustworthy Oppenheimer really is. The two films that this film reminds me of are Lawerence of Arabia and Amadeus. Both have very complex characters are the forefront, with some admirable and unavailable things about them.
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Untrustworthy for not wanting to kill thousands of civilians? If that is what makes him untrustworthy then I choose him over Strauss any day.
Not wanting to kill civilians is not betraying America, it's America betraying the world.
Strauss in the film is actually more charitable portrayal than Strauss was IRL, because Strauss' reasoning for disliking Oppenheimer was even more ridiculous IRL, like stuff about him not being Jewish enough and being left wing, he never genuinely liked Oppenheimer like he did in the film, there wasn't a turning point like the film portrayed, Strauss was always out for blood
Amadeus vibes!
The Vietnam War was nearly 20 years long, from 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975. Were the years you mentioned the "main" timeframe or something, if I may ask?
That ending just stayed with me... it temporarily put me in a sort of existential crisis.
"I believe we did..."
So powerful.
I really didn’t like that ending because, I mean, they didn’t… I know Oppie couldn’t know at the time but Nolan does know we have never had an atomic bombing since Nagasaki. Maybe I didn’t get it but the ending kinda sucked whereas the movie was excellent
@@amrvt But it could happen in decades or in centuries, and if so, he would still be right
@@amrvt I think it was not to convey to us that it is inevitable that we will end our lives through a chain reaction of nuclear bombardment all over the world, but rather to convey to us that this is how Oppenheimer likely felt.
We know that he did not regret making a nuclear bomb because he alluded to it many times - at some point stated that perhaps the lives lost in Japan was too great of a cost, but that was only something that became apparent in hindsight - at the time he had no way of knowing. I think he likely felt that the creation of the a-bomb was inevitable, so all he could do was make sure the wrong people don't get to it first, but it still doesn't diminish the fact that every single day we are at the mercy of a few people around the world keeping their finger off the nuclear trigger. THAT is what makes it so incredibly scary.
Think about this, it is not unheard of that a mentally unstable person with no stake in the world anymore decides to take his own life in a manner that also takes a large number down with him - any of the mass shootings, or that Lufthansa pilot who committed suicide by flying the plane into the side of a mountain with hundreds on board would attest to that, so is it really that far-fetched to think that a man in power and with full access to nuclear weapons wouldn't do the same if he felt suicidal, but on an enormously larger (nuclear) scale?
@@amrvtwhat?? The hell are you talking about? It could literally happen at any moment. That’s what Oppenheimer was worried about and that’s what that final line means. The fact that they created it means it can be done by any nation with the means, knowledge and recourses to do so. He doesn’t mean that war is about to happen and every nation with nukes is about to set them all off, but the chain reaction is that now the world knows how to make nuclear devices, and the chain reaction is that at some point in the future, it is very likely that they will cause a conflict so massive and devastating, that it will be like they set the atmosphere ablaze. One of Nolan’s messages in this film is powerful and clear, we cannot let this happen
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Its less so that another bomb hasn't gone off and more to do with world pre bomb and post bomb are completely different. The destruction of the world is metaphorical not literal. Imagine if all you wanted to do was acquire a deeper understanding of the world you live in but in the end your crowning achievement was giving man the ability to eradicate the world in the blink of an eye. That's a different world than the one you first set off into and it's one of your own creations to boot
I thought it would be more action as far as bombs and tests and stuff, but to be honest the whole story itself with what Oppenheimer did and how he himself was accused of being a spy was insanely intriging itself
Can failed screenwriters who loved The Rise of Skywalker really be trusted to give accurate reviews of movies?
The ending has to be one of the most chilling endings EVER!
Incredible film. Seeing it in IMAX is ABSOLUTELY worth it. I didn't think I could be this impressed by anything the film industry puts out nowadays, and Murphy's funal line gives me chills.
Oppenheimer may not be Nolan's best film or my favorite film from him. But it may just be Nolan's most important film to watch because it applies to real life.
The movie in terms of skill, execution, scale and the fact it was filmed in 57 days is enough to praise as a near masterpiece
@@Thisthat123457 days?! That's amazing
I think it's his best script ever...Might even be my favourite of his after multiple viewings
Disagreed with your POV that scientists don't and can't have a moral POV, and somehow only politicians have the only right over it.
Oh so we are just disregarding the excessive use of nudity? Got it
Bro thinks 5 mins of nudity in a 3 hour movie is excessive. Get a grip bud😭😭😭😭😂
This is a good review but I think Ben needs to understand that the colour scenes were from the perspective of Oppenheimer, so when he talks about Truman being right or stuff like that, he may be correct in his judgment but Oppenheimer didn’t perceive it that way
It was amazing. I saw it twice. The first time I had a hard time understanding what was going on a bit; I think I was distracted by my excitement and the fricking outstanding music lol. The second time let me digest it better because I knew a bit of what was going to happen and I was less excited and it was even better. It was so flipping fantastic.
And I really want to go see it again but my family is judging me really hard and saying I'm wasting my money lol, but I don't feel like I am. They tell "go do things you enjoy" and "live your life" and I feel like this movie is an event. But then this is not a good use of my own money lololol I don't get it. :[
@@tnetennba725_3your money your choice, but I personally would wait for it to come out on blu ray
We dont have a bluray player or DVD player (or Xbox or Playstation), we just stream things, but I would if we had any of that
@@tnetennba725_3 Did you see it twice on a hall?
If you mean theater (sorry, idk if hall is the same as theater) then yes, I saw it twice in digital imax.
I'm writing that Oppenheimer will become available to stream on the streaming service Peacock on February 16, 2024.
I saw this movie in IMAX twice, and was glued to the screen both times.
Christopher Nolan is a genius, and he is one of the best directors of all time. No question.
Also, I have to disagree with Ben on Tenet, I enjoyed that movie immensely.
I did as well. It really is one that truly needs multiple watches, but better each time
that move was awful
I think tenet’s a fun action movie and it’s second half is great but its setup lacks any sort of emotional or character hook. Like there’s not really any emotional stakes and the dialogue can sometimes be awful. And Pattinson and Debicki were consistently outdoing John David Washington. Now maybe that was the script but he seemed to really lack the charisma to lead this.
I feel like it's probably really cool but I have no hope trying to understand it. I feel like if you understand it (somehow) it's a masterpiece, but it's unfortunately pretty awful and confusing if you don't.
I couldn't get into the pacing and didn't care about the MC. It's definitely not as good as some of his other films. Something that is polarizing to half your intended audience is unfortunately not going to be as good as the other ones
Correction: best living director.... next to Spielberg. And Tarantino, Fincher, Zemeckis, Cameron, Howard to name a few others.
Good one
Zemeckis has some absolutely incredible films, but I feel that his more recent track record sort of takes him out of the running
Can’t forget about Scorsese
@@itscj2467 And can’t forget about Taylor Sheridan
Spielberg hasn't been relevant for almost 30 years. Nostalgia glasses is a real thing when evaluating Spielberg. I loved all his films growing up but then I grew up and could see the flaws. Great entertainment but not cinema, as Scorsese says.
I love watching Ben nerd out lmfao
I just watched the Oppenheimer movie and it was so horrifying and at the same time beautiful and educative and it just encapsulated the very essence of what goes on behind the scenes with scientists during wars. I've never felt so appalled, enlightened ,and stunned at the same time. It was somehow unrealistic to believe that these things have actually happened I found myself screaming and shouting that they should not detonate the bomb it felt like it was happening in real time. I would 100% recommend❤❤❤❤
Saw it twice, my absolute favorite part is the Strauss pov scene around the table when they find out the Russians just did a test similar to the test Oppenheimer and them did in NM. (Was it their Trinity test?) Dialogue was great, the score increased the tension, just all around great scene.
Ben, the movie wasn't about whether nuclear power or communism is good or evil. It's a story about those who have convictions and those who do not.
Since when are we not allowed to have opinions that might differ from other people's???
It's made 400mil so far and I'm glad because there are some real academy award actings roles there and I want more of these quality movies made. If they don't make money they wont get made.
“The cult of scientific expertise probably went out with Oppenheimer…” Ben, did you just forget the last few years?
I think he meant to say bipartisan participation in the cult ended around that time, due to the ties between science and communism.
Ben, can you run those death counts again including civilians and see if your pro-nuclear argument holds?
Shapiro misrepresents the film here (why is always so uptight and defensive?) - in no way does it treat Oppenheimer simply as a martyr of the McCarthyite ideologues - it is much more subtle and balanced than that - as ambiguous as Oppenheimer himself. It presents a historically and psychologically complex story in a very compelling and intelligent way and allows us to decide.
You look so familiar. Did you play the role of Umpalumpa in Johnny Depp's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? 🤔
I love how the movie repeatedly mentioned the near zero possibility that the bomb would set off a chain reaction that would destroy the world and by the end it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy that will eventually and inevitably come true one day.
Why are you so sure about it?
Bro they literally played predictive programming on you
@@leonardogabrieltrevinoloba2377I think it was just supposed to set up the way Oppenheimer thought things would pan out and establish that at least in the eyes of the movie he was being genuine about his fears rather than acting in the interests of the soviets
I've always seen this as proof that scientists will likely destroy the Earth one day, like in the movie Snowpiercer. They weren't entirely sure if it would burn up the atmosphere or not, but set it off anyway. A true testament to man's arrogance.
Near zero isn’t zero.
All the nukes going off at the same time could not destroy the planet. Just most, if not all life. Not the planet itself.
I’ve been waiting for this review. This movie was amazing! Took my 13 year old son and kinda didn’t enjoy the nude scene but I get the point. The music will win awards and if this doesn’t win best picture I’d be shocked
I think Killers of the flower moon is more likely to.
I don’t understand why you would take your child to see a rated r movie that has nudity listed in it
Yea but like who cares what ben thinks. Dude hates fun movies. Cries at ever mcu movie ever made
Your son did enjoy nude scene but not with a presence of his dad😂
Yeah I did nit like those scenes neither covered my eyes or most of them.
What did your son think of it?
Also it is not woke entertainment to win Best Picture but definitely will be nominated.
Even though I know movies are not the best source to gain knowledge, they are vital in instilling curiosity among the audience about the subject, and hence Nolan's movies have been not just entertaining but so important. Every single movie of his makes the audience interested to learn more. The Prestige had made me curious about the Edison-Tesla rivalry, Interstellar did so for relativity, dunkirk for well, dunkirk, and now Oppenheimer. Tbh, even batman became mainstream because he made the trilogy, else it was limited to comic fans, not the general audience. I bet nobody would have made the movie with the title The Dark Knight, every director would have thought to put 'batman' there somewhere, only Nolan can pull that off because he wasn't selling a superhero, he was selling the idea of batman being a symbol.
I like how this movie portrayed the man. Displayed all his strengths, and all his flaws, leaving the audience to judge however they choose to believe.
I'm a fan of Nolan, and I loved this film. It treats a complex and challenging story and subject with respect. Masterfully shot and brilliantly performed it is the perfect antidote to the brain poison of Barbie. Thanks Chris, we needed that.
Barbie is also a very good movie, but I definitely preferred Oppenheimer
This movie was the bomb.
I had a _blast_ watching it, and I was completely _blown away_ by the _expanding_ plot and the _fissile_ nature of this movie.
Anybody got others?
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Literally
Yikes
the movie was a bit of a BANG! I thought that Christopher Nolan did such a good job that he would BLOW THIS OUT OF PROPORTION! I couldn't believe the BOOM during the climax! the movie really BLEW MY MIND!
@@kevinboudreaux7860this movie sent _shockwaves_ thru the box office
The part when Tony Stark was about to leave out the room & the man he was talking to made a point in saying that OP & Albert were speaking of something of way more importance & not of him!
My biggest takeaway from the movie is that I wouldn't give Oppenheimer his clearance either. He was clearly a risk, even if he was brilliant. And it showed that General Groves was really helping Oppenheimer as much as he could for the benefit of the project. The movie somewhat painted Oppenheimer as the protagonist but he wasn't exactly a good guy. He wasn't a complete traitor either, but he was literally in the middle. However, if you have these kinds of issues, you cannot hold a security clearance. It's simple.
Alternative telling
Review Board: "Oppenheimer, did you cheat on your wife with multiple partners?"
Oppenheimer: "Yes"
Review Board: "You can't keep your marriage contract to your spouse, so you clearly can't keep your agreement to the country. Clearance denied, make better life choices."
Movie ends, in-and-out of the theater in 5 minutes.
I know right?! There had to be a more engaging way to tell the story than fixate on such a random piece of the historic puzzle. Utterly perplexing. I expected a lot better I would give the film 2.9/5
I love your movie reviews Ben. Keep ‘em comin!
Cillian did a terrific performance
A very good review and yes, I will watch it again. One of the best movies I have seen in a long long time. Great acting and how refreshing to have no CGI scenes. Thought provoking.
I honestly think it’s the best movie I’ve ever seen. The only bad word I could say about it is that I think some nude scenes were unneeded
Are nude scenes ever needed? How old are you that you would say this is the best movie you have ever seen?
I agree. Uncomfortable. I would have rather learned more about Jean Tatlock the person besides her favorite loose morals
it titties bro, not a big deal
I think it was meant to make you uncomfortable since later when Kitty finds out about his affair with Jean and imagines them having sex during the hearing...It was haunting to say the least
I didn't think Truman came off as villainous but pragmatic in that scene.
i went to see oppenheimer with my son, i was a bit disappointed cause i was expecting a "how we made the bomb" and "how we dropped the bomb" movie, but it was a biopic, which was okay, but i'd only watch it the once. i had forgotten my personal connection though, and part way through i leaned over to my son and asked "do you remember ringing the peace bell?" he said no, he was three at the time. we went to hiroshima while visiting my in-laws to introduce them to their grandson, nearly thirty years ago now, hiroshima is pretty pleasant city, and like all of japan the people are great.
my (now ex) wife didn't want to translate my interrogation of how her parents felt about the war, which is fair enough, so my impression of how the japanese feel about the whole thing is that the people would have preferred if hirohito and minded his own business and not got them involved, like me i think they blame the war on the leaders, not the folks.
what fascinates me about japan is their building codes, my in laws, when i first met them, were living in a fairly traditional wood and paper house just south of yokohama in kanagawa, opposite their house is a car park and the car park has a mini cemetery near the entrance, and behind that is a golf driving range, and beyond that is an american airbase, they have blackhawks and f-15's circling their house 24/7, but they don't seem to mind, and we even went shopping in the japanese store on the base one day.
i hate to make light of the horrors of the bomb, but the japanese experience disasters on a regular basis, tsunamis, volcanoes, earthquakes, and what they do is roll up their sleeves, clean up the mess and rebuild what fell over. three days after the bomb in hiroshima they had the trams up and running taking folks to the office.
Ben, read "The Making of the Atomic Bomb", or "American Prometheus". Oppenheimer was a lefty, but during the development of the bomb required him to be sort of a pro-American lefty. We used to have them, you know, back when democrats actually loved their country. Alas, they no longer do, but those were the days when we were one people at war against actual rivals that might conceivably have defeated us.
The review I’ve finally been waiting for
My only criticism would be no mention of the Demon Core and the two physicists who died from lab test mistakes. However it happened after Japan surrendered so I guess it would have muddled the story.
Yes .
I think that was not addressed because it doesn't have a ton to do with Oppenheimer.
That happened after the war was over.
Should the movie also talk about chernobyl? No, its completely unrelated
Terrifying story
I looked into Strauss and his life SEEMS pretty REMARKABLE!
While I understand Ben's arguments in support of the development and use of nuclear power, you cannot blame Oppenheimer for his horror at the power he unleashed. In hindsight, nuclear power did correlate to a decrease in war deaths, but from Oppenheimer's perspective, he was struck with the notion that the incredibly destructive weapon he unleashed on Japan could not only be used in the future, but could have its destructive power increased exponentially. That's enough to make any moral person lose a good deal of sleep.