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creature-once-removed · 1 year ago

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I've been reading and watching some reviews of Oppenheimer and am shocked at the way some people don't seem to be able to connect to characters who are a little bit closed off and inwardly complicated.

This is a film you need to bring your own empathy to. It isn't actively provoked and drawn out of you.

Which, given that it deals with the construction of the Atomic Bomb, I think is something that should be self explanatory. If you go into making this thinking "Oh I will make people feel so bad about the bombs" you're already headed in the wrong direction. It's not the question whether or not it's bad. The question is whether or not you realize it's bad when no one tells you outright how to think about it.

This movie is incredible for doing this.

#oppenheimer spoilers #oppenheimer #also it is very much not impartial or distant or anything like that #there's razor sharp opinions in the details; the script is fucking amazing #they just don't jump in your face with it; you gotta notice for yourself #I see in this movie a tiredness of needing to discuss baselines of human decency #'if you cannot recognize for yourself that constructing a bomb like this is horrible then I have no patience to discuss it with you'#is a sentiment I felt very hard throughout the whole thing #people paying attention to it will notice the affirming details #and it's a delight how simple it is in terms of many other things #it's amazing how good Nolan becomes when he's not trying to make another gimmick movie for once #I had so much fun in the theater and it was horrible #how can you have fun knowing what it all means #incredible experience. pretty upsetting. I cried on the way home #can recommend it for people who are a little bit tired of flashy emotional symphonies in movies #and for people who like to start analyzing and reflecting while the film is still running #and honestly for people who like pretty movies #because honestly this movie was very very beautiful in the best oldschool simplistic way #(maybe slightly tasteless side note: Cillian Murphy would make an amazing Frankenstein)#(pathetic wet rat of a man (tragic and unhinged variety))

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