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Oppenheimer Movie Review
fourfathom:
--- Quote from: Joebeazelman on December 25, 2023, 11:17:17 pm ---I saw the movie last night and it was terrible.
[... Trinity program details left out ...]
[... Storytelling issues...]
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For those of you who were expecting a thorough covering of all the many interesting and crucial A-bomb program details, perhaps your first clue should have neem the movie title: "Oppenheimer". This is a movie about the life of Oppenheimer.
If you didn't like the way his story was told, that's a perfectly valid criticism.
I saw the film and thoroughly enjoyed it. I had also read the book on which it was based, and that was quite interesting as well.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: fourfathom on December 27, 2023, 06:28:49 pm ---
--- Quote from: Joebeazelman on December 25, 2023, 11:17:17 pm ---I saw the movie last night and it was terrible.
[... Trinity program details left out ...]
[... Storytelling issues...]
--- End quote ---
For those of you who were expecting a thorough covering of all the many interesting and crucial A-bomb program details, perhaps your first clue should have neem the movie title: "Oppenheimer". This is a movie about the life of Oppenheimer.
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I cover this on my video, but the basic complaint is that that's not how the trailer made it out to be. And really, Oppenheimer would essentially be a public nobody were it not for him being the head of the A-bomb program. So it's not unreasonale to assume there would have been more stuff about the A-Bomb program. Especially considering they built the entire Los Alamos town set etc.
--- Quote ---If you didn't like the way his story was told, that's a perfectly valid criticism.
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I found the back and forth time cuts with no reference to when or what they are talking about really annoying.
dietert1:
To begin with it is pretty difficult to make the development of weapons of mass destruction into entertainment. Oppenheimer may be a US national hero, but most people prefer athletics and socker over martial arts.
Regards, Dieter
coppice:
--- Quote from: dietert1 on December 28, 2023, 10:15:36 am ---To begin with it is pretty difficult to make the development of weapons of mass destruction into entertainment.
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Oh come on. Some very successful shows, like Mythbusters, get most of their viewership from working up to an explosion.
David Hess:
--- Quote from: dietert1 on December 28, 2023, 10:15:36 am ---To begin with it is pretty difficult to make the development of weapons of mass destruction into entertainment.
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Fat Man and Little Boy (Paul Newman and Dwight Schultz), and The Manhattan Project (Christopher Collett and John Lithgow) come to mind.
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