"Oppenheimer" is a gripping historical drama directed by Christopher Nolan, exploring the life of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his pivotal role in developing the atomic bomb during World War II. The film delves into the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by Oppenheimer and his team, showcasing the immense pressure and groundbreaking achievements of the Manhattan Project. With a stellar cast, including Cillian Murphy in the titular role, "Oppenheimer" offers a profound reflection on the complexities of scientific discovery and its impact on humanity.
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00:00Yes, that Oppenheimer review embargo has lifted which means your feed is flooded with Oppenheimer reviews
00:06So I do appreciate you clicking on this review in particular good news is it's gonna be a really easy review
00:11It's my favorite kind of review this movie is epic
00:19So Oppenheimer is written and directed by Christopher Nolan as I understand it's based off of the book American Prometheus
00:25Stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer
00:28Who's known as the father of the atomic bomb and this is a biopic?
00:31Chronicling his life leading up to the Manhattan Project him doing the Manhattan Project and what came after the Manhattan Project the good the bad
00:38The heavy it's here now Cillian Murphy is absolutely brilliant in this film as J. Robert Oppenheimer
00:44there's something about Cillian Murphy's eyes that Pierce absolutely that lends to those heavy moments of
00:51regrets and
00:52Despair that he feels later on in the film. Absolutely, whether it's with a stare or him delivering dialogue
00:58His performance in here is an absolutely
01:02Soulful and heavy one. Well, I should backtrack cuz it didn't start out that way, you know, he starts out. He's a pretty
01:08Relatable guy. I mean true neutral. Absolutely. I like that about him in the D&D personality scale. He was true neutral
01:15I just appreciate people like that. He's a flawed human, but we're all flawed humans
01:19Maybe in different ways, but I was surprised at how relatable he was
01:23which is why it makes it so much worse when he becomes the guy who's like, I just wanted to help the world and
01:31It's worse because of me because it's easy to be like Oh father of the atomic bomb
01:35But it's like yeah, but what does that do to somebody?
01:38What does that do to the person who made the device that killed that many people someone who's not a military mind?
01:45He's a scientist Gillian Murphy makes you feel all of it
01:48He's always been an incredible actor, but this is the kind of performance that an actor gives that is
01:53Truly special everyone in the movie actually did a great job. It's a packed cast. I cannot
01:58Logistically list off the entire supporting cast here Emily Blunt Jason Clark Robert Downey jr
02:04Matt Damon and more there there are people in this movie. I didn't know we're in this movie
02:10You too kind of shows how many people just want to work with Christopher Nolan at this point
02:15I think that's great. But also Robert Downey jr. Another amazing performance is one of those performances
02:20I don't logistically know the exact number. I don't know that how many minutes of screen time he had
02:26It's like ever since I learned Anthony Hawkins had like 15 or 16 minutes of screen time inside them through the lambs
02:32Like I always questioned that I don't know why it's just a me thing from then on
02:36I don't think he had a lot of screen time
02:38But when I think of the movie, I absolutely am going to think of him and his performance
02:44I love the fact that Robert Downey jr. Doesn't have to work a day in his life
02:50And at that point sometimes actors will be like, yeah, I can phone it in get a paycheck
02:54It'll be fine Robert Downey jr. Must have more money from those fuck you Marvel paychecks than Heisenberg at this point
03:00No, I'm not talking about the German scientist
03:03I'm talking about the fictional drug kingpin and the dude's still like I'll clock on an amazing performance and knock it out
03:08Of the park. I don't have to but I want to it was incredible to watch and what I loved
03:14most about this what gripped me is this feels like a
03:18Cinephiles film it feels like a film for film fans for the love of cinema and the art of cinema and that Francis Ford Coppola
03:26Bram Stoker's Dracula kind of way, you know that movie grabs me
03:30One of the reasons it does anyway is because the visual effects in that movie are all in camera effects
03:36They're all practical and I'd heard that flex for this movie for Oppenheimer. No CGI anywhere in this movie and I
03:43Appreciate that it's kind of funny how the flex is flipped
03:46But it used to be like this movie has 3,000 CGI shots. That's the flex now the flex is the opposite
03:53It's reversed now the flex is zero and that's as cool as it gets and it's not just for the nuke scene
03:59Like I thought it was gonna be like, okay, the nuke scenes gonna be practical. That's cool
04:02Not with a nuke other explosives, but okay, it's gonna be practical, but it's not just that
04:06There are scenes when Oppenheimer's in his head showing how he views the world what he thinks about you see space supernova
04:12He thinks about quantum theory you see Adams whizzing around
04:15It's easy to not even think about it when you're so used to movies having CGI
04:20But when you see moments like that with practical effects, and it feels practical it feels tangible
04:26It feels like it's something in the world. It's completely different. It's a magical experience
04:32I appreciated and connected with the film on a level
04:35I wasn't expecting to because of the absence of CGI in scenes and shots that otherwise
04:41Would have had CGI Christopher Nolan's the type of director who inspires people to be directors
04:49Things like that are why as for the nuke scene. I don't know about you
04:53I love seeing nukes and movies just a fun thing and any other movie. I'd be like, yeah the nuke it's coming. Let's do it
04:59I didn't feel like that in here and I appreciated that
05:02I love the fact that when it's leading up to the bomb the movie doesn't really logistically revolve around that it is about
05:11Oppenheimer's properly titled it's about him and the work he did and the aftermath of it
05:17Not that one thing he did but when it was leading up to the bomb you feel the fear in the room the anxiety the tension
05:24I love the fact that Christopher Nolan was like, yeah, you're looking forward to the bomb. We're gonna make it look cool
05:29But that's not what's important
05:31The thing I remember from that scene is the look on Killian Murphy's face while he's watching it. It's the reaction of Oppenheimer
05:39That's important. Oppenheimer wasn't overshadowed in his own film and his own biopic by the bomb
05:44I feel like it'd be easy for that to be the case
05:47I will say the last hour or so of this film
05:50Relies on a lot of exposition it deals with the government and Oppenheimer and you're hearing about things that happened
05:56But you're not necessarily seeing those things
05:59I would have liked to have seen those things
06:01but if it showed those things this movie would be five hours long as opposed to three the last hour or so of this
06:06Film could be its own film. It could be a
06:09You know sneaky government paranoia courtroom drama, but technically not a courtroom drama
06:15But still the vibe of a courtroom drama type film
06:18I mean it's hard to condense a man's life who did all this did so much and dealt with so much
06:25After the Manhattan project into a three-hour film
06:28It's a great three-hour film that works well for its runtime and actually tells more than you would think
06:33They could put into this three-hour runtime. The musical score was
06:38Amazingly haunting and swells what it needs to it. It's absolutely impactful. There are a couple moments of tension in here
06:45musical score
06:47Absolutely knocked it out of the park
06:48but what I liked about the audio mixing with the musical score is some Christopher Nolan movies recently of
06:53The audio has been a bit uneven and the musical score is kind of overridden the actors voices and the dialogue couldn't really hear
07:01What was going on? So clearly this movie does not have that problem. I appreciate that
07:07I don't mind saying this is Christopher Nolan at his heaviest. We've had some good times
07:11We've had some action adventures, but if someone said this is Nolan
07:15Going for his Oscar. I wouldn't argue it, but I would add yeah
07:20And the cool thing is it doesn't feel like he's trying for the sake of that. You know, how it is some Oscar bait
07:25You're like, yeah, why not just beg for it?
07:27This is just Christopher Nolan making good dramatic stuff the story performances filmmaking editing all top-tier
07:34It's a visually beautiful epic tragedy and it is
07:39awesome tackular I
07:45Already want to see it again because the screening wasn't in 70 millimeter IMAX
07:49The 70 millimeter film not IMAX. I really want to see this in IMAX
07:54It's as simple as that or so Oppenheimer. Have you seen it? What did you think about it?
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