Barbenheimer, as cute as that was, shouldn't have happened. For one, it destroyed my favorite movie of 2023 (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning) and second, this should've been a double feature, instead, with Godzilla Minus One.
This is probably the highest rating I've given to a movie I barely understood for the grand majority of screentime. But, I award it for how incredibly outstanding it was filmed. As all-over-the-place the timeline was, I instantly loved how this was shot and constructed. Of course, it's also beautifully filmed and acting was perfection. Not one of the zillion A-listers phoned it in.
Oppenheimer tells the complicated origins of the Atomic Bomb and the race to be first to wield it so the second Great War could conclude. Of course, it's not without its victims - all around and consequences.
Personally, it was a tough decision to finally watch this. Well, easy once it became free on one of the platforms I have access to. But, I hate the nuke so much, anything in reference to it depresses me. Even before this movie, I knew why we had to invent it. That doesn't excuse how terrible humans are that we needed to in the first place.
Once you open pandora's box...
At very least, my voice was heard here in this movie.
Anyways, recommended for anyone interested in this process and the time period. But, also for cinema lovers. This movie was so incredibly well made, it's hard not to put this at the top of Christopher Nolan's best films and that's not an easy decision. Plus, of all the great performances here, it has to be one of the best acting I've seen in a long while - Cillian Murphy. He literally and successfully carried the entire movie. It'd be a crime if he doesn't win Best Actor.
Additionally, it should win for Direction, Score, Sound, Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr, Editing and Cinematography. Wouldn't be upset with the other awards if it wins.
And thanks to the editing and pacing, those 3-hours went by much swifter than I thought possible. It wasn't the fastest 3-hour movie, heck MI7a sped by quicker, but it never dragged. Highly recommended.
***
Final Thoughts: First 2 hours, I had planned to watch one of those "ending/film explained" YouTube vids on this so I could understand more of what was going on. Mercifully, the last hour really and nicely summed up what I needed to know. Not even in plain English, but at least I was no longer 100% lost in the Science and plot.
This is probably the highest rating I've given to a movie I barely understood for the grand majority of screentime. But, I award it for how incredibly outstanding it was filmed. As all-over-the-place the timeline was, I instantly loved how this was shot and constructed. Of course, it's also beautifully filmed and acting was perfection. Not one of the zillion A-listers phoned it in.
Oppenheimer tells the complicated origins of the Atomic Bomb and the race to be first to wield it so the second Great War could conclude. Of course, it's not without its victims - all around and consequences.
Personally, it was a tough decision to finally watch this. Well, easy once it became free on one of the platforms I have access to. But, I hate the nuke so much, anything in reference to it depresses me. Even before this movie, I knew why we had to invent it. That doesn't excuse how terrible humans are that we needed to in the first place.
Once you open pandora's box...
At very least, my voice was heard here in this movie.
Anyways, recommended for anyone interested in this process and the time period. But, also for cinema lovers. This movie was so incredibly well made, it's hard not to put this at the top of Christopher Nolan's best films and that's not an easy decision. Plus, of all the great performances here, it has to be one of the best acting I've seen in a long while - Cillian Murphy. He literally and successfully carried the entire movie. It'd be a crime if he doesn't win Best Actor.
Additionally, it should win for Direction, Score, Sound, Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr, Editing and Cinematography. Wouldn't be upset with the other awards if it wins.
And thanks to the editing and pacing, those 3-hours went by much swifter than I thought possible. It wasn't the fastest 3-hour movie, heck MI7a sped by quicker, but it never dragged. Highly recommended.
***
Final Thoughts: First 2 hours, I had planned to watch one of those "ending/film explained" YouTube vids on this so I could understand more of what was going on. Mercifully, the last hour really and nicely summed up what I needed to know. Not even in plain English, but at least I was no longer 100% lost in the Science and plot.