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Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:
How much sex and nudity are in this? Im hearing different things

Three scenes that I recall.
1. In bed with his lover. She is on top with full frontal of her top half. Fairly brief scene.
2. He and his lover sitting in chairs talking while both nude, her full frontal top half.
3. On chair embraced facing each other both nude. Pretty obvious what they were doing with brief focus toward his lower backside area.

Please tell me it showed her "drown herself" in the bathtub after leaving a "suicide note".

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Originally posted by grumpy1:
We went today and really enjoyed it. Three hours long but kept our interest. I honestly did not know that much about Oppenheimer or the Los Alamos project beyond the basics and found it very interesting. Last year went through the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas which also helped peak my curiosity more about Los Alamos. Been a fan of quite a few Christopher Nolan movies, though did not like Tenet, and were not let down with this one. We thought highly of the casting too. I don't like "woke" movies with an agenda and did not feel Oppenheimer was if that is a concern.

Appreciate that take. Thanks.

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Please tell me it showed her "drown herself" in the bathtub after leaving a "suicide note".

Screen Rant talks about it:

https://screenrant.com/oppenhe...ath-movie-real-life/

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Hoping to hear some more opinions from those who went and saw this.

I saw it on Friday. It was pretty good and well done. I'm not a big movie goer and I was entertained. I was unaware of Oppenheimer's background and post-bomb history. Yes, it a bit touchy feeling at the end, but it made sense in light of the plot.

I thought Downey Jr did a pretty good job. Gary Oldman as Truman was in the film for 3-4 minutes. Not much there. Cillian Murphy did pretty good too. Matt Damon did a good job of being the gruff Army general (?). This picture may win a lot of awards.

It was entertaining.

I saw the latest Indiana Jones movie - that was bit of a turd.

Depending on theater availability I may have to wait for a home release as IMAX showings are still selling out and I'm not going back to a regular theater again unless it's something special like a classic re-release (NOT a Fathom Event).

Just got back from seeing it. Thought it was great, good acting, and didn’t seem to drag at all. The 3 hour runtime went by pretty quickly. Saw it on a regular screen, and don’t think I missed that much not seeing it in IMAX. To be honest, the explosion scene didn’t really last that long, and that’s probably the main reason to see it in IMAX.

I want to know why they were waving flags with 50 stars?

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
I want to know why they were waving flags with 50 stars?

Yeah, I heard that there were some flags that were 50 stars. But also in the black and white scenes the 48 star flag was shown. It was surmised that because the black and white scenes were depicting accounts taken from an historical record while the color scenes were from Oppenheimer's own account or memory, the 50 star flag resulted from that, his memory.

Maybe, or maybe the film makers just made an error. I don't know.

I still have yet to see it, but I will.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
I want to know why they were waving flags with 50 stars?

Yeah, I heard that there were some flags that were 50 stars. But also in the black and white scenes the 48 star flag was shown. It was surmised that because the black and white scenes were depicting accounts taken from an historical record while the color scenes were from Oppenheimer's own account or memory, the 50 star flag resulted from that, his memory.

Maybe, or maybe the film makers just made an error. I don't know.

I still have yet to see it, but I will.

The film covers decades and it’s not in chronological disorder. It covers the invention of the bomb but also his downfall afterwards.

Quote from Fox Business:

Without spoilers, the possible error is evident during a scene where Oppenheimer, played by Murphy, walks into an auditorium in Los Alamos, New Mexico, where most of the film takes place, to address an enthusiastic crowd.

The rally attendees are standing, cheering, and waving American flags that have 50 stars. However, the scene takes place in 1945 — when the American flag had 48 stars as Alaska and Hawaii had not yet become states.

Alaska and Hawaii became states in January 1959 and August 1959, respectively. In 1960, the 50-star flag was officially adopted.

I thought it was pretty damn good. Robert Downey Jr. did a fantastic job. Many folks I went with didn't even recognize him.

I said it was because he finally didn't play himself or a black guy.

Agreed, that was pretty good and RDJ did a terrific job as Strauss. Loved Murphy in Peaky Blinders, happy to see him get another really good role cast. I'm sure the whole movie is a bit darker and frustrating in terms of what is going on than many expect, know it was for my wife.

I was a little surprised and concerned with the chronological hopping around especially at the beginning, and how that would work for folks who were expecting a tidy story of his work on Manhattan Project. That would include my wife as well; I'd shared that the book was much more focused on his early life and development and then the events in years well after 1945. I don't think that's going to be the expectation of those many viewers expecting another science/research/race/BOOM! movie. And that's why it works IMHO.

Nolan did an incredible but subtle job of anchoring the 3 or 4 main phases in time with a different style of filming or, in the case of the latest era depicted, B&W which was a pretty nifty move. By the time you're 10 minutes in, the time-hopping is done well enough that it flows seamlessly.

The book, BTW, is pretty much in actual chronological order as I recall.

Even with trimming out a lot of his early life and professional development, gave a decent sense of his early struggles without turning it into a snoozer and 5 hours.

Agree that there are likely going to be some awards flow out of this one for both production and acting. One who I thought was pretty good was Benny Safdie as Edward Teller. I didn't recall him from anything else, and his C.V. is pretty short with only 23 other credits. He's not getting nominated for this, but did a good job of a critical role.

Most important, I now think I can finally pronounce "Szilard"!

Glad to read some positive reviews here.

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Originally posted by Georgeair:
One who I thought was pretty good was Benny Safdie as Edward Teller. I didn't recall him from anything else, and his C.V. is pretty short with only 23 other credits. He's not getting nominated for this, but did a good job of a critical role.

Rent or find “Good Time”. You won’t even recognize him. One of the best films in the past 10 years, and one few have scene. Very intense film from first frame to the last. Excellent cinematography and soundtrack. Needs to be played loud.

Does the movie cover the Demon Core accident like in Fat Man and Little Boy where Louis Slotin got blasted with neutron radiation because he screwed up showing it off to someone?

Saw the film last night with my wife, son and his girlfriend. We all enjoyed the film.

Watched it in IMAX/70mm, the way it was designed to be viewed. For a Wed night, it was sold out, and a guy with a mic announced the start of the film, stating that no previews would be screened, and for us to turn around and wave to the projectionist, a guy that really no longer exists in movie theaters anymore. No phone calls or people talking thru the film, no kids in the audience, an extremely well behaved crowd. But the 50' X 70' screen was so huge, the mere presence of a crowd was drowned out.

It was a good movie, but IMO, not Nolan's best, but better than Tenet. My feelings about Oppenheimer for the most part mirrors Critical Drinker's review in the clip above. Even with the large A-List cast, it all worked, all gave excellent performances, even Matt Damon. My wife, who knew nothing much of the film prior, didn't realize until well into the movie that Strauss was played by Robert Downey Jr, perhaps the best role I have seen from him.

This is not a "woke" film by any means, and both my son and I felt the communist angle of the story was not a Hollywood vehicle to glamorize or even have much sympathy towards this aspect, but others might disagree. I don't think the film painted Robert Oppenheimer with an extremely sympathetic brush, but as a very flawed, complex, hypocritical man with obvious human faults and deficiencies. Murphy did an excellent job in his portrayal. Some surprise appearances I did not know of- Casey Affleck, Matthew Modine, and Kenneth Branagh.

It does seem to be a film about both Oppenheimer AND Lewis Strauss. A good chunk of the film does focus on the Manhattan Project, but Strauss is featured prominently in the movie.

The film was flawed and I had various issues with it. First, I don't see how early reviewers were "stunned" or "devastated", that is just stupid, but the film at times went overboard a bit in overloading the senses (especially in IMAX) with loud "Nolan" music, interspersing different scenes and images to create great tension and dread, a trademark of Nolan, but done a bit to the extreme here IMO. His technique of loud sound suddenly cut by silence is used a lot. Even though the acting was great, it was impossible to sense any warmth, humor, or empathy from the characters, the only one that might have came close was Gen. Groves played by Damon. Plus the film was dense, complex, with the metaphorical scenes, time jumps, you have to really concentrate to keep up with the film, you can miss stuff if you blink. But I must admit, the 3 hours went by fast, we all didn't notice the long length.

Oppenheimer is not Top Gun Maverick, which was also a very satisfying movie. If you're not a fan of Chris Nolan's films, you will definitely not like this one. It was a satisfying experience for me.

‘Oppenheimer’ mania pushes Army to warn of long tourist lines at Trinity atomic test site

PUBLISHED MON, JUL 24 20232:37 PM EDT
Amanda Macias

The U.S. Army said its upcoming open house of the Trinity Site is expected to receive “a larger than normal crowd” due to the overwhelming popularity of Universal’s “Oppenheimer.”

The Trinity Site on White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico is where the world’s first atomic bomb was tested...

Complete article:

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/2...es-trinity-site.html

Trinity Site is on my bucket list but I'll move it to 2024.

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Originally posted by PASig:
Does the movie cover the Demon Core accident like in Fat Man and Little Boy where Louis Slotin got blasted with neutron radiation because he screwed up showing it off to someone?

The Slotin accident occurred in 1946, after the war. The first demon core incident, which killed Harry Daghlian, happened on August 21, 1945, after Japan surrendered. The Los Alamos portion of the movie basically ends right after Trinity, in mid-July 1945. The Fat Man and Little Boy movie moved the event up for drama. Their timeline isn’t accurate.

The movie is a bio of Oppenheimer, it’s not really a story about building the bombs.

That reference made me look up demon core. It’s amazing that the smartest men on the planet came up with the idea of holding the core of an atomic bomb with their thumb and a flat head screwdriver. I read Enrico Fermi told the guy he would be dead in a year if he kept doing it that way.