Oppenheimer
Dish15

Review by Dish15

Oppenheimer

2023
★★★★½

Watched 31 Jul 2023

Never, in my 25 years of experiencing Indian theatres, have I witnessed a cinema hall fully packed with the quietest people. A silence which I had last thought of whilst standing in a convent school assembly, hearing shrill mic echoes of maintaining a pin-drop silence. An unexplainable shock sealed the lips, sinister air made the heart pound. Every passing minute pushed me forth towards an impending doom. The doom of humanity.

Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man.

For this he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity.

For me, Oppenheimer never felt about Nolan. It never felt about Murphy, or Downey, or predicted multiple Academy wins. This one was immersive in all it's sense, a wave which periodically kept hitting me in the face. Slapping me, shaking me to wake up and open my goddamn eyes. To be prepared to face the consequences of what we have done to ourselves.

Oppenheimer's self reflection and emotional turmoils felt not only as his own, but also as mine. The strive to achieve something unachievable, but once it lies there in your palm, you realise- it is indeed the end of the world.
With a carefully put together cast, taut direction and brilliant, ground shaking score, Oppenheimer is one of my top watches of all time. I have never been more taken aback, been forced to ponder by a movie in probably 10 years, last being Denis Villeneuve's Incendies (2010).

The sinking feeling which the movie imparted to every viewer still remains with me, constantly rewinding the scenes and thinking about it. After all, what can be more horrifying than replaying the cause and nature of humanity's death. Might as well help prepare for the world's end.

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