Oppenheimer
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Oppenheimer 2023

★★★★½

Watched 21 Jul 2023

A technical delight, it's a brilliantly made political drama. It's Nolan's most polished directing and cinematography, but doesn't carry his usual over-the-top excitement. The composer didn't get the memo and cranked out a super intense score anyways. It doesn't fully match the vibe, but it does elevate the importance and significance with rising, anxious horns. It felt very much like the Chernobyl mini series.

There is definitely some acting going on, but with so much talent on display - some people didn't seem to quite shine in the limelight. So glad Rami Malek was the one who got to drop the info bomb.

The Manhattan Project was not something I was totally familiar with so it did feel educational and important. It will certainly do well at the oscars and Nolan will be taken more seriously, but this is not the high-octane Nolan we've become accustomed to. There is some beautiful imagery to start us off and it is a very important story to tell. I really felt the 3 hours and the Promethian points were made pretty early on so I felt like it dragged in the middle. It is brilliant for what it is, but it also feels cold and detached in some ways. I keep changing my rating between 8 and 9/10 after sleeping on it.


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