Despite its 3 hour runtime, Oppenheimer grabs you and draws you into J Robert Oppenheimer's life and what led him to become the father of the atomic bomb and the aftermath of WWII after little boy and fat man were used to help end the war.
Oppenheimer is portrayed to be a complicated man, a brilliant yet flawed person. In perhaps Cillian Murphy's best performance, he becomes Oppenheimer in our eyes. He eventually becomes someone that is against nuclear proliferation, so despite his contribution to its creation, he in fact realizes that it has a terrible and consequential impact on humanity.
The Oppenheimer cast is stacked! Downey, Damon, Blunt and Pugh, to name a few, plus the likes of Hartnett, Oldman, Malik and more familiar character actors fill the screen and sprinkle their magic in the their respective screen times. Perhaps the underutilized aspect of the actors is Emily Blunt who finally shows her mettle in the 3rd act during the hearing.
Nolan is truly a master at his craft. While there are a great many scenes in this movie to prove this, the one thing (SPOILER HERE) that comes to mind is when the testing at Los Alamos has finally happened... And then he does this visual magic without music or sound. Wow. Amazing. Seconds later when the boom finally follows, yowza, what brilliance!
This may very well be Nolan's best work and I hope he gets an Oscar win for this. Kudos to the cast and crew for putting together this masterpiece. I'm not normally a biopic nor historical movie viewer but you just have to watch this. 10/10.
Oppenheimer is portrayed to be a complicated man, a brilliant yet flawed person. In perhaps Cillian Murphy's best performance, he becomes Oppenheimer in our eyes. He eventually becomes someone that is against nuclear proliferation, so despite his contribution to its creation, he in fact realizes that it has a terrible and consequential impact on humanity.
The Oppenheimer cast is stacked! Downey, Damon, Blunt and Pugh, to name a few, plus the likes of Hartnett, Oldman, Malik and more familiar character actors fill the screen and sprinkle their magic in the their respective screen times. Perhaps the underutilized aspect of the actors is Emily Blunt who finally shows her mettle in the 3rd act during the hearing.
Nolan is truly a master at his craft. While there are a great many scenes in this movie to prove this, the one thing (SPOILER HERE) that comes to mind is when the testing at Los Alamos has finally happened... And then he does this visual magic without music or sound. Wow. Amazing. Seconds later when the boom finally follows, yowza, what brilliance!
This may very well be Nolan's best work and I hope he gets an Oscar win for this. Kudos to the cast and crew for putting together this masterpiece. I'm not normally a biopic nor historical movie viewer but you just have to watch this. 10/10.