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Oppenheimer (2023)
Visual and sound design are what make this movie
Well what can I say, Mr. Nolan sure knows how to make an epic movie. I do think this movie could have cut out some scenes or at the very least cut down some scenes, 3 hours is quite long. Some scenes felt very dragged out to add more content, though that is my only negative comment about the movie.
The acting and directing was great. Murphy and RDJ were stand outs for me, brilliant acting from both, Emily Blunt was good too though her accent changed a couple times, from British to southern but it didn't really take away from the movie just a little noticeable, to me anyway.
The best parts of this movie to me had to be the visuals and the sounds. I think I am now partially deaf due to the explosive sounds but you know what I don't care, it made me feel a part of the movie, if that makes any sense. The scene where Oppenheimer walks to the podium to talk about the success of the bomb and he walks through the drumming of shoes, I don't know why but this scene left an impact on me.
The visuals were absolutely stunning, like with Interstellar. I believe we are in Oppenheimers mind throughout a lot of this movie, which can be seen through the visuals, the fire burning at certain points, engulfing the screen, the scene at the end of his cross examination and you can see the background start to distort, Oppenheimer imagining what his bomb did by seeing some audience members dying in front of him, even here the sound is impactful as you hear one person scream, quiet and only Oppenheimers breathing.
What I found interesting is the choice to film the past in colour and the present time of the movie in black and white. I guess just to show at which time in the story we were watching. To me it was mirroring Oppenheimers control over his life and the situation he was in.
I'll admit I knew nothing about Oppenheimer before I saw this movie, I think I know more about him now. Interesting man.
Lost Transmissions (2019)
Beautiful Movie
Honestly this movie is incredible. The music is beautiful, I mean I was not expecting to love Juno Temple and Simon Peggs singing voices, Juno's voice was so otherworldly. The cinematography was so simple and yet beautiful also, I felt like I was on the journey with Theo trying to find his Princess of Time. Speaking of Simon Pegg, I have given this movie such a high score because of him. I love Simon Pegg for his comedic roles like the cornetto trilogy, Paul, Run Fatboy Run, Star Trek and Mission Impossible, but this role, I am blown away by his performance. When I read the synopsis for the film I was a bit sceptical I won't lie because I am so used to seeing Pegg play such funny characters, but he took this part so seriously, I was emotionally invested for him to be ok and happy and well again. His schizophrenia was so believable and I felt for him every single moment that I wanted to jump through the screen and hug him.
It's just a beautiful film, I am lost for words even though I wrote a paragraph on why I love this movie. I would have more to say but I am still processing it. Simon Pegg is a star.