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It wasn't quite the masterpiece I was hoping for, but Oppenheimer is still a really fantastic movie.

Cillian Murphy is terrific and the supporting cast is honestly insane. This might beat The Thin Red Line for the amount of big name actors that show up. Robert Downey Jr. Stole the show. I did feel like Emily Blunt was a bit wasted though. She has one really good scene, but she's mostly just the "wife" character.

The cinematography, editing, music; it's all top-notch, even if most of the visuals don't really make it a "must see in IMAX" movie. The detonation sequence is absolutely breathtaking though.

It did start to feel a bit overdramatic at points, with plot twists and lots of shouting courtesy of Jason Clarke's almost cartoonishly evil character. Plus there are times where (despite it's uniquely Nolan structure) it does feel like a rather standard biopic, especially in the first act. That feeling doesn't stick for very long though since the whole thing is so well put together.

In the end, I would say this is easily one of my favorite Nolan films. It's great to see him tap into more emotional themes, even when there are still some issues. Also, I absolutely loved the ending.

Bigger and more ambitious than the first one in almost every way. Bigger stakes, more and fanservice and even more Spider-men, but never at the expense of the very personal and emotional story. The character development is incredible, with Gwen's story being the easy standout for me. The movie's fairly long and it doesn't waste a single minute. It could've been five hours long and I wouldn't have complained. It will obviously leave you wanting even more.

The animation is mind-blowing. As gorgeous as you'd expect from a sequel to Into The Spider-verse.

I don't know how they did it, but they did it. Again. What an incredible movie.

It starts how you'd expected: stylish, hyperkinetic, anachronistic; very wonderfully Baz Luhrmann. I enjoyed all of it, but I also felt like I was missing very important parts of Elvis' life

But then something happened. The film started to slow down and linger on the tragedy of his life. His early years went by fast, but the last years of his life and career are slow and painful, tragic and heartbreaking. That shift is what I think is this movie's true genius.

Austin Butler is absolutely amazing and Oscar-worthy as Elvis. Tom Hanks is never quite as convincing, but stil very effectively despicable.

Honestly this was one of my favorite music biopics in recent years. It's good to finally have a definitive Elvis biopic.