This one is definitely going to be a hot take, i didn't find the film to be masterpiece, in a cinematic sense, but it was indeed a masterpiece for me in an intricate way of how subjectively they've portrayed the character study of J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER. The film solely focuses on the titular character and the hardships, emotions, trauma he had to go through whilst making one of the biggest arsenal that'd change history's course forever and what happened after. The 3rd person POV in B&W & the 1st person POV in color gave rather an amusing perspective. While Nolan has indeed veered away from his usual "cerebral - gimmicky" way of storytelling, the audience must be focused on the film so that they may get what is happening and when it is happening, and maybe brushing up on the whole Manhattan Project history and the aftermath trial would also be nice as i noticed that the majority of the audience were infact bored off of their asses during to not getting the history right or the realisation of the impact the event had. I did felt like the chemistry between Cillian & Blunt was off in many places and even her accent came out of hiding in many places, while Cillian & Pugh's one-off interactions were interesting but that was that. Yes indeed Cillian spurned out a masterful performance but it was RDJ who knocked it out of the park for me. His portrayal of the polarized Admiral Lewis Strauss was nothing short of a wonderful performance. What the film lacks is not the starcast, or the perfectly woven screenplay or character study, but it was the hype that all the so-called Christopher Nolan fans who'd only seen mostly THE TDKR TRILOGY & INTERSTELLAR & INCEPTION were actually expecting something like that from him. I think it's due time that Nolan pivot into making more notarized drama's like this where the performance & screenplay can be hard-hitting instead of just giving out thrills & cerebral storylines. OPPENHEIMER is indeed a film that i believe will stay relevant for years to come.
Review by Mohammed HashimBlockedParent2023-07-21T17:24:12Z
This one is definitely going to be a hot take, i didn't find the film to be masterpiece, in a cinematic sense, but it was indeed a masterpiece for me in an intricate way of how subjectively they've portrayed the character study of J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER. The film solely focuses on the titular character and the hardships, emotions, trauma he had to go through whilst making one of the biggest arsenal that'd change history's course forever and what happened after. The 3rd person POV in B&W & the 1st person POV in color gave rather an amusing perspective. While Nolan has indeed veered away from his usual "cerebral - gimmicky" way of storytelling, the audience must be focused on the film so that they may get what is happening and when it is happening, and maybe brushing up on the whole Manhattan Project history and the aftermath trial would also be nice as i noticed that the majority of the audience were infact bored off of their asses during to not getting the history right or the realisation of the impact the event had. I did felt like the chemistry between Cillian & Blunt was off in many places and even her accent came out of hiding in many places, while Cillian & Pugh's one-off interactions were interesting but that was that. Yes indeed Cillian spurned out a masterful performance but it was RDJ who knocked it out of the park for me. His portrayal of the polarized Admiral Lewis Strauss was nothing short of a wonderful performance. What the film lacks is not the starcast, or the perfectly woven screenplay or character study, but it was the hype that all the so-called Christopher Nolan fans who'd only seen mostly THE TDKR TRILOGY & INTERSTELLAR & INCEPTION were actually expecting something like that from him. I think it's due time that Nolan pivot into making more notarized drama's like this where the performance & screenplay can be hard-hitting instead of just giving out thrills & cerebral storylines. OPPENHEIMER is indeed a film that i believe will stay relevant for years to come.