Topic: | Oppenheimer | |
Posted by: | Joe Conneely | |
Date/Time: | 22/07/23 18:52:00 |
While not a great Christopher Nolan fan (I find his futuristic style films "Tenet", "Inception" & "Interstellar", pretentious I fear) this one benefits from being rooted in the historic facts of the life of Robert Oppenheimer, the "father of the Atomic Bomb". While nearly 3 hours long, it thankfully doesn't drag largely because of the mosaic form of storytelling used with endless time jumps from the outset spanning the early 1930s to late 1950s, all skilfully interwoven. Cillian Murphy in the lead role and the film itself seem set for many awards but the whole cast excels, especially Matt Damon as a driven US general in charge of the WW2 nuclear effort; Robert Downey Jr. as Oppenheimer's ultimately doomed nemesis in the McCarthy era; and Emily Blunt and Florence Pugh as Oppenheimer's two wives. The story captures very well the mood swings of the USA from 30s support in academia of socialist thinking to the Communist Red Scares of the 50s, along the way monopolising the use of Nazi hating Jewish scientists to develop the bomb at Los Alamos. Oppenheimer as the leader and catalyst of managing the many egos to catch up and beat the German efforts at nuclear fusion takes up inevitably the greater part of the film. The subsequent hand wringing when the scientists realise what they have created and naively try to control the politicians is captured brilliantly in a short scene between President Truman and Oppenheimer after the bombs have been dropped on Japan. All the usual Nolan trademarks are on show - high level audio, cranked up music score and iMax style cinematography - but given the nearly full cinema at the midday screening today one suspects that it will enjoy a good box office despite the current competition from "Barbie" and "Mission Impossible". |
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