Oppenheimer - thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How was the soundtrack?

Is it essential to see it on the big screen? I was going to see it IMAX, but I’m concerned with the summer covid surge because I’m high risk as are the people I work with.

I found a lot of the background music annoying and seemed more appropriate for a Batman movie

I think movies always have more impact on big screen but this is a talkie for sure and would be fine at home-
You could actually pause and look up stuff and people.

This is my plan for second viewing. Spouse is a hardcore physics nerd, so knew everyone and everything with no need for a primer. I came home and looked up a lot of stuff/people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I liked it well enough. Was it the greatest movie of all times, no. Was it a fairly interesting story, yes.

I liked it, overall agree with this assessment. Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr were great. It captured a lot of interweaving story lines. I think it didn’t quite wrap it up the same way other historical movies I love have- like a beautiful mind, the kings speech, Elvis or walk the line. A few of those were also tragic stories that wrapped up/jazzed up the sadness or injustice in a more succinct, obvious and Hollywood way. That fell a little flat for me, but can also appreciate it being more realistic in that sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How was the soundtrack?

Is it essential to see it on the big screen? I was going to see it IMAX, but I’m concerned with the summer covid surge because I’m high risk as are the people I work with.

I loved seeing it in the theatre, truly enjoyed it. Of course if you’re trying to avoid crowded spaces then don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I loved it, except the sex scenes that seemed too crude, slapped on, and didn’t advance the movie.

Reading that spiritually and culturally important Sanskrit text in that moment is quite insensitive, BTW!!! No wonder some Hindus were shocked. And that particular scene was totally unrealistic, let’s just leavebit at that.

There were better ways of showing Oppenheimer had relations with several women.

Me again. They didn't ruin the movie, except I couldn't take my 13 year old to see it with me in the cinema. She wanted to see it. My husband and I are research scientists. We were SO excited to see a movie about actual scientists generating so much buzz, honestly. It's an opportunity to discuss how research always comes with risks, what drives scientists to do it, and how they feel when their discoveries are used in ethically-tortured ways. We're going to wait until it streams, then fast-forward the sex scenes for DD.

I thought the structure of the movie was interesting and easy to follow, personally. And it didn't feel like 3 hours at all - I was riveted the entire time.
A little more science would have been even better. But that's a piddling detail. What matters is the bigger picture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved it, except the sex scenes that seemed too crude, slapped on, and didn’t advance the movie.

Reading that spiritually and culturally important Sanskrit text in that moment is quite insensitive, BTW!!! No wonder some Hindus were shocked. And that particular scene was totally unrealistic, let’s just leavebit at that.

There were better ways of showing Oppenheimer had relations with several women.

Me again. They didn't ruin the movie, except I couldn't take my 13 year old to see it with me in the cinema. She wanted to see it. My husband and I are research scientists. We were SO excited to see a movie about actual scientists generating so much buzz, honestly. It's an opportunity to discuss how research always comes with risks, what drives scientists to do it, and how they feel when their discoveries are used in ethically-tortured ways. We're going to wait until it streams, then fast-forward the sex scenes for DD.

I thought the structure of the movie was interesting and easy to follow, personally. And it didn't feel like 3 hours at all - I was riveted the entire time.
A little more science would have been even better. But that's a piddling detail. What matters is the bigger picture.

I don't understand this. Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees, or cutting off your nose to spite your face. You daughter will survive seeing some sex and boobs. Some might even say it'd be a good thing, opening up communication and such.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved it, except the sex scenes that seemed too crude, slapped on, and didn’t advance the movie.

Reading that spiritually and culturally important Sanskrit text in that moment is quite insensitive, BTW!!! No wonder some Hindus were shocked. And that particular scene was totally unrealistic, let’s just leavebit at that.

There were better ways of showing Oppenheimer had relations with several women.

Me again. They didn't ruin the movie, except I couldn't take my 13 year old to see it with me in the cinema. She wanted to see it. My husband and I are research scientists. We were SO excited to see a movie about actual scientists generating so much buzz, honestly. It's an opportunity to discuss how research always comes with risks, what drives scientists to do it, and how they feel when their discoveries are used in ethically-tortured ways. We're going to wait until it streams, then fast-forward the sex scenes for DD.

I thought the structure of the movie was interesting and easy to follow, personally. And it didn't feel like 3 hours at all - I was riveted the entire time.
A little more science would have been even better. But that's a piddling detail. What matters is the bigger picture.

I don't understand this. Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees, or cutting off your nose to spite your face. You daughter will survive seeing some sex and boobs. Some might even say it'd be a good thing, opening up communication and such.

New poster here. I did not like the nudity because the actress simply seemed exposed to me, in a gratuitous way. For example, the scene in the Congressional hearing room where, totally nude, she climbs onto Oppenheimer's lap and straddles him as he is being interrogated by fully clothed men in suits. There is little need for such exposure of her body. The same point could have been made with her in clothing. It just felt unnecessary and overdone. It's not about seeing some sex and boobs. It's about using the female body as a prop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved it, except the sex scenes that seemed too crude, slapped on, and didn’t advance the movie.

Reading that spiritually and culturally important Sanskrit text in that moment is quite insensitive, BTW!!! No wonder some Hindus were shocked. And that particular scene was totally unrealistic, let’s just leavebit at that.

There were better ways of showing Oppenheimer had relations with several women.

Me again. They didn't ruin the movie, except I couldn't take my 13 year old to see it with me in the cinema. She wanted to see it. My husband and I are research scientists. We were SO excited to see a movie about actual scientists generating so much buzz, honestly. It's an opportunity to discuss how research always comes with risks, what drives scientists to do it, and how they feel when their discoveries are used in ethically-tortured ways. We're going to wait until it streams, then fast-forward the sex scenes for DD.

I thought the structure of the movie was interesting and easy to follow, personally. And it didn't feel like 3 hours at all - I was riveted the entire time.
A little more science would have been even better. But that's a piddling detail. What matters is the bigger picture.

I don't understand this. Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees, or cutting off your nose to spite your face. You daughter will survive seeing some sex and boobs. Some might even say it'd be a good thing, opening up communication and such.

New poster here. I did not like the nudity because the actress simply seemed exposed to me, in a gratuitous way. For example, the scene in the Congressional hearing room where, totally nude, she climbs onto Oppenheimer's lap and straddles him as he is being interrogated by fully clothed men in suits. There is little need for such exposure of her body. The same point could have been made with her in clothing. It just felt unnecessary and overdone. It's not about seeing some sex and boobs. It's about using the female body as a prop.

Ha ha yes - this scene seemed to me like a desperate attempt to hold the audience interest amid hours of gray white men talking incessantly !

I guess it also showed that Oppie’s thoughts were elsewhere in that moment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved it, except the sex scenes that seemed too crude, slapped on, and didn’t advance the movie.

Reading that spiritually and culturally important Sanskrit text in that moment is quite insensitive, BTW!!! No wonder some Hindus were shocked. And that particular scene was totally unrealistic, let’s just leavebit at that.

There were better ways of showing Oppenheimer had relations with several women.

Me again. They didn't ruin the movie, except I couldn't take my 13 year old to see it with me in the cinema. She wanted to see it. My husband and I are research scientists. We were SO excited to see a movie about actual scientists generating so much buzz, honestly. It's an opportunity to discuss how research always comes with risks, what drives scientists to do it, and how they feel when their discoveries are used in ethically-tortured ways. We're going to wait until it streams, then fast-forward the sex scenes for DD.

I thought the structure of the movie was interesting and easy to follow, personally. And it didn't feel like 3 hours at all - I was riveted the entire time.
A little more science would have been even better. But that's a piddling detail. What matters is the bigger picture.

I don't understand this. Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees, or cutting off your nose to spite your face. You daughter will survive seeing some sex and boobs. Some might even say it'd be a good thing, opening up communication and such.

New poster here. I did not like the nudity because the actress simply seemed exposed to me, in a gratuitous way. For example, the scene in the Congressional hearing room where, totally nude, she climbs onto Oppenheimer's lap and straddles him as he is being interrogated by fully clothed men in suits. There is little need for such exposure of her body. The same point could have been made with her in clothing. It just felt unnecessary and overdone. It's not about seeing some sex and boobs. It's about using the female body as a prop.

Ha ha yes - this scene seemed to me like a desperate attempt to hold the audience interest amid hours of gray white men talking incessantly !

I guess it also showed that Oppie’s thoughts were elsewhere in that moment.

The wife was imaging it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved it, except the sex scenes that seemed too crude, slapped on, and didn’t advance the movie.

Reading that spiritually and culturally important Sanskrit text in that moment is quite insensitive, BTW!!! No wonder some Hindus were shocked. And that particular scene was totally unrealistic, let’s just leavebit at that.

There were better ways of showing Oppenheimer had relations with several women.

Me again. They didn't ruin the movie, except I couldn't take my 13 year old to see it with me in the cinema. She wanted to see it. My husband and I are research scientists. We were SO excited to see a movie about actual scientists generating so much buzz, honestly. It's an opportunity to discuss how research always comes with risks, what drives scientists to do it, and how they feel when their discoveries are used in ethically-tortured ways. We're going to wait until it streams, then fast-forward the sex scenes for DD.

I thought the structure of the movie was interesting and easy to follow, personally. And it didn't feel like 3 hours at all - I was riveted the entire time.
A little more science would have been even better. But that's a piddling detail. What matters is the bigger picture.

I don't understand this. Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees, or cutting off your nose to spite your face. You daughter will survive seeing some sex and boobs. Some might even say it'd be a good thing, opening up communication and such.

That's not how parenting works, childfree poster. Children are not mini adults, they're children. We teach them, including by deciding that adult content is for adults only.

[Anonymous]

I didn't really like it, but made me more aware Oppenheimer's role. I'll probably do some reading on my own to understand better. The dialog was hard to follow, and most of the time I didn't understand what was happening. It needed a better screenplay and directing. I give it a C+.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved it, except the sex scenes that seemed too crude, slapped on, and didn’t advance the movie.

Reading that spiritually and culturally important Sanskrit text in that moment is quite insensitive, BTW!!! No wonder some Hindus were shocked. And that particular scene was totally unrealistic, let’s just leavebit at that.

There were better ways of showing Oppenheimer had relations with several women.

Me again. They didn't ruin the movie, except I couldn't take my 13 year old to see it with me in the cinema. She wanted to see it. My husband and I are research scientists. We were SO excited to see a movie about actual scientists generating so much buzz, honestly. It's an opportunity to discuss how research always comes with risks, what drives scientists to do it, and how they feel when their discoveries are used in ethically-tortured ways. We're going to wait until it streams, then fast-forward the sex scenes for DD.

I thought the structure of the movie was interesting and easy to follow, personally. And it didn't feel like 3 hours at all - I was riveted the entire time.
A little more science would have been even better. But that's a piddling detail. What matters is the bigger picture.

I don't understand this. Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees, or cutting off your nose to spite your face. You daughter will survive seeing some sex and boobs. Some might even say it'd be a good thing, opening up communication and such.

That's not how parenting works, childfree poster. Children are not mini adults, they're children. We teach them, including by deciding that adult content is for adults only.

Good luck with your homeschooling!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved it, except the sex scenes that seemed too crude, slapped on, and didn’t advance the movie.

Reading that spiritually and culturally important Sanskrit text in that moment is quite insensitive, BTW!!! No wonder some Hindus were shocked. And that particular scene was totally unrealistic, let’s just leavebit at that.

There were better ways of showing Oppenheimer had relations with several women.

Me again. They didn't ruin the movie, except I couldn't take my 13 year old to see it with me in the cinema. She wanted to see it. My husband and I are research scientists. We were SO excited to see a movie about actual scientists generating so much buzz, honestly. It's an opportunity to discuss how research always comes with risks, what drives scientists to do it, and how they feel when their discoveries are used in ethically-tortured ways. We're going to wait until it streams, then fast-forward the sex scenes for DD.

I thought the structure of the movie was interesting and easy to follow, personally. And it didn't feel like 3 hours at all - I was riveted the entire time.
A little more science would have been even better. But that's a piddling detail. What matters is the bigger picture.

I don't understand this. Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees, or cutting off your nose to spite your face. You daughter will survive seeing some sex and boobs. Some might even say it'd be a good thing, opening up communication and such.

New poster here. I did not like the nudity because the actress simply seemed exposed to me, in a gratuitous way. For example, the scene in the Congressional hearing room where, totally nude, she climbs onto Oppenheimer's lap and straddles him as he is being interrogated by fully clothed men in suits. There is little need for such exposure of her body. The same point could have been made with her in clothing. It just felt unnecessary and overdone. It's not about seeing some sex and boobs. It's about using the female body as a prop.

First of all, that wasn't a congressional hearing room, and the fact that you don't know that makes me question your intelligence.

Second, it was obviously intended to be raw and uncomfortable and exposed and painful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved it, except the sex scenes that seemed too crude, slapped on, and didn’t advance the movie.

Reading that spiritually and culturally important Sanskrit text in that moment is quite insensitive, BTW!!! No wonder some Hindus were shocked. And that particular scene was totally unrealistic, let’s just leavebit at that.

There were better ways of showing Oppenheimer had relations with several women.

Me again. They didn't ruin the movie, except I couldn't take my 13 year old to see it with me in the cinema. She wanted to see it. My husband and I are research scientists. We were SO excited to see a movie about actual scientists generating so much buzz, honestly. It's an opportunity to discuss how research always comes with risks, what drives scientists to do it, and how they feel when their discoveries are used in ethically-tortured ways. We're going to wait until it streams, then fast-forward the sex scenes for DD.

I thought the structure of the movie was interesting and easy to follow, personally. And it didn't feel like 3 hours at all - I was riveted the entire time.
A little more science would have been even better. But that's a piddling detail. What matters is the bigger picture.

I don't understand this. Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees, or cutting off your nose to spite your face. You daughter will survive seeing some sex and boobs. Some might even say it'd be a good thing, opening up communication and such.

New poster here. I did not like the nudity because the actress simply seemed exposed to me, in a gratuitous way. For example, the scene in the Congressional hearing room where, totally nude, she climbs onto Oppenheimer's lap and straddles him as he is being interrogated by fully clothed men in suits. There is little need for such exposure of her body. The same point could have been made with her in clothing. It just felt unnecessary and overdone. It's not about seeing some sex and boobs. It's about using the female body as a prop.

First of all, that wasn't a congressional hearing room, and the fact that you don't know that makes me question your intelligence.

Second, it was obviously intended to be raw and uncomfortable and exposed and painful.

NP and clearly it didn’t meet that goal since PP just felt it was unnecessary nudity and another PP said it was to break up the boredom of white dudes talking. So Christopher Nolan didn’t achieve his goal of raw and painful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved it, except the sex scenes that seemed too crude, slapped on, and didn’t advance the movie.

Reading that spiritually and culturally important Sanskrit text in that moment is quite insensitive, BTW!!! No wonder some Hindus were shocked. And that particular scene was totally unrealistic, let’s just leavebit at that.

There were better ways of showing Oppenheimer had relations with several women.

Me again. They didn't ruin the movie, except I couldn't take my 13 year old to see it with me in the cinema. She wanted to see it. My husband and I are research scientists. We were SO excited to see a movie about actual scientists generating so much buzz, honestly. It's an opportunity to discuss how research always comes with risks, what drives scientists to do it, and how they feel when their discoveries are used in ethically-tortured ways. We're going to wait until it streams, then fast-forward the sex scenes for DD.

I thought the structure of the movie was interesting and easy to follow, personally. And it didn't feel like 3 hours at all - I was riveted the entire time.
A little more science would have been even better. But that's a piddling detail. What matters is the bigger picture.

I don't understand this. Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees, or cutting off your nose to spite your face. You daughter will survive seeing some sex and boobs. Some might even say it'd be a good thing, opening up communication and such.

New poster here. I did not like the nudity because the actress simply seemed exposed to me, in a gratuitous way. For example, the scene in the Congressional hearing room where, totally nude, she climbs onto Oppenheimer's lap and straddles him as he is being interrogated by fully clothed men in suits. There is little need for such exposure of her body. The same point could have been made with her in clothing. It just felt unnecessary and overdone. It's not about seeing some sex and boobs. It's about using the female body as a prop.

First of all, that wasn't a congressional hearing room, and the fact that you don't know that makes me question your intelligence.

Second, it was obviously intended to be raw and uncomfortable and exposed and painful.

Okay, so getting back to the point of whether it's appropriate for young teenagers - is it your position that nudity that's raw and uncomfortable and exposed and painful is a wholesome kind of mundane nudity that you can bring your kids to the movies for?

As for whether the scene took place in a C.H.R., I have no idea what kind of bug you have up your ass.

[Anonymous]

We all loved it - everything about it was gripping and well told. All the main actors were very well cast.

However I was glad my teen was not with us as the sex scene would have been uncomfortable for her.