One review on 02 Sep 2023

USA 2023

Running time: 180 mins

Oppenheimer

Director : Christopher Nolan 

Setting: USA
Summary: Scenes from life of a troubled scientist

Studio: Universal

Cast:

  • Cillian Murphy  Oppenheimer
  • Matt Damon  Gneral Leslie Groves (military boss of Manhatten)
  • Emily Blunt  Kitty (wife)
  • Robert Downey  Lewis Strauss (nemesis)
  • Kenneth Branagh  Niels Bohr
  • Tom Conti  Einstein
  • Florence Pugh  Jean Tatlock (girlfriend)

Aspect Ratio: Mixed

Colour: Colour and B&W

Sound: Surround

Camera: 70mm

Tech Notes: aspect ration 2.2 for digital, 2.9 for film

Film Category
The 2020s
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First Seen: Sat 2nd Sep 2023
Catalogued: 3rd Sep 2023

Synopsis

All the big physics htters appear - Einstien, Heisenberg, Bohr, Teller, Feynman, Godel, Fermin - as in reality.

Four main scenes/location - early student life (under and post-rad), work on Manhatten project, a closed hearing post war into his secuirty clearance, and a senate hearing into the appointment of his boss at the academy as a (?Eisenhower?) cabinet member. Plus numerous other scenes. All mashed up and linked with a thundeous soundtrack, psychadelic images, portentous over-loud music and dream clips.

Reviews

by rogerco on Sat 2nd Sep 2023 New Carlton Okehampton

Overlong, overloud, overblown, overconfusing and overdull

Summary

and also over-hyped - this is the worst film seen so far this year

Full review

There is nothing good to say about this turkey. Noisy, Loud, Portentous, Confusing, Boring, and totally pulling its punches. Disjointed storytelling. Ultimately trivialising what could be an interesting story if told better.

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