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RFDC

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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 8:30 pm

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I really enjoyed the movie. But do agree the last hour really drags, but the first two hours were worth it. Take about 30 mins off the thing and it would be perfect.

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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:08 am

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Minooka Meatball wrote:

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i had seen saager's review from BP on the film, but held off on HiTB's video until i saw it, since we went yesterday.

i definitely liked a lot of it, but agreed with saager that the film trails off after the bomb testing sequence is over. the build-up to that was so great, that the rest of the film just seems like a really long coda.

in fact, the pace of the film completely falls off a cliff and becomes more an assembly of oscar bait scenes of big monologues and melodramatic quarreling. of course it was important to understand how oppenheimer got railroaded following the war, and the interrogation scenes are still pretty good. but i felt like all of that could've still been wrapped around the ultimate conclusion of witnessing the test of the explosion, and maybe in a final 5-minute scene after visiting truman (didn't realize how truman was that turned off by him), showing his regret of allowing the military to own the science and potentially release this kind of weapon on the world.

overall i still thought it was mostly a strong film. certainly will get a lot of oscar buzz. but i still wasn't really sure if i knew who oppenheimer the man was after seeing it. it's tough, because scientific introverts can be impossible to get to know...we do see things from his perspective. some of his decisions aren't really explained or understood.

but the first 2 hours go by very fast, and i was totally into it. the last hour really lagged.

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Portions of my daughter’s review via text:

I busted out laughing several times. It was sooooo dumb

The gasp I heard (from the others in the theater) when “atomic bomb” was said… I wanted to turn around and ask if they were homeschooled. I can’t believe people think that that’s a huge reveal

They also treat Einstein like an MCU level Easter egg. It’s… definitely a movie! At 3 hours it felt a little too self-important. Christopher Nolan must think very little of my time if he thinks every minute of that movie needed to make the cut.

She said later on the phone that she thought the screenplay was very hamfisted at points as well.

One thing she said she liked was the cast and the acting, and some of the cinematography.

I’ll wait for it to stream.

When Russia and China eventually attack us, an entire generation will be watching it on their phone thinking its entertainment.

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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:11 am

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Minooka Meatball wrote:

At 3 hours it felt a little too self-important. Christopher Nolan must think very little of my time if he thinks every minute of that movie needed to make the cut.

Hey, you can't rush nuclear physics, pal.

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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:17 am

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Minooka Meatball wrote:

At 3 hours it felt a little too self-important. Christopher Nolan must think very little of my time if he thinks every minute of that movie needed to make the cut.

Hey, you can't rush nuclear physics, pal.

Wasn't that the point of the movie, to rush nuclear physics and beat the Nazis?

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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 10:24 am

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Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Minooka Meatball wrote:

At 3 hours it felt a little too self-important. Christopher Nolan must think very little of my time if he thinks every minute of that movie needed to make the cut.

Hey, you can't rush nuclear physics, pal.

Wasn't that the point of the movie, to rush nuclear physics and beat the Nazis?

I'm pretty sure Wernher von Braun was a Nazi.

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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 11:45 am

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Minooka Meatball wrote:

At 3 hours it felt a little too self-important. Christopher Nolan must think very little of my time if he thinks every minute of that movie needed to make the cut.

Hey, you can't rush nuclear physics, pal.

Wasn't that the point of the movie, to rush nuclear physics and beat the Nazis?

I'm pretty sure Wernher von Braun was a Nazi.

He was indeed but ya know one of the good ones.

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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:04 pm

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I thought it was brilliant...the temporal movements...the narrative...the editing in particular...the music was wonderful...and I would argue with anyone the performances of the lead characters, especially Downey

look this all becomes personal, I like blue you like green...

but i thought the execution of this film was tremendous

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OscarTangoEcho wrote:

I thought it was brilliant...the temporal movements...the narrative...the editing in particular...the music was wonderful...and I would argue with anyone the performances of the lead characters,

look this all becomes personal, I like blue you like green...

but i thought the execution of this film was tremendous

It was ok but I thought Ken was a bit over the top.

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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:50 pm

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But, c'mon that explosion at Malibu Beach House...pure Nolan

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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:58 pm

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJ9HrZq7Ro

"Nazi, Schmtazi" says Wernher von Braun

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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:21 am

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RFDC wrote:

I really enjoyed the movie. But do agree the last hour really drags, but the first two hours were worth it. Take about 30 mins off the thing and it would be perfect.

I too enjoyed it but was glad to have watched this at home so I could split it between two nights. I have trouble sitting through three hour movies.

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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:40 am

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a retard wrote:

RFDC wrote:

I really enjoyed the movie. But do agree the last hour really drags, but the first two hours were worth it. Take about 30 mins off the thing and it would be perfect.

I too enjoyed it but was glad to have watched this at home so I could split it between two nights. I have trouble sitting through three hour movies.

We’re doing the same right now. Through the first 90 minutes, it seems to be scene after scene of people telling Tommy Shelby how brilliant & necessary he is while he quips/looks off into the distance.

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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:09 am

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Streaming on Peacock and caught it yesterday morning. Very well acted and shot. I didn’t know that much about the story and man. Long and pretty slow moving but found it very fascinating. Never ceases to amaze me how the government will do whatever it takes to get what they want and later throw people aside.

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good dolphin

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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:35 am

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Florence Pugh has weird nipples

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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:32 pm

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good dolphin wrote:

Florence Pugh has weird nipples

Nolan didn't waste getting those puppies out there on the screen. 30 minutes in and bam! Felt like too much too soon. The scene where they talk naked for a good 3 minutes was super awkward.

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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:47 am

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Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote:

good dolphin wrote:

Florence Pugh has weird nipples

Nolan didn't waste getting those puppies out there on the screen. 30 minutes in and bam! Felt like too much too soon. The scene where they talk naked for a good 3 minutes was super awkward.

They show it in movies frequently, but I don't think most dudes are sitting in a chair naked post coitus. There is an almost zero chance that something isn't getting wiped into the seat in that scenario and a very good chance of multiple things

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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:21 pm

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Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote:

good dolphin wrote:

Florence Pugh has weird nipples

Nolan didn't waste getting those puppies out there on the screen. 30 minutes in and bam! Felt like too much too soon. The scene where they talk naked for a good 3 minutes was super awkward.

I'll never complain about seeing boobies in a movie, but it was pretty unnecessary...and yes the naked discussion was weird. Nolan must just be a perv, or he was trying to let us know that Oppenheimer was a perv. At one point in the movie, someone did call Oppenheimer a "womanizer" :lol:

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W_Z

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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:16 pm

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you would complain about boobies in a movie...if you were to attempt...Barbarianheimer.

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Spaulding

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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:56 pm

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We watched it this weekend. During the naked scene I turned to my husband and asked if he'd ever sit around naked and talk to me. Glad to know you all thought it was weird.

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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:53 am

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too many characters, appearing in rapid-fire order. since it's biographical, you're trying to to keep up with historical character #1, #2, is character #3 important?...etc...etc.

overall, interesting era and theme. 2 out of 4 from me.

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T-Bone

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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:48 am

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I couldn’t stop thinking about how much Josh Garnett’s character looked like a young Jan-Michael Vincent to me.

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