Question for those who have already seen Oppenheimer: I have been avoiding watching it because I don't want to see some guy celebrated (or focus on their emotional struggle) whilst ignoring the immense number of innocents killed by the weapon they were fully aware of creating. Is this concern reasonable? I like Nolan's movies in general, so if it wasn't I'd gladly watch it

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your concern is understandable.

Even-so, I would say it’s worth a watch. It does a good job of being historically accurate. I don’t want to say too much as it’d spoil the experience of watching a movie (at least by how I define spoilers hah), but I think the movie strikes a solid balance in respecting the lives lost, calling out the hypocrisy, bringing up arguments for both for and against, acknowledging genius etc.

Ultimately, watching the movie with grains of salt (as with everything) is an enriching experience and it’d be a shame to miss.

Now for the movie watching experience: If you can, watch it in IMAX 70mm. But since that’s very rare, I otherwise recommend Dolby Cinema.

Hope that helps a bit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for your explanation! Sounds like I now need to figure out where to find it in this format :)

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