The scene with him and Truman was cool to see put to film. Oppenheimer thought he would make a connection with Truman by sharing his guilt in what he had done. He didn’t think about the person who authorized the actual use of the bomb. So when he tells Truman his guilt it comes off as an insult. Truman went through his own struggle with whether he should use it and the full weight and responsibility of it’s use fell onto him. Oppenheimer built the gun and loaded it, Truman pulled the trigger.

When Alex has barely any complaints about a movie, you know it’s a good one

They actually shot part of the movie in Los Alamos and used actual scientists from the lab as a lot of the extras. I work at the lab and had the opportunity to shoot for about a week. It was an awesome experience.

The last scene of the movie gave me chills. I was in awe of the terror humanity had unleashed.

So glad real cinema on a major budget level still exists

I wasn't expecting the Barbie dolls again

This is an Oscar caliber film. Excellent, casting, dialogue, and acting. There were many scenes that left me in awe. What we have to remember is the scientists involved in the Manhattan Project developed a weapon that forever changed warfare. Oppenheimer and his team opened the door to the destruction of world, which is a huge moral dilemma for all involved in the project. Best movie I have seen a long time. Oppenheimer’s girlfriend suffered from depression and committed suicide in real life.

The best part of Oppenheimer is when Heisenberg stared at Albert Einstein and growled “Say my name!”

Movie was awesome, everyone gave an A class acting job, everything was on point, sound, music, cinematography. I was surprised to see Gary Oldman, caught me off guard in a good way.

I just got out of the theater of watching it & the only way I could describe it is terrifyingly beautiful

The final visualization is beyond haunting. What a great movie.

My favorite part of the film was the test blast as it became utter silence and it was beautiful because then out of nowhere the blast sound reigns in and the whole theater jumps lol so wonderfully done.

Hopefully it does better because we need more movies like this

This movie found creative ways to show theme by looping plot points and ideas back around to different parts of the movie, by using visual cues and replaying different sounds. The color and the black and white scenes was really interesting and reminded me of his other movies. This truly feels like a culmination of Nolan's work and techniques into one movie.

I started to lose some stamina at a certain point in the final act, but then the final 30 minutes hit us with so many satisfying moments that I didn't expect from a historical film and the very last scene just brought it all together like a star going supernova

I'm a plasma fusion physicist, this was such an experience for me to see on release. I was grinning the whole time. "You would say that to a humble physicist?" " i'll let you know when I meet such a Physicist" rofl

This movie should dominate the Oscars. Nothing even close to its caliber has been released this year

Really glad you guys went to see this. I read American Prometheus when it came out to prepare for a history class debate, and I still think about that book almost 20 years later.

Thats not an Ad, thats just what Alex and OJ do whilst waiting for the next review

The line that keeps getting to me is when he ask Albert “ you remember when we said there is a high chance we will cause a chain reaction in the atmosphere” he says something like “ yeah I remember” Oppenheimer responded with “ I think we did” the. It cuts to the last shot and you can read everything on his face and that last scene and shot terrified me I woke up thinking about it.

Cilian deserves an Oscar nomination

Looks like Oppenheimer was the bomb rather then just being a bomb

14:34 the actor’s name is Benny Safdie and he’s actually a really great director too. He made two films for A24; “Good Time” (which is credited as being the movie that landed Robert Pattinson The Batman) and “Uncut Gems”. Both are absolutely amazing films that I recommend every time I get the chance.

Missed opportunity that they didn’t cast Bryan Cranston as Heisenburg

My great uncle worked on the Project, and Oppenheimer actually came to his house for dinner on occasion after the war. He died a long while ago, but I wish he could have been alive to see this film! Solid review.

Anyone else find it funny that Christopher Nolan directs a film about Oppenheimer the father of the atomic bomb while his younger brother Jonathan Nolan is directing a Fallout show which in many ways can be seen as an alternate future where the American people embraced Nuclear power and the Atom Bomb rather than fear it. Oppenheimer gave birth to this possible future (Along with Enrico Fermi and his team who who created the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction) and I just find that amazing that the two brothers worked on two very different projects but both have massive connections by history. Oppenheimer in many ways is a prequal to Fallout.

Oppenheimer has a 100 mill. budget. That's low-ish for a Hollywood movie. So it doesn't have to appeal to a massive audience. But hopefully a lot of people go see it. It's a hugely important part of history as well as a huge philosophical question. PS: Cilian is pronounced Kilian

This film had scenes that scared me more then a horror film ever could, perfect film no arguments

Dude! Christopher Nolan is a monster!!! when it comes to directing, even his worst movies are solid as hell.

This movie was phenomenal. The acting, the writing, the ost and cinematography. So many threads in this movie. Like scorpions, they both brought each other down. I did not feel the length, even though I drank a bunch of water before hand lol. My only ciritisim, is the audio mixing is off. Not to the extent as tenet, but it was off for a part of a scene. I plan on seeing it again. I pretty much spent all day at work thinking about this movie and talking to anyone who would listen.

3 hours and I was completely enraptured the entire movie. The Trinity Test was one of the most haunting theater experiences I've ever had. Cillian Murphy has always been an underrated actor, and he's finally been given a lead role and he absolutely shined. Easily the best performance of the year. I think this is easily Nolan's best film

Was really disappointed with this film. As a biopic I don’t feel I have any more understanding of Oppenheimer. All I got out of it is that Oppenheimer is more of a theory man, had ties with communists but wasn’t overtly one, and had two wives. Yeah he seemed a bit remorseful for creating the bomb, but I didn’t see how those regrets really effected his life. I felt the dialogue was really hard to hear at times ( like most Nolan films) the editing and pacing was very choppy, and I think the vendetta Strauss had against Oppenheimer was VERY poorly explained. Like ok Oppenheimer might lose his security clearance but WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? What is he losing out on with that, and why is it so important that it’s the climax of the film and not the trinity tests or the bombing of Japan. The actual nuke itself was also pretty underwhelming. Would’ve been a much better film if it focused more on the logistics and struggles of figuring out the atom bomb, the race between the us and Germany( yes I know it comes up but it should’ve been THE central motivating force) the bombing of Japan ( actually show the horror of what happened instead of a very brief illusion) and then end it with how the affected Oppenheimer and go more into depth on the process of his opinions changing or him being more vocal on his opposition to the bombs. Strauss was a waste of time at least how he was used as well as the focus on Oppenheimer’s first wife which felt entirely pointless. Not to mention the casting was INSANELY distracting. I kept getting taken out of the film because every 30 seconds I was noticing a bigger named actor playing VERY minor roles. So yeah I think I’m in the minority but I’m really confused on all the love this is getting. This and Tenant have both been pretty big misses as someone who’s loved basically all of Nolan’s other films

Knowing the espionage angle beforehand really helped contextualize the events shown in Oppenheimer. Also knowing what the Spanish Civil War entailed helped too. Great flick.

Cillian Murphy is quickly becoming one of my favorite actors of all time. Cant wait to see this one!

this movie was top notch I love Biopics and even more so about this man. I never felt bored or luud to sleep, I was awake and intrigued in the entire 3+ hours. well done.

So many people left during my viewing, there was a group sitting in front of me that came late and then left even before trinity test part.

Glad to see Angry Joe finally review a Nolan movie once again! We haven't had one in a while since _Inception_ for some reason....

The sexuality in the film was a strange creative direction, especially the “destroyer of worlds” quote in bed.

Watched it on IMAX dont waste your money it needs SUBTITLES

I thought it was boring as fuck. the movie lost me towards the beginning. I had no idea what was going on for a big portion of the movie.

Any time I think of them testing the bombs, I imagine something going wrong and the explosion being way more powerful than was calculated. Right at the moment as the fireball reaches the scientists one of them thinks to themselves "Damn, I forgot to carry the one".

Was super cool to see so many actors showing up for 2-3 scenes. Was definitely surprised to see Josh Peck from Drake and Josh.

This movie left me speechless. In a good way. Christopher Nolan and his cast REALLY want an Oscar this year.

Nolan has been hit or miss for me in his films. He will give you some 10/10 moments then have weird choices where it feels bloated and useless scenes. His best stuff is his earlier stuff imo.

As as former SSBN submariner, I enjoyed this movie. I can see why it would bore most people.

Thank you for actually reviewing movies and not just revealing the plot, so many reviews just tell you what happens and that’s not a review

I watched this high and IMAX. I was absolutely stunned. I was leaning in and everything lol. I don’t blame the guy next to me falling asleep post the nuke test because the investigation was basically all the the last part. But was a great movie.

"Visual flourishes" I love when Joe tries to sound like an actual movie reviewer.

This is the type of movie that will be shown in film class to study.

This is literally a movie that defines that "This is cinema" meme. All I was missing was s glass of wine, cause fucking hell. This was epic.

I’ve always had this morbid fascination with the Manhattan project and the creation of the atomic bombs. I’m so glad this movie was done so well. If Cillian Murphy doesn’t win an award for his performance I’m going to be salty.

Alex's confusion about himself giving it a 10 says something for sure

As an Irishman the mispronunciation of cillian is absolutely killing my ears, still love you guys

It was loud in my theater as well, but not enough to cause an issue with the dialog. So it seems like it may be a question of how well balanced the speaker system is in a given theater.

Being a History Nerd, I loved this film. It was pure oldschool Acting, that made you feel in the room. A+ Acting. The detail of emotions. Robert Downey Jr. was Out Of This World. Everyone bought their A+ Skiils. Major Thinking Movie! 3 hrs didn't bother me. I love detailed Movies. Bio Pics! That last hour was intensed with the Political Backroom Committees.

Interesting movie, but i definitely felt the length... ive never fallen asleep in a movie before and i could feel myself starting to doze off towards the end. Its really no wonder Nolan put lots of random unessicary exploding sounds and noises, thats to keep the audience awake and from falling asleep. If it wasn't for all the random bursts in volume, i could of easily has fallen asleep. Not a bad movie, but i doubt id watch it again.

Good movie. Pacing was a bit much. I feel like not a single scene was over a minute long. It just kept moving and felt like more of a montage of key moments - missing out on the gravity and emotion of certain big moments. To compare, this entire film is filmed like the montage in Inception when they are preparing their big plan before the plane flight. That’s the quickness of the pacing in Oppenheimer. Good movie, but not his best.

This movie was incredible. An epic tragedy with emphasis on the EPIC

So weird to see Joe reviewing a Christoper Nolan film. I think he's only ever reviewed one of his films before Oppenheimer. Funny how he was surprised that Nolan wrote and directed it tho. IIRC correctly Nolan has written and directed pretty much all of his films, sometimes with the help of his brother and wife.

Saw it, was honestly a bit bored. A lot of time was dedicated to Oppenheimer’s persecution and suspicions of communist ties, and it at points dragged. The pacing suffered. Was also hoping to see a more in-depth microscopic illustration of fission and the chain reaction that defines atomic power, instead it was simply a large explosion. A missed opportunity to really show how these weapons operate.

I loved the movie, it’s a whole experience everyone should watch! Loved the direction, the visuals and the actors involved, really great film!

NOT one CGI shot in this movie is mind blowing. Also, if somebody out there hasnt seen Memento by Christopher Nolan, stop what youre doing and go.

This movie needs to be seen by everyone world wide.

oh yeah two goofs were: - oppenheimer (cillian's) ear lobes pierced - flag had 50 stars in post-bombing speech scene (in reality at the time it had 48)

Give Josh Peck the Oscar

I did not think the nudity in the movie was necessary. Made it a little awkward watching with the fam

I wish they would have spent more time on the building the bomb Give some impetus to build by actually showing some of the war Then give more in-depth background on the genius minds brought together under oppenheimer Then walk us through the breakthroughs and engineering

9:00 turns out it made nothing short of a billion, an absolute triumph

Just got back. Stunning film as expected from Nolan. 10/10 every day of the week

This and ATSV were my most anticipated movies, nice to see this get great reviews

Gonna be honest. I don’t have much interest in going to a theater anymore unless it’s a Christopher Nolan movie. Everything this guy puts out is just jaw dropping.

Nolan wasn't lying, there were zero VFX artists in the credits which is actually insane

Are you going to review Sound of Freedom Joe?

The best thing about the effects: Absolutely no CGI. EVERYTHING is practical. *Everything*

As far as weekend sales, anecdotally I would say that this movie is likely to do phenomenally well, simply by the fact that every theater I tried to buy tickets for, in every show slot on Friday was absolutely PACKED days in advance, with only a few spots open here and there, usually in the front row. I checked every theater in my city. I got lucky with one of them that had a few decent seats left in the third row haha.

My thoughts: - The film had no emotional impact on me. It didn't give an answer as to why I should care about Robert Oppenheimer. - The film made me wonder what it is about the Oppenheimer story that made Chris Nolan want to do it. - My observation is that it's not a film for Gen Z's - not enough ear/eye candy, not enough action, and it's a character they won't necessarily care about. - Contrary to many opinions about the soundtrack, I found it too distracting. It takes more of a central role than what it normally should in any film which left me thinking that, if not for the soundtrack, the film would be a bore. Which then made me think that, was the soundtrack deliberately employed the way it was because the film is actually a bore. - The film largely relies on Chris Nolan's reputation. - Cillian is great for sure. - I didn't feel the 3 hours which is a positive.

I saw this in the theaters with my dad and it did NOT disappoint! It was so good!

The film is fantastic but Nolan STILL has issues with his audio mixing issues. How music always drowns out a good portion of dialogue and this movie, in parts; was even worse than Tenet. When there is dialogue of high minded theoretical physics happening and the music is blaring in the background, it makes it irritating. I don’t know why Nolan never improves on this aspect.

I watched it today and it was good, but not great. I felt the movie was hurt a bit by that it kept jumping between time and that the music was just unnecessarily loud at times. For interstellar this worked as there was a lot of urgency and action, but this movie is very stationary. This time-jumping made the movie feel overly-hectic and it would have been better when time had been taken to really lay down scenes and not make everything feel like a big montage. There was no real character development. Just like in Tenet people just have a certain character and you do not really learn to care for them apart from Oppenheimer. I also remember Oppenheimer in real life saying that people acted differently at the testing of the atomb bomb. That some laughed and some cried. Here everyone is just cheering. I think compared to interstellar this movie isn't that great as there is not much visual spectacle nor great chemistry between characters.

Kitty was a biologist, they said that lol. So she was a scientist, just not on the project.

Just watched it. It’s a great movie. I’m at a 8 out of 10. Well written. Take notes Disney I recommend this movie

Glad you guys liked the film! It's pronounced "kill"ian isn't it?

I assume “sound of freedom” will be the next review

I’m seeing very mixed reactions on Reddit. I think the issue is many people came with different expectations. This movie was about Oppenheimer, not the atomic bomb. People don’t seem to understand that.

Joe had a 6 minute monologue I think thats a new record

I watched this yesterday... I was worried about the 3 hour timing, but I honestly didn't feel like it was 3 hours, I was so engaged into the story that it honestly flew by.

This movie was boring. No not because its not action filled, but because the story structure doesn't flow. The last 40 minutes of interrogation isnt worthy of a finale considering the natural climax of the movie ends with the scene where he visits President Trueman an hour before the end.

Everyone did such an excellent job in this movie. Emily Blunt was very powerful in her scenes. I didn’t feel the 3 hours, either.

I love to think of when Dave Chappelle was with Joe Rogan and joey said the Oppenheimer quote and Dave told him to shut the hell up 😂

is sound of freedom not an important film ?

What about Sound of Freedom, Joe? You're not gonna review it?

I would advise to see both just to help keep the theatrical experience alive for movies that arent superhero movies

I got out of my local movie theater a few hours ago to see it, great movie, frop start to finish, didn't get bored for a second...

Saw it in 15/70 imax on the biggest screen in the us (nyc) and holy shit. I’ve never been more in awe of seeing a film in large format. Just wow. If this doesnt sweep the Oscar’s it’ll be robbery

The scene with Oppenheimer and Einstein was fictional. Besides Einstein not having the clearance for the project, they weren't really pals. They did work together after the fact at princeton and did have a conversation about the math, Oppenheimer didn't run to Einstein to check his work. Without a doubt Einstein was a genius, it wasn't his field. There would have been other people Oppenheimer would have talked too who were more fluid in the calculations that Einstein could provide. I think it portrayed Einstein being a mentor to Oppenheimer which wasn't the case.

This big budget masterpiece did so well! Now we wait for Dune 2 😮

Worst movie of the year! I did not go see a damn documentary. Movie supposed to be entertaining.

The film was too long IMO. I had a hard time following what was going on, and quickly got lost

The sheer casting was phenomenal alone, but all of them brought their A-game performances.

One thing that drives me crazy with nolan's films is that a scene could have nothing happening but the music is loud, repetitive and drowns out any dialogue. This happens very annoyingly in the movie Tenet as well. I couldn't even hear half the movie because the sou attack was so overpowering.