Why The Ending Of OPPENHEIMER Is PERFECT

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11 ай бұрын

Why The Ending Of OPPENHEIMER Is PERFECT. In this video we break down the final scenes in Oppenheimer, what it all means and just why we think it works so well. We talk about that meeting between Oppenheimer and Einstein and exactly what it meant, the weight of the subject that they are discussing and how the events come full circle from the beginning of the movie to that point. This includes major spoilers for the movie so we recommend that you check out the movie if you don't want anything spoiled then head back over for our full analysis.
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So Oppenheimer at it's core tells the story of a chain reaction started by the creation of the atomic bomb. Early on in the film the scientists working on it worry that setting of a nuke might actually set fire to the atmosphere and inadvertently lead to the destruction of the world. This is something that greatly worries our titular character upon the theory being posed. Rushing out to Albert Einstein with the calculations he asks whether building the bomb could kill us all and this is something that comes full circle at the end of the film.
Now I have to say that the movie left a major impression on me and upon leaving the theatre it's final shot has stuck with me. It's haunting for a number of different reasons and throughout this video I wanna discuss why it works so well.
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@heavyspoilers 11 ай бұрын

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@mattcliburn 11 ай бұрын

Dang Paul, you sound down, depressed or sick. Hope everything is OK buddy.

@ExiledGypsy 11 ай бұрын

In the midst of excitement over this film we seems to have forgotten about climate change. It is over 40 degrees where I am and those once beuatiful Greek islands are burning. We are all facing a terrible situation. We could either use this chance to start co-operating and at least postpone fighting for long enough to get our shit together. It might as well be an alien invasion or below up the world in the comfort that at least we will all die together which is not much more than we deserve after what we have done to ourselves. This really feels like the last chance. There are enough alternatives to start planning rather than waiting for fusion or some other miracle. I for one am sick of this heat.

@danculbert6349 11 ай бұрын

Why has your accent changed so much since the Don't Flop days?

@themmis684 11 ай бұрын

The movie started with oppenheimer oppening his eyes and ended with him closing them. Such a nice detail by Nolan.

@hiddenkod 11 ай бұрын

Opening his eyes to a world of brilliance, curiosity, and knowledge… closing his eyes from fear of the horrors and destruction he’s created. Nice. Not nice, but nice.

@adman4652 10 ай бұрын

oppening

@danielle6470 10 ай бұрын

So symbolic. Very Christopher Nolan.

@burntpin 10 ай бұрын

omg he blinked 😯😯😯😯😯😯😯😯

@Bobbybillybillbob 10 ай бұрын

Nolan LOVES Cillians eyes

@ashish_sunny 11 ай бұрын

Oppenheimer's ending was cold as hell. You feel it to your core.

@Eli-yk4ht 10 ай бұрын

Truly brilliant film all round

@outright4697 10 ай бұрын

Yep I got chills and was terrified at that ending scene because just the thought that could actually happen is haunting and scary

@samuel_iv 10 ай бұрын

its like the whole film is building up to present the audience with a villain... which turns out to be the delicate society we live in today. really profound film. perfect ending.

@almasakic1148 10 ай бұрын

The audience at my theater practically bolted at the end credits and there was an audible scared sigh. We were terrified.

@wespicedmemes 10 ай бұрын

Not scary just…emotional

@edmoy2049 11 ай бұрын

The raindrops hitting the puddles creates ripple effects through the whole puddle. It's showing us that the bombs have a ripple effect that affects everything. A double feature of Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove and Oppenheimer would make for an interesting contrast in cinematic storytelling.

@racheldobbs2028 11 ай бұрын

oohh, that would be an excellent doubleheader especially since at the end of both movies you see images of total nuclear annihilation--Oppenheimer's vision and the doomsday "machine" going off. The only difference is not hearing Vera Lynn's We'll Meet Again in Oppenheimer which we do in Dr. Strangelove that adds frankly another level of chills and sadness to it.

@danielmerritt8063 9 ай бұрын

I completely agree about the ripple effects. I also love that Einstein is literally throwing stones into the lake creating his own ripples. I think there’s a lot to be said there.

@acdragonrider 11 ай бұрын

Personal opinion but I prefer Fail-Safe to Dr Strangelove. Or at the very least I’d add that film to the other two. I was immensely affected by Fail-Safe and didn’t really vibe with the satire of strange love as much

@kyledahlquist9423 11 ай бұрын

The ripples from the raindrops also perfectly mirror the map Oppenheimer imagines being riddled with nukes. Cool visual storytelling.

@sketchygetchey8299 11 ай бұрын

It’s funny you said that because I told my mom after walking out of the theater that it’s now time to watch Dr. Strangelove. That way so we can laugh at our impending doom that’s coming closer and closer! 😅

@Sh1tandy 11 ай бұрын

I love how fruits are actually very important in this movie we see Oppenheimer try to poison his proffeser with an apple, later in the movie he is offered a fruit by someone who he doesn’t trust very much and he declines, then when he is offered an orange he only accepts when he notices that it was someone he did trust.

@AndrewC4 10 ай бұрын

Apples and Oranges, no less 🤔

@ChatGPT_ChatbotTest 10 ай бұрын

Oppenheimer did actually poison his professor in real life

@aljawad 11 ай бұрын

When Einstein left Oppenheimer and walked away in a pensive mood, he had his own demons to contemplate: it was his own signature on the letter written by Leo Szilard to President Roosevelt that had ultimately led to the Manhattan Project.

@bane8305 11 ай бұрын

and tony stark thought it was all about him smh...

@lolilollolilol7773 11 ай бұрын

Although he had kind of repudiated twice : he returns the computation by saying "it's your thing now, not mine", and at the end he says "now it's your turn to face the consequences". Einstein initiated the Manhattan project but didn't participate in it. He was a pacifist at heart (being a member of the Society of Nations before the war), although he knew and aknowledged that Nazi Germany had to be beaten.

@ebrennie 10 ай бұрын

I know Einstein later regretted that letter, but he must have also understood someone was going to eventually figure this science out after Bohr published his paper, right? I hope so. This was really never in his hands. It was merely a matter of time. It’s such a brutal ethical dilemma that it’s almost physically painful to wrestle with it. The Germans had already made progress. Meanwhile, people are being slaughtered by the millions. To do nothing would have been cowardice - leaving so many to suffer in terrible ways. Then Hitler sees the writing on the wall and effectively ends that arm of the war with his suicide. But you still have the Japanese, who attacked you first. And they are making it very clear they are never going to stop. We would have to take their entire country to make them stop. The War Department did an estimate on what it would cost to invade and take Japan at the time - Operation Downfall: 1.7 to 4 million U.S. casualties, including 400-800,000 U.S. dead, and 5 to 10 million Japanese dead. While government is comprised of people, the job of any government - its most basic job - is to protect its citizenry. So this became a Tywin Lannister-esque ethical quandary. Is it worse to kill 10 people at dinner or ten thousand on a battlefield? Is it worse to bomb 2 cities and kill a 100,000 Japanese or battle for years losing millions on both sides? Millions of parents with dead children. Millions of lost workers. A depleted and grieving generation in 2 countries. What is best then for not just your citizenry, but theirs? What results in the least amount of suffering? It’s impressive to me that we even bothered to ask such a question. And that we weren’t so greedy that we decided to use American lives to take more land for the country. So many pages of history are littered with leaders and governments that did not pause to consider the suffering. This, to me, big picture, is the species making moral progress. And, mathematically at least, Oppenheimer’s project ultimately saved far more lives than it cost. He unleashed something, absolutely, and we will need to police ourselves for eternity, but the argument could also be made that having these weapons had made us behave better, to attempt to be better versions of ourselves. Still, does that make their risk worth it? Time will tell. Putin is testing the world’s appetite for war with Ukraine. The Chinese are flexing in the Pacific while doing to the Uyghurs what the Nazis did to the Jews, and so far we have just let them. But for how long? And AI is here. There is no Manhattan project level insulation there. Researchers all over the planet are working on AI. It’s the new shiny weapon replacing the atom bomb, just as dangerous, and just as riddled with ethical dilemmas, but unlike the few who understood quantum physics, many are capable of making AI dangerous and no one is leading or policing them.

@bane8305 10 ай бұрын

@@ebrennie damn my boy you wrote a whole essay or AI wrote that

@KerioFive 10 ай бұрын

Also e=mc^2 , Einstein mentions how he gave it to them and they ran with it

@winterbelle03 11 ай бұрын

incredible film where the ending really makes you feel a sense of impending doom. no other movie has ever done that for me

@paulmichaelfreedman8334 11 ай бұрын

We've been living with that impending doom for nearly 80 years now. It's time it went away.

@lolilollolilol7773 11 ай бұрын

Dr Strangelove does that, despite being a comedy.

@zeffmalchazeen3429 11 ай бұрын

not a movie but series, Chernobyl left the same feeling

@Asoka-great 10 ай бұрын

@@paulmichaelfreedman833480 years is a insignificant number 😂

@Asoka-great 10 ай бұрын

@@ybvbjust one stupid trigger by a madman…

@daytrippera 11 ай бұрын

This movie is a masterpiece. The acting, directing, photography, score and sound design (which was horrifying at times), everything was on point. I had big expectations for this movie and not only they were met but also way surpassed.

@NeonFlame000 11 ай бұрын

As a musician, the score was so incredibly insane. Especially when the parts where it sounds like an old train moving and pushing forward throughout is crazy, and the reoccurring “foot stomping”

@nazdoesstuffYT 11 ай бұрын

I Guess you could give a jumpscare warning for the film and it wouldn’t be incorrect.

@NeonFlame000 11 ай бұрын

@@nazdoesstuffYT lol correct! The most impactful part for me is when he was speaking to the group of people in the tiny venue with all of the people stomping their feet. Their stomping and stomping sound was a reoccurring sound throughout the sound track. Him hearing people scream, the crying people, him stepping on husks of dead people, it was insane.

@Theotherone232 11 ай бұрын

@@NeonFlame000 thought it was sound steam train engine later did i know😂😂

@fonkenful 10 ай бұрын

Just got back from an IMAX laser presentation, and my only critique is directed at the cinema operators. One of the reasons I’ve attended so few films at the cinemas over the past decade or so is the insane volume levels at which they’re played, which starts with the 1/2hr of trailers of coming attractions and commercials for popcorn and frequent viewer membership plans- and there’s the second reason. I’m guessing that at least 10dB of dynamic range of the very carefully crafted soundtracks are lost in the PA system’s power compression and subwoofers’ bottoming out. Christopher certainly likes to challenge the viewer with regards to linearity of time. The biggest surprise for me was Remi Malek’s turn as David Hill - as short as his speaking time on screen may have been, his testimony at Strauss’ confirmation hearing was a masterwork.

@prabinpanday6725 11 ай бұрын

"When I came to you with those calculations, we thought we might start a chain reaction that would destroy the entire world. I believe we did."

@uniquemasterpieceone1 11 ай бұрын

Scary

@zeffmalchazeen3429 11 ай бұрын

several who watched the movie missed this point. I think they only care about the explosion of the bomb, which is great. But did not care about the fall out of the Trinity test. All those scenes after the explosion, especially the ending, is as important as making the bomb

@MrCREWCRUSHIN95 10 ай бұрын

This line is more metaphor than literal.

@user-mj8yj3os6g 10 ай бұрын

Loved the movie! But how could Oppenheimer in that scene refer to the calculations that happened long after he first talked to Einstein in the movie as he was just considering Strauss initial job offer?

@lilbaby9547 10 ай бұрын

Every scene involving Lewis Strauss occurs after the completion and deployment of the Manhattan project.

@SOAP-jf7ue 11 ай бұрын

I liked the audio effect where a single violin begins playing as Oppenheimer begins teaching quantam physics to his first student. I wondered why only one instrument was playing until suddenly a second joins right as the camera pans to reveal he now has more students. More instruments join as more students take his class until it's a full score.

@Frohicky1 10 ай бұрын

They tell two friends, who tell two friends. Chain reaction.

@rambler1475 6 ай бұрын

The first rule of quantum physics is you do not talk about quantum physics

@ziggy8253 11 ай бұрын

“Oppenheimer” is a subtle horror movie. Cillian Murphy even looks like Death incarnate in that role. Dark, dark, film.

@paulachristie7807 10 ай бұрын

Cillian actually looks a lot like Oppenheimer which may be why he got the role

@elliedavis3384 10 ай бұрын

I love the connection you made with Strauss and Russia. Leaning into that comparison even more, by the end of the movie, Strauss had practically ruined Oppenheimer but, in doing so, also destroyed himself. Much like how nuclear war would be.

@squirlmy 10 ай бұрын

also, a little tiny incident turned into a big public spectacle. Like a tiny atom collision starts a nuclear explosion.

@ssotkow 9 ай бұрын

Strauss also symbolizes our collective foibles of ego/pride, insecurities, and fear... traits that lead nations to an arms race in the first place.

@bingusbinted 11 ай бұрын

I literally walked out of the cinema with my legs trembling and eyes disoriented. It took me an hour to process what I just watched. It's been a LONG LONG time since I've felt that after watching a movie. Nolan never disappoints, indeed, but the actors' brilliant acting is what makes this movie truly mind-blowing (no pun intended).

@almasakic1148 10 ай бұрын

me too...I felt as if i was on the verge of a panic attack and in a daze. I left the theater and it felt like nothing was real. Reality felt tenuous and all I could think about was that a bomb could go off at that moment and end all of existence. The audience I was with practically bolted out the door. We were all scared.

@isabelleziolkowski2454 11 ай бұрын

I saw an interview with Cillian Murphy in which he says that one of the notes given by Nolan during the filming was that Oppenheimer "was dancing between the raindrops". It gave me a whole new meaning to the images of rain in the film

@milkjake15 11 ай бұрын

Very underrated job from Gary Oldman playing Truman. It took literally two weeks for the bomb to be ready for Hiroshima after it was TESTED. Of course Truman would've had that mentality in talking to Oppenheimer. They were no question using the bomb if it worked.

@michaeldbouck 11 ай бұрын

For such a small scene Gary Oldman killed it as Truman. I liked the little detail he added when he pulled out his handkerchief and waved it in front of Oppenheimer's face with disdain when he was told "I have blood on my hands".

@soulpath1 11 ай бұрын

Great scene by legendary actor for sure, one of the highlight scenes of the film, among so many other highlights lol

@samf.s.7731 11 ай бұрын

Oh wow so I'm in the minority for finding the cameos distracting and rather unnecessary. I know that they're not technically cameos, because the actors are not playing themselves, but unfortunately they feel like cameos because their characters aren't given much besides being played by someone good at his craft and famous 😅 At the end of the day they "feel" like cameos. 😅 Again, like Sam Mendes's 1917, but this time on roids. That's also one of the things I feel like nit picking about the film. It might be my favorite by him, but it most definitely isn't perfect.

@soundgods9875 11 ай бұрын

@@samf.s.7731 i loved it..

@iam4026 11 ай бұрын

Wait so they actually got Gary Oldman as Truman? The same man who played Reznov from COD and Shen from Kungfu Panda 2?

@NeverLetOff 11 ай бұрын

This ending left me breathless with chills and goosebumps... This whole movie was incredible...

@jayalbert9849 10 ай бұрын

How did it end ?

@zanetawu4414 10 ай бұрын

@@jayalbert9849mass destruction

@outright4697 10 ай бұрын

@@jayalbert9849let’s just say the ending was haunting and scary because it very well could happen for real 😨

@SwashtikPatnaikSP 11 ай бұрын

*Oppenheimer is a metaphor of what death & destruction done by a human to human means*

@alanforrester6900 11 ай бұрын

After 1914 to 1945 why would you spend your time finding ways to kill everyone

@earthfirstsammy 11 ай бұрын

I felt real dread during certain parts of the movie. I have heard there are some low frequencies that when played on large speakers can cause people to experience anxiety and even nausea - this is what I felt when the movie got intense. And the times it got most intense for me was during that rumbling, not the noise form the explosion, but the noise inside Oppenheimer's head when he came to certain conlsuions. Did anyone else experience this? GREAT BREAKDOWN as usual Paul - Thank you.

@smkh2890 10 ай бұрын

Yes, the soundscape of the movie is really dramatic and emotional.

@MrCREWCRUSHIN95 10 ай бұрын

You're talking about Infrasound. I do not think it was used here.

@ssotkow 9 ай бұрын

That powerful scene where Oppie gave a speech to Los Alamos scientists/engineers in the indoor stands after successful bombing of Japan utilized those sounds. I teared up for no reason. The feet stomping was reoccuring throughout the film. Haunting stuff.

@everettenjeze6276 11 ай бұрын

Despite losing power in the government and as a politician, he was still seen as a great man and scientist as he traveled the world teaching physics and sharing his knowledge. Even JFK saw him a great man and wanted to personally award him, and his daughter visited him telling how much he really wanted to meet him and thank him for his contribution science and humanity. He was made an officer in the legion of honor in France and a member of the royal society of Britain. Despite all the BS with the government and tragedy with bomb of starting an arms race, he did his absolute best to spread awareness of the dangers of the bomb and to use physics in a way to benefit humanity post war. He was a flawed hero who was painfully human like every other moral person.

@muhammadfauzy5981 11 ай бұрын

Throughout the movie I was made to believe that the chain reaction that Oppenheimer feared is the non stopping chain reaction of atomic fission that will burn the atmosphere. Turns out the chain reaction that he feared was the aftermath of the atomic bombing, the world entering a state of arms race of building a bigger bomb. He always had this conscience that he had trigger the countdown to midnight, and when he died in 1967, I believe he felt that responsibility since his predictions of cold war and arms race came true

@squirlmy 10 ай бұрын

I mean, the calculations did show a small chance of burning the atmosphere. That was also a real fear.

@thabreez456 10 ай бұрын

The ending of opppenheimer is genuinely one of the most chilling moments I’ve ever had in a theatre.

@joshaldamuy8214 10 ай бұрын

I’ve seen some criticism about how on board he was about making a bomb and then all of the sudden switching his stance and resenting the bomb. It’s the ultimate “grass isn’t always greener” theme to me. We often think something is a really good idea until it happens and we realize it’s not and it never was. We then have to deal with the repercussions. This happens on a wide scale for Oppenheimer. He was so invested in the scientific achievement that he never really stopped to think about the horrific implications of the bomb. I just don’t understand that criticism.

@ChucksSEADnDEAD 10 ай бұрын

Not just that but they began the project thinking the Germans had an 18 month head start. It's the benefit of hindsight that allows one to second guess the program.

@cinnamonliebe 11 ай бұрын

Great analysis, this helped me to process the film more, I was a bit overwhelmed after watching it yesterday, and had to go home and really think about what i watched. Really good, haunting film. Love Christopher Nolan's work so much. When we walked out of the theater, everyone who had just watched Oppenheimer was completely quiet, we sort of marched out of the auditorium in silence. Next to us was a group of people all wearing pink, obviously had just seen barbie, and they were laughing and smiling, and it was pretty funny to see the contrast between these 2 films and how they make their audience feel lol

@thedanielstraight 11 ай бұрын

I've been to six showings now.... On my fifth one, I was a bit disturbed because the crowd clapped at the end. It's only happened that one time.... Usually everyone just sits in the heaviness of the ending.

@manavbhalla2861 11 ай бұрын

Bruh 6 times are you crazy

@sneakdza 11 ай бұрын

Bro watched 18 hours of Oppenheimer

@justinhughees 11 ай бұрын

I wish this was me

@carlstieren5437 11 ай бұрын

i didnt clap but some did....and i understand why it was a masterpiece....what disturbed me was people laughing as they joked about "waiting for the end credits scene" some poeple use humor to break the mood i guess

@SteeHurtThem 11 ай бұрын

weirdo

@theoneders2056 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic ending. I had no idea how Nolan would close out a movie like this and he delivered. It definitely elevated it even more which is a rare thing these days with so many movies having underwhelming endings.

@nidhibagari3250 11 ай бұрын

The reason why that ending is so horrifying is because it can literally happen tomorrow

@cynthiakoerner296 10 ай бұрын

Or today

@outright4697 10 ай бұрын

Yep I got chills at that scene it was haunting and terrifying because it very well could happen any day

@3phemaral 10 ай бұрын

The rest of the world is far more vulnerable to the Western nuclear arsenal than the reverse. The CEP of each of 300 Minuteman Missiles, even with a unitary warhead by treaty convention, is tiny and the ~400kt is unimaginably destructive. But, moreso 14 Ohio x 20 Trident x 4 warheads…most ~400kt. That isn’t considering the arsenals of India and Israel, two states descending into far-right autocracy, each surrounded by existential enemies. Everyone else in the world is rightly terrified by the “good” nukes.

@jayanderson9375 10 ай бұрын

Or right now

@DRGWRailfan 9 ай бұрын

A lot of people thought this film was too long however in my opinion it was one of the best films of the 2020s (if not the best). Having that extra hour to learn what happened to him after the war and the conflict between him and Strauss was awesome. Everything in this film paid off really well. I've already seen it twice and I consider it's ending one of the best in film history

@kylecarter1599 11 ай бұрын

My biggest takeaway is the way the military and government were shown to be corrupt systems that use people like tools and throw them away when their usefulness is done.

@Aman-nk5uq 11 ай бұрын

U are right

@phantom213 11 ай бұрын

And want to instantly appropriate and weaponize any new technology.

@cye2310 10 ай бұрын

To be fair, if the US military didn't use it, then the Soviets or even the Nazis will.

@kylecarter1599 10 ай бұрын

@cye2310 the Nazis never had it, and the Russians didn't have it until the 50s. History is a wonderful thing.

@drewce390 10 ай бұрын

@@cye2310it was highly unlikely the Nazis were going to develop a nuke because Hitler viewed atomic scientists as Jewish scientists.

@jjarv222 10 ай бұрын

Did anyone else notice the hand over Florence Pugh's(or Jean Tatlock's) head in her suicide scene? It was only in a few frames and then gone the next time they showed her head under water . Maybe it was Oppenheimer's guilt being personified as him killing her, but the conspiracy theorist in me wondered if it was a "suicided" implication

@luxeyfox 10 ай бұрын

I noticed that, too. Oppenheimers guilt being personified in this scene would fit the theme of the film.

@shakirshums 11 ай бұрын

It's almost as if the trajectory of Christopher Nolan's career was leading up to this film, but I don't think I was expecting "Oppenheimer" to leave me this moved as this very well could be the best film he's ever directed and his actual masterpiece. Being based on the book "American Prometheus," we get the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer who was brought on by Lewis Strauss to helm the Manhattan Project that led to the creation of the atomic bomb but Nolan's focus was on the mam himself and not the bomb which proves to be brilliant as we get a deep and haunting character study of the aftermath and see how this action led to not only thousands of deaths in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but the guilt and weight that the "man who moved the earth" was forced to live with. Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer proves to be the best casting choice made for this biopic as his eyes in close-ups tell you everything you need to know about what he's thinking, but in addition this brilliant actor conveys so much conviction and deep regret for all of his skeletons that you're left with a broken man who started off doing something monumental with ambitious intentions but slowly realizes what he's just actually done to the rest of the world, but Robert Downey Jr. as Strauss has my lock already for Best Supporting Actor with what could be his best career work as a man who proves to be more than an antagonist in this film. Nolan's love for practical effects sees him deliver a truly monumental achievement as there's not one single shot of CGI in this film, which is combined with some gorgeous cinematography from Hoyte Van Hoytema but Ludwig Gorranson's music for this film might be his best ever as it cues and swells all throughout the 3-hour runtime and makes this film feel like a thriller and horror movie because of how intense it can get depending on the scene and characters it's focused on ay the moment. Emily Blunt might also get a Beat Supporting Actress nomination as her work as Oppenheimer's wife Kitty sees her as a woman who endures just as much of the pain her husband does as she tries her best to support him even when the walls are closing in and her scene in the final act of this film during an interrogation is just spectacular, and the number of actors in this film is just beyond ridiculous ranging from Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Jack Quaid, Josh Hartnett, Rami Malek, Alden Ehrenreich, Matthew Modine, Jason Clarke, Josh Peck, and many many more. With this being a 3-hour runtime, the film feels as if it's missing 30 minutes somewhere as it flows better than most films of this length as the dialogue and characters keep you hooked within the story especially as the story is weaving between the color scenes which are completely subjective to Oppenheimer while the black and white are objective to everyone else, but the strength is how much this film paints the man as a deeply complex character with his past demons exposed but also someone who understood the repercussions and fallout from the contributions to something revolutionary and I honestly can't wait to revisit this again. Nolan proves yet again why he's one of the most important filmmakers working today as he made a mature and profound dramatic biopic about one of the most important men in American and world history. Love you Sir Christopher Nolan

@sk8mafia214 11 ай бұрын

The ending stayed with me, I couldn’t sleep that night thinking about it.

@paulmichaelfreedman8334 11 ай бұрын

That's good. Toomany people have no clue what happened in teh first half of the 20th century. Scientific revelations, one after the other, and culminating in the A- and H- bombs. The burden on Oppenheimer's shoulders was larger than the planet.

@tommyancharuk9941 11 ай бұрын

I don’t understand the ending

@Saint0999 11 ай бұрын

Ur gassing it

@matiasjzk2851 10 ай бұрын

@@tommyancharuk9941 ending is simple, Oppenheimer has worked with that feeling, that him and Einstein had started the process off whole world's fall this whole time throughout the movie. Also, theres another point: The movie is still relevant, its a recent story yes, but we as a humanity are still going closer and closer to the apocalypse, with all the wars happening, new dangerous technologys etc. It's a chain reaction - just like the nuclear bomb is.

@cye2310 10 ай бұрын

@@matiasjzk2851 It will never be as severe as the World Wars, and as much as the people who are saying that World War 3 has happened between Russia and Ukraine, no.

@aemesji9760 11 ай бұрын

The second half of the movie and the haunting eyes of Cillian Murphy has led me to question one thing-Could he ever forgive himself? Could he look in his own eyes again for the rest of his life? Do all the power and influence he enjoyed for sometime before he was stripped of it really mattered to him that much? That's the reason at first he didn't fight against Strauss and let them do they please to him even if he knew what they were doing is wrong. Because he cannot forgive himself and fells the weight of 220,000 people on him every moment. He felt that he deserved this punishment. Ultimately he wife helps him to make the decision to fight. But he couldn't win. Irony is that Oppenheimer is one the best leaders I have ever seen but he couldn't understand humans that much. He was just a simple man who loved to imagine possibilities. But look at what life has given him. He constantly feels that he will never gain forgiveness of the million people killed by his creation. This movie is the most brutally scariest movie I have ever seen. It shows that one person's mind can has much horrors and demons inside them.

@notaspeck6104 11 ай бұрын

For me this is in my top 5 movies ever, for so many different reasons. I’d actually need to write an essay. As a musician I could wax poetics about the score and motif used to start and end the film. Honestly though that final sequence gave me chills. The build up, that line of ‘Maybe they were talking about something more important’ and Cillian Murphy’s ability to convey 100 different emotions with just his eyes… just perfect.

@KAGIICHII 11 ай бұрын

I think the ending is perfect just because we’re left with his thoughts. “I believe we did”. Its just a deep hit. In the past he believed he did destroy the world and now were in the future where it is becoming more likely to happen maybe not the destruction of the world but atomic warfare. I know it’s a stretch but I feel Oppe actually had visions or at least dreams of a devastated world. Scary to think about but Fuck this was a damn good movie.

@thisisjjsmusic 11 ай бұрын

My wife completely bawled at the ending and yelled at me "WHY DID YOU MAKE ME WATCH THIS???" 😂🤣

@almasakic1148 10 ай бұрын

ur wife needs to grow some balls lol

@TheWalkingJewels 11 ай бұрын

This movie was very well done. I hope Cillian gets nominated for his work. Great time as a lead actor.

@kirandeepchakraborty7921 11 ай бұрын

One of Nolan's Finest movie. Overwhelming and hard hitting.

@HD.418 10 ай бұрын

I was so completely enthralled as the bombs success became intense and then the court/trial proceedings of both Oppenheimer and Strauss BUT that final scene with Einstein and Oppenheimer left me BREATHLESS

@JordanCesaroni93 11 ай бұрын

Just saw it yesterday and it was one of the best movies I’ve seen this year so far.

@johnnobon 10 ай бұрын

I thought the world destroying chain reaction concern was interesting but ultimately I thought it was just a thing that they breifly considered and ultimately found it wouldn’t happen. But the way they tied it in to the ending in a metaphorical sense was haunting and amazing. It almsot left me in tears.

@hendrsb33 11 ай бұрын

Before watching OPPENHEIMER, I have a very fragmented knowledge of the Manhattan Project and of Oppenheimer's contributions. The movie set it straight for me as how humanity is like Pandora: we have a propensity to open dangerous boxes. Even when the frightful consequences are clear what will happen if we do, we have to open the box anyway.

@carlstieren5437 11 ай бұрын

i mean the crybaby thing is there but i think it has more to do with the idea that Truman himself was the one who had to carry the weight/burden of ultimately using the bomb and believed his weight/blood was just as large if not larger. I wouldn't begin to know the weight either of them carry. but my statement stands true which is usually not discussed. All of Our enemies and some of our allies would have never hesitated to use them.

@admiralseabass8993 11 ай бұрын

Yes I actually took away from that scene that Oppenheimer was himself crossing the line about his role in the bomb and its use. It WAS Truman that decided to use the bomb, not Oppenheimer.

@jxson9152 11 ай бұрын

I feel like everything after the bomb was the best part of the movie cuz you get to see how opi feels after basically shaping the worlds to what it is now

@solid5502 11 ай бұрын

The ending truly was terrifying and cold. I wanna watch it again. Such an amazing movie

@admiralseabass8993 11 ай бұрын

I actually love the nuance in the writing of the film. It allows for a meaningful dialogue about the issues presented instead of preaching at you about one side or the other.

@JoseJavier-wy7ji 11 ай бұрын

The actor from the hans solo movie was great too. When him n Robert Downey Jr go at it at the end I was like yooooooo 🤯🤯🤯

@anonym9097 10 ай бұрын

The depiction of Edward Teller as the stone cold badass made my heart jump. Theres a 6 hour long interview of him, where he described characters such as Oppenheimer, Nils Bohr and so forth as well as his upbringing. Highly highly recommend.

@jj081500 10 ай бұрын

I have never been so wordless after watching a movie. That was the most immersive movie experience ever... It was perfection, fascinating and horrifying... so many thoughts while walking out of the teather.

@adonnen 11 ай бұрын

Truman didn't call him a crybaby because he didn't care about it. He called him that because he feels it was his responsibility and guilt, not Oppenheimer's.

@joshuazeidan4355 10 ай бұрын

Nolan has previously talked about the use of ‘catharsis’ in his movies - an idea central in inception - that people long to be uplifted. This doesn’t necessarily require a happy ending. That’s what I loved about the ending in Oppenheimer. It’s a juxtaposition of terror as oppy sees the future consequences of his actions, but also of positive emotion, as Albert looks to a future where oppy is forgiven. Ludwig’s score, “destroyer of worlds” illustrates this in its sweet uplifting notes peering into a ‘better’ future for oppy. A future where there is a degree of reconciliation between the public/friends and oppy, and within oppy himself. Then the score accelerates, as the terror’s of oppy’s creation hits a devastating climax. Masterful.

@nerd26373 11 ай бұрын

We appreciate your effort and hard work. Keep up the good work.

@jagadishpadmanaban8942 11 ай бұрын

Christopher Nolan must make a horror movie 😭❤️

@deborahbueti3729 11 ай бұрын

he just did

@AinnRubiix 10 ай бұрын

No horror movie has been good since like The Shining

@moistymangus8649 10 ай бұрын

To me, the audio was the best part of this film. Definitely a must see in theaters

@duhglass 10 ай бұрын

For me - it was the moment leading up to the final scene... When Strauss' Senate Aide says to him about the conversation by the pond, "Is it possible they didn't talk about you at all? Maybe they talked about something... more important." Cut to: Oppenheimer's perspective of the pond scene. Everyone's ego gets in the way of the truly important things in life. Strauss couldn't see past his own politics, thinking why wouldn't Einstein acknowledge him on the lawn. When these two great scientific minds were discussing the real possibility that they've participated in the destruction of the world... It was at that moment when I realized just how great the movie was.

@praveensurapaneni4272 10 ай бұрын

One of the best analysis of the movie I have come across! Bravo, and Kudos! 🙏🏾🙏🏾

@bigalanthewasp 11 ай бұрын

Great video. My film of the year so far

@endangeredmexican9644 11 ай бұрын

What a terrible thing to live with knowing you created something many will take advantage of all because you caught up in the mix of doing something that has never been done before in the name of passion.

@azurwindpyr 11 ай бұрын

Loved the movie. Great coverage perspective also. Appreciate your channel.

@BilfroDog 11 ай бұрын

9:45 Oppenheimer was a physicist

@smkh2890 10 ай бұрын

If the ending of the film 'Oppenheimer' is perfect, it is because it wraps up the antagonism of Lewis Strauss to Oppenheimer. He feels slighted by Einstein , and assumes it is because of what Oppenheimer must have said to him. In fact, as his aide suggests, they were discussing more important matters! Robert Downey Jr does a great job as this Machiavellian movie villain.

@savagesavagesavagemcsavage8121 11 ай бұрын

I love that you interpret the desolate meaning of the film in a way that makes you appreciate what you have. Hope the twins are doing well

@lolilollolilol7773 11 ай бұрын

That's by far the best review of this movie yet on KZfaq.

@heavyspoilers 11 ай бұрын

thank you

@TigburtJones 11 ай бұрын

Oppenheimer was just the preamble to Nolan’s true great unifying work: James Bond

@brandadse.1741 11 ай бұрын

I wonder if his kid always crying was a premonition of the cries the bomb would surely cause.

@jongibbons9028 11 ай бұрын

I loved Oppenheimer, I saw it on iMax and the sound an visuals are stunning 8.5/10

@superdopehiphop 11 ай бұрын

*9.8

@pradyumnasheshadri4991 10 ай бұрын

9.5/10

@sethkang4410 10 ай бұрын

i was shocked how this movie went fast for us. everyone on the theater was in shock in the ending

@superdopehiphop 11 ай бұрын

Saw Oppenheimer 70 MM IMAX sneak peak Tuesday before it came out and imo it was a flat out MASTERPIECE! I’ve been to 1500 or so movies since mid 80s and this was undoubtedly in the top5-10% I’ve seen (Top75-150). I say this as someone who likes most of Nolan films but only loved Dark Knight in terms of an all time masterpiece (Batman begins, Inception, Prestige, Memento, Dunkirk my personal next favorite but only Tenet was “bad”).

@smkh2890 10 ай бұрын

You left out 'MEMENTO' !

@bpet7138 10 ай бұрын

Ive never been through such an emotional rollercoaster like I have with this film. Well done Nolan.

@mechazowa597 11 ай бұрын

The aftermath of ww2 has held my fascination since I was a teenager. Going into this film I was really aware of how it would end up and why I am very happy this is doing well. I sincerely hope this has a long lasting impact on its audience and brings more awareness to what the world truly faces whenever there are threats of conflict. Why its important we learn our history otherwise we are doomed to repeat it. I am hopeful but we need to constantly remind ourselves the horrors that were unleashed from ww2 and having “fun” video games based on it can’t wipe away that.

@harrisonyoung3857 11 ай бұрын

I think the best sequence has to be the celebration around los Alamos after the successful bomb test. The joy of the Americans is chilling juxtaposed to the knowledge we all have of what the creation of the bombs led to and the consequences they have had into the modern day. Shit brought me to tears

@mohamedalhuraibi9563 11 ай бұрын

Definitely one of the best movies this year!

@ivanshopov9559 11 ай бұрын

This decade*

@cyonu5675 11 ай бұрын

Ever*

@sakshamrao6581 11 ай бұрын

By far the best

@superdopehiphop 11 ай бұрын

I’d say it’s top200 ever!

@5roundsrapid263 10 ай бұрын

This is the best analysis I’ve ever seen of the film. I’m just astounded that a film this profound has become so popular. I guess people really do want real cinema again.

@paulkim7078 9 ай бұрын

I saw the movie twice in IMAX. Nolan's best film to date. Everything just flowed so perfectly together.

@Dom_510 10 ай бұрын

It’s literally one of my favorite endings I’ve ever seen in a movie, both horrifying but also gave me goosebumps

@tokyozombe 11 ай бұрын

The mention of the V2 rocket and trails in the sky are to show what's to come as it was the first far range guided balistic missile. The evolution being ICBMs and nuclear warheads.

@GabbyDario 11 ай бұрын

I thought it was a perfect movie. Really a masterpiece.

@smkh2890 10 ай бұрын

The biographical facts needed the post-war political events to be covered, but the last half hour could have been condensed. Maybe because I've seen the documentaries on Oppenheimer I found them too long drawn out.

@donna25871 11 ай бұрын

I was just relieved that I could hear the actors saying their lines.

@chadfanton9994 11 ай бұрын

You gotta bring back Definition for videos like this!

@djtripmix 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info

@SAMTHINKS2 11 ай бұрын

Was there something going on with Einstein's hat coming off? Was it symbolic or a real event or just a way to link the flashbacks?

@ArnauPuZa 11 ай бұрын

This video has the best first words of any Oppenheimer movie review

@helmann9265 11 ай бұрын

Excellent 💯🎯 thanks

@DrPranabesh 11 ай бұрын

Just masterpiece

@matsaasrum9775 10 ай бұрын

8:15 The track “Can You Hear The Music” also supports this, almost like a train speeding up.

@genesissage3303 9 ай бұрын

I love the cinematography, how they sequence the scenes. I especially like how they were speaking in reference to the future, and we as the audience see it unveil(Kitty scowling at Teller and refusing to shake his hand/Nobel peace scene) and even down to RBJ and the twist. Really enjoyed this movie. Let’s also mention how they hint at Kennedy’s enemies

@devynkumar1997 11 ай бұрын

I can't stop thinking about this movie

@losertrap1031 11 ай бұрын

Man honestly the last ending scene when he was talking to Einstein I knew halfway thru he was going to say that even though the first nuke didn’t destroy the whole planet cuz of a chain reaction. He knows or beloved that regardless he started a chain reaction that could or eventually would end the world. Honestly such a strong movie those who say it’s being are low on attention span or simply have no interest in history what so ever. It was cool to see how it actually affected Oppenheimer and how those around him even the president at the time woudk try and put the whole thing on him yeh the president said end of the day he made the order to drop the bomb that’s who most woudk hate. But still they are constantly only saying you when referring to the bomb and Oppenheimer even when he hinted it was not only him. The scene with everyone all happy and him being overwhelmed with the bomb and what he just helped do with the amount of lives lost when everyone else is shoot really does hit. I had a grandpa and he said even if the soviets never betrayed butler we would’ve won just would’ve taken another 4 or so years he went in the way but like 2 or 3 of his uncles were so yeh. So I can see why dropping the H bomb on Hiroshima was unnecessary but in my opinion they were right by saying if we don’t do it first the soviets will then it’ll be a worse problem. That’s my opinion tho and sorry for any spoilers if you looked in the comment section but you clicked on the video so yeh.

@iluvcatslol5714 10 ай бұрын

Spot on

@cheekster777 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul.

@TheWutangclan1995 10 ай бұрын

The use of scale in this movie was masterful and absolutely chilling to watch. The shot of the nuclear warhead going from 1 to 5 is a good example because I imagine that Hoyte probably panned across 5 toy model rockets. But the choice of lens, angles, and color grading made it look like an actual missile the US, Russia, or NK have in their stockpile. But also the double meaning behind that shot says, one isn’t enough, we need to build more.

@persistence_of_vision 11 ай бұрын

That was the "Rosebud" moment.

@JP-ur4kk 10 ай бұрын

Göransson's emotionally charged score engulfed me in a contemplative dread that mirrors the very essence of Oppenheimer's frozen blue gaze.

@ziggy8253 11 ай бұрын

“And The Oscar for Best Picture goes to Oppen…” Scorsese: Not so fast, my friend. ✋🏼

@muhammadzaidmuckba9097 10 ай бұрын

Only he is a contender, either Scorsese or nolan

@faihasan2020 9 ай бұрын

Really good explanation. 9:45 you said that he was a man of Chemistry, its actually Physics. :D

@BarelloSmith 10 ай бұрын

Oppenheimer never thought of him as the destroyer of worlds, he thought of him as Arjuna who has to fulfil his duty by killing his opposing army. The destroyer of worlds - Vishnu - is supposed to be the bomb itself.

@ashleyarias7444 11 ай бұрын

Am I the only one who had their brain shouting "It's the mushroom wars from Adventure Time" of and on throughout the whole movie?

@SteveP79 10 ай бұрын

i really enjoyed this movie. i wish there were more made like this about events in history that we know little or nothing about especially the advancements in science. that was such an interesting time and the science advancement moved so fast. We just dont see anything like this anymore.

@cyrusmoghadassi9126 10 ай бұрын

Amazing film. Left me distraught for days and as you said, makes me hold my loves closer now.

@thepc6988 11 ай бұрын

Just got out of it and I enjoyed this movie so much. I went in already knowing the basic story but Nolan made me think that the test wasn’t going to work even though we know it did. I was pretty tired but I still really enjoyed the sort of epilogue after the bomb test where we see the trucks driving away with the bombs and the music just adds to the mystery and suspense of it.

@christianrodriguez5346 11 ай бұрын

The movie basically shows the theory they had in question prior in making the bomb. The theory: is it possible that the world would basically die because of chain reactions of the 1 bomb and it won’t end. Answer: near zero. However not really. Everyone has at least one but mostly a lot more than that. If everyone fires their nukes at each other the world would burn proving that the theory is actually right.

@bobbressi5414 11 ай бұрын

Imagine an alternate world where the bombs were not dropped and the allies invaded main land Japan. It is hard to predict a scenerio that is less horrifying than what actually happed. My heart aches for the Japanese people, who like many people, were ignorant of what their leaders were doing in Asia. Japan was brutal to the Chinese. They were brutal to prisoners of war. They had little or no mercy for anyone. There are very credible stories of allied soldiers being skinned alive by their captors. The stories of Chinese babies being impaled are not fiction. Did most Japanese citizens know of these atrocities? I can not imagine they did. But if they had, would it have made a difference? That is impossible for us to know. But taking all that into context, it seems dropping the bombs was the least horrible solution available at the time. When every decision is going to suck, you choose the one that sucks the least.